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Ecology and Conservation of the Caribbean
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Dr. Jeri Fox
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Director, Aquaculture and Aquarium Sciences
University of New England
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Dr. Rich Langton
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Images from the Field University of New England students visited Tobago, in May, to participate in a four credit course entitled Ecology and Conservation of the Caribbean. Dr. Jeri Fox, UNE’s Associate Professor of Aquaculture and Aquarium Sciences, and Dr. Rich Langton, President of the Buccoo Reef Trust USA, co-taught the course, which included lectures and field exercises on a diversity of topics such as, the history, geology and geography of Trinidad & Tobago, coral and fish identification and ecology, conch fishery and conservation, mangrove and seagrass ecosystems and human development and mitigating its impact on island ecosystems.
See the UNE page on this project (scroll down to third article)
