• RESEARCH PROJECTS SINCE 1997
• STUDENT LIST and PROJECTS (not all names included)
• COLLOBORATIVE RESEARCH
• RESEARCH + FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS
• PICTURE GALLERY
• FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 

• Effect of a sudden reduction of salinity on different larval developmental stages of sea urchins, sand dollars and seastars
• Effect of mixed algal diets on growth, development and biochemical composition of larvae and juveniles of two edible sea urchins
• Effect of carotenoids and nucleotides on egg and larval production of edible sea urchins
• Population dynamics, reproduction and the commensal crab relationship of the sand dollar Mellitaisometra along the coast of Georgia
• Effect of pollutants on egg size and larval development of sand dollars and brittle stars
• Growth of echinoderm larvae on natural and artificial diets
• Population dynamics and meiofaunal abundance in Georgia salt marshes
• invasive and non invasive techniques to estimate population density of fiddler crabs

• Jameela Ali:                 Population dynamics and reproduction of the sand dollar Mellitaisometra along the GA coast 
• Latoya Delaughter:      Reproduction of the sand dollar Mellita isometra at Tybee island Georgia
• Jennifer Hawkins:        Reproduction of the sand dollar Mellita isometra along the coast of Georgia
• Felicia Taylor*:            Reproduction of the sand dollar Mellita isometra at St. Simons and Jekyll island, Georgia
• Brian Murrell:               Population dynamics  of the sand dollar Mellita isometra along the coast of Georgia
• Todd Hefner:                Monthly differences in the reproductive output of the san dollar Mellitaisometra
• Steve Carter:                 Variation in the reproductive output of the sand dollar Mellita isometra along the GA coast 
• Lindsay Davis:              Reproductive output in the sand dollar Mellita isometra
• Brooke Hawk:              Population structure and the relationship between the small commensal crab and Mellita
• Devoc walker               Short-term fluctaution in salinity is beneficial to Dendraster excentricus larvae
• Shawn Boone               Occurrence of the small commensal crab Dissodactylus mellitae on the sand dollar Mellita 

• Latasha Gilliard             Effect of the small commensal crab on the reproductive biology of the sand dollar Mellita 
• Colleen Fox                  Ingestion rates of echinoderm larvae on natural and artificial diets
• Daniela Schiopu           Morphological and biochemical changes of sand dollar larvae in response to variation in diet and salinity

In connection with the sand dollar project the following sites have been visited along the coast of Georgia Tybee, Wassaw, St.Simons, Jekyll Island and Cumberland, see map below.

• John Ford:                 Effect of salinity on larval growth and development of the sea urchin Lytechinusvariegatus
• Joey Smiley:              Influence of a carotenoid mixture on larval development and metamorphosis*
• Sean Meadows:         The effect of algal diet on larval growth and development of the sea urchins*
• Crystal Floyd:            The effect of algal diet on larval growth and development of the sea urchins 
• Rhonda Isles:             The effect of algal diet on larval growth and development of the sea urchins     
• Ashley Russell:            Influence of an artificial diet on the reproductive output of adult sea urchins*
• Brian Murrell:              Influence of an artificial diet on the growth rate of juveniles*
• Kwame Kwake:           Effect of an artificial diet on reproduction of the sea urchin Lytechinusvariegatus
• Nicole Young:              Effect of using natural and artificial sea water on larval growth in the sea urchin Lytechinus 
• Lashawn Wells:           Cyclic patterns in consumption rates of juvenile sea urchins.*
• Dawud Best:                Consumption rates and reproduction in Lytechinus variegatus
• Michael Hodges:          Does spawning affect  future reproductive output in the sea urchin Lytechinusvariegatus?
• David Suttinger            Do male sea urchins affect consumption rate and the reproductive output of female sea                                              urchins?
• Samir Hajariwala         Consumption rates of male and female sea urchins in an enclosed system*
• Patrick Winnubst         Effect of nucleotides on larval development of  Lytechinus variegatus
• Alexis Mann                Effect of nucleotides on larval development of  Lytechinusvariegatus
• Alena Aviles                Consumption rates, absorption efficiencies and reproductive output in the sea urchin*
• Jessica Willis                Consumption rates absorption efficiencies and reproductive output in the sea urchin *
• Brian Nelson               Juvenile growth on natural and artificial diets*
• Elaina  Blair                  Juvenile survival on natural and artificial diets*
• Carla Terry                   Effect of density on growth and development of the sea urchin Lytechinusvariegatus

• Anthony Zukoff        Meiofaunal abundance in healthy and unhealthy salt marshes
• Chad Hubbard          Invasive and non invasive techniques to estimate fiddler crab density in a local salt marsh

For all undergraduate research projects students will

• carry out laboratory and/or field work
• learn to, take photographs of microscopic organisms using a microscope,
•  use a scanner, prepare oral presentations and posters using powerpoint, and develop web pages
• write a proposal for internal funding (e.g. COUR)
• turn in a written project report in Scientific Journal format
• give an oral presentation at a seminar organized by the Biology department
• present a poster at a national scientific meeting
• depending on student interest in the reserach topic and time spent on the project generally a year students have the possibility of being an author on a scientific paper.

Publications with undergraduate/graduate students

• George SB, Lawrence JM, Lawrence AL, Ford J  (2000) Fertilization and development of eggs of the sea urchin Lytechinus  variegatus maintained on an extruded feed. J World Aquacult Soc 31,  232-238.

• George, SB, J.M. Lawrence, A.L. Lawrence, J. Smiley. (2001) The role of carotenoids on egg quality  and development in the sea urchin Lytechinusvariegatus Aquaculture 199: 353-369.

• George, SB, Shaun Boone. (2003). Consequences of the ectosymbiont crab Dissodactylus mellitae on egg production in the sand dollar Mellita isometra Journal of experimental and marine Biology and ecology. 294: 235-255.

• Schiopu, D. SB George.  (2004) Effect of salinity and algal diet on larval growth of the sand dollar Mellita isometra  Invertebrate Reproduction and Development: 45:69-82

• George, SB, Devoc Walker (2007) Short-term fluctaution in salinity is beneficial to Dendraster excentricus larvae  Journal of experimental and marine Biology and ecology. 349: 113-130.

• Schiopu, D. SB George and J. Castell (2006) Effect of single and mixed algal diets on larval growth and fatty acid composition of the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus.  Journal of experimental and marine Biology and ecology  328:47-75.

COLLOBORATIVE RESEARCH/OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Friday Harbor laboratories, University of Washington
• Savannah State University
• Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah Georgia
• University of South Florida

• Are you interested in marine research?? Are you looking for an internship? Would you like to see a very beautiful part of the US. I travel to Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington in the summer (June -July) to do research and will take interested students along. Go to the FHL web site for details on how to get  internships of  $2500 during the summer, plus free boarding, air fare, and lots more. Or be a research apprentice during the summer June 11 to July 31st (see picture gallery).

• Not interested in going West? Stay on the East coast; Skidaway Institute of Oceanography also offers internships to qualified students in the summer. Study the effect of pollutants and other interesting topics; get involved in other programs at SKIO. Summer months