College of Marine Science

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College of Marine Science Overview
http//www.marine.usf.edu
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Saint Petersburg, Florida
U.S. Geological Survey
International Ocean Institutes
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• C.W. Young Marine Science Complex Knight
  Oceanographic Research Center, MSL building,
  COT/SRI
• 39 Faculty
• 112 graduate students (MS and PhD)
• gt19 Million in research funding (2005-2006)

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Academics

• Degrees offered
• Master of Science (MS)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
• Areas of Study
• Biological Oceanography
• Chemical Oceanography
• Geological Oceanography
• Physical Oceanography
• Ocean Technology

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Biological Oceanography

• Courses offered
• Biological Oceanography
• Marine Microbiology
• Zooplankton Dynamics
• Environmental Virology
• Coral Reef Ecology
• Ecological Physiology
• Deep Sea Biology
• Phytoplankton Ecology

• Research topics
• Fish/marine mammals
• Zoo/phytoplankton
• Coral reef health
• Water quality
• Remote sensing

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Chemical Oceanography

• Courses offered
• Chemical Oceanography
• Marine Pollution
• Mass Spectrometry
• Physical Chemistry of Seawater
• Biogeochemistry
• Basic Clean Room Techniques
• Applications of Gas Chromatography

• Research topics
• Particulate material
• Chemical sedimentology
• Carbonate system
• Trace metals
• Nutrient dynamics
• Radionuclides
• Bioaccumulation
• Modeling

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Geological Oceanography

• Courses offered
• Geological Oceanography
• Marine Isotope Geochemistry
• Geology of Continental Margins
• Natural Disasters
• Marine Paleoecology
• Advanced Carbonate Sedimentology
• Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy

• Research topics
• Coral reef ecology
• Paleoceanography
• Deep-sea sediments
• Micropaleontology
• Sea level change
• Plate tectonics
• Paleoclimatology

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Physical Oceanography

• Courses offered
• Physical Oceanography
• Ocean Circulation I II
• Ocean Modeling
• Radiative Transfer
• Ocean Waves
• Turbulence and Boundary Layers
• Oceanic Microstructure
• Introduction to Satellite Oceanography

• Research topics
• Ocean optics
• Ocean circulation
• Modeling
• Ocean observing systems
• Sea level change

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Center for Ocean Technology

• Recent partnership with SRI International
• Instrumentation under development
• SIPPER
• SEAS
• Port Scanner

• ROBOT
• MEMS
• BSOP

• Wave energy buoy
• Underwater mass spectrometers

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• Executive Internships
• GK12 Program
• Oceanography Camp for Girls
• Teacher and community workshops
• Community, Science and Environmental Policy Brown
  Bag Discussion

Education and Outreach
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Fellowships

• Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship
• Elsie and William Knight, Jr. Endowed Fellowship
• St. Petersburg Progress Endowed Fellowship in
  Coastal Science
• John and Katharine Ann Lake Endowed Fellowship
• Gulf Oceanic Trust Fellowship
• Paul Getting Memorial Endowed Fellowship
• C.W. Bill Young Fellowship
• Robert M. Garrells Fellowship
• Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club Endowed Fellowship
• Von Rosenstiel Fellowships
• Wachovia Bank Fellowship
• Carl Riggs Endowed Fellowship
• Tampa Bay Parrot Head Endowment