The Fox Biogeochemistry Laboratory studies trace element and sediment biogeochemistry. We are interested in actionable science used to inform managers and to improve outcomes of environmental engineering projects, including development of innovative new technologies and environmental restoration. The underlying theme among our diverse projects is the expanding temporal and spatial extent of hypoxia, driven by changes to the eutrophic state of coastal systems.
October 2024
Check out our recent publication in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering "Glyphosate Herbicide Impacts on the Seagrasses Halodule wrightii and Ruppia maritima from a Subtropical Florida Estuary". Excited to have worked with Brevard Zoo and Restore Our Shores on this one! The first publication as part of the consortium of aquarium researchers and educators (CARE)! Link below.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/11/1941
February 2024
Presented our research regarding hypoxia and impacts to nutrient cycling at the Indian River Lagoon Symposium. 3 minutes, 3 slides.
Proud of all of the students (graduate and undergraduate) who participated and presented at the symposium!
https://hboifoundation.org/assets/files/IRLS-2024-Abstracts-of-Presentations_2024-02-19-151524.pdf
February 2024
Invited to present to the Brevard County Citizens Oversight Committee regarding our work on fine-grained, organic-rich sediments "muck." Great discussion with the panel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJbuXi5Zgco (our talk is at 1:04)
December 2023
Check out our recent publication in Frontiers in Marine Science! Excited to present over a decade of work on fine-grained sediment in coastal systems!
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1305990/full
September 2023
Officially launched as an ONSET HOBO brand ambassador! Onset HOBO supplies dataloggers for all kinds of different applications. Their dissolved oxygen loggers provide reliable and robust solution for tracking hypoxia and dissolved oxygen in coastal systems.
https://www.onsetcomp.com/who-we-are/about-onset/hobo-ambassadors
Another small fish kill surrounded by glimmers of hope!
August 2023
Glyphosate! Invited to talk about the impacts of glyphosate on seagrasses and algae in the Indian River Lagoon at the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program management board and STEM committee meetings!
Featured in a channel 13 Spectrum news story covering our efforts to track hypoxia and dissolved oxygen in the Indian River Lagoon. The story features some of our collaboration with Brevard Zoo and the Restore Our Shores program.
February 2023
Presented our research regarding hypoxia and impacts to nutrient cycling at the Indian River Lagoon Symposium. 3 minutes, 3 slides.
https://fau.mediasite.com/mediasite/channel/2023-irls
July 2023
Glyphosate! We were invited to speak at the Brevard County Citizens Oversight Committee regarding the impacts of glyphosate on seagrasses in the Indian River Lagoon, link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MUcbtsK93w
Fish Kills! with ocean temperatures reaching over 100 degrees F, there are concerns regarding temperature in the IRL.
January 2023
Check out our recent publication in PLOS ONE (January 2023)! Excited to share results from our study of aeration using microbubbles in residential canals!
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/comments?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0280880
April/May 2022
Congratulations Anna Held (Undergraduate Researcher) for winning "Best in Show" in Oceanography, Environmental Science and Marine Biology at the Northrop Grumman student design showcase!
April 2022
We had a great time at the Indian River Lagoon Symposium (link to abstracts below)! There were a few talks from our lab and or our project partners. For her work helping to develop the bottle caps water treatment system at Florida Tech, Abbey Gering was awarded the new, "Promising Young Scientist" award! Congratulations Abbey and great work!
https://hboifoundation.org/assets/files/IRLS-2022-Abstracts-of-Presentations-final.pdf
On the radio talking about eutrophication, hypoxia and ecosystem services.
https://www.wfit.org/podcast/today-in-stem/2022-04-07/life-and-death-in-the-indian-river-lagoon
March 2022
Watch our recent webinar, with HOBO dataloggers talking about dissolved oxygen in the Indian River Lagoon.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/keP1RD9_3TM
February 2022
The importance of healthy sand and lagoon circulation is In the news!
January 2022
Excited to contribute to this exciting research! (2022)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15592324.2021.2004025?scroll=top&needAccess=true
November 2021
Check out our recent (2021) publication in Frontiers in Marine Science!
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.768083/full
October 2021
Check out our recent (2021) publication in Frontiers in Marine Science!
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.752945/full
January 2021
Check out our recent (2021) publication in the Journal of Dredging! http://www.westerndredging.org/phocadownload/WEDA_Journal_of_Dredging_(Vol_19_No_1).pdf
November 2020
We are on the front page, again! https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/environment/lagoon/2020/11/24/a-recycling-story-with-twists-plastic-bottle-caps-may-be-a-key-to-cleaning-the-indian-river-lagoon/6232135002/
We are on the front page!
2018
Check out our publication about environmental muck dredging in the IRL!
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