Lab Overview

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.

Lab News

 

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 (Undegraduate Researcher) for winning "Best in Show" in Oceanography, Environmental Science and Marine Biology at the Northrop Grumman student design showcase!

https://www.floridatechvirtualshowroom.com/evaluating-the-water-treatment-potential-of-caulerpa-prolifera-grown-in-low-light-conditions

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 Florda 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

 Dr. Fox and Abbey Gering holding Abbey's Promising Young Scientist award

 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!

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2022/02/26/florida-tech-researchers-examine-ocean-water-to-help-lagoon-restoration-

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!

https://www.hometownnewsbrevard.com/news/fit-upcycles-the-humble-bottle-cap/article_d021b03c-2da7-11eb-8f27-3bf24d4f6627.html

2018

Check out our publication about environmental muck dredging in the IRL!

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327703735_Environmental_Dredging_to_Remove_Fine-Grained_Organic-Rich_Sediments_and_Reduce_Inputs_of_Nitrogen_and_Phosphorus_to_a_Subtropical_Estuary