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Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
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Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
8000 North Ocean Dr.
Dania, FL 33004
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Purpose Statement:
The Mission of the Oceanographic Center is to carry out innovative, basic, and applied research and to provide high-quality, graduate and undergraduate education in a broad range of marine-science and related disciplines.The Center also serves as a community resource for information, research and education on oceanographic and environmental issues.
Facilities:
The Oceanographic Center is located on a 10-acre site on the ocean side of Port Everglades, adjacent to the port's entrance. The center has a one-acre boat basin. Its location affords immediate access to the Gulf Stream, the Florida Straits, and the Bahama Banks. The center is composed of three buildings, two modulars, and a houseboat. The main two-story building houses seven laboratories, conference rooms, workroom, and 13 offices. A second building contains a large two-story warehouse and staging area, classroom, biology laboratory, electron microscopy laboratory, darkroom, machine shop, carpentry shop, electronics laboratory, the library, student computer lab, computing center, and 15 offices. A one-story building contains a wetlab/classroom, coral workshop, and an X-ray facility. A modular laboratory is used for aquaculture studies. A two-story houseboat provides a union area, a conference room, and student/faculty/staff offices. The William S. Richardson Library at Nova Southeastern UniversityÕs Oceanographic Center is a research-oriented library for all the disciplines of marine and aquatic science.
Research Program:
The Oceanographic Center pursues studies and investigations in marine biology and in observational and theoretical oceanography. Research interests include modeling of large-scale ocean circulation, coastal dynamics, ocean-atmosphere coupling, surface gravity waves, biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, coral reef ecology (including assessment, restoration, and monitoring), Pleistocene and Holocene sea level changes, benthic ecology, marine plankton, microbial ecology, invertebrate systematics and phylogeny, calcification of invertebrates, cell ultrastructure, marine fisheries, molecular ecology and evolution, wetlands ecology, aquaculture, and nutrient dynamics. Regions of interest include not only Florida's coastal waters and the continental shelf/slope waters of the southeastern United States, but also the waters of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Antarctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. For information on some of the current research topics go to Research
Academic Program:
Information is available at Degrees Offered
Faculty:
Information is available at Faculty and Staff.
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