Founded: 1984
Full Time: 25
Part Time: 0
Budget: 1,400,000
Director: Richard F. Shaw
204 Wetland Resources Bldg.
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Telephone: 225/578-6455 FAX: 225/578-6513 E-Mail: rshaw@lsu.edu
Research Areas:
The Institute's mission is to provide university-based leadership in conducting scholarly research toward understanding interdisciplinary processes that influence marine fish populations and their use. This leadership role is implemented through basic and applied research, education and public service.
Areas of Expertise:
Ichthyoplankton and zooplankton ecology and dynamics
Fish ecology, age and growth, reproductive biology and habitat
requirements
Fisheries population dynamics
Fish taxonomy
Fisheries economics and marine fisheries policy
Special Capabilities and Facilities:
Fisheries Oceanography, population dynamics, reproductive ecology, early life history, habitat requirements, economics, acoustics, artificial reefs.
Research Equipment:
Image processing equipment for age and growth work
water current meters
hydroacoustic survey gears
MOCNESS plankton sampler
fish/zooplankton light traps
fisheries sampling gears
Keywords:
1002022 Ichthyology
1001016 Ecology
1008002 Estuarine Sciences
1008005 Biological Oceanography
1008135 Nearshore Processes
1008230 Marine Environment
1007001 Environmental Biology
0413013 Ecology and Population
0413004 Population Biology
0411009 Environmental Planning/Policy
0801013 Environmental Law
0801051 Natural Resources Law
1002063 Taxonomy, Animal
1008140 Ocean Acoustics
1008231 Marine Sciences Planning/Policy
1016015 Acoustics Technology