Lapointe Conducts Water Quality Research in Cuba

FAU Harbor Branch scientist Dr. Brian Lapointe and biological scientist Laura Herren were at the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba recently conducting water quality research. Lapointe and Herren are partnering with scientists at McMaster University and Dauphin Island Marine Lab on the project, which aims to establish a water quality monitoring network that will be sampled monthly for one year to determine levels of dissolved nutrients and chlorophyll  a ,   as well as analyze stable isotope of phytoplankton in the water column. The project is being funded by the U.S. Navy.

 Last Modified 11/8/16