Carla Curran |
Carla Curran
Associate
Professor
Savannah
State University
Expertise:
Fish biology and estuarine ecology
Issues of Interest:
Fish biology, marsh ecology, impact of human activities (construction and contaminants) on estuaries, parasitism, K-12 education.
Current Projects:
- Use of estuaries by flatfishes
- Early life history and larval transport of fishes
- Effect of contaminants and contaminant load in fishes and crustaceans
- Effect of isopod parasites on grass shrimp
- Bringing science to K-12 teachers and students
- Effect of ray feeding pits on meiofauna
- Marsh health and dieback
Location:
Savannah River Estuary
Project Links:
Evaluation
of Brown Marsh in Savannah, GA
Mary Carla Curran, Savannah State University
Microbial Indexing of Saltmarsh Health and Recovery: Development of a Health/Productivity Scale
Marc Frischer (Skidaway Institute of Oceanography), Jeffrey King (US Army Corps/Adjunct SkIO), Carla Curran (Savannah State Univ.), and Dionne Hoskins (Savannah State Univ.)
Homepage:
http://www.savannahstate.edu/scitech/scmath/html/marine/curran.htm