Halmos Faculty Member Presents at Crustacean Congress

Tamara Frank, Ph.D.

Tamara Frank, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center presented at the 10^th International Crustacean Congress, May 22-26, in Wellington, New Zealand. The title of her presentation was “The Micronektonic Crustacean Assemblage in the Gulf of Mexico:  Temporal Changes Since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.”

Frank was interviewed for the Armatus Oceanic Deep-Sea Podcast:  036 – Crustacean Congress special — Armatus Oceanic

Frank’s research interests include: visual physiology of deep-sea organisms, marine bioluminescence, micronekton ecology with emphasis on effects of downwelling light on distribution patterns, vertical migrations of micronekton, and development of in situ sampling instrumentation.

Posted 07/02/23