Laboratory Information:
FISC - Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701-4846
Website: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/
Agency/Department: Dept. of Interior
Region: Southeast
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Ms. Anne Tihansky
Phone: 727-803-8747 Ext. 3075
Fax: 727-803-2032
Email: tihansky@usgs.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Center investigates scientific processes
related to societal problems arising in coastal and marine
environments, including natural hazards, resources, and environmental change. Increased understanding
of
these topics will provide the basis for: predicting future coastal erosion, the fate of wetlands and
coral reefs,
accumulation of sediments, sediment transport and stability, circulation, movement of pollution through
aqueous
environments, and the locations of economically valuable minerals. The Center works closely with USGS
coastal
and Marine research centers in Woods Hole, Mass., and Menlo Park, Calif., and USGS Biology and Water
Resources offices around Florida. The Center also works closely with faculty and students of the University
of
South Florida on problems critical to the mission of the agency.
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Biology
- Ecosystems
- Remote sensing
- Wetlands
- Bathymetry
- Beaches
- Coastal & Marine Geology
- Corals
- El Niņo
- Erosion
- Health
- Hurricanes & Storms
- Sediments
