 Dr. Emily R. Hall Title: Staff Scientist; Program Manager — Ocean Acidification Program Phone: 941-388-4441, ext. 327 Email: Website: www.mote.org Dr. Emily Hall joined the staff at Mote Marine Laboratory in the Chemical Ecology Program in 2005. She has researched sediments, water, flora and fauna in the ecological setting of rivers, estuaries, lakes, springs and marine environments. She is most involved with research and monitoring of nutrient patterns in relation to harmful algal blooms in the west-central coast of Florida, including Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor and the Caloosahatchee River, and investigating sources of nutrients in aquatic systems using stable isotopes as well as other tracers. She is also involved with developing a light attenuation model for Charlotte Harbor, including light attenuation due to epiphytes on seagrass. She participates in Sarasota Bay and North Port monitoring projects for water quality and red tide, which includes measurements of in-situ water quality constituents and water sample collection and preservation based on FDEP protocols. Dr. Hall also leads research cruises and field sampling days for projects such as the county-funded Sarasota Bay monitoring program, state-funded red tide monitoring and federally funded red tide monitoring. Other projects that Dr. Hall has worked on include a minimum flows and levels project in the Myakka River; determining water quality in multiple tidal creeks with a focus on TMDLs and running bioassays to determine the use of organic and inorganic nutrients by the phytoplankton community (including Karenia brevis) in the west-central coast of Florida. She has also worked extensively with long-term data sets. Dr. Hall is also an adjunct professor at Ringling College of Art and Design, where she initiated cooperative work between the artists at Ringling and the scientists at Mote to produce public outreach tools for Florida red tide awareness. Her main interests now are pursuing work in ocean acidification and its effects on corals, coral reef ecosystems, and toxicity of harmful algal blooms (HABs) — including Karenia brevis — to apply concepts like forecasting ocean acidification effects on coral reef ecosystem species and public outreach. Education Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida M.S. in Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida B.S. in Environmental Science, Mercer University B.A. in Spanish, Mercer University Awards
Publications Dixon, LK., ER Hall, and GJ Kirkpatrick. 2010. A spectrally explicit optical model of attenuation for Charlotte Harbor seagrasses. Report to the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program. Mote Marine Laboratory Technical Report No. 1460.Hall, ER, BA Pederson, LK Dixon, and GJ Kirkpatrick. 2010. Patterns in community structure of phytoplankton in relation to environmental data in Sarasota Bay. Draft report to the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program. Mote Marine Laboratory Technical Report No. 1417. Pierce, RH, E Bartels, LK Dixon, ER Hall, M Henry, B Kirkpatrick, GJ Kirkpatrick, BA Pederson. 2005-2010. Mote/FWRI cooperative red tide research program: monitoring, prediction and mitigation of Florida red tides. Reports to Florida Marine Research Institute. Mote Marine Laboratory Technical Reports. Hale, JA, RM Duffey, BA Pederson, and ER Hall. 2008. The Sanibel River and the impaired waters rule: how stable nitrogen isotopes and phytoplankton community analyses can indicate nutrient sources and evaluate nutrient reduction efforts. Report to Natural Resources Department, City of Sanibel. Hall, ER, MM Booth, JJ Delfino. 2006. Sedimentary organic matter in the Alafia and Little Manatee Rivers in west-central Florida. Florida Scientist, 69(4):224-235. Hall, ER, JS Perry, and LK Dixon. 2006. Reconnaissance of listed water bodies on Roberts Bay, Little Sarasota Bay, Blackburn Bay, Donna Roberts Bay, and Lemon Bay and Recommendations for future sampling. Report to Sarasota Bay Estuary Program and Sarasota County Environmental Services. Mote Marine Laboratory Technical Report No. 1104. Dixon, LK, ER Hall, ME Whelan, RH Pierce, GJ Kirkpatrick. 2005. Year 1: A Spatially Intense Nutrient Survey of Charlotte Harbor During the 2005 Wet Season. Mote Marine Laboratory Technical Report No. 1067. Sarasota, FL. Submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS. Department: Directorate of Marine Biology & Conservation |
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Mote Marine Laboratory has been a leader in marine research since it was founded in 1955. Today, we incorporate public outreach as a key part of our mission. Mote is an independent nonprofit organization and has seven centers for marine research, the public Mote Aquarium and an Education Division specializing in public programs for all ages.
