Englewood Shell Club Nov 2022 Speaker Dr. Stephen Geiger
Dr. Geiger is a Research Scientist in the Marine Fisheries Research section of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and has worked for the state of Florida since 1988. He has worked in the Molluscan Fisheries group since 2001 and led the group since 2009. His current work focuses on shellfish monitoring and restoration, primarily scallops, oysters, and hard clams.
Ongoing projects include bay scallop restoration in the FL panhandle, monitoring of oysters as a valued ecosystem component for Everglades restoration, an annual survey of bay scallop abundance and recruitment, development of a program to monitor gastropods.
He received his Bachelor of Science in marine science in 1986 from Southampton College. He received his M.S. in 1993 and Ph.D. in 1999 from the University of South Florida. His master's research focused on the biology of juvenile tarpon and his doctoral research focused on responses of zooplankton to changes in food supply.
Dr. Geiger has published 18 peer-reviewed articles and co-authored a book chapter on such topics as scallops, stone crabs, plankton dynamics, and Antarctic deep sea fishes. He also has five years experience on crustacean fisheries research and four years of public outreach background.
Dr. Geiger’s topic is “Marine Gastropod Studies at Florida Wildlife Research Institute: A shift in foci for Mollusks Fisheries” (FWC)
The talk was held at the Nov 2022 Englewood Shell Club General Meeting.