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Michael Parsons

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DEPARTMENT OF MARINE & EARTH SCIENCE | DEPARTMENT OF MARINE & EARTH SCIENCE

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06-2026

Vester Station Blair Foundation Vester Station Blair Foundation

Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation

06-2026

Vester Station Blair Foundation Vester Station Blair Foundation

Vester Station Blair Foundation

05-2025

IDC Indirect Cost Return - Michael Parsons IDC Indirect Cost Return - Michael Parsons

IDC Indirect Cost Return - Michael Parsons

05-2025

IDC Indirect Cost Return - Michael Parsons IDC Indirect Cost Return - Michael Parsons

Office of Research & Sponsored Programs

12-2024

Vester Collier Community Foundation Vester Collier Community Foundation

Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation

11-2024

Expansion of the Estero Bay HAB Water Quality Monitoring Network Expansion of the Estero Bay HAB Water Quality Monitoring Network

Expansion of the Estero Bay HAB Water Quality Monitoring Network

11-2024

Expansion of the Estero Bay HAB Water Quality Monitoring Network Expansion of the Estero Bay HAB Water Quality Monitoring Network

Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association

09-2024

Bonita Springs Water Steward Bonita Springs Water Steward

Bonita Springs Water Steward

09-2024

Bonita Springs Water Steward Bonita Springs Water Steward

City of Bonita Springs

08-2024

Impacts of Hurricane Dorian on coastal seafood resources and safety Impacts of Hurricane Dorian on coastal seafood resources and safety

Impacts of Hurricane Dorian on coastal seafood resources and safety

08-2024

Impacts of Hurricane Dorian on coastal seafood resources and safety Impacts of Hurricane Dorian on coastal seafood resources and safety

National Institutes of Health

08-2024

NSF-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research NSF-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research

National Science Foundation

08-2024

NSF-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research NSF-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research

NSF-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research

08-2024

PIRE: Advancing Global Strategies and Understanding on the Origin of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in Tropical Oceans PIRE: Advancing Global Strategies and Understanding on the Origin of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in Tropical Oceans

PIRE: Advancing Global Strategies and Understanding on the Origin of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in Tropical Oceans

08-2024

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

06-2024

2021-2022 Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms 2021-2022 Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms

2021-2022 Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms

06-2024

2021-2022 Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms 2021-2022 Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms

Florida Atlantic University

06-2024

NIH-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research (GCCCR) NIH-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research (GCCCR)

National Institutes of Health

06-2024

NIH-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research (GCCCR) NIH-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research (GCCCR)

NIH-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research (GCCCR)

06-2024

FGCU Foundation O'Bannon Scholarship FGCU Foundation O'Bannon Scholarship

FGCU Foundation O'Bannon Scholarship

06-2024

FGCU Foundation O'Bannon Scholarship FGCU Foundation O'Bannon Scholarship

Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation

03-2024

Implementation of a Study to Assess the Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins Implementation of a Study to Assess the Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins

Abt Associates, Inc.

03-2024

Implementation of a Study to Assess the Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins

08-2023

2022-2023-Red Tide Monitoring in Coastal Waters and Benthic Environments of Southwest Florida (Lee and Collier Counties) 2022-2023-Red Tide Monitoring in Coastal Waters and Benthic Environments of Southwest Florida (Lee and Collier Counties)

2022-2023-Red Tide Monitoring in Coastal Waters and Benthic Environments of Southwest Florida (Lee and Collier Counties)

08-2023

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

06-2023

2022 Red Tide Monitoring in Coastal Waters and Benthic Environments of southwest Florida (Lee and Collier Counties) 2022 Red Tide Monitoring in Coastal Waters and Benthic Environments of southwest Florida (Lee and Collier Counties)

2022 Red Tide Monitoring in Coastal Waters and Benthic Environments of southwest Florida (Lee and Collier Counties)

06-2023

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

04-2023

Examining the Feasibility of Removing Fish Carcasses to Mitigate Red Tide Examining the Feasibility of Removing Fish Carcasses to Mitigate Red Tide

Examining the Feasibility of Removing Fish Carcasses to Mitigate Red Tide

04-2023

Examining the Feasibility of Removing Fish Carcasses to Mitigate Red Tide Examining the Feasibility of Removing Fish Carcasses to Mitigate Red Tide

Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

04-2023

Assessing the impacts of Red Tide on benthic environments in coastal waters of southwest Florida (Lee and Collier Counties) Assessing the impacts of Red Tide on benthic environments in coastal waters of southwest Florida (Lee and Collier Counties)

Assessing the impacts of Red Tide on benthic environments in coastal waters of southwest Florida (Lee and Collier Counties)

04-2023

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

12-2022

Pasco County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Diver Course Pasco County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Diver Course

Pasco County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Diver Course

12-2022

Pasco County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Diver Course Pasco County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Diver Course

Pasco Sheriff's Office

09-2022

Harmful Algal Bloom Innovative Technology: the Harmful Algal Bloom Assessment of Lake Okeechobee System (HALO) Harmful Algal Bloom Innovative Technology: the Harmful Algal Bloom Assessment of Lake Okeechobee System (HALO)

Florida Atlantic University

09-2022

Harmful Algal Bloom Innovative Technology: the Harmful Algal Bloom Assessment of Lake Okeechobee System (HALO)

08-2022

ECOHAB 2017 : CIGUATOX: A Study of Gambierdiscus "Super bugs" And ciguatoxin fate in coral reef food web FNA17NOS4780181 ECOHAB 2017 : CIGUATOX: A Study of Gambierdiscus "Super bugs" And ciguatoxin fate in coral reef food web FNA17NOS4780181

ECOHAB 2017 : CIGUATOX: A Study of Gambierdiscus "Super bugs" And ciguatoxin fate in coral reef food web FNA17NOS4780181

08-2022

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

05-2021

Examining the Feasibility of Removing Fish Carcasses to Mitigate Red Tide Examining the Feasibility of Removing Fish Carcasses to Mitigate Red Tide

Mote Marine Laboratory

09-2020

South Florida Water Management District Oyster Monitoring South Florida Water Management District Oyster Monitoring

South Florida Water Management District

08-2020

NSF-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research NSF-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research

National Science Foundation

08-2020

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

08-2020

ECOHAB 2017: CIGUATOX: A Study of Gambierdiscus "Super bugs" and ciguatoxin fate in coral reef food web FNA17NOS4780181 ECOHAB 2017: CIGUATOX: A Study of Gambierdiscus "Super bugs" and ciguatoxin fate in coral reef food web FNA17NOS4780181

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

08-2020

Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Bloom Exposure Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Bloom Exposure

Florida Atlantic University

08-2020

Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Bloom Exposure Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Bloom Exposure

Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Bloom Exposure

06-2020

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission

06-2020

Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Bloom Exposure Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Bloom Exposure

Florida Atlantic University

06-2020

NIH-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research (GCCCR) NIH-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research (GCCCR)

National Institutes of Health

06-2020

Private Foundation Funds for Red Tide Private Foundation Funds for Red Tide

Foundation funding

06-2020

Red Tide Research Private Foundation Funds for Red Tide Red Tide Research Private Foundation Funds for Red Tide

Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation

06-2020

Red Tide Research Private Foundation Funds for Red Tide Red Tide Research Private Foundation Funds for Red Tide

Red Tide Research Private Foundation Funds for Red Tide

06-2020

NIH-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research (GCCCR) NIH-Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research (GCCCR)

National Institutes of Health

06-2020

BOR/LUMCOM-Coastal Waters Consortium-III, Oil spills as sterssors in coastal marshes: The legacy and the future BOR/LUMCOM-Coastal Waters Consortium-III, Oil spills as sterssors in coastal marshes: The legacy and the future

BOR/LUMCOM-Coastal Waters Consortium-III, Oil spills as sterssors in coastal marshes: The legacy and the future

06-2020

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

06-2020

EAGER: Alternative defensive mechanisms of autotrophs from harmful reactive oxygen species EAGER: Alternative defensive mechanisms of autotrophs from harmful reactive oxygen species

National Science Foundation (NSF)

12-2019

BOR/LUMCON-Coastal Waters Consortium-III, Oil spills as stressors in coastal marshes: The legacy and the future BOR/LUMCON-Coastal Waters Consortium-III, Oil spills as stressors in coastal marshes: The legacy and the future

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

12-2019

Vester Station Blair Foundation Vester Station Blair Foundation

Blair Foundation

12-2019

Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER) Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

12-2019

The responses of Turbidity, CDOM, Benthic Microalgae, Phytoplankton and Zooplankton to Variation in Seasonal Freshwater Inflow to the Caloosahatchee Estuary (2009 - 2010) The responses of Turbidity, CDOM, Benthic Microalgae, Phytoplankton and Zooplankton to Variation in Seasonal Freshwater Inflow to the Caloosahatchee Estuary (2009 - 2010)

South Florida Water Management District

12-2019

Responses to variation in seasonal freshwater inflow to the Caloosahatchee estuary Responses to variation in seasonal freshwater inflow to the Caloosahatchee estuary

South Florida Water Management District

12-2018

Coastal Waters Consortia (CWC II): GoMRI RFP IV Coastal Waters Consortia (CWC II): GoMRI RFP IV

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

08-2018

Ecohab Ciguahab: Ciguatera Investigations in the Greater Caribbean Region: Ecophysiology, Population Connectivity, Forecasting, and Toxgenesis FNA11NOS4780028 Ecohab Ciguahab: Ciguatera Investigations in the Greater Caribbean Region: Ecophysiology, Population Connectivity, Forecasting, and Toxgenesis FNA11NOS4780028

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

12-2015

The Effects Of The Macondo Oilspill On Coastal Ecosystems The Effects Of The Macondo Oilspill On Coastal Ecosystems

Louisiana University Marine Consortium

09-2014

PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT AND PROJECT COORDINATION FOR THE CORAL REEF CONSERVATION PROGRAM PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT AND PROJECT COORDINATION FOR THE CORAL REEF CONSERVATION PROGRAM

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

06-2014

Caloosahatchee Science Workshop Caloosahatchee Science Workshop

South Florida Water Management District

06-2014

2013-2014 MDRI: Biosensor Assay Development for the Rapid Detection of Marine Biotoxins 2013-2014 MDRI: Biosensor Assay Development for the Rapid Detection of Marine Biotoxins

ORGS

12-2013

Our Southwest Florida Coastal Watersheds: A Collaborative Integration of Research, Education, and Policy Outreach Our Southwest Florida Coastal Watersheds: A Collaborative Integration of Research, Education, and Policy Outreach

New College

07-2013

Coral Reef Conservation Program 2009-2014 Coral Reef Conservation Program 2009-2014

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

06-2013

Trophic Transfer of Mercury through a Coral Reef Food Web Trophic Transfer of Mercury through a Coral Reef Food Web

ORSP/CAS

08-2012

The Impacts of Variable Freshwater Inflow and Sea Level Rise The Impacts of Variable Freshwater Inflow and Sea Level Rise

US Department of Education

04-2012

Demonstration of Microbiological and Physico-Chemical Treatment Performance By Pure Siptm Personal Water Purifier (Ps) Demonstration of Microbiological and Physico-Chemical Treatment Performance By Pure Siptm Personal Water Purifier (Ps)

Water One World Solution

02-2012

Acquisition of a Laboratory Research and Teaching Flume Acquisition of a Laboratory Research and Teaching Flume

National Science Foundation

02-2012

Acquisition of a Laboratory Research and Teaching Flume (ARRA) Acquisition of a Laboratory Research and Teaching Flume (ARRA)

National Science Foundation

08-2011

The Impacts of Variable Freshwater Inflow and Sea Level Rise The Impacts of Variable Freshwater Inflow and Sea Level Rise

US Department of Education

08-2011

The Impacts of Variable Freshwater Inflow On Estuarine Process In Southwest Florida The Impacts of Variable Freshwater Inflow On Estuarine Process In Southwest Florida

US Department of Education

08-2011

The Impacts of Variable Freshwater Inflow On Estuarine Process In Southwest Florida The Impacts of Variable Freshwater Inflow On Estuarine Process In Southwest Florida

US Department of Education

05-2011

Is Thalassia testudinum and Halodule wrightii growth limited in Southwest Florida, particularly in Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve? Is Thalassia testudinum and Halodule wrightii growth limited in Southwest Florida, particularly in Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve?

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

10-2010

Benthic Invertebrate Community Dynamics of SW Florida Benthic Invertebrate Community Dynamics of SW Florida

Florida Institute of Oceanography

07-2010

Coral Reef Conservation Program 2009-2014 Coral Reef Conservation Program 2009-2014

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

07-2010

South Florida Water Management District

09-2009

Benthic Invertebrate Community Dynamics of SW Florida Benthic Invertebrate Community Dynamics of SW Florida

Florida Institute of Oceanography

10-2008

Ecology of the Florida Keys and Florida Bay: A Collaborative Undergraduate Research and Education Expedition Ecology of the Florida Keys and Florida Bay: A Collaborative Undergraduate Research and Education Expedition

Florida Institue of Oceanography

06-2008

Long-Term impacts of the red tide organism Karenia brevis on clam fecundity, larval survival and growth Long-Term impacts of the red tide organism Karenia brevis on clam fecundity, larval survival and growth

FGCU-ORSP

06-2007

Monitoring of Red Tide in the northwestern Everglades and adjacent coastal areas Monitoring of Red Tide in the northwestern Everglades and adjacent coastal areas

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

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"Marine phytoplankton responses to oil and dispersant exposures: Knowledge gained since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill"

2021 ▪ Marine Pollution Bulletin

Kendra Daly; Michael Parsons; Antonietta Quigg; Edward J. Buskey; Sibel Bargu; Koray Ozhan; Sumit Chakraborty; Manoj Kamalanathan; Deana Erdner; Sarah Cosgrove;

https://openalex.org/W3128982930

Physical Sciences > Earth and Planetary Sciences > Oceanography
Physical Sciences > Environmental Science > Environmental Chemistry
Physical Sciences > Environmental Science > Pollution
"Coastal Wetland Geomorphic and Vegetative Change: Effects of Sea-Level Rise and Water Management on Brackish Marshes"

2019 ▪ Estuaries and Coasts

Michael Savarese; Brian Bovard; Kimberly Andres; Michael Parsons;

https://openalex.org/W2518098367

Physical Sciences > Earth and Planetary Sciences > Atmospheric Science
Physical Sciences > Earth and Planetary Sciences > Earth-Surface Processes
Physical Sciences > Environmental Science > Ecology

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Sylvia Device Helps Detect Water Algae Levels

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Sylvia Device Helps Detect Water Algae Levels

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Parsons Creates Unique Gulf of Mexico Underwater Classroom

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Parsons Creates Unique Gulf of Mexico Underwater Classroom

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Vester Marine & Environmental Science Research Field Station

Director	Michael Parsons
Phone	239.590.7526
Website	https://www.fgcu.edu/thewaterschool/centers/vestermarine/
Mission	Our goal is to serve as a venue and base of operation for educational programs, community involvement and scholarly research that increases our understanding and promotes science-based stewardship. Our unique facility in nearby Bonita Springs serves as an easy-access point to Estero Bay and the Gulf of Mexico and is an important base of operations for studies of Southwest Florida’s coastal and watershed habitats. A resource for FGCU faculty and students, as well as researchers from throughout Florida and the United States, Vester has also hosted scientists from 15 foreign nations.