Principal Investigator • M. Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D. • hanisak@hboi.edu Two years of intensive field work were completed in a study to determine the relationship of light and water quality to the ecological success of seagrass in Florida's Indian River Lagoon. Ongoing research is also being conducted which involves experimental manipulations of seagrass in outdoor mesocosms. Algal-nutrient relationships are the focus of ongoing research in the Florida Keys, where Marine Botany investigators are also studying algal recruitmant into ship grounding sites within the reef tract. Collaborative work continues with HBOI's Dr. Brian Lapointe on macroalgal blooms along Florida's continental shelf. • RESEARCH FOCUS • RECOLONIZATION OF A CORAL REEF FOLLOWING THE GROUNDING OF THE FREIGHTER WELLWOOD ON MOLASSES REEF, FLORIDA KEYS