Vero Beach Marine Laboratory (VBML)
Junda Lin, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Sciences, Director
Elizabeth A. Irlandi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Oceanography, Deputy Director
VBML is located on four acres of oceanfront property in nearby Vero Beach. This facility serves as a field station for the university in support of research and teaching in the marine sciences. The beachfront location of VBML provides ready access to field study sites for work on the biology of coastal organisms and for studies of physical and geological processes of the coastal zone. Major research efforts at the laboratory are related to mariculture (the ecology of seagrass). The center has a seawater system and extensive holding tanks for mariculture work. A two-story laboratory building, equipped with seawater tables and a flow-through system, supports research on mariculture, ecology and toxicology of marine organisms. Classroom and seminar areas, offices and dry laboratory facilities are provided in the main laboratory building.