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 | Dr. William Alevizon
Scientific Advisor
William Alevizon.
(Ph.D., Marine Ecology and Ichthyology, University
of California at Santa Barbara, 1973). Research Associate in
Coral Conservation, Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences, New
York Aquarium/Wildlife Conservation Society.
Dr. William Alevizon is a marine biologist specializing in
the ecology and behavior of Florida/Caribbean coral reef fishes
and marine conservation. He has conducted extensive scientific
investigations in these areas since 1973, and has authored or
co-authored two popular books and numerous scientific papers and
technical reports on these subjects. From 1975-1990 Dr.
Alevizon served as a Professor of Marine Biology at the Florida
Institute of Technology (Melbourne), and from 1994-1998 as a
Visiting Professor and Research Associate in Geography at the
University of California at Berkeley, where he taught graduate
and undergraduate courses on the oceans and marine
conservation.
Dr. Alevizon has served as principal marine ecologist
(consultant) in marine protected area planning and management
for a number of Caribbean nations, including the Bahamas,
Antigua, B.W.I., the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and
Nicaragua. He has also served on marine resource management
advisory panels for the U.S. National Research Council, the U.S.
National Marine Sanctuary Program (NOAA), and the Florida and
California Sea Grant programs.
Dr. Alevizon is a NAUI Dive Instructor, and in 1994 received
NAUI's Outstanding Service Award for his role in developing
three new NAUI marine conservation/ecology certification
programs.
He currently serves as Scientific Advisor for The Marine
Safety Group, Inc. (Deerfield Beach), a south Florida non-profit
environmental organization. |
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