Thomas K. Frazer

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Thomas K. Frazer

Associate Director, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, and UF Foundation Professor

Ph.D. Biological Sciences, 1995 University of California, Santa Barbara

M.S. Fisheries, 1990 University of Florida

B.S. Fisheries, 1986 Humbolt State University

Dr. Tom Frazer's area of interest and expertise is the ecology of oceanic and coastal marine systems. Dr. Frazer has worked with reef fish and other reef-dwelling organisms in warm-temperate environments and also with zooplankton in the Southern (Antarctic) Ocean. His more recent work is focused on estuarine and nearshore coastal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. He coordinates a large-scale, water quality monitoring program in the Big Bend region of Florida, and is also involved in several related ecological investigations.

Dr. Frazer, as Associate Director of the School of Forest Resources and Conservtion, oversees the School's Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences program.

Courses

FAS 6935C Contemporary Problems in
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Fall, Spring.

Credits: 2. Maximum: 10. Prerequisites: graduate student standing. This is a graduate seminar on the life histories, ecology and management of exploited finfishes and shellfish in Florida's coastal waters. Student-led discussions will focus on the environmental factors that influence physiological and ecological processes that in turn affect the abundance and distribution of Florida's exploited species. Management strategies and regulation of sport and commercial harvests will be viewed and evaluated in light of the discussions.

email: frazer@ufl.edu

Phone: 352-392-9617 ext. 243

Curriculum Vitae -all publications included

Manatee

Selected Publications

Moline, M. A.. N. J. Karnovsky, Z. Brown, G. J. Divoky, T. K. Frazer, C. A. Jacoby, J. J. Torres, and W. R. Fraser. 2008. High latitude changes in ice dynamics and their impact on polar marine ecosystems. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1134: 267–319.

Grober-Dunsmore, R., V. Bonito and T. K. Frazer. 2007. Discerning sexual recruits is beneficial, but not critical for assessing recovery of Acropora palmata populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 335:233-236. PDF

Calleja, M.L., C. Barrón, J.A. Hale, T.K. Frazer and C.M. Duarte. 2006. Light regulation of benthic sulfate reduction rates mediated by seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) metabolism. Estuaries and Coasts 29(6B):1255-1264. PDF

Frazer, T.K., S.K. Notestein, C.A. Jacoby, C.J. Littles, S.R. Keller and R.A. Swett. 2006. Effects of storm-induced salinity changes on submersed aquatic vegetation in Kings Bay, Florida. Estuaries and Coasts 29(6A):943-953. PDF

Agustí, S., E. Alou, M.V. Hoyer, T.K. Frazer and D.E. Canfield. 2006. Cell death in lake phytoplankton communities. Freshwater Biology. 51:1496-1506. PDF

Grober-Dunsmore,R., V. Bonito and T. K. Frazer. 2006. Potential inhibitors to the recovery of Acropora palmata populations in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series.321:123-132. PDF

Lindberg, W.J., T.K. Frazer, K.P. Portier, F. Vose, J. Loftin, D. Murie, D.M. Mason, B. Nagy and M.K. Hart. 2006. Density-dependent habitat selection and performance by a large mobile reef fish. Ecological Applications 16:731-746. PDF

Moline, M.A., H. Claustre, T.K. Frazer, J. Grzymski, O. Schofield and M. Vernet. 2004. Alteration of the food web along the Antarctic Peninsula in response to a regional warming trend. Global Change Biology 10(12):1-8. PDF

Hauxwell, J., T.K. Frazer and C.W. Osenberg. 2004. Grazing by manatees excludes both new and established wild celery transplants: implications for restoration in Kings Bay, FL, USA. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 42:49-53. PDF

Hauxwell, J.A., C.W. Osenberg and T.K. Frazer. 2004. Conflicting management goals: manatees and invasive competitors inhibit restoration of a native macrophyte. Ecological Applications 14(2):571-586. PDF

Hale, J.A., T.K. Frazer, D.A. Tomasko and M.O. Hall. 2004. Changes in the distribution of seagrass species along Florida’s central Gulf coast -- Iverson and Bittaker revisited. Estuaries 27(1):36-43. PDF

Glancy, T.P., T.K. Frazer, C.E. Cichra and W.J. Lindberg. 2003. Comparative patterns of occupancy by decapod crustaceans in seagrass, oyster, and marsh edge habitats in a northeast Gulf of Mexico estuary. Estuaries 26(5):1291-1301. PDF

	Dr. Tom Frazer is literally in his element as he gives a lecture on coastal ecology. Frazer is a team guest lecturer in Mike Allen's Field Ecology of Aquatic Organisms course, offered each summer. This particular lecture took place in a seagrass bed along Florida's Gulf Coast
	Students celebrate a productive seine haul; providing plenty of specimens for observation and identification in an estuary along Florida's Gulf Coast.
	Dr. Frazer's recent work focuses on estuarine environments, such as coastal saguaros beds---home for a host of marine organisms, including popular sportfishing species such as this barracuda.
	Dr. Frazer poses here with two stone crabs, the subject of an earlier study on the ecology of early juvenile stages. He is currently focusing on blue crabs.

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 7922 NW 71st St., Gainesville, FL 32653
UF PO: 110600 Phone: 352/392-9617 Fax: 352/392-3672

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