Activities focus on coral reef ecology, estuarine ecology and coastal management. The Reef Ecology Study Team

(REST) was formed in 1986. Present and past research include :

	Coastal Management
	Marine Chemical Ecology
	Bioactivity in Marine Organisms
	Artificial Reefs
	Benthic Ecology of Riverine and Coastal Ecosystems
	Coral Biology
	Benthic Ecology of Riverine and Coastal Ecosystems
	Ecotoxicology
	Taxonomic and Distributional Studies on: Nudibranchs Gorgonians Reef Fish Polychaetes Crinoids Benthic Ophiuroids

Herpetological research is also carried out by the Laboratory.