Expeditions
Students actively involved in research projects with me have participated in many of these trips.
To get involved contact me at jvantassell@gobiidae.com
Florida Dive Training Trip March-April 2007
Collecting trip to the Florida Keys
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Gulf Coast USA – July 1-31, 2006
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute project “Shore Fishes of the Greater Caribbean” |
Venezuela – Sept 1-16, 2006
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute project “Shore Fishes of the Greater Caribbean” |
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Saba Bank – Jan 2-16, 2006
Biodiversity study funded by Conservation International |
Venezuela – Sept 20-Oct 3, 2005
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute project “Shore Fishes of the Greater Caribbean” |
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Costa Rica – June 28-July 15, 2005
Fish survey of Pacific coast, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, R/V Urracca. |
Bahamas – May 25-June 6, 2005
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute project “Shore Fishes of the Greater Caribbean” |
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Curacao – Feb 2-14, 2005
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute project “Shore Fishes of the Greater Caribbean” |
Panama Atlantic – June 3-15, 2004
Bocas del Toro, R/V Urracca, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute project “Shore Fishes of the Greater Caribbean” |
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Florida – Sept. 2-8, 2004
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute project “Shore Fishes of the Greater Caribbean” |
Florida – Nov 29-Dec 13, 2004
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute project “Shore Fishes of the Greater Caribbean” |
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Past Trips
2004 Brazil
- Feb. 2 weeks photographing fish along the coast near Vitoria.
2003 Florida
- Jan 2-14 - Collecting gobies in the Keys, Melbourne, and Naples.
2003
Brazil – Feb 23- March 10 collecting in Sao Paulo
and Vitoria
2003
Curacao – Feb 8-16 collecting
with M.Taylor
2002
Florida Keys – 2 weeks collecting
2002
Gulf of Mexico collecting trip
from Texas to
Florida – 3 weeks
2002 Canary
Islands – 1 week working on tidepool
fishes
2002 Panama – 4 weeks collecting gobiid fishes along the Pacific coast of Panama
with D. Ross Robertson
2002 Belize – 2 week trip to Smithsonian Research Station on Carrie Bow
Cay to study larval fishes with C. Baldwin and D. Smith USNM
2001 Mexico
trip - Aug 1 - Sept. 25 collecting by SCUBA with Sean Frisby,
Ross Robertson, Kristie
Kaiser
2001 Jamaica
and Cayman Islands - June 2-17 collecting
with Mike Taylor
2001 Panama
Canal - 5 days collecting in the canal with D. Ross
Robertson
2001 El
Salvador - Smithsonian Tropical
Research Station/Smithsonian research cruise - March 17 days
collecting by SCUBA and trawls.
2001 Florida Collecting Trip
to the Keys - 3 weeks in January, with Forrest
Young
2000 Canary
Islands collecting trip - 4 weeks collecting gobiids
on Gran Canaria and Lanzarote with S. Lensch,
C. Balon, and J. Mataline.
2000 Florida
Keys collecting trip - 7 days (August) collecting
gobiids with M. Taylor and J. Maniscalco.
2000 Panama
Canal Zone collecting trip - 20 days (July-August)
Collecting gobiids from the canal zone,
Panama Bay,
and the Atlantic Coast of Panama with D. Thorsen
2000 Panama Research Cruse
- 10 days; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute collecting
from Panama Bay west to Costa Rica
1999 Mexico
- 6 week trip collecting and studying the gobiid fauna of the
Gulf of California with D. Thorsen
1998 Canary
Islands - 5 weeks; Continue study of tidepool
and nearshore fishes with D. Thorsen,
J. Maniscalso, J. Hajagos, S.
Frisby, and M. Weber.
1997 Canary
Islands - 6 weeks; Comparative study of shorefishes
of Gran Canaria
1995 Canary
Islands - 9 weeks; Earthwatch
grant to study tidepool and nearshore
fishes. Earthwatch Research Expedition
1994 Canary
Islands - 9 weeks; quantitative study of the shore
fishes of Gran Canaria and El Hierro. Earthwatch
Research Expedition
1993 Canary
Islands - 9 weeks; quantitative study of shore fishes
and tidepool ecology of Gran Canaria and Lanzarote. Earthwatch Research Expedition
1992 Canary Islands
- 9 weeks; quantitative study of shore fishes and tidepool ecology of the Island
of Gran Canaria.
Earthwatch Research Expedition
1991 Canary Islands
- 8 weeks; quantitative study of shore fishes and tidepool ecology of the Island
of Gran Canaria.
Earthwatch Research Expedition
1990 Canary
Islands - 8 weeks; quantitative study of shore fishes
and tidepool ecology of the Island
of Fuerteventura.
Earthwatch Research Expedition
1989 Madeira
- 1 week; study distribution of Gobiid fauna on Madeira
and Diserta
Islands, with P.J.
Miller
1989 Canary
Islands - 9 weeks; quantitative study of the dermersal
fish populations on the Island
of El Hierro; with
Earthwatch Research Teams, S. Bortone,
A. Brito
1988 Canary Islands - five
weeks; comparison of tidepool and
sublittoral fishes from the Islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura,
Lanzarote, Tenerife, and El Hierro with A. Brito, Y. Murata,
D. Terrone, C. Burmester.
1987 Canary
Islands - nine weeks; homing behavior of tidepool
fishes from Gran Canaria with J.K. Dooley and Earthwatch
Research Teams
1986 Canary
Islands - nine weeks; homing behavior of tidepool
fishes from Gran Canaria with J.K. Dooley and Earthwatch
Research Teams
1985 Canary
Islands - eight weeks; collect gobies and continue
tidepool ecology and homing experiments on Gran Canaria with
W. Wollheim
1984 Canary
Islands - eight weeks; collecting gobies and continuing
homing experiments on Gran Canaria with C. Lief
1983 Canary
Islands - seven weeks; collecting gobies, continuing
homing experiments, photographing littoral fishes with J.K.
Dooley
1982 Canary
Islands - five weeks; ecology and homing behavior
of tidepool fishes from Gran Canaria with D. Wilson
1980 Canary
Islands - five weeks; collect tidepool
and littoral fishes from Gran Canaria, Fuertaventura,
Lanzerote, and Tenerife
with J.K. Dooley
1979 Canary
Islands- four weeks; collect tidepool
and littoral fishes from Gran Canaria with J.K. Dooley
1978 Canary
Islands - four weeks; Ecology of tidepool
fishes on Gran Canaria and Tenerife with
J. Heinze.
1977 Canary
Islands - one week field course to study the terrestrial
and marine environments of Gran Canaria
