Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Ibarra-Castro Lab
Led by Leonardo Ibarra-Castro · Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
What we study
The lab studies the earliest life stages of marine fish, especially first feeding, to raise survival in aquaculture. It combines developmental biology, histology, biochemistry and molecular tools. The lab is at UF's Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in St. Augustine, Florida.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Marine organisms
- No coding
- Projects
- 2
Current projects
Larval grow-out
Improving survival and growth of marine fish larvae.
Reproductive management
Knowledge transfer to improve finfish aquaculture.
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