Education

B.S., M.S. in Environmental Studies, Florida International University

Research interests

• Bayesian belief networks and hierarchical models

• Probabilistic ecological risk assessment

• Enhancing secondary school level science education with coastal observing system data

Publications

• Carriger, J.F., G.M. Rand, & W.B. Perry. Aquatic ecological risk assessment of pesticides in surface waters of the C-111 canal system and related estuarine discharge sites.  Planned submission to Human and Ecological Risk Assessment.

• Carriger, J.F. & G.M. Rand. Risk implications associated with contaminated sediments in South Florida Canals. Planned submission to Soil and Sediment Contamination.

• Rand, G.M., J.F. Carriger, & M. Tompkins. Comparative aquatic hazard assessment of mosquito adulticides. Planned submission to Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

• Rand, G.M., J.F. Carriger, T.A. Lee, & R.J. Pfeuffer. 2004. Sediment toxicity in the St. Lucie watershed and Everglades Agricultural Area. Ecotoxicology 13: 261-174.   

Related links

• Dr. Gary M. Rand (M.S. advisor)

• Southeast Environmental Research Center

• Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan