Gallery: Reef Resilience

04/17/25
As a volunteer for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Artificial Reef Program, FSU doctoral student Lillie Bradshaw deployed and monitored artificial reefs off the coast of Mexico Beach, Florida. Photo by Eli Myron.
As a volunteer for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Artificial Reef Program, FSU doctoral student Lillie Bradshaw deployed and monitored artificial reefs off the coast of Mexico Beach, Florida. Photo by Eli Myron.
As a volunteer for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Artificial Reef Program, FSU doctoral student Lillie Bradshaw deployed and monitored artificial reefs off the coast of Mexico Beach, Florida. Photo by Eli Myron.
Former lead research technician at FSU's Coastal and Marine Laboratory Rand Ramos (left) and FSU doctoral student Lillie Bradshaw (right) deploy "layer cakes," a type of small artificial reef structure. This work is part of CML's Apalachicola Bay System Initiative, which facilitates research to inform sustainable management and restoration methods following the bay's oyster fishery collapse in the early 2010s. Photo by Shannon Murphy.
In the time between earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri in 2020 and beginning her doctoral studies at FSU in 2023, Lillie Bradshaw conducted research for the U.S. Geological Survey. She traveled to the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California to examine the effects of copper and nitrogen on high-elevations lakes, such as Pear Lake (pictured). Photo by Gaby Ruso.
FSU doctoral student Lillie Bradshaw spent Summer 2021 as a wilderness trail crew member in Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana near Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Rebecca-Konieczny.
In the time between earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri in 2020 and beginning her doctoral studies at FSU in 2023, Lillie Bradshaw conducted research for the U.S. Geological Survey. She traveled to the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California to examine the effects of copper and nitrogen on high-elevations lakes. Photo by Thea Edwards.