Position
Senior Biologist and Manager, Fisheries Stock Enhancement Program
Mote Marine Laboratory
1600 Ken Thompson Parkway
Sarasota, Florida 34236
E-mail: cneidig@marinelab.sarasota.fl.us
Fields of Competence
Fish Dietary and Physiological Research; Shellfish and Crustacean Mariculture; Environmental Assessment; Bacteria and Fungi Pathogeneity; and Water Quality Analysis
Education
1984
M.S. (Fisheries Science)
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1980
B.S. (Biology/Environmental Science)
Grand Canyon College, Phoenix, Arizona
Experience
Ms. Neidig joined Mote Marine Laboratory in February 1986 as a Staff Biologist and was promoted to Senior Biologist in 1988. In this capacity, she is responsible for the supervision of the Fish Stock Enhancement Laboratory. She has been involved in the design and conductance of physiological and dietary experiments with snook (Centropomus undecimalis), and red drum (Sciaenops ocellata). Ms. Neidig also has been responsible for the supervision of MML water quality and biological parameter testing of ponds at the FDNR's Bureau of Marine Research Port Manatee Fish Enhancement Research Facility. She is currently principal investigator for the MML Fish Stock Enhancement Project funded by the state of Florida. She is involved with MML's king mackerel (Scomberamorus cavalla) migration and stock assessment study in the southern Gulf of Mexico. She tags, collected length/frequency and catch per unit effort data, and takes otolith samples for both king and Spanish mackerel (S. maculatus) in the states of Yucatan and Veracruz, Mexico. She has also been involved in the culturing and study of the red tide dinoflagellate, Ptychodiscus brevis. Ms. Neidig's previous experience includes research on the feeding rates of the forage fish species Dorosoma petenense. She conducted research on the growth rates and nutritional requirements of shellfish and crustaceans in closed mariculture systems. She has monitored and recorded data on breeding Antarctic penguins and conducted research on soil borne fungi and microflora associated with diseased annual crops. She has also instructed college laboratories in aquatic biology, microbiology, and biological photography. Ms. Neidig was included on a team of biologists involved in mitigation studies for the Central Arizona Water Project.
Publications
Ms. Neidig has published four papers in her fields of expertise and has significantly contributed to numerous scientific technical reports, including her M.S. Thesis and a paper in preparation on feeding rates of threadfin shad.
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