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Amanda Christiansen

woman in mask holding fish

Name
Amanda Christiansen

Position
Biological Scientist I

Education
B.S. Marine Biology and Environmental Studies, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL

Research Interests
Conservation and restoration research, marine and freshwater invertebrate research, and freshwater fish and plant monitoring

Experience
Amanda was a crew member for EPA's National Rivers and Streams Assessment from 2018-2019 and worked on Lake Apopka restoration efforts of submerged aquatic vegetation in collaboration with UF and St John's River WMD from 2018-2020. Currently, Amanda is working to collect freshwater-based metadata for Terra-CAT, as well as assisting on a major bank restoration project on the Peace River and a Threats Assessment and Fish Assemblage study on the Myakka River.