The last Sanibel Shell Club meeting of the 2020-21 season will be on Sunday April 11, 2021. The meeting will start promptly at 2pm EDT on Zoom, so be sure to join a few minutes early. Members-only will receive an email with the link to join the meeting. Not a member? Join now!
Jaime Rogers, a PhD student at University of South Florida, will present his comparison study of modern vs. historic oysters to determine how they have changed over the last 200 years. His research was partially funded by a Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club grant.
Tampa Bay has lost approximately 90% of its oyster reefs since the early 1900’s. Jaime’s study will assist with efforts to restore the reefs by providing answers to gaps in the current understanding of oyster biology.
Jaime Rogers is a PhD student in the applied anthropology program at the University of South Florida. His dissertation work integrates historical ecology and archaeology to investigate the human-environmental relationship in Tampa Bay, Florida from 500 BCE to present. Jaime is a professional archaeologist with six years of field experience and has worked throughout Florida, the southeastern U.S., Turks and Caicos, and Guatemala. His MA thesis research at the University of Central Florida used LA-ICP-MS on modern and archaeological oysters to better understand paleo climates during a time of widespread site abandonment along the Gulf Coast of Florida. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from UCF in interdisciplinary studies with concentrations in environmental studies, anthropology, and GIS. He is the current vice president of the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society.
