ABOUT AUTHOR
Brittany Hall-Scharf
Brittany is a Florida native, working as Hernando County's Florida Sea Grant Agent with the UF/IFAS Extension Office. She works on many coastal and marine programs within her extension role to address fisheries, habitats, water quality, and sustainable economic resource activities. Formerly, Brittany was a fisheries biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute and an adjunct professor for the University of Tampa. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science from Florida State University, a Coastal and Marine Science Resources Certificate from Florida State University, and a Master of Science in Biological Oceanography from the University of South Florida. She is a current Ph.D. student at the UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Lab where she incorporates acoustic telemetry, controlled temperature experiments, and cooperative extension to further investigate how the Common Snook, Centropomus undecimalis, utilizes habitats along Florida's Springs Coast. bhallscharf [at] ufl [dot] edu