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The facilities at ASEAC are used by scientists from around the world to conduct research in a diverse range of disciplines. Historically, this research has been dominated by projects in the fields of biology and geology. Major research projects have dealt with recruitment processes, fisheries ecology, life histories, fisheries oceanography, the influence of physical oceanographic processes on larval transport and recruitment, coral reef ecology, predator-prey dynamics, marine carbonate geology and related microbiological processes, paleo-oceanography, the impact of subsurface ultraviolet light in marine environments, marine aquaculture and long-term monitoring of oceanographic and meteorological conditions. These studies have focused on a variety of commercially and ecologically important species including Nassau grouper, queen conch, Caribbean spiny lobster, corals, reef fishes, and invertebrates. Deep-reef studies to 305-meter depths have also been an integral part of research at ASEAC, encompassing bioerosion studies, high-resolution measurements of aquatic signals and deep-sea biological processes.