Pearce, who
studied hydrography as an undergrad (the science of mapping bodies of water), managed to pick up the tab for his # 10,500 ($ 16,000 USD) degree on his own, in part thanks to a hotel that gave him free lodging in exchange for work.
Circulation,
hydrography, and most marine habitats and ecosystems of the SAB - Florida East Coast have been well
studied (see Atkinson and others [67], [68], [69] for useful summaries and citations of additional reviews and original
studies).