Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) Carmabi Foundation Centro de Investigaciones Marinas de la Universidad de la Habana CNSI Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute Curaçao Sea Aquarium (CSA) Florida International University (FIU) Mote Marine Laboratory (MML) National Autonomous University of Mexico in Yucatán Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine Smithsonian Institution (SI) St George University (SGU) Texas A&M Univsersity at Galveston The School for Field Studies The School for Field Studies (SFS) Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) Universidad de Oriente Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México University of Belize University of Florida University of Puerto Rico (UPR) University of South Florida University of Southern Mississippi University of Tampa University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) University of the West Indies University of the West Indies (UWI) Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Wisconsin Lutheran College Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research Calabash Caye Field Station, Environmental Research Institute Center for Marine Resource Studies Center for Tropical Island Biodiversity Studies Central Caribbean Marine Institute Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia (CIMAR) Coral Restoration Foundation International, Inc. Department of Integrative Biology Department of Marine Biology Department of Marine Sciences Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory Glover's Reef Research Station Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology Instituto Oceanografico Keys Marine Laboratory MacLean Marine Science Center Marine Biology Program Marine Education and Research Center, Institute for Water and Environment Marine Science Field Station Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center Ocean Research & Education Foundation, Inc Perry Institute for Marine Science Port Royal Marine Laboratory School of Life Sciences Smithsonian Institution - Carrie Bow Cay Field Station Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute The Academic Unit Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bonaire Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Grenada Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Puerto Rico San Salvador, Bahamas St. Eustatius DWI St. Kitts Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands US Virgin Islands USA Venezuela Coral Reefs Sea Ocean Montastaea Orbicella faveolata annularis franksi cavernosa Siderastrea Diploria Fish Thalassia Syringodium Halimeda Parrot Tang Butterfly Barracuda Lionfish Ecology Restoration Outplanting Elevation Change Seafloor Erosion Accretion
The Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean
Welcome
to the
Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean!

Coordinating and networking marine research
throughout the
Greater Caribbean Region


The AMLC is a confederation of 38 marine research, education, and resource management institutions endeavoring to encourage the production and exchange of research and resource management information, advance the cause of marine and environmental education in the region, and facilitate cooperation and mutual assistance among its membership.

We also have more than 160 Individual Members with professional research and management interests in the Region. While the AMLC is at its core an association of institutions, these individual members avail themselves of networking and professional interaction opportunities afforded by AMLC activities. Active communication among members is enabled by our AMLC Listserv and AMLC FaceBook page, instantly connecting members and providing networking and information resources for pursuing our professional and research interests.

The AMLC is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit corporation governed by a Board of Directors, which consists of one Institutional Representative from each Institutional Member plus a slate of officers elected by the Board of Directors. A list of current officers with contact information may be found in the About Us section of this site, and an Institutional Membership directory that lists the Individual Members of the Board of Directors is available under Directories. The Board of Directors gives the Executive Board, which consists of the elected Officers plus one Member-At-Large, direction for certain functions of organizational leadership.

Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) Scientific Meetings are hosted by Institutional Members, biennially, at or nearby Institutional Member laboratories/facilities. Meeting hosts are selected based on their geographic location and a formal proposal, which is reviewed by the Board of Directors. Pre-2015 proceedings were published as Supplemental Editions of the International Journal for Tropical Biology (Revista de Biología Tropical). Since 2015, the AMLC has sponsored the publication of a limited number of the highest quality papers in Peer J. PDFs of the proceedings are available under Proceedings. See Meetings to get the details for upcoming conferences.

Student members receive annual financial support for research through the Grants-in-Aid of Caribbean Marine Research opportunity, which is announced each January. Student Travel Grants are available to AMLC student members that are presenting a talk or poster at the AMLC meetings. There are also cash awards for the three best posters and oral presentations.

Consider donating to the AMLC to support our activities, including bi-lingual translation services during our Scientific Meetings, student-travel support for Scientific Meetings, and our student Grants-in-Aid program; or consider becoming an official 2023 AMLC Scientific Meeting Sponsor.
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