Just as background, according to Dr. James Carlton, an expert in exotic introductions, no systematic studies have been done on the nonindigenous marine invertebrates of Florida. Because Tampa is a busy shipping port, it would be advantageous to systematically examine the exotics there and around the the rest of the coast of Florida as well.  I’m sure you are well aware of how important it is to have baseline data so you have something to compare new data or data collection in the future to.