The Aquatic Biology Research Group at the University of Oklahoma promotes inter-laboratory and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and graduate training. Included are faculty and graduate students from the Department of Zoology, the Oklahoma Biological Survey, the University of Oklahoma Biological Station, and the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

Located centrally in Oklahoma, OU has easy access to a diverse array of aquatic habitats. These include reservoirs, streams, wetlands, and springs found in areas of differing geology (e.g., granite, limestone, gypsum) and rainfall patterns across the state. Campus facilities include aquaculture/research ponds, concrete tank systems, research greenhouses, museum collections, and a multitude of research laboratories. The OU Biological Station on Lake Texoma has greenhouses, artificial streams, limnology tanks, and excellent housing and laboratory research facilities. The Station also serves as a base for field studies in the southern part of the state and offers a variety of field-based courses.

Research interests of faculty and graduate students in the group provide a broad coverage of aquatic biology, with topics ranging from evolutionary ecology and conservation biology to molecular systematics and physiology, organisms ranging from algae and zooplankton to fish and amphibians, and habitats both within Oklahoma and in other states and countries. Many programs combine basic and applied research.