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Evaluating the effectiveness of field-based probiotic treatments for stony coral tissue loss disease in southeast Florida, USA (Page 1)

Evaluating the effectiveness of field-based probiotic treatments for stony coral tissue loss disease in southeast Florida, USA

Pitts KA, Scheuermann M, Lefcheck JS, Ushijima B, Danek N, McDonald EM, Milanese AR, Schul MD, Meyer JL, Toth KA, Ferris Z, De La Flor YT, DeMarco T, Noren HKG, Walker BK and Paul VJ ·
2025

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has spread throughout Florida’s Coral Reef, causing extensive mortality of over 30 species of reef-building corals, and has rapidly spread to many other countries and territories throughout the Caribbean. Current treatments for SCTLD, including a proprietary paste mixed with the antibiotic amoxicillin, do not provide protection from future infections and may select for antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria.

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SECOORA Modeling and Reporting Workshop (Page 1)

SECOORA Modeling and Reporting Workshop

Heath Kelsey, Alexandra Fries, Sidney Anderson ·
4 June 2025

The Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (SECOORA) hosted a workshop in Wilmington, NC to discuss several prediction and reporting tools in use in the Southeastern United States. Researchers, developers, and experts came together to identify gaps in reporting, ways to improve current tools, and possible future tools, reporting methods, and research objectives.

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Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Enhances Density and Diversity of Epifaunal Invertebrates Compared to Filamentous Mats in the Central Baltic Sea (Page 1)

Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Enhances Density and Diversity of Epifaunal Invertebrates Compared to Filamentous Mats in the Central Baltic Sea

D'Agata C, Staveley TAB, Eklöf JS, Lefcheck JS, Rosenqvist G, and Nordlund LM ·
2025

Submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) provides essential habitat and food to numerous coastal invertebrate species. In the eu-trophic Baltic Sea, fast-growing drifting algae form extensive mats that can negatively impact SAV. However, these mats alsooffer additional habitat and food to epifauna. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of SAV and filamentous mats onepifaunal communities in shallow soft-bottom habitats around Gotland, Sweden, in the central Baltic Sea.

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Chesapeake Global Collaboratory: Baltimore Harbor in Context (Page 1)

Chesapeake Global Collaboratory: Baltimore Harbor in Context

Results of the Workshop on October 10th, 2024

Bill Dennison, Heath Kelsey, Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen, Roshni Nair-Gonzalez ·
28 May 2025

The recent tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has highlighted the critical importance of Baltimore Harbor to the region’s infrastructure, environment, and economy. In response, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), through its Chesapeake Global Collaboratory (CGC), hosted “Baltimore Harbor in Context” on October 10, 2024. The event gathered diverse stakeholders and featured plenary talks, panel discussions, and interactive breakout sessions.

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BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series (Page 1)

BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series

Dornelas M, Antão LH, Bates AE, Brambilla V, Chase JM, Chow CFY, Fontrodona-Eslava A, Magurran AE, Martins IS, Moyes F, Sagouis A, Adu-Acheampong S, Acquah-Lamptey D, Adam D, Ajani PA, Albaina A, Almaraz P, An J, Anderson RS, Anderson MJR, Antunes AZ, Arismendi I, Armbrecht L, Aros-Mardones P, Ashtamoorthy SK, Ayyappan N, Badihi G, Bailey JJ, Baird AH, Baird ME, Balakrishnan SV, Barão-Nóbrega JAL, Barash A, Barbosa M, Barlow J, Bässler C, Beaumont M, Beenaerts N, Begot TO, Beiroz W, Beldade R, Bell DM, Bellgrove A, Belmaker J, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Benkwitt CE, Berkum PM-v, Bestelmeyer BT, Betts MG, Billah MK, Bjorkman AD, Błażewicz M, Bloch CP, Blowes SA, Bode A, Bogoni JA, Bolger T, Bonebrake TC, Bonsdorff E, Bottarin R, Brokensha LN, Brooker RW, Brooks AJ, Bruelheide H, Bueno TA, Laguionie C, Campagnoli ML, Cant J, Caramaschi EP, Caron A, Carroll T, Caruso T, Carvajal-Quintero J, Castaldelli G, Castañeda-Moya E, Castilho PV, Cechin SZ, Chaikin S, Chandrashekara UM, Chase TJ, Chen CA, Cherem JJ, Choi S-W, Christensen EM, Christianini AV, Chu JWF, Coad P, Van Colen C, Comte L, Cooper EJ, Cornelissen JHC, Cosson E, Cotano U, Crevecoeur L, Crow SK, Cumming GS, Daga VS, Damasceno G, Daskalova GN, Davies CH, Davis RA, Day FP, De-La-Zerda S, Deacon AE, de Castro-Arrazola I, Degraer S, Deonarinesingh K, Diaz-Ricaurte JC, Dickman CR, Dirilgen T, Dolan CJ, Duffy JE, Dunn TE, Durigan G, Dwyer C, Earl S, Edelist D, Edgar GJ, Edmondson S, Elgin AK, Ellingsen KE, Elmendorf SC, Eriksen RS, Ernest SKM, Escribano R, Eterovick PC, Evans BS, Everett JD, Evtimova V, Exton DA, Fairbairn AJ, Fantacini FM, Farah FT, Farneda FZ, Favila ME, Fernandez-Fournier P, Fernández-Zapata B, Ferreira DF, Ferronato C, du Feu CR, Fidelis A, Fifield DA, Filho VP, Filho WM, Fitt RNL, Flechtmann CAH, Fraser WR, Fraser DL, Freixas L, Fryxell J, Fundakowski GJ, Gabara SS, Gallois E, Criado MG, García-Berthou E, Garrabou J, Gates AR, Gatti RC, Gavioli A, Gavriel T, Gendreau-Berthiaume B, Giam X, Gjerdrum C, Glemnitz M, Godbold JA, Gómez-Gras D, Gonçalves RB, Goold A, Gordon RR, Goren M, Goulart FVB, Gould WA, Grabowski MM, Graham NAJ, Graipel ME, Grange LJ, Greenville AC, Grossman GD, Guinder VA, Haase P, Haskins GN, Havstad K, Hermanutz L, Hickford MJH, Hidalgo P, Higuchi P, Hoey AS, Van Hoey G, Hofgaard A, Holeck KT, Hollister RD, Holmes RT, Hoogenboom MO, Hortal J, Horton T, Hsieh C-h, Huffard CL, Huikkonen I-M, Hurlbert AH, Hynes J, Irz P, Macedo Ivanauskas N, Iwayama A, James DK, Jandt U, Jażdżewska AM, Jocque M, Johnston ST, Jones SEI, Jones FAM, Jones JA, Jucevica E, Kagainis U, Kagami M, Kang J, Ke X, Keeley EC, Kinnear R, Klanderud K, Klinck U, van Klink R, Klotz S, Knockaert C, Knutsen H, Koivula M, Kortz A, Kriegel P, Kuo C-Y, Kushner DJ, Kyerematen R, Lagarde R, Lancaster LT, Landau OF, Van Landuyt W, Larson ER, Lazarus M, Lee CM, Lefcheck JS, Lembrechts JJ, Ferreira de Lima RA, Lima RG, Lima NGS, Linares C, Lindstrom SC, Lloret F, Lloyd JD, Lobato CMC, Lodge DM, Long PR, López-Abbate C, López-Baucells A, Louzada J, Louzao M, Lugliè A, Luiz MR, Macdonald SE, Madin JS, Magalhães ALB, Mahabir R, Maphisa D, Martin TE, Martins M, Martone PT, Matesanz S, Matsuzaki S-iS, Matthews TJ, Matthews IM, Maxwell CJ, McFarland KP, McGill BJ, McKnight DM, McWilliam MJ, Meador J, Meesenburg H, Meier K, Melecis V, Meserve PL, Meyer CFJ, Michelsen A, Miiller NOR, Milardi M, Milchakova N, Miller RJ, Millett J, Moens T, Montag LFA, Moore J, Müller J, Murali A, Murray SA, Myers-Smith IH, Myster RW, Nakamura M, Nayar S, Neat F, Nelson JA, Nelson MP, Nikolov BP, Nouioua R, Nsor CA, O'Connor M, Obodai EA, Offland AM, Ogaya R, Ogura H, Okey TA, Olden JD, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Oliver JC, Olsen EM, Onipchenko VG, Oro D, Ozolins D, Pabis K, Padedda BM, Palacio FX, Paquette A, Pardede ST, Paterson DM, Pausina S, Pélissier R, Pennings SC, Penuelas J, Pereira FW, Peroni N, Picó S, Pilotto F, Pinheiro HT, Pizarro O, Pizzolotto R, Pomati F, Pompeu PS, Ponton D, Post E, Poulet N, Pöyry J, Presley SJ, Prins HHT, Provoost P, Prudic KL, Punjayil V, Pyšek P, Querner P, Quimbayo JP, Ramnarine IW, Reed DC, Reich PB, Remillard SM, Richards C, Richardson AJ, van Rijn I, Rivera-Monroy VH, Rixen C, Robinson KP, Rocha R, Rodrigues RR, Rodrigues C, de Roos B, de Rossa-Feres DdC, Rosselli L, Rothlisberg PC, Rubio A, Rudstam LG, Ruz CS, Rybicki NB, Van Ryckegem G, Rypel AL, Sadler JP, Saito VS, Sal S, Salomão RP, Sanders NJ, Santos FAM, dos Santos TG, Sarker SK, Scanga SE, Schaub M, Schmidt J, Schmidt IK, Schooley RL, Schultz A, Scotti A, Serpell-Stevens A, Serrano FC, Shadwick EH, Shaft M, Sherry TW, Shimabukuro EM, Siciński J, Sievers C, da Silva FR, da Silva AC, Silveira JM, Siqueira T, Sivadasan AK, Sivan PTP, Skuja A, Slaughter AL, Slingsby JA, Smith JR, Soares BE, Solan M, Souza FM, Souza GBG, Sprague JL, Stachow U, Stadt JJ, Stallings CD, Stanchev RH, Stanley EH, Starzomski BM, Sterza JM, Stevens M, Stiles FG, Stoll S, Stuart-Smith RD, Súarez YR, Super L, Supp SR, Sutela T, Suthers IM, Suuronen A, Swadling KM, Szydlowski DK, Taki H, Taylor SJS, Tedesco PA, Teichert N, Terui A, Thiede GP, Thimonier A, Thomas O, Thompson PA, Thorn S, Tiemann JS, Toledo LF, Tolvanen A, Toniato MTZ, Torre I, Tortato MA, Totsu K, Trant A, Twilley RR, Urabe H, Valade P, Valdivia N, Vallejo MI, Valone TJ, Vanaverbeke J, Vasconcelos TS, Vehanen T, Venturoli F, Verheye HM, Vermeulen HJW, Verstraeten A, Vianna M, Vieira R, Vieira-Alencar JPS, Vilella M, Vitule JRS, Van Vu L, Waide RB, Warren PS, Wayman JP, Webb SL, Weigel B, Welti EAR, West F, Westermann F, Whalen MA, White EP, Widdicombe CE, Williams R, Williamson M, Willig MR, Wipf S, Woehler EJ, Woldering A, Woods KD, Xu W-B, Yahel R, Yang Z, Zawada KJA, Zornosa-Torres C, and Zvuloni A ·
2025

Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimatesfor species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The updated version expands version 1.0 of the database bydoubling the number of studies and includes substantial additional curation to the taxonomic accuracy of the records, as well asthe metadata. Moreover, we now provide an R package (BioTIMEr) to facilitate use of the database.

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Symposium on Alternative Substrate for Oysters (Page 1)

Symposium on Alternative Substrate for Oysters

Report on the Virtual Symposium held Feb 26-28, 2024

North, Elizabeth W., Monica Fabra, Conor Keitzer, Roshni Nair, and Matthew Gray. ·
7 April 2025

This symposium and report were sponsored by the State of Maryland and convened and produced … by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). Lead organizers were Dr. Elizabeth North and Dr. Matthew Gray of UMCES Horn Point Laboratory. The symposium team also … included David Nemazie, Conor Keitzer, Roshni Nair, Monica Fabra, and Kurt Florez. Graphic design … and logistical support were provided by the UMCES Integration and Application Network (IAN).

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Implications of improved remote sensing capabilities on blue carbon quantification (Page 1)

Implications of improved remote sensing capabilities on blue carbon quantification

Canty SWJ, Ciafuentes-Jara M, Herrera-Silveira J, Morrissette HK, Cissell JR, Acosta-Velázquez J, Cherrington E, Feller IC, Friess DA, Lefcheck JS, Simpson LT, Teutli-Hernandez C ·
2025

Important developments in remote sensing capabilities allow for improved accuracy in the mapping of ecosystems. Higher spatial resolution imagery enables more precise classification of land use and land cover categories, which therefore changes our characterization of mapped land- and seascapes. These changes impact how we visualize these ecosystems, and how we quantify their ecosystem services and benefits to people.

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Foundational Science in Flight: USGS Bird Programs Support Conservation, Culture, and a Thriving U.S. Economy (Page 1)

Foundational Science in Flight: USGS Bird Programs Support Conservation, Culture, and a Thriving U.S. Economy

Ziolkowski D, Celis-Murillo A, Malpass J, Pardieck K, Martin J, and Walker L ·
10 March 2025

Birds are vital to our economy, ecosystems, and cultural heritage. Investing in bird conservation benefits communities, businesses, and working lands while reinforcing our nation’s legacy of stewardship and biodiversity. By valuing birds, we ensure a richer, healthier, and more vibrant future for all Americans.

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