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146 results for "seagrass":

Gulf of Mexico Summit 2011
...zing that many more will be necessary. The two indicators are birds (represented by Brown Pelican in the prototype) and seagrass abundance. These two indicators were chosen because of their importance and for their recognition – both are widely rec...
Gulf of Thailand Study Tour
...ow including five buildings with nice displays of various natural history features of the Gulf of Thailand. I liked the seagrass and mangrove exhibits, which emphasized the high species diversity in Thailand. The museum was on a hillside with nice...
IAN in American Samoa
...00 species of fish, living in crystal clear waters that range from 82 up to 86 °F. In some of the more sandy areas, the seagrass Halophila (paddle weed) can be found, and both green sea turtles as well as hawksbill turtles can be occasionally found...
In the wake of Rachel Carson, a conservation icon
...e at the end of Water Street. A new statue of Rachel Carson has her gazing out over Great Harbor at the deep end of the seagrass meadow that I studied intensively from 1981-1984. I love that her likeness is oriented in this direction, as it was her...
Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 3 - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
...er for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis ... At the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis , we formed a seagrass working group, recruiting colleagues to help populate a global database of seagrass trajectories. We focused on what we...
Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 4 - The Annapolis Synthesis Center
...s Synthesis Center ... In the middle of the National Environmental Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) seagrass project, we created the Annapolis Synthesis Center . The UMCES Annapolis Office Annapolis is much like Santa Barbara, i...
International WaterCentre field trip to North Stradbroke Island
...rse, a field trip to North Stradbroke Island is included. I attended two of the three days, and led a field trip to the seagrass beds in One Mile Harbor, near the town of Dunwich. The Moreton Bay Research Station in Dunwich was used in the course....
John Bertram's legacy
... lives he touched over the many years that John was associated with the University of Queensland. Histology sections of seagrasses that John Bertram helped prepare. ... Bill Dennison...
Launching Ricky Into Space
... took a photo from space of Bermuda, where we spent a good part of a summer at the Bermuda Biostation together studying seagrasses, corals and mangroves. Ricky was an excellent graduate student, and his ability to learn new techniques and approache...
Long Island Sound 'listening tour' to initiate environmental report cards: Part 1
...ality data (dissolved oxygen, water clarity, chlorophyll, total nitrogen and total phosphorus), fish trawl survey data, seagrass area in the eastern Sound, and bacterial contamination. Long Island Sound Study visit: (left to right; top) Bill Nuttle...
Long Island Sound 'listening tour' to initiate environmental report cards: Part 2
...as at Stony Brook, I had three major life changing discoveries: 1) Instead of the 'pure' research I had envisioned with seagrasses and scallops, I ended up chasing down 'brown tide' blooms that I helped discover and elucidate, which became very app...
Long Island Sound: Environmental Literacy
...arbor. Long Island Sound once supported abundant oysters, scallops, birds and lobsters with widespread salt marshes and seagrasses. The Long Island Sound watershed is large, extending north to Canada and western portions are highly developed, suppo...
Long Island Sound: Prospects for the Urban Sea book synopsis
...e was a large marsh loss noted in 1999, and the western marshes appear to be ‘drowning’ due to relative sea level rise. Seagrasses in eastern Long Island Sound remain, and there is evidence of historical seagrass populations in western Long Island...
Marine Botany lives on
...d the University of Queensland. Eva's replacement at Healthy Waterways was a 'Marbot', Dr. James Udy who did his PhD on seagrasses. James previously worked at Seqwater , where he worked on freshwater issues associated with the reservoirs after a po...
Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card 2016
... This event was scheduled a little later than usual due to some data processing holdups. In addition, aerial surveys of seagrasses could not be conducted in the summer of 2016 due to bad weather conditions. Fortunately, aerial surveys were conducte...
More lessons on how to synthesize science
...ntists to synthesis efforts would help build our capacity. Bob Orth and I included a couple of graduate students in our Seagrass Trajectories synthesis efforts at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and they proved to be some...
More Randy Alberte memories
...ently. I think that he would have appreciated these enduring connections. Randy Alberte snorkeling over Bill Dennison's seagrass research site A major factor in my decision to come to The University of Chicago was the cohort of Alberte graduate stu...
Moreton Bay and Catchment
... to print some fifteen years ago, if we could add a dedication at the front of the book, it would be to Jack Greenwood. Seagrass species composition in grazed and ungrazed areas of Moreton Bay. ... Bill Dennison...
Moreton Bay Research Station
...ook an hour to get from the university to Cleveland, and then another hour to drive the boat across the bay to the vast seagrass meadows on the Amity, Moreton and Wanga Wallen Banks, half the day was used up commuting. By being based on Stradbroke...
Moreton Bay, Australia: Environmental Literacy
...ton Bay is a shallow productive embayment formed by large sand barrier islands on the east coast of Australia Extensive seagrass meadows support large populations of green sea turtles and dugong The Moreton Bay watershed has an extensive network of...

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