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My four decade friendship with Susan Williams
...me to Woods Hole to work with me on a proposal. We co-authored a proposal to study the circadian rhythms Caulerpa vs. a seagrass Halophila . We received funding for the project which led to a project we conducted in St. Croix , U.S. Virgin Islands...
Nobody gets it right the first time
...graph like in image 3. The after picture is not only more readable, but also gives a preview to your audience of what a seagrass look like for any audience whether or not they understand the science behind it. Image 3. Jane Thomas, Senior science c...
One Mile Harbour, Moreton Bay
...Aboriginal middens with gum trees standing high A small clump of mangroves standing firmly on the shore Dark patches of seagrass underneath clear water Light patches where dugong come to feast some more The ever-changing tide flats, half water and...
Peter Oliver's retirement lecture
...and look to the East and use your imagination, you can see Bribie Island as a large dugong feeding on the Deception Bay seagrasses. Peter has written a song called ' Dugong Rock ' which has inspired singing, dancing and some considerable cavorting...
Pigs in Water: living underwater with Susan Williams
... regulate their physiology. Susan had done her PhD research on a large macroalga Caulerpa and I was finishing my PhD on seagrasses. Both of these green underwater plants live side by side in soft sediments, and as Susan found in her thesis, they ca...
Population and Environment Case Studies: Local Approaches to a Global Challenge
...d a sustainable tourism-based economy. They are looking for ways to increase the resilience of their diverse mangroves, seagrasses and coral reefs to promote high-end ecotourism and manage development to protect its unique ecosystem. However, manag...
Practical visual literacy for science communication
...p: A photo of a kayaking trip, which can be used to enhance written information. Bottom: a video discussing the role of seagrass in sequestering blue carbon. Visual credit: Integration and Application Network A diversity of visual elements enhances...
Previewing NY Harbor exhibit at the New York Aquarium on Coney Island
...in while watching them in this exhibit, serving as a testament to its authenticity. To top it off, they even had a nice seagrass tank, complete with cute seahorses hanging onto the blades. Any aquarium with seagrasses gets my vote! Seagrass and sea...
Queenscliff, Bellarine peninsula and Victoria embayments
...en roof and slanting windows to obtain winter solar heat but to avoid summer heat. The location on Swan Bay overlooking seagrass meadows with wading birds and raptors was stunning. The ocean beach on Bass Strait is a short walk across the narrow pe...
Reef Resilience in Townsville
...-based trajectories of reef structure Deploying calcification stations and staining crusty algae Measuring and modeling seagrass productivity All to better assess reef resilience The IAN 11 team helped consolidate the results Drawing diagrams, writ...
Remembering Bob Simon: A class act
...he fact that my Marine Botany group at the University of Queensland had been documenting the expansion of mangroves and seagrasses in the nearshore reefs, which we attributed to increased coastal inputs of sediments and nutrients. 60 Minutes’ corre...
Remembering Randy Alberte
...gy). I told Randy that I was interested in pursuing a PhD following my Master's degree from the University of Alaska on seagrasses and he invited me to visit his research group at Barnes Laboratory, The University of Chicago. On that visit a few mo...
Resilience based management of the Great Barrier Reef
...arrier Reef Foundation, providing workshop overview Another example from the Caribbean was Florida Bay , when a massive seagrass dieback led to an ecological cascade which included phytoplankton blooms, sponge mortalities and spiny lobster declines...
Rich Batiuk’s retirement from the Chesapeake Bay Program
...he powerpoint also included some historic photos of Rich. My favorite was a photo of a smiling sea otter cavorting in a seagrass meadow, which reminded me of Rich. We featured this photo in the video. Rich Batiuk lured scientists to the 'Fish Shack...
Samoa; tsunamis, coral reefs, fishing, dredging
...c islands are dispersal limited. Extensive live coral cover on north shore Samoan reefs There were small patches of the seagrass Halophila spp. in shallow water inshore of the coral. The fish life of the coral reef was rather disappointing, as ther...
SAV SYN One Last Time
...vened to make progress on our two remaining publications, using Structural Equation Modeling (led by Jon Lefcheck ) and seagrass trait analysis (led by Chris Patrick ). The other major effort was to develop a segment analysis of SAV trends, drivers...
Savai'i Island, Samoa; lava, blowholes, pigs, churches
...t had destroyed the forest, with a new tree canopy forming below. This park was created by Dr. Paul Alan Cox , a former seagrass colleague of mine who has had a long standing conservation role in Samoa. Rainforest in Savai’i We saw many small marin...
Scientific synthesis at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Part 4--Moving beyond synthesis
... the use of scientific synthesis which led to a science application effort, I will recount our efforts regarding global seagrass trajectories. Beginning in 2005, Tim Carruthers , Bob Orth and I initiated a seagrass synthesis effort through the Nati...
Scientific synthesis paper shows Chesapeake Bay nutrient diet is working
...rgy editor Jennifer Weeks to publish this article titled "Cutting pollution in the Chesapeake Bay has helped underwater seagrasses rebound." The Conversation is an independent source of news and views from the academic and research community. SAV-S...
Scientists Alone Won’t Save the Earth
...ty of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). Professor Dennison started his career as an ecologist studying seagrass and discovered a novel phytoplankton bloom (brown tide). Later, his career path was influenced by his postdoctoral fell...

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