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    146 results for "seagrass":

    • "Seagrasses of the World" revisited: "A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses" published
      "Seagrasses of the World" revisited: "A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses" published
      "Seagrasses of the World" revisited: "A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses" published ... Seagrass science was largely influenced by the seminal book " Seagrass of the World ", written by Cornelis den Hartog in 1970. P...
    • Aegean Sea field trip: Egyptian sand, seagrass, marine sanctuaries, cruising
      Aegean Sea field trip: Egyptian sand, seagrass, marine sanctuaries, cruising
      Aegean Sea field trip: Egyptian sand, seagrass, marine sanctuaries, cruising ... We drove from our Marmarsis hotel on the south side of the Marmasis peninsula frontin...
    • Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis workshop: "Australian seagrass habitats: Condition and threats"
      Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis workshop: "Australian seagrass habitats: Condition and threats"
      Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis workshop: "Australian seagrass habitats: Condition and threats" ... I participated in a week long seagrass working group meeting at the Moreton Bay Re...
    • Bahamian adventures: Columbus on the Niña and seagrass scientists on the R/V Calanus
      Bahamian adventures: Columbus on the Niña and seagrass scientists on the R/V Calanus
      Bahamian adventures: Columbus on the Niña and seagrass scientists on the R/V Calanus ... On May 11, replicas of two of the three ships that Christopher Columbus sailed across...
    • In memory of Jay Zieman, University of Virginia seagrass ecologist
      In memory of Jay Zieman, University of Virginia seagrass ecologist
      In memory of Jay Zieman, University of Virginia seagrass ecologist ... Joseph "Jay" C. Zieman (1943-2015), my seagrass ecology colleague, died recently. I first met Jay in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1980 when my Master's thesis advisor C. Pet...
    • Seagrass Blue Carbon Blues
      Seagrass Blue Carbon Blues
      Seagrass Blue Carbon Blues ... As one of the outputs of the Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis workshop on...
    • Seagrass recovery in Chesapeake Bay: A success for Chesapeake Bay research and restoration
      Seagrass recovery in Chesapeake Bay: A success for Chesapeake Bay research and restoration
      Seagrass recovery in Chesapeake Bay: A success for Chesapeake Bay research and restoration ... Raleigh Hood asked Bob “JJ” Orth...
    • Top ten conceptual diagrams: Seagrasses, streams, eco-rhythms
      Top ten conceptual diagrams: Seagrasses, streams, eco-rhythms
      Top ten conceptual diagrams: Seagrasses, streams, eco-rhythms ... Conceptual diagrams are 'thought drawings' that use symbols to convey meaningful ecological...
    • Top ten marine flora symbols: Phytoplankton, macroalgae, mangroves and seagrasses
      Top ten marine flora symbols: Phytoplankton, macroalgae, mangroves and seagrasses
      Top ten marine flora symbols: Phytoplankton, macroalgae, mangroves and seagrasses ... This is the first blog post in a series which celebrates the IAN symbol library by highlighting some of the most...
    • 6th anniversary of the IAN symbol libraries
      6th anniversary of the IAN symbol libraries
      ...hy Waterways campaign in SE Queensland. The first symbols were subtropical in nature, and there were lots of Australian seagrasses and mangroves as well as various Australian animals. When the Integration and Application Network was created in 2002...
    • A future for global biological ocean monitoring networks
      A future for global biological ocean monitoring networks
      ...experts on the state of observation technology, monitoring, and networking for key living resource groups that included seagrass, kelps and seaweeds, plankton, fish, turtles, seabirds, marine mammals, invertebrates, corals, and microbes. Learning a...
    • A New IAN Science Communication Course on Ecosystem Health Report Cards in Adelaide, Australia
      A New IAN Science Communication Course on Ecosystem Health Report Cards in Adelaide, Australia
      ...ne, freshwater, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments, reporting on elements like pest species, soil health, reefs, seagrass, salt marsh, and dunes. These report cards use conceptual diagrams and the IAN symbol libraries . Conceptual diagram fo...
    • A new special journal issue on water education
      A new special journal issue on water education
      ...of scholarship about education. In the past, I have enjoyed learning new topics as I was involved in publications about seagrasses, corals, mangroves, macroalgae, phytoplankton, microbes, etc., but this foray into education was a bigger jump than t...
    • A new version of the song 'Memphis Tennessee' released
      A new version of the song 'Memphis Tennessee' released
      ...nal score and sang and recorded it from his studio in Perth , Australia. Gary was also my musical partner on the song ' Seagrass Blue Carbon Blues ', which has gone 'bacterial' (not quite viral, but popular among a select group of marine biologists...
    • A picture is worth a thousand words… but what about a conceptual diagram?
      A picture is worth a thousand words… but what about a conceptual diagram?
      ...produce this diagram: Increased nutrients from farming limit the light that can penetrate the water, limiting growth of seagrass beds. Credit: Christina Goethel With this quick, but productive game behind us, we reviewed our own conceptual diagrams...
    • A visit to the Australian Institute of Marine Science
      A visit to the Australian Institute of Marine Science
      ...opkinson and Bowl Reefs). I had a wonderful time at AIMS in 1985-1986. I had been interested in water motion effects on seagrasses and Dave Barnes and I investigated the effect of water motion on coral calcification and photosynthesis. I ended up s...
    • All about the Bay: Exploring history, heritage, and habitat at the Chesapeake Studies conference
      All about the Bay: Exploring history, heritage, and habitat at the Chesapeake Studies conference
    • Assessing the vulnerability of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
      Assessing the vulnerability of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
      ...y to climate change. The Great Barrier Reef components used in this assessment of climate impacts included coral reefs, seagrass meadows, mangrove forests and catchment runoff. A group of experts representing each of these components and Integratio...
    • Association for Science of Limnology and Oceanography in San Juan, Puerto Rico
      Association for Science of Limnology and Oceanography in San Juan, Puerto Rico
      ... learned about the phenomenon of “ocean darkening” referring to the reduction in light penetration into oceanic waters. Seagrasses were a theme at this conference, if only because of the impacts of an introduced seagrass species, Halophila stipulac...
    • Atlantic Estuarine Research Society 70th anniversary conference
      Atlantic Estuarine Research Society 70th anniversary conference
      ...lds. 2018 AERS meeting. Photo credit: Danielle Kreeger My longtime colleague, Bob “JJ” Orth , gave a plenary talk about seagrasses that highlighted our collaborative efforts to synthesize seagrass trajectories globally through the National Center f...
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