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    599 results for "seagrass":

    • Moreton Bay seagrasses after the flood
      Moreton Bay seagrasses after the flood ... Queensland Parks and Wildlife rangers conduct regular surveys of seagrasses and Lyngbya majuscula (a cyanobacterium that has been blooming in Moreton Bay for over a decade). I was able to tag a...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • On the River with Darion and Tre
      ...e multiple species of plants and animals throughout the journey. There were loblolly pine, some oak trees, and a lot of seagrass in the water we were floating above. We also noticed there was a high presence of invasive grass that was along the riv...
    • 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...
    • Planning a Conference in Unprecedented Times
      ...again—all during “unprecedented times.” In early 2020, we here at IAN made the difficult decision to postpone the World Seagrass Conference and International Seagrass Biology Workshop (WSC/ISBW14) until 2022. When we finally arrived at the conferen...
    • Players and Problems: Socio-Environmental Management in the Chesapeake Bay
      ...more fertilizers into the Bay. 14 Climate change amplifies everything Warmer temperatures changes are pushing crabs and seagrass farther north, while setting the stage for more intense storms and flooding events similar to Hurricane Agnes (1972) an...
    • 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...
    • Presentation dialog
      ...mportant message? B: Well, let's see, I was going to tell everyone how we established that there is a global decline in seagrasses. R: How big a decline? B: I'm not sure I can remember, I need my PowerPoint. R: Why are you even talking about this s...
    • 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’...
    • 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...
    • Science Cafe and science communication training in Boston
      ..., MA , and was organized by graduate students and Bob Chen from the University of Massachusetts , Boston. I spoke about seagrasses and their lack of coastal charisma, Brian Card from Amazon Web Services talked about an amazing visualization of Bost...
    • 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...