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Scientist-educator partnerships produce classroom materials

... created during a six-week program. Each team developed materials for an interactive website where students can explore seagrass and dead zones, examine the trends in these topics, and investigate current research. Activities on the website directl...

Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence Coastal Trends hosts researcher, educators, and students

...ooms. Through lectures, activities, and field trips, the orientation program introduced the teams to research trends in seagrass and dead zones and educational trends in inquiry and critical thinking. During the program, the teams discussed how to...

The charisma of coastal ecosystems: addressing the imbalance

...esearch effort, as well as relative media reporting of this research effort, for the major coastal ecosystems. Although seagrass meadows support equivalent ecosystem services to coral, mangrove and salt marsh habitats - they recieve less research e...

New seagrass fact sheet

New seagrass fact sheet ... Seagrass: A Hidden Treasure ... A seagrass fact sheet was produced by the Integration and Application Network entitled "Seagrass: A Hidden Treasure" to complement...

Global seagrass distribution and diversity: A bioregional model

Global seagrass distribution and diversity: A bioregional model ... Conceptual diagrams depicting two of the global seagrass regions; the 'Tropical Altlantic' and the 'Mediterranean' ... In this paper, seagrass bioregions at the scale of ocean...

Seagrasses of south-west Australia: A conceptual synthesis of the world's most diverse and extensive seagrass meadows

Seagrasses of south-west Australia: A conceptual synthesis of the world's most diverse and extensive seagrass meadows ... Conceptual diagram placing the seagrass of south-west Australia into a global context, in terms of habitat...

Linking water quality to living resources in a mid-Atlantic lagoon system, USA

... water quality to living resources in a mid-Atlantic lagoon system, USA ... Conceptual diagram linking nutrient load to seagrass abundance, and comparing potential seagrass habitat occupied to an index of water quality. ... This paper synthesizes w...

New IAN Personnel

...cation Intern. During her summer-long internship, Emily will be working on several projects including fact sheets about seagrass and the layout for Nelson Marshall's newest book, Instant Oceanography . Emily recently graduated from Miami University...

IUCN Red List Assessment of Caribbean seagrass, mangrove, coral and algae

IUCN Red List Assessment of Caribbean seagrass, mangrove, coral and algae ... IUCN Red List 2006 and a Caribbean Thalassia testudinum meadow. ... This workshop was ru...

A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems; Orth et al 2006

A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems; Orth et al 2006 ... Conceptual diagrams for (a) tropical and (b) temperate seagrass ecosystems, detailing key ecosystem services and major mechanisms of seagrass loss. (c) Temperate and tropical seagrass...

ISBW 7 Conference 2006

...the IAN symbol libraries . ... On September 10-15, Tim Carruthers from the IAN group attended the seventh International Seagrass Biology Workshop (ISBW7) in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Tim gave a presentation on work being carried out with an NCEAS (Nation...

Seagrasses of southwest Australia poster series

Seagrasses of southwest Australia poster series ... Seagrass of southwest Australia poster series utilizing conceptual diagrams. ... Southwest Australian seagrass meadows are uniqu...

Global seagrass trajectories project launched

Global seagrass trajectories project launched ... 'Global Seagrass Trajectories' working group at the February 2006 NCEAS meeting. ... A working group of a dozen scientists from Australi...

An integrated assessment approach described in recent publication

...e used to create maps of each ecosystem health indicator (phytoplankton concentrations, nutrient levels, water clarity, seagrass distribution, harmful algal bloom distribution and sewage plumes mapped through stable isotope incorporation into bioin...

Florida Bay conference

...ractions between Florida Bay and the Everglades, Gulf of Mexico, and Florida Keys, unraveling the cause of a mysterious seagrass die-off in the 1980s, Hurricane Katrina impacts, and benthic biofiltration by sponges....

New IAN Personnel

...e to Horn Point Laboratory for her Master's degree with Dr. Evamaria Koch on the effects of sediment characteristics on seagrass colonization and distribution along retreating marsh shorelines. In addition to being a scientist, she wants to do more...

Conceptual diagrams used in publication on nutrient dynamics of seagrass meadows.

Conceptual diagrams used in publication on nutrient dynamics of seagrass meadows. ... Conceptual diagram of processes of nutrient input in the Yucatan Peninsula published in Estuarine, Coastal...

Seagrass and Mangrove community interaction research initiatives

Seagrass and Mangrove community interaction research initiatives ... Mangrove-seagrass communities occurring together at Bocas del Toro in Panama. ... Seagrass and mangrove communities often grow in close p...

International Seagrass Biology Workshop and World Seagrass Conference Planning

International Seagrass Biology Workshop and World Seagrass Conference Planning ... In partner with Maryland Department of Natural Resources, UMCES is sponsoring the World Seagras...

Chesapeake Bay Health Stories

...n timing of storm events, weather extremes, management actions, etc. Themes to present include nitrogen, water clarity, seagrass, aquatic resources (crabs, fish, and oysters), climate, population, development pressure, and dissolved oxygen. ... Bil...

Florida seagrasses workshop facilitation and newsletter

Florida seagrasses workshop facilitation and newsletter ... The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is developing a new...

Global trajectories of seagrasses

Global trajectories of seagrasses ... A global assessment of seagrass gains and losses will be used to develop ecological forecasts. Includes constructing a global database of seagrass dist...

Adapting to climate change in the Verde Island Passage, Philippines

... Philippines that has a wealth of coastal marine resources, including highly diverse coral reefs, mangrove forests, and seagrass meadows. It also has ~7 million people whose livelihoods are suppported by those resources. Climate change will impact...

South Florida Ecosystem Synthesis

...chapters organize the main research topics: geographic setting, oceanography, water quality, coral reef and hardbottom, seagrasses, mangroves, some important biota, and some important management actions. Chapter content is comprised of a series of...

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