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    591 results for "seagrass":

    • Bill Dennison's 500th Blog
      ...aradigm shifts. A 1689 portrait of Isaac Newton by Godfrey Kneller. Source: Wikipedia 8. " Top ten conceptual diagrams: seagrasses, streams, eco-rhythms ," published in 2013. I created a blog series of top ten lists (like in the blog you are readin...
    • Finding the right indicators – a collective stakeholder engagement approach
      ..."white paper" should be carefully examined. There are cases, such as in the Great Barrier Reef, where the coral health, seagrass, and water quality data were obtained by citizen science initiatives. In another case, trailer truck rentals were used...
    • Sweet Kenny Moore is retiring
      ...‘vacuumed’ up from an eelgrass meadow using flowing seawater pumped up from below the pier. We talked about seagrass and I admired their offices out on the pier. I didn’t stay too long (it was cold and they were still sorting thro...
    • Celebration of Susan Williams’ life and impact at UC Davis and Bodega Marine Laboratory
      ... Washington, D.C. to testify on her ‘own dime’ and her regular participation on the advisory committee. The seagrass and seaweed session was chaired by Megan Dethier , from the University of Washington. Megan read a quote by William Jam...
    • 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...
    • Creating the Texas Coast Ecosystem Health Report Card
      ...m Health Report Card ... Jamie Currie and I had an exciting meeting with experts on Texas coastal water quality, birds, seagrass, oysters, and fisheries on November 1 and 2 to create the first Texas Coast Ecosystem Health Report Card. We met at the...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 2017 Coastal Bays Report Card
      ...ater quality indicators (total nitrogen, total phosphorus, chlorophyll a , dissolved oxygen) and two biotic indicators (seagrass, hard clams) toward scientifically derived ecological thresholds or goals. The six indicators are combined into one ove...
    • Field Trips in Puerto Rico…. with a mission
      ...st. From there we traveled to the adjacent ecosystems on the coast, stopping at Playa Tamarindo. Bill and I, both being seagrass ecologists, quickly ran out to the dense meadows of Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) that lined the beach. There wer...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Discussing island drought in Puerto Rico Part I
      ... about the ridge to reef concept of connecting land impacts of drought with adjacent coastal ecosystems like mangroves, seagrasses and corals. She also pointed out the data deficiencies throughout the US Virgin Islands. Breakout group discussing ag...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Atlantic Estuarine Research Society 70th anniversary conference
      ...RS 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...
    • 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...
    • Bob “JJ” Orth receives the Virginia Outstanding Scientist Award
      ...t prolific and most supportive colleague of my career, and has worked with me the longest time out of any. Bob Orth and seagrass colleagues at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. I am very glad that Bob Orth received this awa...
    • When to Go Big with Report Cards
      ...Basin (left to right). Similarly, the Chesapeake Bay Report Card provides an overview of Bay water quality and critical seagrass habitat, as well as a fisheries index. Complimentary to the Chesapeake Bay Report Card, there are many smaller-scale, c...
    • 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...
    • Twas the Weeks Before Christmas: Saying Goodbye to Nick DiPasquale
      ...care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The oysters were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of seagrasses danced in their heads; And Nick in his chair, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap, W...
    • 2016 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card
      ...uality indicators (total nitrogen, total phosphorus, chlorophyll  a , dissolved oxygen) and two biotic indicators (seagrass, hard clams) toward scientifically derived ecological thresholds or goals. The six indicators are combined into one ove...
    • Seagrass ecosystem trajectory depends on the relative timescales of T resistance, recovery and disturbance
      Seagrass ecosystem trajectory depends on the relative timescales of T resistance, recovery and disturbance ... Seagrass ecosystems are inherently dynamic, responding to environmental change across a range of scales. Habitat requirements of...
    • Long-term nutrient reductions lead to the unprecedented recovery of a temperate coastal region
      ...ich is highly relevant to the utility of environmental management programs worldwide. ... submersed aquatic vegetation, seagrass, eutrophication, global change, ecosystem management ... Bill Dennison ... Rebecca Murphy ... Jeni Keisman ... Lefcheck...