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Going from "Aha!" to "Well, Duh" in the Great Barrier Reef, with beer coasters and Burdekin Gold

...t Barrier Reef was divided into six reporting regions and we selected a variety of independent water quality, coral and seagrass indicators to generate scores for each region. David Haynes sailing to Magnetic Island near Townsville, Australia Our "...

Conceptual Diagramming with the Integration and Application Network

...he report card process. A diverse set of examples can be found in a previous blog, “ Top ten conceptual diagrams: Seagrasses, streams, eco-rhythms ”. One of the strengths of using conceptual diagrams is the ability to depict historical...

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...

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...

Developing an Index of Resilience to Climate Change Impacts to the Great Barrier Reef – Workshop 3, Townsville, Australia.

...ient coral reef include high calcification rates, high coral and fish structural and community composition, and healthy seagrass communities (McLanahan et al. 2012). As part of research funded by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation , scientists are d...

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...

Chesapeake Bay Science and Management: A need for more effective scientific communication and adaptive management

...lf way home” because of the previous efforts that have reduced nutrient pollution to slightly over 20%. Also, the seagrasses in the Susquehanna Flats have re-emerged over time (Figure 2) from needed light conditions, absence of storm events,...

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’...

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...

"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...

Drawing sketches and creating conceptual diagrams to communicate science

...as a sketch of the sun reflectors and floating shade screens that I used to increase and decrease light availability to seagrasses in Izembek Lagoon, Alaska . During my PhD research, I drew the seagrass depth transect from Great Harbor in Woods Hol...

Communicating science with marine laboratory and field station directors at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

...do not know who in the audience was the culprit (although I have my suspicions) but someone who was not in our group of seagrass scientists at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis project on Seagrass Trajectories possessed some...

Climate Change and resilience create new challenges in tracking ecosystem health status

...ction or form: a system can change form but provide the same ecological function. For example, species composition in a seagrass bed may change as a result of changing temperature or salinity, but the habitat function of the seagrass bed may remain...

Developing video techniques for science communication

... music video using relevant slides and scrolling text to follow the lyrics. An example of this type of music video is " Seagrass Blue Carbon Blues ". Video interviews: We occasionally will interview people and produce a short video to use in educat...

In the wake of Rachel Carson, a conservation icon

...e at the end of Water Street. A new statue of Rachel Carson has her gazing out over Great Harbor at the deep end of the seagrass meadow that I studied intensively from 1981-1984. I love that her likeness is oriented in this direction, as it was her...

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...

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...

The Ohio River’s Split Personality

...nclude people. But, do ecosystems necessarily include everything that people do? Ecologists talk about salt marshes and seagrass beds as ecosystems, understanding that they are contained within the larger coastal ecosystem. But, does the coastal ec...

Long Island Sound 'listening tour' to initiate environmental report cards: Part 2

...as at Stony Brook, I had three major life changing discoveries: 1) Instead of the 'pure' research I had envisioned with seagrasses and scallops, I ended up chasing down 'brown tide' blooms that I helped discover and elucidate, which became very app...

Long Island Sound 'listening tour' to initiate environmental report cards: Part 1

...ality data (dissolved oxygen, water clarity, chlorophyll, total nitrogen and total phosphorus), fish trawl survey data, seagrass area in the eastern Sound, and bacterial contamination. Long Island Sound Study visit: (left to right; top) Bill Nuttle...

Seagrasses and a little girl lost their greatest champion: Evamaria Koch (1961-2014)

Seagrasses and a little girl lost their greatest champion: Evamaria Koch (1961-2014) ... Evamaria Koch died last week from lung...

Long Island Sound: Prospects for the Urban Sea book synopsis

...e marsh loss noted in 1999, and the western marshes appear to be ‘drowning’ due to relative sea level rise. Seagrasses in eastern Long Island Sound remain, and there is evidence of historical seagrass populations in western Long Island...

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 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...

Developing a climate change resilience index for the Great Barrier Reef: Part 2

...workshop was that I was able to visit with two former Marine Botany members following the workshop. Catherine Collier , seagrass scientist at James Cook University , and her husband Dieter Tracey, who worked with me producing the book ' Where river...

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