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    146 results for "seagrass":

    • 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...
    • Indian River Lagoon: Environmental Literacy
      ...en the temperate and tropical climate zones. The health of the IRL ecosystem depends on the extent and condition of its seagrass beds and fringing wetlands. The physical characteristics of the IRL make it susceptible to developing conditions that a...
    • Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 3 - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
      ...er for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis ... At the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis , we formed a seagrass working group, recruiting colleagues to help populate a global database of seagrass trajectories. We focused on what we...
    • Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 4 - The Annapolis Synthesis Center
      ...s Synthesis Center ... In the middle of the National Environmental Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) seagrass project, we created the Annapolis Synthesis Center . The UMCES Annapolis Office Annapolis is much like Santa Barbara, i...
    • Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 8 - Environmental Report Cards
      ...ds. The Great Barrier Reef report card includes land practices We have the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and SeagrassWatch volunteers collecting seagrass, coral, and water quality data to look at the state of the reef. We can actually pu...
    • International WaterCentre field trip to North Stradbroke Island
      ...rse, a field trip to North Stradbroke Island is included. I attended two of the three days, and led a field trip to the seagrass beds in One Mile Harbor, near the town of Dunwich. The Moreton Bay Research Station in Dunwich was used in the course....
    • John Bertram's legacy
      ... lives he touched over the many years that John was associated with the University of Queensland. Histology sections of seagrasses that John Bertram helped prepare. ... Bill Dennison...
    • Launching Ricky Into Space
      ... took a photo from space of Bermuda, where we spent a good part of a summer at the Bermuda Biostation together studying seagrasses, corals and mangroves. Ricky was an excellent graduate student, and his ability to learn new techniques and approache...
    • 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...
    • 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: Environmental Literacy
      ...arbor. Long Island Sound once supported abundant oysters, scallops, birds and lobsters with widespread salt marshes and seagrasses. The Long Island Sound watershed is large, extending north to Canada and western portions are highly developed, suppo...
    • 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...
    • Marine Botany lives on
      ...d the University of Queensland. Eva's replacement at Healthy Waterways was a 'Marbot', Dr. James Udy who did his PhD on seagrasses. James previously worked at Seqwater , where he worked on freshwater issues associated with the reservoirs after a po...
    • 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...
    • More lessons on how to synthesize science
      ...ntists to synthesis efforts would help build our capacity. Bob Orth and I included a couple of graduate students in our Seagrass Trajectories synthesis efforts at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and they proved to be some...
    • More Randy Alberte memories
      ...ently. I think that he would have appreciated these enduring connections. Randy Alberte snorkeling over Bill Dennison's seagrass research site A major factor in my decision to come to The University of Chicago was the cohort of Alberte graduate stu...
    • Moreton Bay and Catchment
      ... to print some fifteen years ago, if we could add a dedication at the front of the book, it would be to Jack Greenwood. Seagrass species composition in grazed and ungrazed areas of Moreton Bay. ... Bill Dennison...
    • Moreton Bay Research Station
      ...ook an hour to get from the university to Cleveland, and then another hour to drive the boat across the bay to the vast seagrass meadows on the Amity, Moreton and Wanga Wallen Banks, half the day was used up commuting. By being based on Stradbroke...
    • 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...