Tag: coastal
The effects of parasites on coastal marsh ecosystem structure and functioning
March 14, 2022Joe Morton, Postdoctoral Researcher, Environmental Engineering Sciences, ESSIE, UF Join us for the live stream March 16, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/TCxpEA4dkVw(Please visit our youtube channel main page for the stream if there are any issues with the direct link.) Abstract It has long been recognized that consumers can control populations, communities and even whole ecosystems. While […]
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February 28, 2022Bret Webb, Professor, Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL Join us for the live stream March 2, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/BV2tBC_ZyT8(Please visit our youtube channel main page for the stream if there are any issues with the direct link.) Abstract With approximately 14% of the U.S. shoreline now armored, and much […]
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January 3, 2022David Tomasko, Executive Director, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program, Sarasota, Florida Join us for the live stream Jan 12, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/GfwQMpP6RuA(Please visit our youtube channel main page for the stream if there are any issues with the direct link.) Abstract During the late 1980s to early 1990s, a variety of management actions were undertaken to […]
Read more: Developing ecosystem restoration targets and pollutant load reduction goals for coastal systems – an example from Sarasota Bay »Red tide demise: What’s the status of Florida red tide mitigation research?
October 12, 2021Cynthia Heil, Director, Red Tide Institute & Senior Scientist, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL Join us for the live stream Oct 20, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/jk9tCNIwjzA.(Please visit our youtube channel main page for the stream if there are any issues with the direct link.) Abstract Florida Red Tide have plagued Florida’s Gulf coast since the first […]
Read more: Red tide demise: What’s the status of Florida red tide mitigation research? »Coastal and ocean observing in the Southeast: Old and new technologies and techniques to meet community information needs
August 25, 2021Debra Hernandez, Executive Director, Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) Join us for the live stream September 8, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/MCrD9uDsOjc. Abstract The Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) is one of 11 Regional Associations that partner with the NOAA led Integrated Ocean Observing System, U.S. IOOS®, to provide data and information about […]
Read more: Coastal and ocean observing in the Southeast: Old and new technologies and techniques to meet community information needs »Warming and mangrove encroachment alter belowground processes with positive implications for surface elevation maintenance at the GTMNERR: findings from the WETFEET project
April 5, 2021Samantha Chapman, Professor, Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA Join us for the live stream April 7, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/Zf826a-yvDM Abstract Samantha Chapman, Adam Langley, Gabby Canas, Emily Geoghegan, Candy Feller, Nikki Dix, Ches Vervake, Mark Hester, and Jim Morris Though we are beginning to understand some consequences of mangrove encroachment into marshes, the […]
Read more: Warming and mangrove encroachment alter belowground processes with positive implications for surface elevation maintenance at the GTMNERR: findings from the WETFEET project »Buying time – Salt marsh adaptive management to sea level rise using runnels
March 29, 2021Alice Besterman, NE CASC Postdoctoral Fellow, Buzzards Bay Coalition & Woodwell Climate Research Center, MA Join us for the live stream March 24, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/a1Lyc2p5u6Q Abstract Salt marshes across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are experiencing rapid expansion of shallow pools, which are “eating” marshes from the inside out. Sea level rise, in interaction with numerous […]
Read more: Buying time – Salt marsh adaptive management to sea level rise using runnels »Ghosts of the coast: Ecological investigations of a mid-Atlantic ghost forest
February 3, 2021Keryn Gedan, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, George Washington University, DC Join us for the live stream Feb 10, 11:45am EST (note, there will not be a public recording for this seminar): youtu.be/DtmPfdG_ID4 Abstract Ghost forests are formed when sea level rise and saltwater intrusion kill trees at the coastal interface. While the formation of ghost […]
Read more: Ghosts of the coast: Ecological investigations of a mid-Atlantic ghost forest »Seasonal dynamics of terrestrially sourced nitrogen influenced Karenia brevis blooms off Florida’s southern Gulf Coast
February 1, 2021Miles Medina, Environmental Scientist / Data Engineer, Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions, Gainesville, FL Join us for the live stream Feb 3, 11:45am EST, or view later: youtu.be/Wl-Ro1XU6SM Abstract Harmful algal blooms (HABs) threaten coastal ecological systems, public health, and local economies, but the complex physical, chemical, and biological processes that culminate in HABs vary […]
Read more: Seasonal dynamics of terrestrially sourced nitrogen influenced Karenia brevis blooms off Florida’s southern Gulf Coast »Unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) are transforming marine science and conservation
January 22, 2021David W. Johnston, Associate Professor of the Practice of Marine Conservation & Ecology Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd., Beaufort, NC 28516 Join us for the live stream Feb 17, 11:45am EST, or view later: youtu.be/p000JB2BaRA. Abstract The use of unoccupied aircraft […]
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