Book Review Coastal Management Human impacts Restoration
Working with the coast
The coast is very dynamic and at the constant mercy of wind and water energy. Often times, humans will try…
Author: Anne M. Hartwell
Hello, welcome to Oceanbites! My name is Annie, I'm a marine research scientist who has been lucky to have had many roles in my neophyte career, including graduate student, laboratory technician, research associate, and adjunct faculty. Research topics I've been involved with are paleoceanographic nutrient cycling, lake and marine geochemistry, biological oceanography, and exploration. My favorite job as a scientist is working in the laboratory and the field because I love interacting with my research! Some of my favorite field memories are diving 3000-m in ALVIN in 2014, getting to drive Jason while he was on the seafloor in 2017, and learning how to generate high resolution bathymetric maps during a hydrographic field course in 2019!
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Developmental Biology Ecology Genetics geochemistry Geology Microbiology Ocean Acidification Paleoceanography Volcanoes
Sharkcano, a melting pot for biology
No, a Sharkcano is not a volcano that erupts sharks. IT IS WAY COOLER THAN THAT! It is a submarine…
Book Review Coral Methodology Ocean Exploration Remote Sensing Survey technology
Ocean mapping on a budget
The seafloor is complex and mapping it is difficult because direct observations are hindered because it is underwater. Scientists have…
Biogeochemistry Book Review Coastal Management Human Health Human impacts Pollution
From Wastewater to Seahorses to the Medicine Cabinet
Pollution of metals could be getting into the tissue of seahorses--the very tissues that are used to make a special…
Aquaculture Book Review Toxicology
Dangerous Toxins Threaten Aquaculture on a Global Scale
Mycotoxins in fish feed threaten the health of fish, consumers, and the aquaculture market. The more we learn and understand…
Biology
Unsuccessful Octo-cultures
Have you ever tried to farm something and had it not work? That is a definite trend for famers trying…
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Book Review Developmental Biology Evolution
Killer whale pods: hunting dynamics
Killer whale pods spend almost all of their time together, with the exception of when they hunt. Why are they…
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Book Review Climate Change Developmental Biology Genetics
Cool Fact! Octopuses spawn with ease when temperatures are lower
Octopuses in the YP may experience temperature changes that do not bode well for reproduction. At what point will the…
Behavior Biology Developmental Biology Ecology Evolution Genetics Sea Turtles
Why Mom Cares.
Does mom care? If you are a skink from the wrong neighborhood she might, otherwise, you are on your own…
Biology Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Human impacts Methodology Policy Restoration
Room to Grow
When natural ecosystems are destroyed from anthropogenic development there exists a common notion that a replacement can be replanted somewhere…
Behavior Biological oceanography
What’s up with Whiskers?
Whiskers are like finger tips for flipper-footed marine mammals, like seals, sea lions, and walruses. Learn more about how pinnipeds…
Alternative Energy Chemistry deep sea thermodynamics
Fueling Science with Science (& hydrothermal fluid)
Wouldn’t it be wicked cool if scientists could overcome the obstacle of power limitation by plugging their instruments directly into…
Ocean Exploration
Online Ocean Exploration
Anybody can explore the ocean as long as they can access the internet. Just because you can not be at…
Climate Change Natural History
Evaporating History
More is better, especially when it comes to dissecting the past. A single proxy may be sensitive to various factors…
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Mercury at elevated levels observed in only some elephant seals, but why?
Mercury: we know it from old-school thermometers and we know if from sushi; and now we know that the distribution…
Biology Human impacts
Making potable water safe for the seafloor
SWRO desalinization is a great way to get potable water. Unfortunately its production results in a high salinity low nutrient…
Biochemistry Biogeochemistry Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Coral Ecology French Polynesia geochemistry Ocean Acidification
How a whole reef community’s response to OA is impacted by the individual responses of different players
Researchers from California used a unique ex situ experiment to monitor two near identical reef communities in different concentrations of…
Biogeochemistry Book Review Chemistry Developmental Biology geochemistry
What is the source of organic molecules in Von Damm vent fluids?
The origin of life is with out a doubt a fascinating topic of discussion and debate, intensified by the fact…
Biology Book Review Ecology Geology Sea-level Rise
There is a need for healthy parrotfish to maintain the reef islands
When you think of sediment erosion and island building physical processes and volcanism may come to mind. Well, you may…
Biogeochemistry Geology Natural History Paleoceanography Sea-level Rise Volcanoes
A 2.5 billion year old story about iron in the ocean, told by a rock
New light has been shed on the possibility of an alternative iron sink than previous thought prior to the oxygenation…