Book Review deep sea Sea-level Rise
Growing a Scientist: Undergraduate Research 2018, part 3
Check out these posts by guest authors Deborah Leopo, Mike Miller, Whitney Marshall, and Robert Lewis about deep sea snail…
Author: Anna Robuck
I am a third year PhD student at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography in the Lohmann Lab. My current research interests include environmental chemistry, water quality, as well as coastal and seabird ecology. When not in the lab, I enjoy diving, surfing, and hanging out with my dog Gypsy.
Biological oceanography
Growing a Scientist: Undergraduate Research 2018, part 2
Check out these posts by guest authors Anna Ward, Cassandra Alexander, Lauren Cook, and Sarah Paulson about microzooplankton, harmful algae…
Harmful Algal Bloom Survey
Growing a Scientist: Undergraduate Research 2018, part 1
Check out these posts by guest authors Ellie Tan, Samantha Vaverka, Joseph Barnes, and Gibson Levitt about building water quality…
Book Review
Preparing for Research at Sea: Behind the Scenes
Research at sea is no small feat! Read this guest post by URI GSO SURFO student Anna Ward about her…
Biology
Seabird tagging 101
How do we know where seabirds live and eat? Not such an easy question without special technology! Check out this…
Behavior
Studying Leopard Seals in Antarctica
Check out this article by guest author Sarah Kienle about her recent research expedition to Antarctica to study leopard seals!
Physical oceanography
Circulation running amok? Scientists think it could be happening in the North Atlantic
Check out this oceanbites take on two recent articles that suggest Atlantic circulation is slower now than it has been…
Paleoceanography
Marine Snow & Muddy Megacoring on the Southern Ocean
Check out this guest post by Marlo Garnsworthy to read about an exciting voyage to the Southern Ocean...Marlo took part…
Climate Change
Appreciate seafood? Climate change isn’t your friend.
Seafood depends on healthy food webs that support fish populations...but food webs depend on environmental conditions! Read on to learn…
Science Communication
Hey grad students! ComSciCon 2018 applications are open!
Want to be part of the best weekend of the year? ComSciCon 2018 is accepting applications for a weekend workshop…
Biology
Summertime skincare: bowhead whales use rocks to help peel off molting skin
Whale summer skin care? Yes, it really is a thing. Read on to learn how bowhead whales in the eastern…
Biology
Toxins in turds: learning about algal toxins with sea lion poop
What do you, a penguin, and an amoeba have in common? You all have to go #2! These researchers from…
Trophic Ecology
Small but mighty: the importance of forage fish to larger marine creatures
Forage fish like menhaden or capelin are vital to the health of larger marine animals; read on to learn how…
Biology Book Review
More than just a game of tag: learning about seabird habitat use through tagging studies
Tagging seabirds has only been possible with recent developments in technology, but we can learn a ton about their distribution…
Conservation
Saving seabirds: how mammal management has turned into seabird success
Seabirds and invasive species have been a poor mix for centuries, yet new research suggests seabird populations are bouncing back…
Sharkbites Saturday
Awareness Inspires Conservation
Save the whales... save the ocean... but save the sharks? This is a mission that is still new, and often…
Chemistry
Out of sight, but not out of mind: human created chemicals persist deep in the Arctic Ocean
Human created chemicals can be "too good" at their job, remaining persistent and/or toxic in the environment, well beyond the…
Sharkbites Saturday
Fintastic friends: even sharks prefer familiar faces
Researchers at the Bimini Field Biological Station Shark Lab investigated shark group preferences in juvenile lemon sharks, and the results…
Plastic Pollution Toxicology
Microplastics demystified: a review examining how these tiny plastics act in pollutant transfer
Paper: Lohmann, R. Microplastics Are Not Important for the Cycling and Bioaccumulation of Organic Pollutants in the Oceans—but Should Microplastics…
Sharkbites Saturday
Sharks and other ocean top predators: unlikely allies in combatting climate change?
Sharks offer more to humans than just pretty toothy grins...check out this article to learn how sharks and other top…