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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.
Growing a Scientist: Undergraduate Research 2018, part 3
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…
August 24, 2018 Anna Robuck
Growing a Scientist: Undergraduate Research 2018, part 2
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…
August 24, 2018August 27, 2018 Anna Robuck
Growing a Scientist: Undergraduate Research 2018, part 1
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…
August 24, 2018September 18, 2018 Anna Robuck
Preparing for Research at Sea: Behind the Scenes
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…
August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 Anna Robuck
Seabird tagging 101
Biology

Seabird tagging 101

How do we know where seabirds live and eat? Not such an easy question without special technology! Check out this…
July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Anna Robuck
Studying Leopard Seals in Antarctica
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!
June 18, 2018 Anna Robuck
Circulation running amok? Scientists think it could be happening in the North Atlantic
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…
April 30, 2018May 1, 2018 Anna Robuck
Marine Snow & Muddy Megacoring on the Southern Ocean
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…
February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Anna Robuck
Appreciate seafood? Climate change isn’t your friend.
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…
February 7, 2018February 9, 2018 Anna Robuck
Hey grad students! ComSciCon 2018 applications are open!
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…
January 29, 2018 Anna Robuck
Summertime skincare: bowhead whales use rocks to help peel off molting skin
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…
January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 Anna Robuck
Toxins in turds: learning about algal toxins with sea lion poop
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…
December 12, 2017December 12, 2017 Anna Robuck
Small but mighty: the importance of forage fish to larger marine creatures
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…
October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 Anna Robuck
More than just a game of tag: learning about seabird habitat use through tagging studies
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…
September 19, 2017April 17, 2018 Anna Robuck
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…
July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 Anna Robuck
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…
July 15, 2017July 15, 2017 Anna Robuck
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…
July 7, 2017July 11, 2017 Anna Robuck
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…
June 3, 2017 Anna Robuck
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…
May 12, 2017 Anna Robuck
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…
April 22, 2017April 22, 2017 Anna Robuck

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