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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.
Biochemistry Chemistry Genetics

Pollutants produced by poriferans: using genetics to fill in blanks about sponge chemical production

Although its easy to mistake a sponge for a furry looking rock, these invertebrates and the microbes that inhabit them…
April 14, 2017April 20, 2017 Anna Robuck
Climate Change

Looking into the crystal ball of statistics, or how number crunching debunks the natural variability argument skeptics love

Have that one relative who always argues that current climate change symptoms are part of natural variability? Check out this…
March 16, 2017 Anna Robuck
Book Review

Turn off some lights for the turtles: using statistics to make turtle conservation tangible

You've heard about "turn down for what..."; now check out this article and figure out exactly what you're turning down…
February 15, 2017February 16, 2017 Anna Robuck
Book Review

Contaminant fingerprints in fat tell all

This tell-all exposé isn’t from the Maury Show…read on to learn about the use of a nifty chemistry technique that…
January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 Anna Robuck
Book Review

Beyond Florida-bound: Birds tweak their winter travel plans in response to climate change

Seabirds are switching up their annual winter travels in response to climate change...read on to discover how researchers used museum…
December 30, 2016 Anna Robuck
Book Review Science Communication

The sappiest oceanbites article you may ever read: one author’s ponderings about gratitude for the oceans

When I first saw the email stating that the oceanbites theme week would revolve around why we are thankful for…
November 24, 2016November 24, 2016 Anna Robuck
Book Review

Rachel Carson had the right idea: DDT persists in unexpected ways in dolphins

Rachel Carson was right to focus her novel on the effects of DDT; DDT persists to this day in dolphins…
October 21, 2016 Anna Robuck
Book Review

Finding Nemo was right: what you flush down the drain can impact ocean creatures

Microplastics + pharmaceuticals in your pee + increased temperatures = trouble for some fish
September 29, 2016September 29, 2016 Anna Robuck
Chemistry

Not better together: complex pollutant soup spells trouble for marine phytoplankton

A group of international researchers have found that marine phytoplankton communities are susceptible to impairment from complex mixtures of organic…
August 31, 2016 Anna Robuck

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