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Author: Kari St.Laurent

I received a Ph.D. in oceanography in 2014 from the Graduate School of Oceanography (URI) and am finishing up a post-doc at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (Horn Point Laboratory). I am now the Research Coordinator for the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve. Carbon is my favorite element and my past times include cooking new vegetarian foods, running, and dressing up my cat!
Book Review

Bon Voyage to Oceanbites

Oceanbites has been an incredible experience. Today is my goodbye post and my thank you to the readers and Oceanbites…
October 18, 2016May 4, 2022 Kari St.Laurent
Aquaculture

Cascading Effects From Geoduck Expansions

An ecosystem model predicts how the Puget Sound ecosystem could be affected as the popular geoduck aquaculture industry increases. Including…
September 23, 2016September 23, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Human impacts

Oysters going viral

The human norovirus persisted longer than 6 weeks in contaminated oysters held at lower water temperatures, suggesting that the water…
August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Coastal Management

Rip Rap Sill: The Best of Both Worlds

The hybrid shoreline stabilization method called rip rap sill combines rock structures with native vegetation. This study found that fish…
July 5, 2016July 4, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Book Review Invasive Species

Wave the Yellow Flag

While the blue flag iris is native to United States wetlands, the yellow variety is invasive and just starting to…
May 31, 2016May 29, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Book Review Genetics Invasive Species

Plant Parents: Divide, Seed, and Conquer

Phragmites is the ultimate parent in terms of reproductive success, allowing it to increase in area by 25% since 1971…
May 6, 2016May 4, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Human impacts

A Million Little Pieces….of plastic

Trillions of tiny plastic fragments are floating in the Earth’s ocean. These microplastics can attract organic pollutants, be ingested by…
April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Coastal Management

It’s ALIVE: Living Shorelines!

It’s no secret we want to protect our shorelines from erosion and coastal storms. One best management practice catching steam…
March 24, 2016March 24, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Pollution

Flying high: the ospreys are alright!

Chesapeake Bay osprey populations were at an all-time low in the 1970’s due in part to pesticides like DDT. Forty…
February 4, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Conservation Ecology Seagrass

It’s a TRAP! Predators help trap carbon in coastal sediments

Vegetated coastal ecosystems, such as salt marshes, can trap and store carbon for millennia. This perspective investigates how the effects…
January 12, 2016January 14, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Climate Change Remote Sensing

Jump in, the water is warm!

Satellite data was used to measure surface water temperatures throughout Chesapeake Bay over the last 28 years. This new approach…
December 4, 2015December 9, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
Conference Science Communication

Beyond the Science: Networking at the Geological Society of America Conference

Most scientists go to conferences to present their work and to share and learn about new scientific findings and methods,…
November 5, 2015November 10, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
Climate Change

Double Whammy: Losing sea ice may be worse than we thought

When Arctic sea ice melts, it warms the local region by decreasing the albedo, or lowering the area’s reflectiveness. This…
October 5, 2015March 24, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Coastal Management Economy Fisheries

Bait and Switch: are Maryland crabs the ingredient in your Maryland crab cake?

The non-profit organization Oceana went undercover to analyze the DNA in 90 crab cakes sold throughout Maryland and D.C. Their…
September 4, 2015December 13, 2022 Kari St.Laurent
Climate Change Human impacts Paleoceanography

CSI Holocene: Who started the fire?

Sediment and ice cores suggest that peaks in fire activity that happened 2,500 years ago in Europe was likely caused…
August 7, 2015August 6, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
Science Communication

Lessons Learned during a Congressional Visit Day

In an effort to connect scientists with policy-makers, the American Meteorological Society hosts Congressional Visit Days. This post highlights six…
July 8, 2015July 8, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
Biology Climate Change

It’s getting warm, should I migrate now?

Leatherback turtles are nesting later due to warming sea surface temperatures at their foraging grounds, raising questions on how climate…
June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
Coastal Management Pollution

Nineteen years later: The clean-up of Boston Harbor’s waste water

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority spent ten years from 1991 and 2000 drastically improving the treatment of waste water released…
May 13, 2015May 11, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
Remote Sensing

Blooming around the world: A story of coccolithophore co-existence

Satellite remote sensing suggests that different phytoplankton species can live in harmony during phytoplankton blooms in the open ocean.
April 13, 2015April 13, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
Climate Change

Do increasing air temperatures mean increasing stream temperatures? Spoiler, yes!

Stream water temperatures have increased over the last 51 years in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and are connected to increases…
March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 Kari St.Laurent

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