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Author: Valeska Upham

For my fisheries and aquatic science PhD I am working on how to tank raise urchins and transplant them onto reefs across the Florida Keys in order to help reverse the phase shift from algae dominated back to coral dominated.
Ecology Fisheries Human impacts

Are MPA’s the best way to conserve the seahorse population?

While Marine Protected Areas do a great job of preserving essential marine habitats, and decreasing fishing pressure, they may not…
August 25, 2014August 25, 2014 Valeska Upham
Ecology Fisheries Human impacts

Beware! Shellfish are taking over the fishing industry

Overfishing has created a cascading effect in the marine food web. Once, large apex predators, such as cod, dominated the…
July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 Valeska Upham
Biology Ecology

Hawksbill turtles are picky about their water temperature

Hawksbill turtles leave their place of birth and then head out into the world, but they always come back to…
June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 Valeska Upham
Book Review Fisheries

It’s all about color for the rainbow wrasse

Male rainbow wrasses actively defend their territory and the amount of red light entering the water column has been found…
May 27, 2014 Valeska Upham
Ecology Fisheries

Tag you’re it! Reef manta rays are being tagged in the Red Sea

Reef manta rays are being tagged in order to better understand their diving profile. Understanding how long the manta rays…
April 28, 2014 Valeska Upham
Ecology Fisheries

How Coral Size Influences Fish Size

Many fish find a coral colony to host in, living their whole life in that same coral. They must pick…
March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 Valeska Upham
Biology

There’s no place like home

Lemon sharks travel many miles in their lifetime, but once a female becomes sexually mature she will be found right…
February 26, 2014February 26, 2014 Valeska Upham
Biology

Coral Invasion in the Gulf of Mexico

The black sun coral is "invading" the Gulf! Once settled, it could out-compete other benthic epifauna and change the dynamic…
January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 Valeska Upham
Fisheries

This Time Around, Humans Aren’t the Bad Guys in the Salmon Fishery

Salmon fishing is a huge industry in the Baltic Sea. So it comes as no surprise that when a predator…
December 23, 2013December 23, 2013 Valeska Upham
Biology Fisheries

How Our “Trash” Can Aid Juvenile Red Snappers

Cement, limestone, and even old barges are being used in the northern Gulf of Mexico to build additional habitats for…
November 27, 2013November 27, 2013 Valeska Upham

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