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Cohos in Dirty Water: Salmon and Pollution
Coho salmon are one of the six species of Pacific salmon. They can be found from California to Alaska, but…
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Behavior Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Economy Policy
Will Climate Change Alter How We Vacation?
When we talk about climate change, usually we talk about the effects that it’ll have on the environment and the…
Biology Climate Change Coastal Management Ecology Ocean Acidification
Diversity and its role in combating the effects of climate change
In the battle against climate change, ecosystems need to get down with diversity.
Climate Change Coastal Management Geology Sea-level Rise
Retreat! Barrier Beaches Meet Their Demise Despite Modest Sea Level Rise
Future sea level rise poses many challenges for communities on barrier islands. However, sea level rise alone may not be…
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…
Coastal Management
Profiling developing countries to improve marine resource management
This study quantifies the higher quality of life found in coastal communities in developing countries. It also highlights the need…
Biology Climate Change Coastal Management Ecology Harmful Algal Bloom
Our Saving Grazers
Think critical ecosystems are threatened by an algal take over? Not so fast, grazers may have something to say about…
Coastal Management
Stop, collaborate and listen: decision-oriented data collection improves marine conservation
Managers often need specific information in order to best preserve a particular marine resource. This paper details a step-wise approach…
Coastal Management Conservation Ecology
The True Value of Fish Nurseries
Estuaries (where freshwater and seawater mix) are used as nursery grounds to raise many species of young fish around the…
Coastal Management Ecology Human impacts
Do fish communities need natural shorelines, or are artificial structures ok?
Due to coastal development and natural erosion, shoreline fish communities are stressed. Several versions of artificial structures have been built…
Biochemistry Biology Coastal Management Conservation Fisheries Genetics
Protecting Hometown Herring
River herring are anadromous fish, which means they live most of their life in the ocean but spawn in freshwater…
Coastal Management Conservation
Taiwan creates “Facebook” for sea turtles!
Photo ID databases have been used to estimate population sizes for zebras, cheetahs, whales, sharks dolphins, turtles and more. This…
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…
Coastal Management Conservation Fisheries
Open-ocean oddity: why isn’t increased prey abundance helping bluefin tuna?
For an apex marine predator like bluefin tuna, increased abundance of prey species should be beneficial. So why then is…
Coastal Management Ecology
Lethal Injection: Crown of Thorns Edition
Predation by crown of thorns sea stars (COTS) is one of the main causes of coral reef decline in Australia’s…
Biogeochemistry Coastal Management Ecology Hazards Human impacts Pollution
Out of sight, out of mind: The effect of gas & oil spills on deep-sea communities
When undersea wells blowout, toxic concentrations of hydrocarbons can be rapidly released into the environment. The media presents these blowouts…
Biology Coastal Management Harmful Algal Bloom Seagrass
Sewage pollution running amuck in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon
Harmful algal blooms are common events that occur in coastal waters. In Florida’s Indian River Lagoon, nutrient groundwater runoff initiates…
Biology Climate Change Coastal Management Conference Coral Ecology Paleoceanography
Best of Benthics
The Top 5: Highlights and notes from an eventful Benthic Ecology Meeting!
Biology Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Fisheries Human impacts
Best laid plans of lobsters and men: More disease prevalent in marine protected areas
Everyone usually agrees that establishing more protected areas in our oceans will help overfished populations recover. But what if that's…
Biology Coastal Management Evolution Human impacts Modeling
Baleen whales have a bone to pick with noise pollution
CT scans of the skull of a beached whale has helped a pair of researchers figure out how baleen whales…