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Category: Conservation

Conservation Ecology Fisheries Hazards Human impacts Plastic Pollution Sea Turtles

Let’s Ghost Fishing for Halloween!

Ghost fishing is ghastly because it creates underwater graveyards for wildlife. The authors covered here wrote a new review of…
October 28, 2016 Rebecca Flynn
Coastal Management Conservation Ecology

The long and winding Eel migration

A glimpse of the thousands' mile migration of the European eel shows it's anything but straightforward.
October 15, 2016October 18, 2016 Abrahim El Gamal
Biology Conservation Human impacts

Big animals face big trouble in our oceans

Many believe we are in the midst of another mass extinction both on land and in the ocean. What marine…
October 7, 2016 Sean Anderson
Conservation

Do algal blooms kill whales?

Since 2005, southern right whale calves have been found dead in historic numbers off the Patagonian coast in Argentina. Scientists…
October 5, 2016October 1, 2016 Brittney G. Borowiec
Biology Book Review Conservation Fisheries Human impacts

Ancient swimmers: Greenland sharks live for centuries

Using radiocarbon dating, scientists have discovered that the Greenland shark can live longer than any other known vertebrate. How long…
September 9, 2016September 10, 2016 Sean Anderson
Behavior Conservation Ecology Fisheries Harmful Algal Bloom Methodology Noise Remote Sensing

Listening for Symptoms: A new use for hydrophones in the face of harmful algal blooms

Whales aren't the only animals hydrophones can detect out in the ocean. In fact, in the near future it might…
August 21, 2016 Andrea Schlunk
Book Review Conference Conservation Science Communication

Highlights from the International Marine Conservation Congress, Newfoundland, Canada

At the International Marine Conservation Congress this year, I got a first-timer’s look into the world of marine conservation research…
August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Zoe Gentes
Biology Conference Conservation

Shark (and fish, reptiles, and amphibians) Week for Scientists II: Notes from the Joint Meeting of Ichthyology and Herpetology 2016

As Shark Week drew to an end, the scientist that study sharks, fish, amphibians and reptiles joined together to discuss…
July 14, 2016July 31, 2016 Ashley Marranzino
Conservation

Analyzing supply and demand of overharvested manta and devil rays

Manta and devil rays, closely related to sharks, are at serious risk of extinction due to overfishing. They are primarily…
July 1, 2016July 29, 2016 Dina Navon
Conservation Coral Ecology Fisheries

How badly do coral reefs and sharks need each other?

Overfishing threatens the populations of reef sharks that act as the top of the food chain on coral reefs. Their…
June 30, 2016June 29, 2016 Nicole Couto
Conservation Policy

Is ‘Shark Week’ Good or Bad for Sharks?

'Shark Week' has become a staple of summer television. It is currently the longest continuously running series on television. It…
June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 Derrick Alcott
Book Review Coastal Management Conservation

Sea Lions and goose chases – a day at the Marine Mammal Center

I spent a morning learning about the Marine Mammal Center at Moss Landing in California, helped with the intake of…
June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 Zoe Gentes
Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Hazards Human impacts Methodology Modeling Plastic Pollution Remote Sensing technology

To I.D. Debris: LIDAR as a tool to identify trash on the beach

Scientists may have a new option for figuring out how much debris litters our beaches and what it all is!…
June 8, 2016June 7, 2016 Rebecca Flynn
Biochemistry Biology Conservation deep sea

Marine life: Coming to a PharmaSea near you!

The PharmaSea program is looking to expand our library of marine-derived compounds for use in drug discovery. Want to know…
April 29, 2016April 28, 2016 Erin McLean
Biological oceanography Biology Conservation Ecology Fisheries Human impacts

Earth Week: Overview on Overfishing

We rely heavily on the oceans as a source of food. Unfortunately, fish populations have declined by over 50 percent…
April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 Ashley Marranzino
Biology Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Human impacts Methodology Policy Restoration

Room to Grow

When natural ecosystems are destroyed from anthropogenic development there exists a common notion that a replacement can be replanted somewhere…
April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 Anne M. Hartwell
Biology Conservation Coral Ecology

The importance of sea urchins

A look into Valeska’s graduate research. Why coral reefs depend on the long spined black sea urchin for survival.
April 6, 2016 Valeska Upham
Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Fisheries Policy

Ports, Pups, Policy, and Low Sardine Stocks

While sardine stocks are seeing disturbingly low numbers along the US west coast, affecting fishermen and marine mammals that depend…
March 22, 2016March 21, 2016 Zoe Gentes
Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Human impacts Microbiome Restoration

Summiting Sand Dune Crests: A challenge of restoration

With spring break upon us, we're all looking for a way to unwind and have fun. For some areas relying…
March 21, 2016 Andrea Schlunk
Behavior Biology Book Review Conservation Sea Turtles technology

For Sea Turtles, There’s No Place Like Home

Tagline: Sea turtles are occasionally released in locations that are not their home areas. But do they remain there? Find…
March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 Rebecca Flynn

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