Fisheries
Listening in on fishing vessels
Detecting boat noise on offshore reefs may help manage a recovering fishery.
Tag: Gulf of Mexico
Ecology
Sinking Alligator Carcasses into the Deep Ocean to See What Eats Them
The Deep Unknown The deep ocean is an alien world. Life here must contend with crushing pressures, near-freezing temperatures,…
Sharkbites Saturday
Birds of a feather are eaten together: Young tiger sharks take a bite out of migrating songbirds
Drymon, J. M., K. Feldheim, A. M. V. Fournier, E. A. Seubert, A. E. Jefferson, A. M. Kroetz, and S.…
technology
Double, double methane and trouble: Quantifying natural and man-made methane seeps
Researchers from Texas A&M and Woods Hole tested out a new, 3D camera system designed to look at deep sea…
Biogeochemistry Ecology Geology
A Slick Study! Natural Oil Seeps and Chlorophyll
Oil seeps are naturally occurring sources of oil to the marine environment. This study looks at the impacts of oil…
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…
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…
Book Review Climate Change Ecology Seagrass
The Northward Expansion: Tropical Fish Settling the Temperate Seagrass Prairie
How will northward shifting tropical species interact with the temperate habitats they encounter? An example from seagrass habitat in the…
Fisheries
Analyzing bycatch to better understand natural fish communities
Commercial shrimp trawlers haul in 3 to 15 times more of anything else than they do shrimp. Most of these…
Alternative Energy Chemistry Geology Remote Sensing technology
Need help counting bubbles? Now you can use sound!
Bubbles elicit scenes of childhood summers playing on the front stoop or backyard. On the other hand, put bubbles at…
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…
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…