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Tag: Gulf of Mexico

Listening in on fishing vessels
Fisheries

Listening in on fishing vessels

Detecting boat noise on offshore reefs may help manage a recovering fishery.
April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Allison Noble
Sinking Alligator Carcasses into the Deep Ocean to See What Eats Them
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,…
March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 R J Parker
Birds of a feather are eaten together: Young tiger sharks take a bite out of migrating songbirds
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.…
September 21, 2019August 12, 2019 Tyler Plum
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…
May 10, 2016May 11, 2016 Eric Orenstein
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…
January 29, 2016January 29, 2016 Brian Caccioppoli
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…
June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 Valeska Upham
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…
April 8, 2015April 9, 2015 Sarah Fuller
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…
February 25, 2015February 25, 2015 Rebecca Flynn
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…
January 26, 2015 Virginia Schutte
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…
June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 Sarah Fuller
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
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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