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Andrew Thompson, Ph.D., describes ocean circulation around Antarctica and the fate of the ice sheets.

5 takeaways from ESLS talk #4

“Enemy at the gates: Ocean circulation and the fate of Antarctic ice sheets”

April 17, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Members of the MBON Pole to Pole Network discuss how to improve upon the SARCE protocol for rocky shore biodiversity surveys.

Seas the Day: MBON Pole to Pole Network Meets Again

Marine Biodiversity Observation Network is a growing global initiative that brings together scientists, resource managers and a host of collaborators to share data in common formats that allow a regional and global view of of one of the most important measurements of the health of an ecosystem – biodiversity.

April 5, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Many hands make light(er) work. Brent Summers and others lower the heavy “Fish” over the bow of the R/V Angari. Photo Credit: Tim Conway

Gulf Stream trace metals cruise, Day 2 – return from the Bahamas

Seawater samples from the cruise will be analyzed for a variety of characteristics with a focus on trace metals: elements that are essential to life despite their low concentrations in the oceans.

March 20, 2019Blogs and Perspectives, News

Dr. Peter Morton (FSU) and Brent Summers (USF CMS, Master's student) testing a novel, towed surface sampler that will be used to collect uncontaminated water for trace metal chemistry.

Angari Trace Metals cruise

The Southern Gulf Stream has never before been sampled for some of the elements most essential to life–like iron, manganese and zinc–elements present in the ocean in minute amounts and referred to as trace metals.

March 12, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Subglacial Antarctic Lake Scientific Access team members Molly Patterson, Al Gagnon, and Ryan Venturelli (left to right) working with the gravity corer. Photo Credit: Kathy Kasic

Adventure to Antarctica

with USFCMS Student Ryan Venturelli

March 8, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Seven USF CMS graduate students just wrapped up their second day at the 2019 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Attendees include left to right: Jon Sharp, Ellie Hudson-Heck, Shannon Burns, Adrienne Hollister, Katelyn Schockman, Kate Dubickas, and Ben Ross. Photo courtesy of: Kate Dubickas

Grad students wrap up second day at the 2019 ASLO conference in Puerto Rico

Six fellow graduate students and I just wrapped up our second day at the 2019 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) conference here in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

February 27, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Susan Snyder, Ph.D. Candidate, operate a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry instrument at USF CMS. (Photo credit: C-IMAGE)

More on maternal transfer of PAH’s: species specific?

Ph.D. candidate Susan Snyder (USF CMS/C-IMAGE), who presented a poster at the conference, generated some interesting data that suggest PAHs are not transferred to the eggs of Golden Tilefish in significantly high quantities.

February 8, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Vials of fish tissue taken from the Gulf of Mexico for laboratory analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other biomarkers. (Photo credit: C-IMAGE)

Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts on deep pelagic fishes

At the GoMOSES conference on Wednesday morning, in Session 7, “Organismal Responses to Oil Exposure: From Individuals to Ecosystems.

February 7, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Dr. Patrick Schwing (background) and Dr. Isabel Romero (foreground, right) assist with a sediment core taken in the wake of Deepwater Horizon. Photo Credit: C-IMAGE

Benthic fauna in the Gulf: living in oily times

Yesterday’s Session 4 at the GoMOSES conference reminded me that “benthic fauna” also include fish that interact with the bottom creatures and with the sediment, such as grouper, snapper and tilefish, to name a few.

February 6, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Brigid Carr presenting her poster during the Tuesday evening poster session of GoMOSES.

GoMOSES 2019 – Tuesday night Poster Session

Featuring Brigid Carr

February 5, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Bryan O'Malley presents his poster at the GoMOSES Tuesday evening poster session.

GoMOSES 2019 – Tuesday night Poster Session

Featuring Bryan O'Malley

February 5, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Oil spill responders attempting to extinguish the flames of the Deepwater Horizon platform at the onset of the accident in 2010. (Photo Credit: US Coast Guard)

Oil spill science conference GoMOSES 2019 begins with a flurry of workshops

The opening workshops of the 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science (GoMOSES) Conference took place yesterday at the Hyatt Regency hotel in New Orleans, LA.

February 5, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

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