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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

Research divers reboard the Weatherbird after visually examining the new buoy. (Photo credit: Jay Law)

24 hours of Oceanography: offshore buoy deployment and validation

Hard physical work, requiring sharp mental faculties amid rolling seas and unknowns, is just one aspect of field work that oceanographers must prepare for.

February 1, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Dinorah Chacin Amoren of the Fish Ecology Lab

Get to know Dinorah Chacin Amorena a PhD student at the Fish Ecology Lab

Dinorah Chacin Amorena, a PhD student at the Fish Ecology Lab gives you a sneak peak into her personal life.

July 16, 2018Blogs and Perspectives

Graduate Student - Natalia López-Figueroa

Natalia López-Figueroa gives a brief summary of her research and experience at OSM2018

My name is Natalia López-Figueroa, I am a first year Ph.D. student in the biological oceanography program under the advisement of Dr. Mya Breitbart.

March 14, 2018Blogs and Perspectives

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