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Water Quality Monitoring to Support Watershed Restoration in Culebra, Puerto Rico
We are working with partners to conduct nutrient and sedimentation monitoring on and around Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. Excess nutrients in coastal waters can result ...
Weather and Water: Using weather data to create models and tools to predict coastal impacts
Understanding and predicting climate-related issues along coastlines is important for management and coastal resiliency. We provide scientific information and tools on connections between climate, weather ...
West Florida Shelf Hypoxia and the Roles of Harmful Algal Blooms, Warming, and Extreme Events
Scientist preparing phytoplankton samples for measurements of respiration. Credit: Patricia Glibert, UMCES. We are seeking to understand the physical and biogeochemical mechanisms driving emerging hypoxia ...
Western Pacific Coral Reef Institute (WPCRI)
The Western Pacific Coral Reef Institute (WPCRI) is a collaborative regional partnership whose mission is to protect and preserve Micronesia’s reefs through scientific research that ...
Where is all the Brevetoxin in Florida Dolphins?
After over 500 bottlenose dolphins washed ashore during a decade of Florida red tides, puzzled scientists measured little to no brevetoxin in them. An unusual ...
Where is the Fish Food? Chesapeake Bay Mesozooplankton Abundance and Composition
The purpose of this project is to collect and document the abundance and composition of Chesapeake Bay mesozooplankton, an important food source for juvenile fish ...
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