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Novel Tag Provides First Detailed Look into Goliath Grouper Behavior

By | November 4, 2021

A study by ¼ø»Æʦapp researchers is the first to reveal detailed behavior of massive goliath groupers in the wild using a custom-built multi-sensor tag combined with artificial intelligence.

Mesophotic Reefs Significant for Florida Keys' Coral Recovery

By | September 22, 2021

¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch scientists compared coral genetic variation in the Dry Tortugas and Florida Keys…

¼ø»Æʦapp Receives NOAA Grant to Assess Shark Interactions with Fishing

By | September 16, 2021

Researchers from ¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch will assess shark interactions with recreational fishing using a citizen-science approach, forensics and social media to gauge prevalence and species of fish involved.

'Whoop' - New Autonomous Method Precisely Detects Whale Vocalizations

By | September 15, 2021

¼ø»Æʦapp researchers have developed autonomous passive acoustic technology that offers significant advances on conventional methods used to monitor and protect endangered whales in the increasingly noisy ocean.

Low-cost 3D Method Rapidly Measures Disease Impacts on Coral Reefs

By | August 12, 2021

An ¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch technique is helping to gain insight into the poorly understood stony coral tissue loss disease, responsible for widespread coral death throughout the Tropical Western Atlantic.

¼ø»Æʦapp Experts for the 2021 Hurricane Season

By | August 12, 2021

With hurricane season in full force, several ¼ø»Æʦapp faculty experts are available to discuss various issues surrounding hurricane preparedness, evacuation and aftermath.

What's Killing Coral Reefs in Florida is Also Killing Them in Belize

By | August 3, 2021

A study is the first to offer evidence that nitrogen enrichment from land-based sources like sewage is driving macroalgal blooms and causing massive decline in hard coral cover in the Belize Barrier Reef.

Scientists Help Debilitated Sea Turtles in Rehab Get the Right Diet

By | July 27, 2021

¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch scientists and collaborators followed their "gut instinct" to address the nutritional needs of Georgia's debilitated loggerhead sea turtles in rehabilitation.

¼ø»Æʦapp Gets $736,000 from NASA to Study Coastal Carbon Budget from Space

By | June 29, 2021

The ¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch project will use satellite images, hydrodynamic modeling and field work in the Gulf of Mexico. ¼ø»Æʦapp is among 10 in the nation and the only university in Florida selected by NASA.

How Toxic is the Water's Surface on Florida's Indian River Lagoon?

By | June 24, 2021

According to a new study by researchers at ¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch, that depends on very specific environmental conditions and the type of toxin on the water surface of Florida's Indian River Lagoon.

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