Crushed Clams, Roaming Rays: Acoustic Tags Show Predator Interactions
Inspired by clam fishermen reports, ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Harbor Branch researchers conducted a study using acoustic telemetry to monitor tagged rays in clam leases along Florida's Atlantic coast over two years.
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Developed AUTOHOLO Shows Potential as Red Tide Warning System
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø researchers are the first to use a new autonomous, submersible holographic 3D microscope and imaging system to characterize red tide in the field and break new ground for monitoring harmful algal blooms.
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Seeks Participants for Study on Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute researchers are currently seeking participants for a study evaluating potential impacts of exposure to harmful algal blooms.
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Receives $2.8 Million Gift for Queen Conch Farm in Grand Bahama
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø's Harbor Branch has received a $2.8 million gift to establish a queen conch hatchery in Grand Bahama. The project is built on a network of collaborators to secure local support and collaboration.
Does Current Shellfish Culture Gear Curb 'Crunching' Rays?
Marine rays like to "crunch" on clams, which can sometimes take a big bite out of clammers' profits. ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Harbor Branch researchers assessed the efficacy of anti-predator materials on whitespotted eagle rays.
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Lands U.S. EPA Grant for 'Hands-on' Indian River Lagoon Field Trip
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Harbor Branch has received a $399,963 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) South Florida Initiative Program to support a new Indian River Lagoon field trip program.
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø's Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., Lands Coveted NSF CAREER Award
With a five-year, $974,100 NSF grant, Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., will develop fundamental ecological research to understand the functional ecology and biodiversity patterns in sponge-dominated coral reefs.
Study Resolves 50-Year Dispute of Teleost Fishes Ancestral Lineage
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Harbor Branch's Sahar Mejri, Ph.D., is among a team of scientists to use genome mapping to demonstrate sister groups from a common evolutionary ancestor.
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Study Finds Low Salinity Can Work to Culture Florida Pompano Fish
ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Harbor Branch researchers are the first to conduct a low salinity study on Florida pompano to determine the optimal salinity required to culture juvenile fish from hatch to weaning under on-farm conditions.
Researchers Inducted into ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Chapter of National Academy of Inventors
Four ÑDz©¹ÙÍø researchers representing engineering, medicine, science and Harbor Branch will be inducted into the ÑDz©¹ÙÍø Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors®.