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Can plant species diversity provide protection against oil?

Dr. Randall Hughes FSU Coastal & Marine Lab Watch Dr. Hughes’ species diversity experiment.  The results could help determine how best to restore marshes affected by oil. With oil arriving on FL beaches, the race is on. We’ll be out … Continue reading

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What were we doing before Deepwater Horizon?

Dr. Randall Hughes FSU Coastal & Marine Lab Watch the “snail experiment.” One of the marsh animals that we have been studying for the last year (in the absence of oil) is the marsh periwinkle, Littoraria irrorata. This snail is … Continue reading

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What we are doing “In the Grass”

Dr. Randall Hughes FSU Coastal & Marine Lab As a marine ecologist at the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, my everyday job is to try to understand the plant and animal communities along our coast and then communicate … Continue reading

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