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Switching gears: from kayak to office cubicle

Hanna Garland spent her summer on oyster reefs north of the Matanzas Inlet, looking for the cause to an extremely localized crown conch infestation that is decimating the oyster population. Now she’s back in Tallahassee, getting used to desk work and pouring over the data she collected. Continue reading

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Horse Conchs Rule the Seagrass Bed

In this preview video for the new “in the Grass, On the Reef” documentary, we get to know the largest predatory snail in Florida waters, the horse conch. Encrusted in barnacles and other fouling organisms and as large as a football, the horse conch has a bright orange body and is really a pretty impressive creature. Continue reading

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Welcome to Bay Mouth Bar!

Cristina Lima Martinez FSU Coastal & Marine Lab First Impressions As soon as you arrive to BMB, it is easy to imagine and feel the same curiosity and fascination that Robert Paine brimmed with when he first immersed himself in … Continue reading

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Revisiting the Ecology of Fear

Dr. David Kimbro FSU Coastal & Marine Lab Since I started working at FSU’s marine lab, I have frequently cast longing looks at a local study system that hasn’t been examined in over 50 years. Back in the 1960s, the … Continue reading

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Reviewing the Oyster Study in 2010

Dr. David Kimbro looks back at 2010, which saw the commencement of the Biogeographic Oyster study. David and his collaborators recently met at the FSU Coastal & Marine Lab to review and plan ahead for 2011, and David lets us in on what’s ahead. Continue reading

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What we are doing on the reefs

Dr. David Kimbro FSU Coastal & Marine Lab Why are we on oyster reefs? Well, I am broadly interested (and hope to make you interested) in how large predators can help protect important habitats like oyster reefs by preventing smaller … Continue reading

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