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Day 6: October Oyster Push- Home Stretch

Rob Diaz de Villegas WFSU-TV Wednesday, October 27- Finish tiles, go to Jacksonville Walking down the hall of our dorm at 7 AM, I heard the familiar sound of the dremel from across the street in the lab area.  This … Continue reading

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Roctober!

Dr. David Kimbro FSU Coastal & Marine Lab I went to graduate school in northern California. Locals along the coast of NorCal used to refer to the month of October as Roctober because it was the most beautiful time of … Continue reading

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Eating contest: grasshoppers vs. snails

Dr. Randall Hughes FSU Coastal & Marine Lab One of the really interesting aspects of the marsh community is that it is a mix of sea-based and land-based critters. At low tide, insects and rodents move in, whereas at high … Continue reading

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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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