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Florida researchers team to map entire Florida coast, wildlife habitats
The USF College of Marine Science is teaming up with the Florida Institute of Oceanography to map the entire Florida coast, as well as gather data on fish spawning areas in the state’s coastal waters.
July 24, 2018News
Masses Of Seaweed Threaten Fisheries And Foul Beaches
Masses of brown seaweed, sometimes a few clumps, often big mounds, line the shore.
July 23, 2018News
Get to know Dinorah Chacin Amorena a PhD student at the Fish Ecology Lab
Dinorah Chacin Amorena, a PhD student at the Fish Ecology Lab gives you a sneak peak into her personal life.
July 16, 2018Blogs and Perspectives, Diversity
USF CMS Research Team Working as Part of the Cooperative Red Snapper Count
The study is Gulf-wide, extending from Texas to the Dry Tortugas west of the Florida Keys, and seeks to combine technologies and survey approaches to better estimate the size and structure of Red Snapper populations throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
July 10, 2018News
Seven Year Study Reveals Data to Protect Oceans Against Future Oil Spills
Researchers just published results of a seven-year study, recording the most comprehensive data available of marine life throughout the entire Gulf of Mexico.
July 8, 2018News
GRIIDC Hires USF CMS Alumna Inia Soto Ramos to Specialize in Ocean Satellite Data
In her new role with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), she will work as a data curator to review scientific data sets on their way to the GRIIDC ERDDAP server.
July 6, 2018News
Gulf Steam Eddies supply iron to the iron-starved North Atlantic Gyre
Understanding the role of metals in ocean ecosystems is thus a research priority for a number of faculty at the USF College of Marine Science, and internationally.
July 2, 2018News
Next week is Lightning Awareness Week
Tropical storms have been on the move since May, a little earlier than usual this year, and right now is as good a time as ever to brush up on your lightning safety protocols.
June 21, 2018News
Heading to the beach? Get ready for thick, slimy seaweed
The reason for the heavy growth of seaweed remains unclear, said Chuanmin Hu, of the University of South Florida.
June 20, 2018News
Single-celled architects headline the upcoming “FORAMS 2018” conference in Scotland
Pamela Hallock Muller has studied foraminifera since the mid ‘70s when she was first introduced to them during her graduate studies by other grad students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
June 19, 2018News
Question of Straws: CMS Advises St. Pete City Council HERS Committee
The City of St. Petersburg sustainability program continues to move forward with ocean friendly practices.
June 16, 2018News
Graduate Student Receives National Academies of Science Gulf Research Program Science Policy Fellowship
Dr. Cockrell will spend the year working on science communication, policy, and resource management issues in Florida with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Tallahassee.