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USF research team advances understanding of the small but mighty forage fishes
Forage fishes, or bait fish, are unsung heroes of the Gulf coast ecosystem. Many of these species have been overlooked by fisheries scientists and managers until fairly recently.
July 19, 2022News
Stretching our Sea Legs: A story from the 2022 Pelagic Ecology Cruise
This course gives students an opportunity to experience a research cruise – especially powerful for those who, for one reason or another, may otherwise have gone their whole time at CMS with dry feet.
June 29, 2022Blogs and Perspectives
Q&A with CMS Alum Dr. Erica Ombres
Oceanography may seem an unlikely career choice for someone who grew up in Yuma, Arizona and never heard of a career in “marine science” as a kid. Graduate school wasn’t on the radar, either when Erica Ombres pursued her bachelor’s at the University of Arizona in Tucson. After all, no one in her family had earned an advanced degree, she said.
June 29, 2022Blogs and Perspectives
Rising Tides June 2022
View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, June 2022 edition.
June 29, 2022Rising Tides Newsletter
Jackpot: scientific study offers $250 rewards for tagged Greater Amberjack
Dr. Sean Powers of the University of South Alabama is leading a “Dream Team” of researchers in an $11.7 million study of the Greater Amberjack species.
June 28, 2022News
Go Fish! Marine Protection and Fisheries Lab
The first portion of the lab focused on fisheries, management, basic modeling principals, and population dynamics.
June 24, 2022Girls Camp
Seas-ing the Day!
The Niskin bottle and sediments crew were tasked with collecting samples for us to characterize our stations.
June 23, 2022Girls Camp
Dr. Frank Muller-Karger Receives 2021 William T. Pecora Award
Dr. Frank Muller-Karger, biological oceanography professor who leads the Institute for Remote Sensing at the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science, has been honored with the prestigious 2021 William T. Pecora Award for his extraordinary contributions and leadership using remote sensing to further our understanding of the ocean.
June 21, 2022Awards
Fish Banks: Following the Current-cy
On the Tuesday of our last week of camp, we spent most of the day engaged in an activity called Fish Banks.
June 20, 2022Girls Camp
Fish Ecology Blog
This is the sixth year that Michael Sipes, Science Mentor, had the pleasure of leading the Fish Ecology Lab and every year it’s a blast.
June 20, 2022Girls Camp
Can Areas of High Alkalinity Freshwater Discharge Provide Potential Refugia for Marine Calcifying Organisms?
Enjoy this launch blurb celebrating a publication related to ocean acidification along the Springs Coast in the northeast Gulf of Mexico whose lead author was recent CMS alum (M.S., Class of 2019), Kyle Amergian.
June 17, 2022News, Publication Highlights
Totally Jawesome! A Shark 101 and Shark Tagging Lab
These campers totally needed a bigger boat.. Sharks were on deck at OCG!
June 17, 2022Girls Camp