The Panamanian coast, where oysters grow on trees: Tanya put her Kimbro Lab skills to use during her summer studies in the tropics.
Notes From the Field
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Apalachicola River and BayNotes From the FieldOyster Reef Ecology | On the Reef
Apalachicola Oyster Research: SHARK WEEK
by Davidby DavidSince starting Apalachicola Bay oyster research, the Kimbro crew keeps finding their gear trashed. They now have evidence as to the identity of a culprit.
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Apalachicola River and BayNotes From the FieldOyster Reef Ecology | On the Reef
Notes From the Field, Apalachicola: Measure Twice, Cut Once
by Hannaby HannaFor their Apalachicola Bay experiment, Hanna Garland and company have had to learn to work underwater, brave the wind and waves, and even learn to weld.
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Notes From the FieldOyster Reef Ecology | On the Reef
Notes from the Field: From Technician to Tourist
by Ryanby RyanLab technician Ryan Coker (who normally works in salt marshes) was drafted into oyster duty, on which he encountered deep mud and larger animals than you’d find on an oyster reef.
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Notes From the FieldOyster Reef Ecology | On the ReefWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Notes From the Field: Hermit Crab/Crown Conch Cage Match
by Hannaby HannaTo get a handle on the oyster mortality problem south of St. Augustine, Hanna Garland staged “cage matches” between the oyster-eating crown conch and one of its predators, the thinstripe hermit crab.
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Notes From the FieldOyster Reef Ecology | On the ReefWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Notes from the Field: Overwhelmed Oysters
Using ordinary paving tiles from Home Depot, the Hughes and Kimbro labs have created their most important tool in measuring the health of oyster reefs. At one site, lab technician Meagan Murdock discovers unexpected competition for young spat trying to get established on the reef.
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Apalachicola River and BayNotes From the FieldOyster Reef Ecology | On the Reef
Notes From the Field: Becoming an Oyster Woman
We went out with two divers working on the Kimbro lab’s new Apalachicola Bay study and put a camera on one of them. The images of the oyster reefs at the bottom of the bay give an indication of the severity of the fishery crisis there.
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Notes From the FieldSeagrasses and Sand Flats
Notes From the Field: Leashing Your Clams
by Tanyaby TanyaA clam on a leash? Tanya Rogers talks about an experiment she painstakingly prepared on Bay Mouth Bar.
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On a recent trip to Bay Mouth Bar, we witnessed a little romance in the air (or saltwater) as one of the Forgotten Coast’s most unique looking predators heads somewhere warm for the winter.
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Notes From the FieldPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineSalt Marsh Ecology | In the Grass
Notes from the Field: Getting the Dirt
by Althea Mooreby Althea MooreAlthea Moore is Dr. Randall Hughes’ graduate student. In today’s Notes From the Field, she describes her newest study and how she’s funding it: the increasingly popular and effective method of crowdfunding.