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Salt Marsh Ecology | In the GrassWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Crown Conchs- Friend or Foe?
by Randallby RandallThe crown conch is the Jekyll and Hyde of coastal ecosystems. Dr. Randall Hughes clarifies why the predatory snail might be a friend or foe to the salt marsh.
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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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Apalachicola River and BayOyster Reef Ecology | On the Reef
Predatory Snails Overrunning Florida Oyster Reefs
by Davidby DavidDr. David Kimbro is starting to see a pattern across Florida oyster reefs affected by loss of freshwater input. Is the prevalence of oyster eating snails the cause or merely a symptom of oyster reef decline?
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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.
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Seagrasses and Sand FlatsWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
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.
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In the Grass, On the Reef June 29, 2011 at 7:30 PM/ ET WFSU-TV Rob…
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Dr. David Kimbro’s St. Augustine research site oyster reefs were once commercially viable but have been failing, and there is an overabundance of a particular oyster predator- the crown conch. David and his lab look into the causes for this sharp decline. Read more this week on In the Grass, On the Reef.
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Oyster Reef Ecology | On the ReefSalt Marsh Ecology | In the GrassSeagrasses and Sand Flats
Coastal Critters and More at the FSUCML Open House
Rob Diaz de Villegas WFSU-TV When I heard it was supposed to rain on Saturday,…
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A listing of the animals seen in the slideshow is at the end of this…
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