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FSU Coastal & Marine Lab technician Tanya Rogers describes the building of what she calls “ecological art.” She is referring to the Kimbro lab’s summer experiment, for which several artificial oyster reefs with different combinations of animals was built near St. Augustine, FL.

Imagine you have to set up an experiment from which you have to be able to obtain consistent results that form a definable pattern. Now imagine that you have to set this experiment up in the great muddy, salty outdoors. Dr. David Kimbro walks you through a large scale experiment that had him battling stone crabs and Mother Nature.

David and his crew are putting together a big experiment as the In the Grass, On the Reef documentary comes together.

Do oysters have more value sitting on their reefs than on the half shell? When we lose salt marsh habitat, are we indirectly losing money? Dr. Randall Hughes presents her analysis on a few papers that seek to put a dollar sign on our coastal habitats.

In the Grass, On the Reef June 29, 2011 at 7:30 PM/ ET WFSU-TV Rob…

Hanna Garland FSU Coastal & Marine Lab One of the most fascinating aspects of the…

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.

Dr. David Kimbro FSU Coastal & Marine Lab Hey folks, Where did my winter of…

Rob Diaz de Villegas WFSU-TV It kind of looks like one of those vintage ’80’s…

Mike Plummer WFSU-TV Michael Harrell is a local artist, brought to WFSU-TV’s attention by one…