Category: Coasts & Marine
Fish that hang out in surface waters
June 28, 2019
Surface waters provide a huge, but nearly featureless place for fish to live. In bottom waters there’s vegetation like seagrass and mangrove roots, there’s rock outcrops, oyster reefs, docks and pilings, and even artificial reefs. But up ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, WildlifeTags: Fish, Florida Sea Grant, Herrings, Mackerels, Pelagic, Sardines, Tunas, Water Column
Featured Student Friday: Dr. Katie Lawson
June 28, 2019
Every other week, SFRC highlights a fantastic student or alumnus for #FeaturedStudentFriday. Today's fantastic feature is Dr. Katie Lawson! Katie earned her Ph.D. in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, and now works as a GIS Analyst in the Alabama ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water, WildlifeTags: College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, FSF, Students
NCBS Intern Report: Estuarine Ecology
June 18, 2019
NCBS Intern Report written by Jasmine Schwadron, and host Dr. Charlie Martin, Estuarine Ecologist at UF/IFAS NCBS Introduction This summer I had the incredible opportunity to intern at the Nature Coast Biological Station under Charlie ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Cedar Key, NCBS Interns, Restoration, Seagrass
Sea Turtle Awareness
June 18, 2019
June is a busy month for marine awareness. World Oceans Day is celebrated on June 8 and World Sea Turtle Day is June 16. This year there was a concerted effort to celebrate sea turtle week during the time between those two dates. The website ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Wildlife
The life cycle of common snook
June 14, 2019
Common snook, Centropomus undecimalis is one of five snook species found in Florida and the only one we see here in southwest Florida. Where they live Snook occur from South Carolina to Brazil, including Florida to Texas along the Gulf of ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, WildlifeTags: Fish, Fishing, Florida Sea Grant, Life Cycle, Snook
Mysterious Mangroves
June 14, 2019
Mangroves Mangrove trees are an important part of Florida’s diverse ecosystem and are integral to the coastal estuaries where they grow. Mangrove forests in the tropics and subtropics are identifiable by their dense tangle of prop roots ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural ResourcesTags: Certified Mangrove Trimmer, Coastal, Estuary, Florida Department Of Environmental Protection, Mangrove, Mangrove Trimming