2019 Healthy Bay Report Card
Florida Sea Grant is involved in several citizen science and education projects designed to monitor the health of the bay. Below is an annual report of those projects. WATER QUALITY – Fish Kills Fish kills are… Read More
Category: Coasts & Marine
Salt Marsh Vegetation Research by Stephanie Verhulst
Written by Stephanie Verhulst, Graduate Research Assistant at UF IFAS Environmental Horticulture Stephanie is currently working on three projects focused on the role salinity and inundation has on salt marsh vegetation and coastal forest tree species. Her work… Read More
Graduate Student Highlight: Jessica Solomon
By Katie Ray, UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants (CAIP) Intern Jessica Solomon was born and raised a Florida native. Growing up in Miami and Clearwater, she spent most of her time exploring the outdoors after school…. Read More
Snakes on Our Barrier Islands
Over the last two years I have been surveying snakes in a local community on Perdido Key. The residents were concerned about the number of cottonmouths they were seeing and wanted some advice on how to handle the… Read More
Sea Grant Notes – November 1, 2019
November 1, 2019 Sea Grant Notes FLORIDA MASTER NATURALIST – HABITAT EVALUATION SHORT COURSE This 3-day class will teach the basics of habitat evaluation. The three classes will include large scale assessments, local scale assessments, and… Read More
Bringing Science to the People: Dr. Bill Seaman, Emeritus Professor
When Dr. Bill Seaman retired from the University of Florida in 2006, it was important to him that he retired “to something” instead of “from something.” Bill dedicated 40 years of his life to the teaching and research… Read More
Cedar Key Coastal Cleanup Results 2019
Coastal cleanup by the numbers The 2019 Cedar Key version of the International Coastal Cleanup was a huge success! At least 168 volunteers removed 4,943 pounds of trash from local shorelines. That’s almost 2.5 tons of trash! While this… Read More
What’s going on along Cedar Key’s shorelines?
Coastal change is obvious along Cedar Key’s shorelines. One of the most noticeable changes is rapid erosion along the shorelines of Daughtry Bayou. Erosion is a natural process in coastal ecosystems but becomes an issue when it threatens… Read More
Women in STEM Careers: Dr. Mikki McComb-Kobza
Many people have heard of Dr. Marie Curie, likely in a science class in school. The French physicist and chemist earned two Nobel Prize honors for her work, becoming the first person ever to do so. And she… Read More
Menacing Microbes
There has been a lot of press across the Gulf coast concerning water-borne bacteria and health issues. From Blue-green algal blooms, to red tides, to “flesh-eating” bacteria (vibriosis). There have been a lot of questions on the topic… Read More