Tag: Don Behringer

Taking the sponge plunge to enhance an important species in the Gulf

by Brad Buck
March 28, 2024

On a recent overcast day, University of Florida experts dove into the Gulf, hoping to increase sponge abundance in an area off Hernando Beach. It’s not a deep dive – about 10 feet. But the hard bottom is key: It’s where sponges live ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Brittany Scharf, Don Behringer, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Enhancement, Hernando Beach, Hernando County, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Sponges, Tarpon Springs

NSF awards $1.4 million to UF, other institutions to study disease threatening lobsters

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 7, 2009

Caption at bottom. Click here for full image. The Caribbean spiny lobster is one of Florida's top commercial seafood species, with an annual $27 million harvest -- but a recently discovered virus is killing the crustaceans and threatening ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Food Safety, Invasive Species
Tags: Don Behringer, Lobster, Mark Butler

UF, Old Dominion launch project to restore sponges in barren parts of Florida Bay

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 8, 2009

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Marine sponges may not look like apartment buildings, but to shrimps, juvenile lobsters and other animals in Florida Bay, the puffy filter-feeders provide one of ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Don Behringer, Long Key, Mark Butler, Old Dominion, Sponges

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