Dauphin Island Sea Lab Opens Water-based Research Facility
The Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) announced the recent completion of its newest research facility- a multi-stressor wet lab. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new multi-stressor wet lab was held on Monday, January 23, 2023, with U.S. Treasury Department representative Dr. Bridget Cotti-Rausch, Alabama State Senator David Sessions (R-Grand Bay), and Dr. Amy Hunter with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR).In this new facility, researchers will be able to examine how marine organisms respond to multiple changes in environmental conditions simultaneously. These
Voices: Jill Zande, MATE II
(MATE II) was featured in last month’s MTR 100 as a top 10 ocean influencer. This month in MTR we present our full interview with Zande on the importance of attracting the next generation to a career in the oceans.How did you come to a career at MATE?As a research associate at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), I thought that the only next step for me career-wise was to go back to graduate school, get a Ph.D., have a lab and take on graduate students. I saw the academic, Ph.D. path as my only realistic option; but I also knew down deep that it wasn’t for me. I started exploring the
MTR’s “Top 10” Ocean Influencers
is a familiar figure in subsea circles, the face a globally renowned and fast-growing ROV competition that has and continues to inspire young minds, from kindergarteners through collegians. Zande is humble, and 20 years ago could not have imagined her position today.As a research associate at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), she knew that career-wise, the Ph.D. path was her only realistic options. But she knew deep down that the Ph.D. path was not for her.As fate had it her former major professor at Louisiana State University told her about MATE, helping to launch her career in education that has touched
How Many Red Snapper Are in the Gulf of Mexico?
tagging for various habitat types.” Scientists on the team include: Greg Stunz, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Will Patterson, University of Florida Sean P. Powers, University of South Alabama, Dauphin Island Sea Lab James Cowan, Louisiana State University Jay R. Rooker, Texas A&M University at Galveston Robert Ahrens, University of Florida, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Kevin Boswell, Florida International University Matthew Campbell, NOAA Fisheries (non-compensated collaborator)
Fate of Past Oyster Reef Projects Unknown
habitats a priority and required the tracking and dissemination of data related to those projects. Blomberg’s work was honored with the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s 2016 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award. Blomberg is now a Postdoctoral Researcher at Alabama’s Dauphin Island Sea Lab. To learn more about restoration progress, challenges and opportunities, Blomberg reviewed database entries for more than 192 oyster restoration projects entered into the National Estuaries Restoration Inventory and found that despite federal requirements to the contrary, monitoring data
$140m Awarded for GoM Oil Impact Research
for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems," Lead Investigator William (Monty) Graham University of Louisiana at Lafayette, "Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center," Lead Investigator Natalia Sidorovskaia Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium/Dauphin Island Sea Lab, "Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience," Lead Investigator John Valentine Texas A&M University, "Role of Microbial Exopolymers in Aggregation and Degradation of Oil and Dispersants," Lead Investigator Antonietta Quigg Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Technology Summit
BioSonics, Inc. will host a specialized Working Group Meeting on November 21, 2013 at Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama. The meeting, titled “Developments in Autonomous and Remote Observatories for Gulf Fisheries Assessment,” will focus on innovative platforms for the use of split beam sonar and will feature speakers from BioSonics, Liquid Robotics, Inc. and several universities. BioSonics president Tim Acker explained the motivation to hold this specialized Working Group Meeting. “Billions of dollars have been allocated to assess the biological impacts and the effectiveness
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