UF researcher tests powerful new tool to advance ecology, conservation
A new University of Florida study shows ecologists may have been missing crucial information from animal bones for more than 150 years. ..
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USF Nature Study Examines Ocean Health
Using a new comprehensive index designed to assess the benefits to people of healthy oceans, a team of scientists that includes USF Biological Oceanographer Kendra Daly has evaluated the ecological, social, economic and political conditions for every coastal country in the world. ..
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Nova Southeastern University Researcher Invents Software to Predict Lionfish Invasion
A Nova Southeastern University (Nova) researcher has invented software that helps predict invasion patterns of non-native species including the lionfish, a predatory species that has invaded Florida’s coastal waters as well as the Loxahatchee River. ..
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
FSU biologist discovers new plant genus, species in St. Johns River sample
Using a state-of-the-art electron microscopy at Florida State University, FSU biologist Akshinthala K.S.K. Prasad recently identified a new diatom genus and species, and he didn't have to look far to find it. He discovered the novel diatom in a seven-year-old sample of material that a colleague had collected from the St. Johns River in Northeast Florida's Putnam County. Consultations with international diatom experts helped to confirm that what he was seeing was something entirely new at the genus level and undocumented at the species level. ..
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
NSU’s Guy Harvey Research Institute Receives $100,000 from Guy Harvey
Guy Harvey, the renowned artist, scientist, and conservationist, recently donated $100,000 to Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) to conduct research on fisheries. ..
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