July 9, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Two sea turtles have been returned to the Gulf of Mexico after recovering at Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital. The turtles were released on July 8 on Casey Key near a private residence.
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Marine ecotoxicologists investigate some of the toughest challenges we must overcome to protect the ocean—in particular, how toxic substances harm marine animals and the ecosystem. Today we meet Dr. Aileen Maldonado, a Mote Postdoctoral Research Fellow who studies natural toxins and human-produced toxicants in the marine environment. In this episode, Dr. Maldonado gives hosts Joe and Hayley insight into toxic substances that concern scientists, environmental regulators and communities, and she discusses her Mote research focused on mitigation of the toxin-producing Florida red tide and on improving methods to assess the health of corals at risk from pollution and many other stressors.
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June 29, 2020
Hayley Rutger
Aly Busse, Assistant Vice President for Education at Mote, has been named Chair of the National Association of Marine Laboratories’ (NAML’s) new Education Committee—a prominent leadership role and exciting opportunity to for Mote to spearhead improved strategies for educational excellence at marine science nonprofits across the nation.
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Mote scientists and partners exploring "blue holes" will be featured in an upcoming episode of the award-winning PBS show, Changing Seas.
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After just a little over a month of rehabilitation, a manatee mom and her calf are back in Sarasota Bay. The mother was rescued in mid-May by Mote and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and was rehabilitated at SeaWorld Orlando. She gave birth to a healthy male shortly after arriving, and the two were released on June 18, 2020 in Sarasota Bay.
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June 9, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Mote welcomes Barbara Brizdle as the newest member of the Board of Trustees
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June 8, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Mote announces plans for an additional coral nursery and international coral gene bank
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June 4, 2020
Hayley Rutger
New research on stony coral tissue loss disease reveals similar “bacterial signatures” among sick corals and nearby water and sediments for the first time. Results hint at how this deadly disease might spread, and which bacteria are associated with it, on Florida’s Coral Reef.
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In nature, many fish eat other fish—and some naturally engage in cannibalism, eating members of their own species. However, fish farming (aquaculture) operations strive to reduce that behavior and aim to raise as many healthy fish as possible to meet important needs for sustainable seafood and environmental restoration. Common snook, a Florida sportfish raised by Mote Marine Laboratory to enhance wild fisheries, are capable of snacking on their fellow snook as they grow up in aquaculture systems. Mote Postdoctoral Scientist Dr. Flavio Ribeiro is studying how to curb this behavior by investigating its biology and environmental causes. In this episode, Dr. Ribeiro tells hosts Hayley and Joe about tackling cannibalism, also known as "intraspecific prediation," during his career with multiple aquaculture-raised species.
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