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Florida Governor DeSantis visits Mote, prioritizes harmful algae science and solutions

January 10, 2019 Hayley Rutger

Harmful algal blooms — and the urgent need for science and funding to address them — took center stage as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis greeted marine researchers, natural resource managers and journalists during a news conference Thursday afternoon at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota.

End-of-year updates from Sarasota Dolphin Research Program

December 19, 2018 Hayley Rutger

In 2018, the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program studied dolphins and their prey amid red tide, led dolphin health assessments and more.

End-of-year update: Crustacean Ecology Lab investigates challenges to stone crabs and spiny lobsters

December 19, 2018 Hayley Rutger

Mote Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Philip Gravinese and the Crustacean Ecology Lab had a productive year, conducting new research and publishing results through five first-author publications. The Crustacean Ecology Lab conducts diverse research dedicated to answering questions aimed at determining the tolerance and response of commercially important crustaceans to different environmental stressors.

End-of-year update: Ocean acidification studies advance thanks to Mote Postdoctoral Research Fellows

December 19, 2018 Hayley Rutger

Mote Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Heather Page and colleagues advanced research on ocean acidification impacts to multiple species and their interactions in 2018. Coral reef ecosystem health has been declining worldwide, and ocean acidification (OA) — decreasing seawater pH owing to human-contributed carbon dioxide entering the ocean — may further challenge reefs. To better predict coral reefs’ fate amid OA, scientists must understand how multiple living things — corals, seaweeds and more — will respond and how their interactions will be influenced. These interactions shape coral reef community structure and resilience to environmental changes.

End-of-year update: SEAson’s greetings from the ‘Two Sea Fans’ podcast!

December 19, 2018 Hayley Rutger

Mote Marine Laboratory’s podcast, “Two Sea Fans,” has released 18 episodes so far in 2018, featuring fun and educational, audio-recorded conversations with Mote scientists and their collaborators.

End-of-year update: Mote studies coral restoration strategies amid unprecedented disease outbreak

December 19, 2018 Hayley Rutger

As the unprecedented outbreak of stony coral tissue loss disease continues affecting more than 96,000 acres of Florida Keys reefs during December 2018, Mote Marine Laboratory and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are co-leading a Restoration Trials Team to determine best practices and impacts of planting nursery-grown corals for research on effective reef restoration.

End-of-year update: Seagrass may help protect corals from ocean acidification, Mote science affirms

December 19, 2018 Hayley Rutger

Mote Marine Laboratory research in 2018 strengthened the concept that seagrasses could help protect nearby coral reefs from ocean acidification (OA), a chemistry shift occurring as part of global climate change.

End-of-year update: Mote’s ocean acidification research system expands after Irma

December 19, 2018 Hayley Rutger

This year, Mote Marine Laboratory staff rebuilt and enhanced their ocean acidification research system in the Florida Keys to double its capacity and incorporate finer-scale controls of experimental conditions, after Hurricane Irma destroyed the previous OA system in September 2017.

End-of-year update: Blue hole studies deepen in the Gulf of Mexico

December 19, 2018 Hayley Rutger

On Nov. 18, 2018, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and colleagues dove deep into an offshore “blue hole” in the Gulf of Mexico, launching a new round of exploration and research into these underwater caves, springs and sinkholes whose scientific investigation has been pioneered by Mote.

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