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Red tide monitoring updates from Mote in southwest Florida

October 21, 2015 Hayley Rutger

Mote Marine Lab scientists continue studying and monitoring the Florida red tide algae, Karenia brevis, along southwest Florida and are encouraging coastal communities to follow online updates. Elevated counts of the algae cells have recently persisted or increased in some Mote-monitored areas.

Well-known dolphin “Riptorn” dies in Sarasota

October 20, 2015 Hayley Rutger

Photo: Riptorn with fish hook caught in dorsal fin, with training fishing line, August 2015. Photo by Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, taken under National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Research Permit No. 15543. The most-recognizable dolphin in Sarasota Bay, Fla., died at age 43 and was recovered on Friday, Oct. 16, after living for decades with scoliosis and a dorsal fin sliced and bent by a boat propeller.

Red tide monitoring updates from Mote in southwest Florida

October 13, 2015 Hayley Rutger

Mote Marine Lab scientists are currently studying and monitoring the Florida red tide algae, Karenia brevis, off southwest Florida’s coast, while encouraging coastal communities to follow online updates, after noting increased signs of the harmful algae this week along southwest Florida.

New salmon research on oil & dispersant impacts getting under way with help from Alaskan hatchery

October 2, 2015 Hayley Rutger

A new study under way this week at the Sitka Sound Science Center in Sitka, Alaska, is investigating how crude oil and dispersant affect hatchery-reared coho salmon to test for subtle or delayed health impacts that are normally challenging to document when oil spills occur. The study is led by Mote Marine Laboratory scientists from Sarasota, Fla., in partnership with the Sitka Sound Science Center in Alaska.

Southwest Florida scientists tracking changes in red tide algae counts

September 30, 2015 Hayley Rutger

Mote Marine Laboratory scientists in Southwest Florida and others along Florida's Gulf Coast are closely monitoring counts of red tide algae, after noting low-level increases of these algae cells in multiple seawater samples during the past two weeks.

Research internship for Sarasota-Manatee Students has successful first year

July 16, 2015 Hayley Rutger

New competitive internship immerses area college students in marine science

Sarasota Lionfish Derby takes bite out of invasive species

July 12, 2015 Hayley Rutger

Divers and snorkelers removed 456 invasive lionfish from the Gulf of Mexico during the second annual Sarasota Lionfish Derby, which culminated today, July 12.

Mote welcomes next-gen scientist focused on ocean technology, red tide

May 14, 2015 Hayley Rutger

Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to welcome Dr. Jordon Beckler, a next-generation Ph.D. scientist who will help advance Mote’s innovative Ocean Technology Program and study nutrient cycling in the environment — research essential to understanding Florida red tide.

Five years after Deepwater Horizon, research continues

April 22, 2015 Hayley Rutger

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank on April 22, 2010, after an explosion on April 20 that killed 11 workers and set off one of the worst environmental disasters in our nation's history. Today, Mote Marine Laboratory is advancing new research related to the spill, focusing on the health of key fishes in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Red tide monitoring updates from Mote in southwest Florida

Well-known dolphin “Riptorn” dies in Sarasota

Red tide monitoring updates from Mote in southwest Florida

New salmon research on oil & dispersant impacts getting under way with help from Alaskan hatchery

Southwest Florida scientists tracking changes in red tide algae counts

Research internship for Sarasota-Manatee Students has successful first year

Sarasota Lionfish Derby takes bite out of invasive species

Mote welcomes next-gen scientist focused on ocean technology, red tide

Five years after Deepwater Horizon, research continues

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