Aquatic Animals
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May 14, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA graduate student wins fellowship to study invasive seaweed, nutrient pollution
Linsey Haram, a doctoral student in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, has received a three-year National Estuarine Research Reserve System graduate research fellowship, one of only nine awarded in 2012.
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May 8, 2012 | General News
UGA students use crowd funding as they compete in SciFund Challenge
Two University of Georgia doctoral students are participating in the second round of the SciFund Challenge, an experiment in crowd funding for scientific research. Alyssa Gehman, in the Odum School of Ecology, and Sean Sterrett, in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, are raising money from individuals to fund their research.
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May 8, 2012 | Research News
UGA study finds in extinction risk, there’s not always safety in numbers
A basic tenet underpinning scientists' understanding of extinction is that more abundant species persist longer than their less abundant counterparts, but a new University of Georgia study reveals a much more complex relationship.
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March 28, 2012 | General News
Georgia Marine Extension Service hosts freshwater workshops
The University of Georgia Marine Extension Service is hosting a Chatham County freshwater public program series at the Marine Education Center and Aquarium on Skidaway Island near Savannah.
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March 20, 2012 | Research News
UGA geneticists receive $1.8 million NSF CAREER Awards
Two University of Georgia genetics researchers won grants from the National Science Foundation valued at more than $1.8 million for projects that can potentially help combat birth defects and improve the understanding of how new species come into existence.
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February 24, 2012 | Research News
For the birds: Aquatic ecologist studies silent killer of bald eagles
Something is killing American bald eagles, and Susan Wilde is determined to find out what. An assistant professor in the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Wilde has a theory about the silent killer of America's most famous birds. She thinks their food is killing them, causing avian vacuolar myelinopathy, with deadly brain lesions and neurological problems.
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October 23, 2011 | Research News
Run-off, emissions deliver double whammy to coastal marine creatures, UGA study finds
Increasing acidification in coastal waters could compromise the ability of oysters and other marine creatures to form and keep their shells, according to a new study led by University of Georgia researchers.
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October 13, 2011 | General News
Georgia begins monitoring potential coastal drought impacts
Georgia resource managers, coastal scientists from diverse institutions and Georgia Sea Grant staff at the University of Georgia are working to coordinate a response to potential drought impacts along the Georgia coast.
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October 5, 2011 | Events on Campus
‘Tarball Chronicles’ author to discuss oil spill
Noted author and environmental critic David Gessner will visit the University of Georgia campus for two events: a reading and book signing Oct. 11 at 4 p.m. at the Odum School of Ecology Auditorium and an informal coffee hour talk Oct. 12 at 11 a.m. at the Park Hall library.
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October 3, 2011 | General News
Marsh Madness spreading throughout coastal Georgia
Continuing a two-year tradition, children's musician Roger Day has been busy spreading Marsh Madness to elementary schools throughout coastal Georgia.
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September 14, 2011 | General News
Music education program, Marsh Madness, to reach 7,000 coastal Georgia children
Elementary students throughout Effingham, Chatham and Bryan Counties are preparing for a concert series with a theme close to home-the Georgia coast. Beginning Sept. 19, award-winning children's musician Roger Day will perform Marsh Madness, his new show featuring the plants and animals that live in and around the barrier islands of Georgia. Day will perform at nine area schools, along with the Backus Children's Hospital and the Trustees Theater in Savannah.
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September 2, 2011 | General News
Threatened sea turtle “Eddie” released from UGA Aquarium; new hatchling arrives
A three-year-old loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed Eddie was released into the ocean on the morning of Friday, Sept. 2 after living at the University of Georgia Marine Education Center and Aquarium (MECA) on Skidaway Island since it was a hatchling. After being tagged, Eddie crawled across the sands of Wassaw Island National Wildlife Refuge and headed into the surf with no signs of stress before disappearing into the waves.
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August 19, 2011 | General News
Georgia students selected for Knauss Fellowship
University of Georgia student Kate Segarra and Savannah State University student Sanya Compton have been selected for the prestigious Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Segarra and Compton are two of only 51 students across the country selected for the program.
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August 8, 2011 | General News
UGA researchers study threats to white sturgeon
University of Georgia researchers are working to understand why the nation's largest freshwater fish, the white sturgeon, is struggling in northern California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta, an environmentally endangered area suffering from declining fish populations and pollution.
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August 8, 2011 | Research News
UGA researchers study threats to white sturgeon
University of Georgia researchers are working to understand why the nation's largest freshwater fish, the white sturgeon, is struggling in northern California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta, an environmentally endangered area suffering from declining fish populations and pollution.