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UTMSI Researchers track the “Dead Zone” and its effects on fish
UTMSI Professor, Ben Walther was just awarded a National Science Foundation award to better understand the sub-lethal effects of hypoxia on Atlantic Croaker. Walther and his colleagues will use fish ear stones (otoliths) to identify periods of hypoxia exposure. The otoliths...
Ocean upwelling becoming more intense with climate change, new research reveals
Dr. Bryan Black and colleagues just published a manuscript in Science – the world’s leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary. Black and his colleagues have shown that winds causing coastal upwelling off the west coasts of North...
Mussel Men – Professors Benjamin Walther and Bryan Black received new funding to help native Texas freshwater mussels
Researchers at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute were recently awarded a project by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to understand why native Texas freshwater mussels are endangered. Their work will combine looking at growth increment “rings” and stable...
Research Experience for Undergraduates enters into its 7th year
REU in Subtropical Marine Ecosystems (REUiSME) is a summer research program for undergraduates at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute that is funded by the National Science Foundation. Student projects take advantage of the wide variety of coastal habitats near...
Young scientists help celebrate World Oceans Day
This past Saturday, several visitors came to the University of Texas Marine Science Institute to help celebrate World Oceans Day. Activities included boat rides, guided walks along the jetty, ocean crafts, touch-tanks, sea turtle meet-n-greet, and more! World Oceans Day is...
UTMSI hosts visitors from 7 countries and David Sikes of the Corpus Christi Caller
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Join us for World Oceans Day June 14, 2014
Together we have the power to protect the ocean! Celebrate World Oceans Day with us on Saturday, June 14th, 2014 in the University of Texas Marine Science Institute Visitor Center, in Port Aransas. Festivities will begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue...
Andrew Esbaugh receives the 2014 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award!
Many congratulations to Andrew Esbaugh on his selection to receive a 2014 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award! This is quite an honor to be selected from over one-hundred junior faculty candidates by a panel of leading scientists from...
New to the UTMSI Library
Just released and in our library: Toxins and Biologically Active Compounds from Microalgae, Volume 1, Origin, chemistry and detection. It includes a chapter Chemistry of brevetoxins by Abraham, A., Plakas, S.M. and Dickey, R.W.
Dr. Ken Dunton guest editor of Deep-Sea Research Part II
Dr. Ken Dunton was a guest editor for Volume 102 of Deep-Sea Research Part II entitled The Northern Chukchi Sea Benthic Ecosystem: Characterization, Biogeochemistry, and Trophic Linkages. Ken also led the organization of papers, wrote the lead-off synthesis paper and co-authored...
Ken Dunton's Arctic photo featured cover of Arctic Journal
One of Dr. Ken Dunton's underwater Arctic photo's is featured on the cover of Journal of The Arctic Institute of North America, Volume 67, Number 1 from March 2014. Congratulations Ken!
Marine Science Advisory Council Members visit Fennessey Ranch
Members of the University of Texas Marine Science Advisory Council got a bird’s eye view from their Fennessey hayride on the importance of riverine woodlands habitat in our coastal watershed and why the hydrological connection to our bays are critical.
Former student, Qiyuan Liu, receives award for Outstanding Thesis!
Congratulations to former graduate student, Qiyuan Liu for receiving the UT Outstanding Thesis Award! Thesis Solar Radiation-Enhanced Dissolution (Photodissolution) of Particulate Organic Matter in Texas Estuaries Supervisor Gerald Shank Click Here for more information.
Texas Bays & Estuaries Awardees
Congratulations to the student awardees of the Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting! Oral presentation: Philip Jose, Rachel Arney, Quentin Hall. Poster: Melissa McCutcheon, Kevin DeSantiago, John Mohan. Thank you CBBEP and CBBF for sponsoring!
UTMSI's Road Scholar Program made the top 10 in the country with a perfect score!
The "Spring Migration" Road Scholar Program held in March 2014 in Rockport, Texas made the top 10 program list with a perfect score. Congratulations to Linda Fuiman, the Program Coordinator, and Nan Dietert for a successful program! Nan's knowledge and passion...
Dr. Jim McClelland's research highlighted in Water Resources Research
Importance of river inputs to Arctic coastal food webs
What is a Copepod?
Check out the video segment about Copepods featuring video shot by our own Drs. Ed Buskey and Brad Gemmell. Courtesy of The University of Texas at Austin, Drs. Ed Buskey and Brad Gemmell. Check out the video.
GoMRI Science Teams among First Responders to Galveston Bay Oil Spill
On March 22, a cargo ship collided with a barge carrying approximately 4,000 barrels of bunker fuel oil in Galveston Bay, Texas. An estimated 168,000 gallons spilled into the Houston Ship Channel, prompting officials to shut it down for cleanup. More...The University of Texas
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