Thursday, May 10th by Laurel Zaima, RJD intern It’s time to celebrate! Exams are finally over, and summer has officially started! What better way to kickoff summer 2012 than going on an exhilarating and action-packed shark tagging trip. After an early morning, 2 hour drive down to Islamorada, all of the RJD interns took a […]
Saturday, May 5th by Virginia Ansaladi, RJD lab manager It’s that time in the semester again when you can’t even remember what the ocean looks like – or the sun for that matter. 5-Hour Energys are your best friend and all nighters are like that guy from high school who just realized you’re the only […]
by Christina Vilmar, Marine Conservation Biology student Many environmental and anthropogenic stressors have caused a worldwide decline in coral coverage. In the Caribbean, Acropora has experienced declines of 80-90% since the late 1980s, which decreases diversity, complexity, ecosystem function and economic services of the reefs. A. palmata and A. cervicornis are listed as critically endangered […]
by Evan Byrnes, RJD intern Oil spill damage has been a hot area of interest, especially since the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill in 2010. This is because oil spills can affect flora and fauna for generations, especially in coastal wetlands where decomposition is slow due to the low energy and anoxic environment. Coastal wetlands are […]
Congratulations to RJD intern Kyra Hartog and Ph.D. student Austin Gallagher! At the recent Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences underwater photo contest, Kyra won the “Best student entry” category, and Austin placed third! Kyra submitted a photo of a whale shark that she took in Mexico. Austin submitted a photo of a lemon […]
by Catherine MacDonald, RJD student Sea Invaders Anyone living in South Florida is familiar with the issue of invasive species—particularly the invasion of the Everglades by the African Rock Python (P. sebae) and the Indian Python (P. molurus) and the presence in the Florida Keys of large numbers of non-native Green or Common Iguanas (Iguana […]
The RJD team is pleased to share a series of shark research photos formatted for Facebook timeline cover photos. Feel free to use them and share them with friends! Let us know what you think of these photos in the comments section.
3/3/2012 So, when I started working with the RJ Dunlap Program, back when we were still the South Florida Student Shark Program, are team was essentially all girls, except for Dr. H and Capt. Curt… sorry guys! Now, we’ve brought in quite a couple of our male counterparts, and yes, it has proved a great […]
by Virginia Ansaldi, RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program lab manager A year ago, I moved out to California to take a job on Catalina Island as an outdoor educator. I worked through the spring and summer, but then my love affair with the island was brought to an end, as I was to attend graduate […]
Friday, March 2nd Today was a wonderfully lemon-y day on the water for the RJD team and our friends from Miami Dade College. Captain Curt took us out in the beautiful R/V Endsley to a site in Everglades National Park called the middle grounds. We have often had great luck at this site before, catching […]