Research at ESL

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Articles and Interviews about research that has taken place at ESL past and present.

Research at ESL

December 29, 2010
For Sharks, the Nose Knows
WHOI researchers study how sharks use their senses to hunt, recalculate a more precise depth and volume of the ocean, revisit the Titanic wreck site, and help search for undersea wreckage of Air France Flight 447, which crashed off South America.
Source: Oceanus Magazine

October 15, 2010
Scientists Find that Squid Can Detect Sounds
In novel experiments, scientists are investigating a relatively rudimentary sensory organ in squid and what it can tell us about the evolution of hearing in higher animals.
Source: Oceanus Magazine

December 4, 2009
Ocean Acidification: A Risky Shell Game
As the oceans continue to absorb excess carbon dioxide from the air, seawater chemistry will change, possibly hindering the ability of marine life to build their carbonate shells and skeletons. But will corals, clams, snails, or lobsters all be affected in the same way?
Source: Oceanus Magazine

Meredith White, Biology
Effects of Ocean Acidification on the larval and juvenile development of the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis and the bay scallop Argopecten irradians

Physical models of integrated waste recycling- marine polyculture systems
Aquaculture Volume 5, Issue 2, March 1975 Authors: John H. Ryther, Joel C. Goldman, Cameron E. Gifford, John E. Huguenin, Asa S. Wing, J.Philip Clarner,Lavergne D. Williams, Brian E. Lapointe

Images

ESL Aquaculture ponds 1973
ESL Aquaculture ponds 1973.

Nat Corwin in 1978 using the ESL raceways for a grazing experiment

Nat Corwin at the ESL raceways
Nat Corwin tending the ESL raceways in 1978.

Links

Early Days of ESL
Images from the early days of ESL (1960s - 1980s). Note that you have to login to the WHOI Image Source Archive but login as guest.
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Last updated: April 20, 2012