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Proof of Concept
Matt Long sets up the prototype of his new eddy correlation hydrogen ion and oxygen exchange system (ECHOES) on Great Pond in […]
Read MoreSign of the Times
A sign stands sentinel in Nauset Estuary on Cape Cod, warning that the estuary is closed because of red tide. Annual springtime red tides, a type of Read More
Coral Integrity
MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Thomas DeCarlo removes a sub-sample of seawater for analysis during a calcium carbonate precipitation experiment in Glenn Gaetani’s laboratory. Thomas is growing a particular form […]
Read MoreHappy Boxing Day
This past winter WHOI Senior Research Technician Dave Kulis installed these Lexan boxes in Nauset Marsh on Cape Cod to test an experimental method to reduce the severity of Read More
Connecting the Dots
Each summer, large numbers of dormantcysts of the harmful algal species Alexandrium fundyense hatch from the seafloor off the Northeast Coast of the U.S. and cause shellfish grounds in […]
Read MoreForecasting Biology
WHOI senior scientist Dennis McGillicuddy prepares a CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) rosette as part of a 2008 cruise to study conditions leading to periodic blooms of harmful […]
Read MoreTaking Apart Brown Tide Algae
In the summer, a single-celled marine algae species often causes “brown tides” in estuaries along the U.S. East Coast, killing seagrass, decimating shellfish, and costing local economies millions of […]
Read MoreA Cyst in Time
WHOI researcher Kerry Norton uses fluorescence microscopy to identify and count dormant cysts of Alexandrium fundyense, the alga that produces a toxin that accumulates in shellfish and can cause paralytic […]
Read MoreThe Art of Marine Science
Falmouth High School ceramics art teacher Corine Adams set up student pieces created in the art course Clay II for display at WHOI recently. The students were assigned to […]
Read MoreTo Stem Red Tides
WHOI researcher Dave Kulis and Pete Lyons, a guest student from Northeastern University (in boat), place a Lexan box into Salt Pond in Eastham, Mass. The box, crafted by Damon Gayer […]
Read MoreWatching for Red Tides
Senior engineering assistant Will Ostrom guides an Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) into the test well at the WHOI dock in early June 2011. The ESP is a seagoing […]
Read MoreSearching for Harmful Algae
WHOI researcher Bruce Keafer demonstrates the procedure for filtering water samples for Alexandrium fundyense prior to a research cruise on the R/V Oceanus in April 2008. A. fundyense […]
Read MoreStudying Red Tide in the Gulf of Maine
Researchers Jefferson Turner of UMass Dartmouth, left, foreground, Dennis McGillicuddy of WHOI (green jacket), and winch operator John Gaylord of WHOI, above, deploy a CTD rosette system on R/V […]
Read MoreCalling all sea squirt scientists!
Participants in the third International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference, held at WHOI April 26-28, 2010, pose for a commemorative shot. Sea squirts — or tunicates — are spongey, […]
Read MoreChanging chemistry
Intensive burning of fossil fuels and deforestation over the last two centuries have increased carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere by almost 40 percent. The oceans absorb about one-third […]
Read MoreJudy McDowell: benchmarks in research and education
WHOI biologist Judith McDowell measures respiration of lobster larvae in her lab in about 1986. Since the 1970s she has done landmark research on lobster biology and how contaminants […]
Read MoreCyst survey
Harmful algal bloom (HAB) cells shown under a microscope. WHOI scientists issued an outlook for a significant regional bloom of a toxic alga that can cause ‘red tides’ […]
Read MoreAcidic ocean fallout
Research specialist Anne Cohen and MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Meredith White monitor baby sea urchins in the lab for possible effects from ocean acidification. The oceans have […]
Read MoreChanging chemistry
Ocean acidification—a consequence of increased carbon dioxide emissions from human industrial activity—could harm a wide range of marine organisms and the food webs that depend on them. Mollusks, including […]
Read MoreFrom one village to another
Hauke Kite-Powell (at left in baseball cap), a Marine Policy Center research specialist, hosted a group of visitors this summer from the island of Zanzibar off Tanzania, where […]
Read MoreThe lives of larvae
MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Christine Mingione of the Biology Department, collects larvae samples in spat collector bags. Many familiar marine invertebrates such as shellfish have lesser known […]
Read MoreA Scallop’s Life
Suspended in the water, floating in unseen hordes, shellfish larvae are transported by wind and tidal currents until they settle and grow into adults. But this critical stage in the […]
Read MoreThe Mysterious Lives of Larvae
MIT/WHOI Joint Program graduate student Christine Mingione filters plankton samples from Waquoit Bay in search of shellfish larvae, which are no bigger than a fine grain of sand. […]
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