Ocean Life
Northern Star Coral Study Could Help Protect Tropical Corals
Worldwide, coral reefs are in crisis. A new study in mSystems, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, investigates antibiotic-induced disturbance of the coral (Astrangia poculata) and shows that antibiotic exposure significantly altered the composition of the coral’s mucus bacterial microbiome, but that all the treated corals recovered in two weeks in ambient seawater. The work is important because it suggests that stony Northern Star Coral may be able to recover its mucus microbiome following disturbance, it identifies specific microbes that may be important to assembly, and it demonstrates that algal symbionts may play a previously undocumented role in the microbial recovery and resilience to environmental change.
Read MoreWHOI research in five inhospitable locations
Whether they’re under the ice at the furthest poles or hovering above the ocean’s deepest volcanoes, these researchers get the job done.
Read MoreNOAA Live! Webinar: Texas Corals, and Mantas, and Sharks, Oh My!
Kelly Drinnen, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX Sponsored by: NOAA & Woods Hole Sea Grant This will…
Read MoreAOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Diatom Hotspots Driven by Western Boundary Current Instability
Hilde Oliver, WHOI Sponsored by: AOP&E Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85882575533?pwd=b2dYOVFlclJPYnlsY3NhZGpleXBtUT09 Meeting ID: 858 8257 5533; Password: 2296Audio-only…
Read MoreNOAA Live! Webinar: What Do You Know About Alaska Salmon?
Joshua Russell, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau, AK Sponsored by: NOAA & Woods Hole Sea Grant This will…
Read MoreEast Pacific Rise
Captured by the researchers and crew of Atlantis from HOV Alvin with artist Mel O’Callaghan during the 2018 UNOLS cruise.
Read MoreBiology Department Virtual Seminar: Genetic Approaches for Understanding Marine Disease and Biodiversity
Dannise Ruiz, University of California, Merced Sponsored by: Biology Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94244480622?pwd=RFNHdEwvcEJtRkhFZXFINjlRaDlUUT09…
Read MoreNOAA Live! Webinar: Kelp Farming in Coastal Waters
Anoushka Concepcion, NOAA’s Connecticut Sea Grant, Groton, CT Sponsored by: NOAA & Woods Hole Sea Grant This will be held…
Read MoreBiology Department Virtual Seminar: Developing Imaging Technologies to Search for, Discover, and Understand Biology in the Deep Sea
Kakani Katija, MBARI Sponsored by: Biology Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86894206484 Meeting ID: 868 9420…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Our Ocean in the Anthropocene: The Combined Impact of Pollution and Climate Change on Marine Life
Manoela Romano de Orte, Carnegie Institution for Science Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting…
Read MoreFirst description of deep benthic habitats and communities of oceanic islands and seamounts of the Nazca Desventuradas Marine Park, Chile
Deep Sea Science: Deep Sea Reveals Insights On Human
Scientists have discovered bacteria from the deep sea with components that are unrecognizable by the human immune system and may hold important properties in the development of cancer treatments and vaccines, according to a collaborative study published in Science Immunology.
Biology Department Virtual Seminar: Social Evolution in Coral Reef Fishes
Theresa Rueger, Boston University Sponsored by: Biology Department This will be held virtually. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87126683291
Read MoreNOAA Live! Webinar: Cold Dark Secrets: Discovering Alaska’s Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges
Pam Goddard, Vanessa Lowe, Rachel Wilborn, Pat Malecha, and Jerry Hoff, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle Sponsored by:…
Read MoreMarine Policy Center Virtual Seminar: Coral Reef Governance: Case Studies from Southeast Asia
Kelly Heber Dunning, Auburn University Sponsored by: Marine Policy Center This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/95141281254?pwd=b1BFY3VFa1hhVUZyMnJ0NnBNcS82dz09 Meeting…
Read MoreNOAA Live! Webinar: How Old Is That Fish? And What Fish Ear Stones Can Tell Us
Craig Kastelle, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle Sponsored by: NOAA and Woods Hole Sea Grant This will be…
Read MoreFewer than 366 North Atlantic Right whales are left on earth
“North Atlantic right whales face a serious risk of extinction, but there is hope if we can work together on solutions. Trauma reduction measures and applying new tools to assess their health are critically important to enhance the welfare of individual whales. If we can reduce the number of deaths, and successfully improve their health (and increase their) reproduction, the current decline in population can be reversed,” says lead study author Michael Moore, a whale trauma specialist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
WHOI and NOAA Fisheries Release New North Atlantic Right Whale Health Assessment Review
North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered and declining. Climate change, vessel strikes, entanglements and noise engender poor health and reproductive failure, and are major threats to individuals and the species. Trauma reduction measures and applying new tools to assess and enhance their health, are critically important.
Read MoreBiology Department Virtual Seminar: The Biological Basis for Remote Sensing of Oil Spill Impacts to Fish Populations
John Incardona, NOAA Sponsored by: Biology Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85981238770 Meeting ID: 859 8123…
Read MoreNOAA Live! Webinar: That’s the Seal-iest Thing I’ve Heard: Studying Ice Seals in Alaska
Erin Moreland, Cynthia Christman, and Heather Ziel, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA Sponsored by: NOAA and…
Read MoreFollow the smell of the ocean to find where marine predators feed
‘Ropeless’ Lobster Fishing Could Save The Whales. Could It Kill The Industry?
Some open ocean waters teeming with an abundance of life
Since Charles Darwin’s day, the abundance of life on coral reefs has been puzzling, given that most oceanic surface waters in the tropics are low in nutrients and unproductive.
Study reveals energy sources supporting coral reef predators
The scientists believe that this offshore energy may be entering the food web through lower-level plankton feeding fish that the groupers are then feeding on. This is likely to be supported by inputs of nutrient-rich deep water, which are little understood.
