Florida Sportsman Magazine highlights programs at Florida universities, including the reef fish and habitat research of FSUCML director, Dr. Felicia Coleman, and FSUCML faculty, Dr. Chirs Koenig, and how the two have used their research findings to influence the policy arena.
This WCTV video segment highlights Dr. Dean Grubbs' and Dr. Chip Cotton's research showing that cownose ray populations were not in fact exploding as a previous study suggested. In this segment, Dr. Grubbs discusses how they came to this conclusion.
Dr. Dean Grubbs discusses the mating rituals of sharks in new book, "Sex in the Sea," by Marah J. Hardt. Hardt, who was a former intern of Grubbs' at the Bimini Sharklab, gives a quirky and educational look into sex under the waves. Learn more about the book.
Listen to this podcast for the latest publicity on Dr. Dean Grubbs' and Dr. Chip Cotton's paper disputing claims that the population of cownsoe rays in the Chesapeake bay had exploded. "It's biologically impossible for cownose ray populations to explode," says Dr. Grubbs. Cownose rays only have one pup every year, making it difficult for their population to "explode" as the 2007 study had claimed. Because of the slow rate of reproduction, the efforts to fish for these rays could be especially harmful.
Additonal coverage of Dr. Dean Grubbs' and Dr. Chip Cotton's latest publication challenging connections between shark declines and collapse of oyster populations. This article includes his thoughts on the original 2007 study and what red flags that caught his attention.
More coverage on Dr. Dean Grubbs' and Dr. Chip Cotton's research on trophic cascades involving sharks, cownose rays, and bivalves. This article in Science highlights how unregulated pressure of rays could have detrimental effects on their populations.
Dr. Sophie McCoy (FSU Dept. of Bio Sci, and FSUCML) studies the effects of ocean acidification on coastal marine communities. In her studies of crustose coralline algae (CCA) -- species that are crucial to marine systems and important food sources for marine herbivores like sea urchins and mollusks – she finds that ocean acidification essentially replaces herbivory as the dominant force guiding competitive interactions among different CCA species, promoting greater species range among them.
Dr. Sandra Brooke (FSUCML faculty) and team received the National Oceanographic Partnership Program's (NOPP) 2015 Excellence in Partnering Award for their work on the Atlantic Canyons: Pathways to the Abyss project. Throughout the course of this project, Dr. Brooke and team logged 90 at-sea days, conducted 414 hours of Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) dives, identified over 125 species of fish, and discovered large swaths of chemosynthetic mussel communities. Congratulations, Dr. Brooke for this fantastic accomplishment!
Dr. Dean Grubbs' and Dr. Chip Cotton’s (FSUCML faculty members) latest research challenges a 2007 study claiming that shark declines led to rising populations of cownose rays, which were responsible for the collapse of oyster and shellfish industries along the Atlantic coast.
Dr. Dean Grubbs joins Lars Schmidt from the podcast, 21st Century HR, to discuss his career journey, how he became passionate about shark research, the dual role of an academic and researcher and more.
