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PhD student Maggie Johnson attends inspiring Gordon Research Conference
Gordon Research Conference: Global Ocean Change Biology I recently had the opportunity to participate in a Gordon Research Conference. If you haven’t heard of the Gordon conferences, you should take a...
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Envisioning Maui’s Reefs: Photomosaics as a conservation and analysis tool
The Smith and Sandin Labs in the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation have been using new diver-operated technology to capture hundreds of reef images that will become a 200m² photomosaic....
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Sequencing at sea: challenges and experiences in Ion Torrent PGM sequencing...
The 2013 Southern Line Islands Research Expedition is starting to publish results! Check out this new paper by Smith Lab San Diego State collaborators: Sequencing at sea: challenges and experiences in...
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Surfer / Scientists enter NatGeo contest to image the world’s best surf spots
Clinton Edwards and Clifford Kapono from the Scripps Instituition of Oceanography and UCSD, are proposing a 1 year project to visually map (think Google-Earth) the health of the coral reefs under the...
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My first summer in the field – by Gideon Butler
My first summer in the field When I tell people that I spent six weeks on Maui this summer, nobody seems to believe that it wasn’t a vacation. I tell them that I was working from dawn to dark every...
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Learning About Coral Diversity and Conservation on the Great Barrier Reef
By Abby Cannon: This September I left my usual seagrass habitat and helped the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation survey corals on the Great Barrier Reef. Somewhere in the midst of identifying...
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The CAU Slaughterhouse Chronicles
By Adi Khen As a first-time volunteer at the Smith lab, I got to be involved in one of the most exciting parts of data processing: drying, weighing, acidifying and, basically, slaughtering CAUs! Let me...
View ArticleCoral Reef Ecosystems: Human Impacts, Pristine Reefs & Conservation Strategies
Jeffery B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series presents Dr. Jenner Smith Check out Dr. Smith’s presentation here! http://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=28675 Understanding how...
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Northern Channel Islands Algae Collection Trip
By Niko Kaplanis In a recent collaboration with the Paul Jensen Lab here at Scripps, I travelled to the Northern Channel Islands to assist with collections for their research. The Jensen lab focuses on...
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Adventure in Puerto Morelos, Mexico
By Mike Fox Last week I traveled south to Puerto Morelos, Mexico to participate in an intensive 3-week course about Light and Photosynthesis on Coral Reefs. Hosted by Dr. Roberto Iglesias-Prieto and...
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The Faces and Functions of Algae on the Reef
By Samantha Clements Algae, often referred to as “seaweed,” are underwater “plants” that, unlike land plants, lack a vascular system. Algae live underwater and obtain water, nutrients, and sunlight...
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The Sargassum horneri Invasion at Catalina Island
By Niko Kaplanis In April of 2006, during a survey for the Channel Islands Research Program (CIRP), renowned scientists Kathy Ann Miller and John Engle discovered an established population of the...
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These Three Reefs Are Not Like Each Other
By Maggie Johnson Representing the Smith coral reef ecology lab in Moorea, French Polynesia. My field work entails a combination of field and laboratory experiments. Field work is utterly exhausting;...
View ArticleNew paper focuses on the small things on a coral reef
By Jill Harris Jill’s new paper, written with Jen and Levi, was recently accepted for publication in the Marine Ecology Progress Series. Their paper, Quantifying scales of spatial variability in algal...
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Adventures in Chagos
By Samantha Clements. This year, during the months of March and April, I conducted coral reef benthic surveys for the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) in Chagos. Chagos is the largest...
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Published Results – new paper focuses on the small things on a coral reef
Jill’s new paper, written with Jen and Levi, came out recently in the Marine Ecology Progress Series. Their paper, Quantifying scales of spatial variability in algal turf assemblages on coral reefs,...
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Published Results: Effects of ocean acidification on San Diego seaweeds
A new paper, written by Susan Kram and co-authors, was recently accepted for publication in the ICES Journal of Marine Science themed article set on Ocean Acidification. The paper, “Variable responses...
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Scientists measure the ‘beauty’ of coral reefs
Dr. Smith and co-authors from San Diego State University, the Getty Research Institute, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography recently published a paper in PeerJ entitled: ‘Can we measure beauty?...
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From the Pristine to Degraded: Reefs of the Central Pacific
Scripps led research team assesses the impacts of human disturbance on coral reefs. (a) The two groups commonly used to evaluate reef health: hard coral and macroalgae. (b) Landscape perspective of...
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SOAR with me underneath the Scripps Pier!
It is another beautiful day in paradise. This paradise is sunny San Diego, California. Today we’ll suit up for a dive underneath the pier at Scripps Institution of Oceanography to visit our...
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