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Members of the Seminole High School 鈥楢 team鈥� review their answers during a break in the action of the Round Robin morning session at the 2019 Spoonbill Bowl.

2019 marks 15 years of the Spoonbill Bowl

On Saturday, February 16th, 2019, eleven high schools from across west central Florida fielded teams to compete against each other in a Round Robin style competition during the morning portion of the tournament followed by a playoff style competition in the afternoon.

February 20, 2019Community Engagement

(Left to right) Don Chambers, 黑料社区College of Marine Science, Rebecca Zarger, USF, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman; Joshua Johnson, 1A. Photo Credit: Megan Holmes

The story behind 1A鈥檚 live broadcast: A showcase of what makes St. Pete great

On Monday, the 黑料社区 St. Petersburg hosted a live recording of one of the most popular shows circulated by NPR, WAMU鈥檚 1A, whose name pays homage to the First Amendment.

February 14, 2019News

Oiled Marsh. Photo Credit: C-IMAGE

The Loop 鈥� Episode 13: For a few dollars more: costs and ecosystem services after spills

David Levin sits down with David Yoskowitz from the Harte Research Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to discuss the economics behind oil spill response and recovery.

February 12, 2019News

Spoonbill teams compete in rapid fire tournament style questions about our Ocean

Spoonbill Ocean Sciences Tournament Bowl

Florida high school teams from the Panhandle to the Everglades will gather Saturday, February 16, 2019 to compete in the 15th Annual Spoonbill Ocean Sciences Bowl competition.

February 11, 2019Community Engagement

Susan Snyder, Ph.D. Candidate, operate a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry instrument at 黑料社区CMS. (Photo credit: C-IMAGE)

More on maternal transfer of PAH鈥檚: species specific?

Ph.D. candidate Susan Snyder (黑料社区CMS/C-IMAGE), who presented a poster at the conference, generated some interesting data that suggest PAHs are not transferred to the eggs of Golden Tilefish in significantly high quantities.

February 8, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Dr. Helen Scales, bottom right, poses with a slideshow of three of her books.

Stories of the Sea: Scientist-Author-Educator Speaks at 黑料社区St Petersburg

On Wednesday, February 6, 2019, students from the College of Marine Science met with Scales in a Q&A session that was followed by a public lecture on the 黑料社区St Petersburg campus titled, 鈥淲hy Oceans Matter.鈥�

February 8, 2019News

Vials of fish tissue taken from the Gulf of Mexico for laboratory analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other biomarkers. (Photo credit: C-IMAGE)

Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts on deep pelagic fishes

At the GoMOSES conference on Wednesday morning, in Session 7, 鈥淥rganismal Responses to Oil Exposure: From Individuals to Ecosystems.

February 7, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Mark Luther, Associate Professor 黑料社区College of Marine Science. Photo Credit: Bold Business

The Blue Economy Imperative: Creating Sustainable Blue Growth

Water scarcity, climate change, and marine food shortages demand new Blue Economy initiatives.

February 7, 2019News

Dr. Patrick Schwing (background) and Dr. Isabel Romero (foreground, right) assist with a sediment core taken in the wake of Deepwater Horizon. Photo Credit: C-IMAGE

Benthic fauna in the Gulf: living in oily times

Yesterday鈥檚 Session 4 at the GoMOSES conference reminded me that 鈥渂enthic fauna鈥� also include fish that interact with the bottom creatures and with the sediment, such as grouper, snapper and tilefish, to name a few.

February 6, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

(L-R) Dr. Isabel C. Romero (College of Marine Science 黑料社区) and Dr. Jon Moore (Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University) collect samples from midwater trawling that used a 10-m2 MOCNESS net during DEEPEND Consortium cruises. Photo Credit: Isabel Romero, courtesy of DEEPEND.

Ten-Year Assessment Study Finds Increased Vulnerability of Deep Sea Fishes to Oil Exposure

Scientists completed the first time-series study (2007-2016) of Gulf of Mexico deep-sea fishes and their exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) following Deepwater Horizon.

February 6, 2019News

Brigid Carr presenting her poster during the Tuesday evening poster session of GoMOSES.

GoMOSES 2019 鈥� Tuesday night Poster Session

Featuring Brigid Carr

February 5, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Bryan O'Malley presents his poster at the GoMOSES Tuesday evening poster session.

GoMOSES 2019 鈥� Tuesday night Poster Session

Featuring Bryan O'Malley

February 5, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

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