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Barnacle Biofouling On Oyster Farms

Barnacle biofouling on oyster farms: Species-specific seasonal timing and population connectivity Principal Investigators Jesús Pineda, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Carolyn Tepolt, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Jane Weinstock, graduate student, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution   Abstract Shellfish aquaculture, the practice of farming aquatic animals, is a major industry in Massachusetts and on Cape Cod, but biofouling by…

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Teacher Workshop November 2003

Teacher Workshop November 2003 “Right Whale Ecology at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Conservation” Dr. Mark Baumgartner is an Assistant Scientist in the Biology department of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He studies the foraging behavior and ecology of whales, and the formation and location of the patches of plankton that whales feed on. In this…

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Post 10: Summer Drifter Recovery and First Year Summary

It’s been just about a month since we released our last three drifters on 7/20! All of the drifters started heading north immediately and, within two days, had exited Cape Cod Bay. Once out of the bay, two of the drifters (the Sophia and the Annie/Autumn) continued traveling north and eventually southeast and are still…

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Catching up with Knauss Fellow Shari Rohret

In June, before 2026 Knauss Fellow Shari Rohret could settle into her new job responsibilities at NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration in Silver Spring, MD, she was given the chance to spend 25 days in the Pacific, mapping islands aboard the Okeanos Explorer. As an ocean exploration policy and operations fellow, Shari chronicled the expedition,…

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Sediment Cores Hold Clues to Past Hurricanes

Sediment Cores Hold Clues to Past Climate   June 1 marked the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. After last year’s extremely active and costly hurricane season, many are asking whether ocean warming, sea-level rise, and climate disruption are signaling a new, more intense hurricane regime. Should we in the Northeast do more to prepare…

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Seabed Materials

Seabed Materials Broadus, J.M. Science, Vol. 235, pp. 853-860, 1987 WHOI-R-87-004 A large catalog of materials has been proposed as potential seabed resources, and some seabed materials such as hydrocarbons and tin already contribute to the world’s economy. Scientific advances have increased our knowledge of other seabed prospects, but realization of their potential will be…

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