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Department of Marine Science Professor and PhD student travel to Florida Keys to study coral reefs

PhD Student Dan Owen and his advisor, Brian Hopkinson, travelled to the Florida Keys over winter break to study photosynthetic rates on coral reefs.

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Ph.D. student Maria Letourneau at the ASLO Meeting

Maria Letourneau, a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Patricia Medeiros, presented the first results of their research on the GA coast at the 2017 ASLO Meeting in Hawaii.

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UGA Marine Science Skidaway Institute research paper selected for Research Spotlight

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Tiny but all-consuming marine organism focus of UGA Skidaway Institute study

Doliolids are tiny marine animals rarely seen by humans outside a research setting, yet they are key players in the marine ecosystem, particularly in the ocean’s highly productive tropical and subtropical continental margins, such as Georgia’s continental shelf.

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Scientists track microplastic pollution on the Georgia coast

In recent years, the public has become attuned to the problem of trash in the ocean, especially plastic, as images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have spread through media and the Internet.