See seagrass meadows as you’ve never seen them before—and read about recent efforts to restore them—in our latest photo essay from Shane Gross: bit.ly/3JuMSzZ ✍️ Josh Sokol

1/4 Our new paper out today describes a simple and straightforward experiment to determine the uptake mechanism of oil pollution on beaches by beach hoppers. Is it through their food (kelp wrack) or habitat (the sand)? US LTER SBC LTER UC Santa Barbara sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

And featuring #seagrass! 🌱

Voting is open for the #SeaTurtleWeek photo contest: seaturtleweek.com/photography-co… Some truly amazing photos of #seaturtles here! 🐢

Calling seagrass scientists! 🌊🌱Consider submitting to our #CERF2023 session "Seagrass ecosystem functions and services in the 21st century" We are looking forward to a great session tackling all things seagrass in a changing world!

Happy World Oceans Day! 🌊🌱 #WorldOceansDay #WorldOceansDay2023

Happy #WorldSeaTurtleDay! 🐢 The end of #seaturtleweek and a day to celebrate these amazing marine reptiles and the many important roles they play in their various marine habitats 🌱🪸🪼🌊

📣🆕 article about how #seagrass meadow stability influences #bluecarbon storage from @alex_bijak Laura K. Reynolds & Dr. Ashley Smyth. This work was done near #CedarKey in the #NatureCoast 🌊 Open access🔓: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

perhaps they should be called melon baller sharks 😬🦈

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Perks of marine field work: amazing #sunsets and thunderstorms

We are hiring! Come work with our team to help bring the #TrashTrapping 🗑️🚮 movement to the Nature Coast! Pay range $36,000 - $45,000 commensurate with experience and qualifications. For more information contact [email protected]. Apply at🔗explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5280…

Come at work at our great university! Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology is seeking to fill a tenure track, nine-month Assistant Professor Faculty position specializing in forest ecosystem ecology. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assistant…

In a seven-year study, University of Virginia researchers caught six times the number of fish in restored seagrass meadows off the state’s coast as compared to unrestored shallows. The level and consistency of fish recovery surprised the UVA scientists! environment.virginia.edu/news/seagrass-…

A banner year for #seaturtle nesting in Florida! 🐢 abcnews.go.com/US/number-sea-…

📢 Join our “Seagrass Trait-based Ecology session” at #isbw15! It will bring together ecological research studies that use a #trait-based approach to understand the responses of seagrasses to environmental changes in the #Anthropocene.🌱🌱