Marine Biology and Ecology
Matchmaking scientists look to Honduras for new coral parents to help Florida’s reefs survive climate change
Historic coral breeding effort marks new era in coral research and reef restoration
Previously uncharacterized parasite uncovered in fish worldwide
Using genome reconstruction, scientists unveiled a once “invisible” fish parasite present in many marine fish world-wide that belongs to one of the most important groups of parasites at a clinical level. However, it had gone unnoticed in previous studies. The parasite is geographically and taxonomically widespread in fish species around the planet, with implications for commercial fishing and oceanic food webs.
University of Miami, Royal Caribbean Group, and Inter Miami CF team up to bring 'Coral Gardening' to South Florida community
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science’s Rescue a Reef coral restoration program celebrates World Ocean Day with a new coral restoration site creating over a thousand coral colonies
Depth-defying scientific explorations
Marine biologist Richard Coleman has gone to extremes to study the migration patterns of certain fish species in many unexplored regions of the ocean.
Professor awarded prestigious honor for contributions to physiology
Professor Martin Grosell receives 2024 Distinguished August Krogh Lectureship Award
A single-celled-microbe is helping corals survive climate change, study finds
New research highlights the role of microorganisms in protecting corals from heat-stress
How fish play a critical role in the oceanic carbon cycle
Three researchers from the University of Miami are conducting experiments to better determine the important role fish play in the oceanic carbon cycle, studying everything from how much carbonate fish produce to the path of the minerals in the water column.
Scientists discover new isopod species in the Florida Keys
The tiny crustaceans are the first new gnathiid isopod to be discovered from the Floridian ecoregion in 100 years and are named after singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett
‘Science Friday’ host shines a light on cephalopods
Ira Flatow, host and executive producer of “Science Friday,” recorded a radio show at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science last week as part of a celebration of cephalopods—a marine invertebrate. The event was organized with South Florida’s local public radio affiliate, WLRN.
Marine biologist fights to save coral reefs
Climate change and other stressors are decimating the oceans’ coral reefs. Nikki Traylor-Knowles, an associate professor and biologist for the University, is taking a clinical approach, including stem-cell therapy, to help save them.
University of Miami researchers submerge hybrid reef structures off Miami Beach
Two-year ECoREEF project designed to protect coastal communities from ocean waves, increased flooding, and storm surge.
Coral reefs in the eastern Pacific could survive into the 2060's, new study finds
Some reefs increase their resilience to elevated temperatures by being built by corals that shuffle algal partners following ocean heatwaves
