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For the fourth year in a row, DISL graduate students took the lead at the Ninth Annual Graduate Student Symposium, held this year at LUMCON. Eight universities were represented with 54 oral presentations. (read more)
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Twelve volunteers from AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) have been undertaking a great many projects both on Dauphin Island and at the campus of the Sea Lab. (read more)
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Dr. Rich Aronson, Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) and Professor of Marine Science, University of South Alabama (USA), received $34,300 from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program for "Coral reef benthic community responses to 10 years of management in the Fully Protected Zones of the Florida Keys". (read more)
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Hurricane Katrina brought national attention to the critical natural, economic and social resources of the Gulf of Mexico region. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), recognizing the relative lack of knowledge on Gulf ecosystems when compared to other US coasts, established the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) as the 21st NOAA Cooperative Institute in October 2006. NOAA Cooperative Institutes are partnerships among academic institutions, NOAA research laboratories and other non-profit research organizations that conduct research in support of NOAA's Mission Goals and Strategic Plan. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab joins Mississippi State University, the University of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana State University and Florida State University in the NGI partnership. For NGI, the Northern Gulf is defined as the region extending from the Sabine River on the eastern border of Texas to the Suwannee River on the eastern side of the panhandle of Florida. (read more)
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Climate change is causing a major upheaval in the shallow marine ecosystems of Antarctica. Predatory crabs are poised to return to warming Antarctic waters for the first time in millions of years, which will disrupt the composition of the archaic marine communities. (read more)
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