When I tell my friends and family members I am studying marine science, I think they immediately picture me doing something grandiose like saving the orcas or cleaning all the plastic out of the ocean. I can always see this … Continued
“Salt Marsh? That just sounds like mud, and holes and ditches with patches of grass growing on them.” Those were my thoughts when I first heard about the opportunity to work on a salt marsh at LTER, Marshview station. I … Continued
If my future was presented to me 2 years ago, I would not believe it. Me, a Chicana born and raised in the city of Los Angeles, working in a salt marsh and collecting data for a whole summer! I … Continued
Since being part of the TIDE project this summer, I have been helping to determine if there is top-down control of marsh invertebrates by mummichogs (small, minnow-like fish). What this means is that, if our hypothesis is true, mummichogs are … Continued
Salt marshes are weird. They’re not quite land, and they’re not quite sea. Most people wouldn’t recognize one if they saw it. But they might play a key role in the survival of cities like Boston. They act as a … Continued
These past few weeks we’ve stayed up way past our bedtimes, strapped on our headlamps, and headed out to the marsh for sampling during extremely high tides in the middle of the night. Why do we venture out during this … Continued
Two years ago I held my breath as I sent an email to an address I didn’t know, but was listed as a contact for a project called TIDE. I closed my eyes, pressed “send,” and seconds later heard a … Continued
Check out the most recent coverage the TIDE project has received! Researchers start study of Great Marsh recovery Plum Island study to examine salt marsh recovery from pollution
I am the type of person that attributes songs to the work that I do. And after my first day sampling for benthic algae last summer, I already had the chorus of the Beatles’ Twist and Shout running through my … Continued
Imagine for a moment that you are a crab larva. Floating in the middle of an urban estuary (say, the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands), you just hatched, and are one of millions of little baby crabs hoping to … Continued