Researchers conducts a three-year pilot study (the Deep Coral Reef Monitoring Program) that expands an established fishery-independent survey into the US Virgin Islands’ upper mesophotic zone
#USVI #mesophotic #reefs #survey #USCaribbean
@NOAAFisheriesSE doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.001…
We are pleased to announce the publication of Advances in Ecosystem-Scale Coral Reef Visual Surveys, an open access BMS special issue focusing on large-scale monitoring efforts that inform ecological and management topics, now available at bullmarsci.org @NOAAFisheriesSE
A walk on the beach!
Researchers explore iNaturalist observations of the Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, as a tool for conservation
#iNaturalist #horseshoecrab #conservation @BiologyWingate
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.002…
Based on molecular characterization, researchers discover a new Muraenichthys eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Bay of Bengal, India
#Muraenichthys #eel #India
@ZoologicalI @AnilMohapatra79
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.001…
Territorial use rights for finfish fisheries!
Researchers explored the possible impacts of establishing #TURFs in Baja California Sur to aid fishers in making informed management decisions.
@_aileen_san @ereaceves @SMEAatUW @NiparajaAC @UWEnvironment
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.000…
What happened to fish diversity in the Florida Keys?
Researchers compared two Florida Keys nearshore hardbottom communities surveyed in 1991-1996 and 2021-2022, determining that fish diversity declined with loss of sessile benthic invertebrate density.
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.007…
What materials are used to make aquaculture buoys in Vietnam?
Researchers develop a local technical regulation for the management of buoyant materials in aquaculture in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam.
#HDPE #Styrofoam #aquaculture #Vietnam
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.006…
Where do seahorses and pipefishes live?
Researchers investigate habitat associations and threat vulnerabilities of #seahorses and #pipefishes (#Syngnathidae) in Biscayne National Park, #Florida.
@EmilieStump @BiscayneNPS @projectseahorse
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.006…
How do you measure the growth rate of soft corals?
Researchers evaluate the feasibility of measuring planar area of Sclerophytum penghuense and Cladiella hartogi using 2D image analysis
#softcoral #growthrate #Sclerophytum #Cladiella
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.004…
Researchers investigate the reproductive seasonality of Carijoa riisei (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) in the Panamanian tropical eastern Pacific
@helemiqa @HelioQuinteroA @smithsonianpanama
#octocoral #tropicaleasternpacific #Carijoariisei #Panama
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.001…
BMS Vol 99 No 4 is now available at: bullmarsci.org
This issue's feature article:
Morphological and ultrastructural description of #Nematopsis spisula sp. nov. (Apicomplexa) inhabiting Spisula solida (Bivalvia) on the Portuguese Atlantic coast
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.003…
Submission Deadline Extended!
The final deadline to submit manuscripts to the Bulletin of Marine Science for the Sixth Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management Conference #MMM6 Special Issue has been extended to January 31, 2024.
@MeetingMmm6
#mangroves #macrobenthos #manuscript
Submission Deadline Extended!
The deadline to submit manuscripts to the Bulletin of Marine Science for the Sixth Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management Conference #MMM6 Special Issue has been extended to November 30, 2023.
@MeetingMmm6
#mangroves #macrobenthos #manuscript
Bull Mar Sci retweeted
The @BullMarSci is partnering with the scientific committee of the #MMM6 to publish a special issue capturing the state-of-the-science presented at the conference...
mmm6.co/conference-proceedin…
We are at the 5th Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium and partnering with the organizing committee for the publication of the conference proceedings! @apcrs2023 #APCRS2023
Researchers review current taxonomy and describe a newly discovered Helicocranchia species (Cephalopoda: Cranchiidae: Taoniinae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico
@Squirt_GOM #Helicocranchia #GulfofMexico #morphology #squid #cephalopod #taxonomy
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2021.004…
Researchers evaluated the separate and combined effects of freshwater discharge management and climate warming by 1 °C on the Loop Current intrusions on the West Florida Shelf.
@FIUCASE @FIUEnvironment @fcelter @HarborBranch @FAUResearch #Florida #eddy
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2021.005…
Researchers performed a 42-day manipulation experiment on the invasive upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.), finding that Cassiopea sp. tolerate organic eutrophication and warming.
@coral_dude @Yusuf_C_EK
#Cassiopea #jellyfish #eutrophication #warming
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2021.005…
Researchers examine 27 years of molluscan data from south Florida’s estuaries and present a suite of taxa that could be used as indicators for restoration of the oligohaline to mesohaline nearshore zones.
#mollusc #estuary #Florida #southflorida #mollusk
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.000…
Researchers examine spatiotemporal variability in postsettlement energy reserves of the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus.@icmlunam
#Caribbean #lobster #lipid #Panulirus #postsettlement
doi.org/10.5343/bms.2021.005…





















