Frederick (and all of us) is super excited to publish his first research paper on restoration trials of #Zostera #capensis in South Africa. An important contribution to help us in our efforts to better understand #seagrass #restoration in #SouthAfrica. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

I really miss my field work buddy. Her name was Rosie too…

Honours student, Aidan Bossert sharing some of his fieldwork on the Berg River in #SouthAfrica collecting samples to quantify #blue #carbon in #seagrass meadows. Funded through @SasolSA @NRF_News and hoping to obtain better estimates and sources of blue carbon in South Africa.

Brimming with pride - @megjjackson, @YuillJessie & @1SaltyScientist ALL completed their M degrees with DISTINCTION! These fabulous ladies all worked on #seagrass #zosteracapensis in South Africa. A huge congratulations on their achievement! @NRF_News

You know when your lab is having fun in the field when they send you movies like this one. Thank you to Aidan Bossert, our 2022 Honours student for putting the movie together and @bio_za, who organised the fieldwork (and is doing fabulous work on seagrass blue carbon).

Good news for #southAfrica #seagrass! Two grants to continue our #Zostera capensis work. Watch out for #bluecarbon #pollution #genomics #tissueculture #restoration. Thank you @NRF_News marine/coastal & @SasolSA-NRF programmes for funding!

Sending a happy dog to help cheer you up. Seagrass about 150km away, so can’t help there! Sorry you had such a horrible experience....

We're currently in 2nd place but we can win this thing for sure!! Vote at: youtube.com/watch?v=hTU_EZyv… and make our genome dream a reality!

Always fun to be put with #phD @KatieMWatson_ and her mentors. Thank you tons to Jamila and Martin for helping out today. And to ‘Miss Naughtyface’ for finding all the hermit crabs. Seagrass does seem to attract them! #seagrass #restoration #SouthAfrica @NRF_News

How many animals can you spot in this patch of #seagrass #Zostera #capensis

Wishing our Honours students, Bianca, Engela and Jess all the best and good luck for their proposal presentations today! Their projects are an interesting mix of tissue culture, micro plastics and genomics. Very proud of your #seagrass work!

This is why #seagrass meadows matter - they support tons other species, from small invertebrates, to fishes and even birds. This patticupar meadow has been in serious decline in #Langebaan lagoon. @KatieMWatson_ will find out what we can do to reverse this!

Happy #WorldSeagrassDay from the team at @ProjectSeaStore and its fabulous collaborators. Thank you to @NRF_News for funding our work! We are make a difference for #seagrass in #SouthAfrica to ensure its long-term persistence. @scienceSUN @StellenboschUni

How happy is our PhD student Frederick Mokumo looking? Frederick is investigating core size and transplant patterns in restoration success of #Zostera #seagrass in #SouthAfrica. Thank you to ⁦@ShallowWaterRes⁩ and her team for being amazing support and collaborators!

We had such a fabulous project planning meeting today. Lots of things to catch up on and planning for a great field season in 2021! Thanks to all our collaborators and students involved!!! @JBestuaries @YuillJessie @megjjackson @bio_za @KatieMWatson_