Coastal & Wetland Ecologist. Research Specialist for @UVA at the @VCRLTER. MS @IslandCampus 2020, BS @UMich 2018
Joined May 2016
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A recent article highlighting others’ and my research on #Phragmites invasion. 🌿
Thanks @Jeremy_Cox for covering this important work! bayjournal.com/news/climate_…
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Some August happenings at the VCR #LTER.
Thank you to @soemhoffman for the photos 📸
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The #restoration and #conservation of #coastal habitats can enhance #biodiversity and support ecosystem function in the face of global change.🏝️ Read more on this from Hardison, McGlathery, and Castorani at doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14147
#science
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Want to learn more about the VCR #LTER annual Fish Sampling? Check out this short video put together by @UVA Arts & Sciences vimeo.com/843241453?ref=tw-s…
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A big thank you to everyone who helped make this year's annual seagrass sampling a success! @USLTER
📸 @soemhoffman
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Conditions in the center of the meadow are lovely even when the channel is wild and wind-swept.
@vcrlter @soemhoffman
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It’s classic @vcrlter for both captain and crew to compliment each other on being great.
Today they even both sent photo proof.
@VTShorebirds @soemhoffman
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Do you have a project that can use a boost? ACFHP accepts applications for project endorsement year-round. We are happy to endorse projects that promote the restoration and conservation of Atlantic coastal, estuarine, and diadromous fish habitats. atlanticfishhabitat.org/proj…
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Graduating soon? Looking to take a gap year before grad school? Then JOIN US for the inaugural Coastal Connections Post-Bac program! Study the always beautiful @GCE_LTER, @PIE_LTER, @fcelter, and @vcrlter with @BowenLab1, @jnelsonPhD, @DavidSamJohnson and me! Want more info? 👇
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The central meadow recovered linearly in 24 months, and the edge was estimated to need 158 months to recover. Differences were due to #hydrodynamic stress at the edge.
Result suggests that while heatwaves drive change in #seagrass density, #recovery is driven by hydrodynamics.
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The dieback varied spatially, with the central meadow region getting hit the hardest. This suggested spatial differences in meadow #resilience.
@SJ_Tassone set out to determine seagrass recovery times and mechanisms by initiating the largest seagrass removal experiment!
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Little late on the #WorldSeagrassDay post, but we still want to highlight one of our @USLTER #seagrass experiments!
In 2015, a marine #heatwave caused a 90% dieback in a Zostera marina seagrass meadow near one of Virginia's barrier islands. @ameliecberger @Karen_McG2 @BergLabUVA
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Views from a brisk, cool day on the water to visit Wreck Island! Wreck is a preserve consisting of #dunes, grass-/shrublands, & #saltmarsh habitats. Its also an important nursery for colonial nesting birds. To the west of the island, #seagrass meadows grow in the shallow bays.
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Climate change effects on the Eastern Shore landscape and community.
"Oyster now sits near this emerging sea level rise hot spot — and so does part of the legacy of life on Hog Island."
washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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Beautiful fall day spent traveling down the peninsula to download the quarterly rain gauge, MET station, and well river data! @USLTER @soemhoffman
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The time has come for our fall water quality sampling! We collect information on water column and benthic measurements by surveying transects that run from the mainland shore to the oceanic inlets.
This long-term dataset goes all the way back to 1992! @USLTER
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Another year of 🐠 seining data added to our long-term dataset. Beautiful weather, great company, and some cool looking fish this year!
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Early morning gas flux and carbonate system sampling in the seagrass meadow today! – at Virginia, USA
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Ever wonder what it looks like to conduct research in @EvergladesNPS?
One of our @fcelter former researchers, Junbin Zhao, gives us a glimpse of the Everglades through his eyes 😍
Explore the River of Grass: youtube.com/watch?v=mXDhubDj…
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93.2% of Texans aren’t fully vaccinated.
The state just endured one disaster worsened by selfishness + denial of basic science, and now conditions are being set for another.
Repealing the mask mandate now endangers so many people, especially essential workers & the vulnerable.
BREAKING: Texas is lifting its mask mandate, making it the largest state to end an order intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Gov. Greg Abbott has faced sharp criticism from his party over the mandate, imposed eight months ago. apne.ws/K1uNJX8
