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This is a competition between 12 universities in the state of Alabama run by Alabama Extension, coinciding with the football season to document Alabama's biodiversity. The Biology Graduate Student Association (BGA) is leading the University of South Alabama team, and they need your help! We must document as many individuals of Alabama species as possible through the community science app, iNaturalist.
The Marble Bowl
.August 30-November 29
It is easy to participate:
1. Download iNaturalist for iPhone Or iNaturalist for Android
2. Create your free account
3. Join the South Alabama Marble Bowl Project (Rules)
4. Go document biodiversity with your phone iNaturalist Tutorials
Faculty Meeting
9:00 a.m. | EOB 101
State of the School Meeting
Faculty, Staff, and Students
2:30 p.m. | EOB 260
Tuesday, Sept. 23
Marine Science Major Family Meeting
DISL Spring Semester by the Sea
4:00-6:00 p.m. | EOB 260
Meet the Majors Event
MAS * EVSS
4:00-6:00 p.m. | TBD
Green Jags
Monthly Meeting
4:30 p.m. | EOB 101
"Dissolved Oxygen May Limit the Suitability of Salt Marsh as Nekton Habitat," a student led paper by REU student Andrew Clark was published in Estuaries and Coasts. Congratulations to Dr. Baker's team.
As you enter the SSoMES lobby, you'll catch a glimpse of the Environment & Society
Lab in motion—visible through the glass and buzzing with activity. Those boxes of
mail? It's part of Grace Stringer's ongoing dissertation research.
Surveys are being mailed out across greater Perdido Bay area aim to gain the perspectives of both waterfront and inland residents of Perdido Bay on fisheries, shoreline/habitat health, and coastal recreation accessibility.
This information will be used to inform natural resource managers and other stakeholders on the management of Perdido Bay, including improving disability accessibility to coastal recreation in and along the Bay.
Dr. Baker on WKRG News at
5 PM on
Wednesday, September 17th.
Join the Carmichael Lab!
The Carmichael Lab at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) is looking for volunteers wanting research lab experience!
If you are interested in gaining experience for graduate school or your future career in a fun, dynamic lab, here's your chance!
Requirements:
- Available to work 4-8 hours per week
- Reliable transportation to Dauphin Island Sea Lab
- Positive and hardworking attitude
Contact: ALMMSN@DISL.ORG
Dr. Brian Dzwonkowski’s research team has installed a new wave buoy ~ 10 miles south of Dauphin Island with the hope that it will become a permanent part of Alabama Real-Time coastal Ocean Observing System (ARCOS) network.
Know Before You Go! The data that the new buoy collects can be used by boaters and beach-goers to help safely plan for activities at Alabama’s beaches and in the coastal ocean.
Data includes:
- Hourly wave data
- Height
- Direction
- Sea surface temperature
- Atmospheric pressure
Support for this buoy was provided by the Gulf of America Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) as part of the Supporting Coastal Resilience with Inflation Reduction Act supplemental NOAA-IOOS award with additional personnel support from the National Science Foundation through the Biological Opportunities And Training in Sciences(BOATS) internship program at Dauphin Island Sea Lab.