Untreated sewage and fertilizer runoff threaten the Florida manatee’s main food source, contributing to malnutrition
Manatees are eating less seagrass – traditionally their primary food source – and more algae than in decades past.
Tag: seagrass
FAU engineers win federal grant for unique school of bio-robotic fish
The research will develop systems to navigate through ocean environments that are now difficult or impossible to explore.
Aggressive seagrass species discovered in Biscayne Bay
It is the first time the non-native seagrass species, Halophila stipulacea, has been found in waters along the continental US.
Living with the threat of a toxic algal bloomÂ
Will a harmful algal bloom follow Tropical Storm Debby?
Estuaries in South Florida are warming faster than the Gulf of Mexico and global oceans
Over the past two decades, sea surface temperatures in the estuaries rose 500% faster than in the global oceans.
Oceans without sharks would be far less healthy – new research
Since 1970, global populations of sharks and rays have decreased by more than 70%.
Remembering Dennis Hanisak, titan of Indian River Lagoon seagrass scienceÂ
Hanisak, director of education and the marine ecosystems health program at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, died May 7.
Right to clean water 2026: breaking a downward spiral  Â
Supporters are trying to put a 'Right to Clean and Healthy Waters' amendment to the Florida Constitution on the 2026 ...
Gnaw more seagrass? Plant-eaters pose threat in climate change struggle
As ocean waters warm, many herbivores such as sea turtles and manatees are expanding their ranges.
To save the manatee, we need to save the seagrassÂ
A new rollback would jeopardize progress to save manatees, after their numbers fell sharply due to the threat of starvation.
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