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's coral restoration program building community and coastal resilience through coral reef research, education, and citizen science. Dive in!💧
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“Building community & coastal resilience through coral research, restoration, & citizen science.” The 1st photo is of a local reef 6 mo. ago when our citizen scientists began the restoration. The 2nd is of its incredible transformation. Coral reefs by the people, for the people
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Thank you to everyone who came out to support our conservation efforts!    “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead
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Removing trash inland keeps our public spaces beautiful for everyone to enjoy and prevents the trash from entering the ocean where it can impact coral reefs and other important ecosystems. 🪸🗑️
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Inland Cleanup 🚮🌳 Last weekend we hosted an inland cleanup with GoRun Project and the MSGSO Sustainability Initiative. In just over 1 hour, our small group of volunteers collected 300+ pounds of trash from a small greenspace in Brickell!
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We found that outplants of some massive coral species experienced less predation when fed Dictyota prior to outplanting compared to outplants that were not fed Dictyota! We also observed that long term exposure to Dictyota provided more protection compared to short term exposure
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We utilized the algae Dictyota as a food supplement for massive coral fragments before they were outplanted, hypothesizing that the corals would consume this chemically defended algae and experience lower fish predation as a result.
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Therefore, we began to test various predation mitigation tactics to reduce the impacts of predation and improve the success of coral restoration! This new study by Harrell & Lirman (2023) tested a novel form of chemical protection against predation for outplanted massive corals.
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In an attempt enhance the biodiversity of restored #coralreefs, restoration practitioners have started incorporating massive corals into outplanting efforts. However, in Miami-Dade County, intense fish predation following outplanting severely limits the success of these efforts.
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New Predation Publication 🐟 Exciting new study spearheaded by our
@MiamiRosenstiel
grad student, Cailin Harrell, to explore the potential of using an alga known to have chemical protection from fish grazing in a coral’s diet to reduce predation after outplanting and… it worked!
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Dive in to Part II of our coral conversations series about our
@MiamiRosenstiel
coral reef research, restoration, and conservation efforts! It features a deeper dive into scaling up reef restoration, increasing coral resilience, and better protecting our coastlines with some Q&A.
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“The idea is that we can harvest stem cells from corals that are more heat- and disease-tolerant and transplant those cells into weaker corals.” ~Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles,
@MiamiRosenstiel
associate professor and
@Official_BWEEMS
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Marine biologist fights to save coral reefs
Climate change and other stressors are decimating the oceans’ coral reefs. Nikki Traylor-Knowles, an associate professor and biologist for the University, is taking a clinical approach, including...
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We would like to thank the Herbert W. Hoover foundation for their support and leadership on this project. With their help, we have been able to host annual expeditions with Malone University – a collaboration we hope to continue for years to come!
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Our team worked alongside
@MaloneU
undergraduate students to construct “coral cookies” 🍪 and outplant 120 corals onto Florida’s Coral Reef – all while teaching them how important corals are no matter where you live!
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“We always tell girls, you can be whatever you want to be. But until they really see it, often they don’t believe it.” ~Lori Ross,
@GSCTF
chief mission delivery officer We are so proud to be a part of this important annual
@MiamiRosenstiel
event! #IWD2023
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Earth sciences experiments enthrall Girl Scouts
As part of the annual Women and Girls Exploring Earth Sciences Day, 30 Scouts visited the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science for some hands-on learning with female faculty...
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We are hosting a cleanup with the
@univmiami
MSGSO Sustainability Initiative and GoRun Project OCR! Removing trash from coastal and inland ecosystems benefits the health of the surrounding wildlife and leaves our outdoor spaces clean and beautiful for everyone to enjoy.
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Barracuda Behavior 🐟👀 Corals create a unique topography on reefs that many predators use to their advantage! This Great #Barracuda is hanging out behind a mountainous star #coral colony, likely to spot and ambush its prey. 📸: Grace Benyon,
@canonusa
Coral Conservation Fellow
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Dive in to this coral conversation about our
@univmiami
coral reef research, restoration, and conservation efforts through the Rescue a Reef program! The discussion features our Program Director, Dr. Diego Lirman, as well as other team members with some Q&A to follow.
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Are you planning to vote in the upcoming District 2 special election? 🗳️ See what the candidates said about the conservation and recovery of Biscayne Bay 👇 bit.ly/vote4biscayneb
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Responses are in! Learn each City of Miami D2 candidate’s understanding of the issues and challenges affecting Biscayne Bay and the work that it will take to start her on a path to recovery. View their responses at: bit.ly/vote4biscayneb conta.cc/3EwCnZV
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Calling all UM undergrad students 🪸 Our coral research lab and
@rescueareef
program have two paid student fellowship positions beginning this Spring semester! Please send an email to rescueareef@gmail.com to learn more and apply! 🚨 DEADLINE: Friday, Feb. 17th 🚨
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A cool citizen science opportunity! 🐟
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The fish is using a rock as a tool to help it break open its hard-shelled prey 🔨 15 wrasse species have been observed using tools to date 🐟 Help us discover new species! Report your observation of this behavior at fishtooluse.com or contact me.
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What is “Coral Gardening”?🪸🧑‍🌾 Have you ever wondered how #coral gardening works? Check out this thread ⬇️ to learn more about this innovative process that drives coral research and reef restoration around the world! 🎨: Allie Van Rossem,
@MiamiRosenstiel
undergraduate student
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