What's
New?
New vehicle for the Station!
Behind-the-Scenes Public Tours of the Research Station
Grants Awarded from Protect Our Reefs Program
New Book Published
Latest Newsletter and Annual Report
New this summer! We've finally received a new vehicle to replace our
13-year old Ford Explorer! The Smithsonian's Fleet Manager procured
a Chevy Uplander for our use for official Smithsonian Marine Station
travel - a welcome addition in time for our busy summer filled with
students and visitors.
Behind-the Scenes Tours of the
Marine Station !
In addition to the wonderful public displays and tours at The Smithsonian
Marine Ecosystems Exhibit, the Smithsonian Marine Station now offers
monthly public tours of our research laboratory from 2 to 3 PM on
the third Thursday of the month.
Located at 701 Seaway Drive in Fort Pierce, our research laboratory
is the workplace where our Smithsonian scientists and their colleagues
from around the world carry out studies of the plants and animals
that inhabit the Indian River Lagoon and other local marine environments.
We’re not usually open to the public, but the third Thursday
of the month is your chance to walk behind our usually-closed doors
to learn what’s going on. Our postdoctoral fellows and resident
and visiting scientists will be happy to tell you what questions
they are trying to answer, and what interesting findings and observations
they have made.
The tours are free, but registration is required.
Please call Laura at 465-3271 to register.
The upcoming public tours of the SMS Research Lab are scheduled for:
August 21, Sept 18, Oct 16, Nov
20, Dec 18
The following three projects at the Smithsonian Marine Station are
being funded (in whole or in part) by grants awarded from Mote Marine
Laboratory’s Protect Our Reefs Grants program, which is funded
by proceeds from the sale of the Protect our Reefs specialty license
plate. Learn more at: www.mote.org/4reef
.
Impact of Toxic Cyanobacterial Blooms (Lyngbya spp.) on Coral
Reef Habitats off Southeastern Florida and the Florida Keys
Awarded to: Valerie Paul, Cliff Ross, Karen Arthur, and Angela Capper
Investigation of Microbes Associated with Early Life Stages of Acropora
palmata in the Florida Keys
Awarded to: Valerie Paul and Koty Sharp
Impacts of Red Tides and Associated Toxins on Scleractinian Coral Health
and Settlement
Awarded to: Valerie Paul and Cliff Ross
A 2008 publication from Diane S. Littler, Mark M. Littler
and M. Dennis Hanisak is the book
"Submersed Plants
of the
Indian River Lagoon"
The book provides critically needed baseline inventories
to resource managers, conservationists and the broad scientific community,
and serves as an educational and recreational guide for the interested
public. Those who wish to increase their botanical or ecological knowledge
of Florida’s remarkable Indian River Lagoon now have a usable
means to identify the organisms that form the basis of the marine food
web.
"Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon"
documents 227 species of marine algae (including 127 new records) and
7 seagrasses. It is richly illustrated with nearly 1,365 images, including
565 underwater color photographs, 492 photomicrographs and 305 anatomical
line drawings.
The $39 book is being distributed by Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Institute at Florida Atlantic University, Marine Education Office, 5600
US 1 North, Fort Pierce, Florida 34946.
Smithsonian Marine
Station 2005 Annual Report
Current Smithsonian
Marine Station Newsletter
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