Everyone says it the same thing: The Florida Keys are a special place. But what does that really mean? Weekends in the Florida Keys are spent on the boat, collecting crab traps, floating at the sandbar, bathing in the warm sunshine. During the week life isn’t much different; sunset paddles, coconut shrimp, and happy hour drinks overlooking …
Coral bleaching in the Florida Key’s heat wave This week I wrapped up fieldwork with the US Geological Society for our collaborative Protect Our Reefs’ research projects aiming to quantify carbonate accretion and calcification on the Florida Reef Tract. Using the Reef Budget methodology we were measuring benthic cover and fish / invertebrate abundance to calculate carbonate …
Reef Futures 2018 As a student volunteer at the first Reef Futures conference, in Key Largo 2018, I presented a poster, Community engagement supports the scientific integrity of reef restoration, to showcase our reef restoration work in Akumal and highlight how engagement with the dive community and tourism operators had facilited advances in the methods …