Floating Sargassum Communities of the Gulf of Mexico: Data Collection for the Continued Assessment of Associated Faunal Assemblages, Trophic Interations and Habitat Function in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Funding Cycle: RFP-III
Funding Organization: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Seeding Wetland Restoration and Conservation in Mississippi High Schools

Description: While coastal degradation and poor water quality are chronic issues affecting the lives of those living across coastal Mississippi, many students in the region often have a perceived disconnect between themselves and the environment. Some potential reasons for this disconnect include limited exposure to natural landscapes, despite living in nearby proximity to them, and an inadequate understanding of people’s reliance on natural systems. This project aims to help address this disconnect by providing 10th-12th grade students with hands-on educational experiences that promote the stewardship of natural ecosystems and develop understanding of how the health of natural environments contributes to coastal resilience. The project will develop and implement a paired wetland nursery and education program for high schools in coastal Mississippi that will involve students learning about coastal wetlands, growing wetland plants in nurseries, planting their nursery-grown plants on coastal restoration projects, and conducting related student-designed research projects.

Funding Cycle: Capacity Building 2
Funding Organization: National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine: Gulf Research Program

Satellite-Based Virtual Buoy Observation Network as Water Quality Support Tool for Oyster Sustainability in Mississippi Sound

Funding Cycle: MBRACE 3
Funding Organization: Mississippi Based RESTORE Act Center of Excellence (MBRACE)

Surface reflectance data - Spring 2023

Water quality and radiometric data collected in the Mississippi Sound in February 2024.

Water quality and radiometric data collected in the Mississippi Sound in April 2024

Water quality and radiometric data collected in the Mississippi Sound in June 2024

Water quality and radiometric data collected in the Mississippi Sound in August 2024

Water quality and radiometric data collected in the Mississippi Sound in October 2024

Water quality and radiometric data collected in the Mississippi Sound in December 2024

Water quality and radiometric data collected in the Mississippi Sound in February 2025

Water quality and radiometric data collected in the Mississippi Sound in April 2025

Water quality and radiometric data collected in the Mississippi Sound in June 2025

Water quality and radiometric data collected in the Mississippi Sound in August 2025

Sargassum aerial observations and cruise CTD data collected on the Northern Gulf of Mexico shelf off Alabama, July-September 2011.

ROV video observations of Sargassum associated fauna on the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf off Alabama, July-August 2011

Length, weight and age of juvenile Grey Triggerfish collected from R/V Alabama Discovery cruise AL-11-08-Sarg-06 on 2011-08-18 and R/V E.O. Wilson cruise WI-11-09-Sarg-10 on 2011-09-23 in the Gulf of Mexico