Dispatches E-News: Toxic Hearts, We’re Going to the Zoo (Plankton, That Is) & Legal Rights of Nature (08/28/19)

VIDEO OF THE WEEK Failing Hearts: What Does Heart Failure in a Fish Look Like? Ed Mager (U Miami) examines larval mahi-mahi to determine oil toxicity in their hearts. The cardiac health of the mahi-mahi impacts its form, function, survival ability, and whether the population can fully recover in the Gulf post-Deepwater Horizon. [WATCH HERE]…
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Dispatches E-News: Non-natives, Coupled Models & Water’s Too Hot (08/14/19)

VIDEO OF THE WEEK Invasion of the Lionfish Lionfish are an invasive species that have been plaguing the northern Gulf since 2010. Will Patterson of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is studying reef fish communities and the dramatic effect these non-natives are having. [WATCH HERE] PODCAST OF THE WEEK GulfCast: Oceanic and Atmospheric Modeling Rafaelle…
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