Coastal Ecology and Conservation Lab

Applications are now open for our Pre-college Ocean Discovery and Science Program (PODS) for grade 11-12 students from The Bahamas Click the link below for more details and please help spread the word! friendsoftheenvironment.org/pods2024 #precollege #outreach #education #Bahamas

🍽 COURSE ALERT 🍽 Dr. Allgeier's (@AllgeierLab) undergraduate course will explore how changing environmental and biological factors interact to influence their sustainability. Offered Fall semester 2023. Full food systems course listings on our website: sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoo…

We have 3 folks from the lab presenting at #ESA2023! 1. PhD Bridget Shayka - seagrass ecosystem services D138 10:45am Tues 2. PhD @ks_munsterman - fish behavior and production B112 4pm Tues 3. Undergrad Sean Richards - fish species diversity and production B113 1:30pm Wed

1/2 🌿🐟=💥New paper alert! Just published my latest (royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…) w/ the amazing @AllgeierLab! 🎉 Turns out, seagrass love fish pee. It's a goldmine of nutrients that boost their growth, even under fishing pressure & human nutrient influence.

PODS students have been learning how to collect ecological data in different habitats in The Bahamas

Michigan News: Caribbean seagrasses provide services worth $255B annually, including vast carbon storage. The findings show that seagrass ecosystems deserve to be at the forefront of the global conservation agenda. @AllgeierLab #EEB #conservation #seagrass myumi.ch/JpGW2

The Bahamas PODS field course is ON! Welcome the 2023 cohort and instructors! 🐟🪸

Caribbean seagrasses provide services worth $255B annually New Biology Letters paper led by @AllgeierLab PhD student Bridget Shayka @umichLSA @umichgradschool @UMichEEB Link to paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.10… Link to news article: news.umich.edu/caribbean-seag…

New paper in @ESAEcology that investigates the contribution of fish feces as nutrients for reefs. Coastal Ecology and Conservation Lab PhD student @ks_munsterman included as an author in this one. @UMichEEB @umichgradschool @umichLSA

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Water column contributions to coral reef productivity New paper out now in Biological Reviews by MS grad student Anjali Shakya and PI Jake Allgeier onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

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PhD student @ks_munsterman is featured in this month's @AmPhilSociety Tip of the Iceberg: Visualizing Women in Science blog diglib.amphilsoc.org/womeninscience…

Big congrats to our lab PI Jake Allgeier for being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! 👏

Interested in ecosystem ecology, global change ecology, fisheries, and sustainability? Our lab is hiring a research technician! Please share! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/234…

Jake and Katrina spent the last few weeks catching, tagging, and collecting fin clips from fish in Abaco. Fun fact - grunt fin clips look like sushi grass! 🍣

Thank you @BahaNick for joining in our virtual marine research course for Bahamian high school students. We all enjoyed learning about the major fisheries in The Bahamas! 🦞

Nate Sanders, @UMichEEB professor, co-authored a study examining how coral bleaching leaves some species of reef fish struggling to identify and respond appropriately to competitors. myumi.ch/NkWkr

We are still accepting applications for a postdoc position in the lab! Details in the link below 👇