Byers Ecology Lab

Wondering what is going on with oyster parasites/disease in Georgia USA? 🦪 Well check out our new paper examining the potential drivers of parasite prevalence and intensity across a regional scale in Oecologia: link.springer.com/article/10.100… @JohnnyScallops @ByersEcologyLab

Congratulations to @ByersEcologyLab undergrad Elianna who won best poster presentation a the @UGAEcology Graduate Student Symposium. Her research examined how mud crabs interact with boring sponge infected oysters. So proud of all her hard work!

Sea Grant #Knauss fellows bring their diverse perspectives to solving #marine & #coastal #policy challenges at the federal level. Meet the finalists for 2023—86 talented early career professionals—and learn about their different paths to the fellowship: bit.ly/Knauss-2023-Fi…

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a huge collection of trash floating in the North Pacific Ocean. And it seems that marine wildlife have found a home in the swirl of garbage, shares Ecologist @LinseyHaram, complicating how we tackle the problem. sciencefriday.com/segments/ecosy…

As of October 2021, the estimated North Atlantic right whale population was just 336 animals. On a positive note, 20 calves were born last year—nearly as many births as the previous four years combined. #InGraphicDetail 🐋📈 ow.ly/TJUQ50IQpSq

New paper alert!🚨 What drives the efficacy of marine reserves for fish communities? We worked with the community-based science program @CCFRP to sample inside and outside 4 MPAs along the central coast of CA over 14 years. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…