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IMPACT OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS ON SEA TURTLE HEALTH

March 26, 2020

FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Research Professors Annie Page-Karjian and Matthew Ajemian team with biologists at Loggerhead Marinelife Center and Inwater Research Group to better understand how exposure to...

Harmful Algal Blooms, Coastal Residents, Microcystin, Human Health, Toxins, Nasal Swabs, Inhalation, Airborne Toxins, Impacted Water, Environment, Health

The Nose Knows: Study Establishes Airborne Exposure to Microcystins

February 11, 2020

A study explored the link between human nasal and environmental microcystin concentrations from harmful algal blooms and detected the toxin in the nasal passages of 95 percent of the participants.

Green Sea Turtles, Rehabilitation Facilities, Infectious Tumors, Fibropapillomatosis, Herpes Virus, Infectious Diseases, Wildlife, Southeastern United States, Florida

Most Rehabilitating Sea Turtles with Infectious Tumors Don't Survive

January 22, 2020

FAU Harbor Branch researchers examined survival rates of green sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis in rehab facilities in the southeastern U.S. and found that 75 percent did not survive.

Harmful Algal Blooms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Diagnostic Testing, Human Urine, Assays, Microcystins, Nodularin, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

New Test Detects Harmful Algal Blooms Toxin Exposure in Human Urine

January 16, 2020

FAU's Harbor Branch collaborated with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to test a newly developed method that can detect even low-dose human exposure to harmful algal blooms in human urine.

Mercury, Hair, Pregnant Women, Mercury Exposure, Coastal Florida, Fish Consumption, Seafood, Vulnerable Population, Indian River Lagoon

Study Examines Fish Consumption and Mercury Exposure in Pregnant Women

December 16, 2019

A study by FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute evaluated fish consumption, sources, risk, knowledge and hair mercury concentrations in pregnant women in coastal Florida.

FAU HARBOR BRANCH RECEIVES HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM RESEARCH FUNDING

December 10, 2019

The Florida Department of Health announced that $650,000 in legislatively appropriated funds was awarded to four Florida universities. Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute received $269,000...

Marine Science, Marine Sponge, Red Sponge, Cell Culture, Marine Biotechnology, Climate Change, Early Animal Evolution

Scientists First to Develop Rapid Cell Division in Marine Sponges

November 21, 2019

FAU Harbor Branch scientists and collaborators have developed a breakthrough in marine invertebrate (sponge) cell culture that impacts marine biotechnology, early animal evolution and climate change.

Plastics, Microplastics, Pollution, Ocean, Sea, Plastic Debris, Marine Life, Rotating Ocean Currents, Subtropical Gyres

Study Reveals How 98 Percent of Plastics at Sea Go Missing Each Year

November 07, 2019

A study helps to solve the mystery of missing plastic fragments at sea by using simulated sunlight to explore removal mechanisms, microbial impacts and lifetimes of select microplastics on the ocean surface.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf of Mexico, Early-Career Research Fellowships, Scientists, Marine Science, Engineering, Biological Sciences

Faculty Receive National Academies' Early-Career Research Fellowships

September 30, 2019

Two scientists representing FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wilkes Honors College and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have received the prestigious Early-Career Research Fellowships.

Dolphins, Indian River Lagoon, Antibiotic Resistance, Nosocomial Infections, Bacterial Infections, Pollution, Environment, Marine Environments, Marine Mammals, Marine Life, Aquatic Environments,

Antibiotic Resistance Surges in Dolphins, Mirroring Humans

September 16, 2019

FAU Harbor Branch researchers and collaborators conducted a long-term study examining 13 years of antibiotic resistance trends in wild Bottlenose dolphins in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.