The award for most valuable urinator goes to…
Another great paper from Jake’s lab at the University of Michigan. (Media account here and the actual paper here.) If only Jake could have fish pee on us to provide protection from the Coronavirus.
What an Honor for Jake (and thanks to all on Abaco)
Dr. Jacob Allgeier has been awarded the prestigious Packard Fellowship. This is a tremendous honor. It is a testament to his hard work, as well as to all of the support he has received from numerous folks on Abaco. I am really excited to see what new research will emerge in the coming years from Jake’s lab. […]
A Transparent Future
When I interviewed for a faculty job at North Carolina State University, a professor asked me: “What is an unsolvable problem in science that you would like to solve?” That is the type question one can never prepare for! I have thought at length about this question, and I always come back to this answer: transparent, complete, and available flow of information […]
Concerns Regarding the Conch Fishery Snail Up
After the recent study was made public, the response has been overwhelming. See here and here.
Rolling Harbour
We haven’t mentioned the Rolling Harbour website in some time. If you are not familiar with it, it is a nice site for Bahamas natural history observations. Check it out – here is the latest.
Abaco Parks Video
A great video overview of Abaco National Parks. I hope those of you not on Facebook can access it. I will try and get a non-Facebook link.
Sargassum Accumulations on Caribbean Beaches
Over the last 8 years or so, many Caribbean Islands have been challenged by massive Sargassum algae accumulations on beaches (a Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute fact sheet here, and a high resolution link to the poster here). These accumulations may have many deleterious effects on species that utilize beach habitat, including for nesting turtles. See for instance
Antigua to Bahamas hawksbill migration
After finishing nesting on Long Island, Antigua this past summer, this satellite-tagged hawksbill traveled for more than a month to Long Island, Bahamas. The Long Island-to-Long Island migration covered some 1,600 km, one of the longest migrations we have documented at the early stages of our satellite tracking efforts. A cool way to connect study areas among Layman Lab members! […]
Holiday Reading
It has been a slow fall for Abaco Scientist, but we will be ramping back up in the New Year. For now, here are some recent papers for your holiday reading. Some are straight forward; others a bit more technical. Click on “Holiday Reading” for a couple more papers.