Kim Dick

Jan 19, 2018

How Winter Temps Can Affect Your Fishing Next Spring

Stories about “cold stuns” of spotted seatrout date back more than 100 years. But no one knew just how important these events could be until 2017, when NC State researchers published new findings on population impacts.

Oct 24, 2017

Indicators of Hope: Coastal green treefrogs develop salt tolerance

An East Carolina University researcher is finding that green treefrogs are changing to live in higher salinities — and that adaptation could prevent some coastal populations from going extinct.

Jul 6, 2017

Traveling Coastal North Carolina by Convoy and Kayak

Sarah Spiegler looks back on a class that introduced students — many of them aspiring coastal resource managers — from the University of North Carolina Wilmington to relevant coastal issues in North Carolina.

Jun 28, 2017

Local Dish: Live from the Coast of North Carolina

Lisa Prince, marketing specialist for the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, shares a sneak peek behind the scenes on WRAL's Local Dish and lists upcoming seafood recipes that will air on Friday mornings in July.

Jun 16, 2017

Investigating Nitrogen Loading Trends in the Neuse River Basin

In the past couple of decades, nitrogen has been increasing in the Neuse River. Urbanization and livestock may be contributing to this increase. Hayden Strickling is developing a model to determine the sources of this nitrogen increase, to inform management strategies to improve water quality in the Neuse River Estuary.

May 24, 2017

New Faces

Meet the interns who will work with North Carolina Sea Grant this summer — Emma Bouie, Danielle Costantini and Christian Kamrath.

May 9, 2017

Uncovering an Invader’s Multiple Roles:Phragmites in the N.C. Coastal Reserves

Seth Theuerkauf, the 2015 coastal research fellow, explains how he assessed three marsh ecosystem services — carbon storage, shoreline stabilization and plant diversity — in areas with low, medium and high abundance of the invasive seagrass Phragmites australis.

May 5, 2017

It’s the Little Things: Searching for Fecal Microbes in Stormwater

Justin Hart is collecting data about the water that people use for recreation and to harvest seafood for his North Carolina Sea Grant-funded study. He wants to learn how contaminants washed in these waters might affect human health.

Apr 17, 2017

Glimpses from North Carolina’s Coastal Conference

North Carolina's Coastal Conference provided an opportunity for those involved or interested in the state's coastal issues to gather and learn about or discuss current topics. Get a glimpse of the event in this pictorial recap.

Apr 6, 2017

Common Insecticide Found to Alter Crab Growth, Hormone Function

Andrew Goff and collaborators in Susanne Brander’s lab at the University of North Carolina Wilmington investigated how fipronil, an insecticide found in common flea treatments, and its byproducts can affect growth, survival rates and reproduction of juvenile crabs.