Frozen Shrimp: Ensuring Seafood Safety
Barry Nash discusses food-safety tips for handling frozen shrimp....Pollinated? Coastal Waters Run Yellow
Sara Mirabilio goes in search of the source of yellow ocean water. Perhaps it is Trichodesmium erythraeum, a marine cyanobacterium found worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters. The blue-green algae blooms seasonally off the North Carolina coast. Charter boat captains regularly share accounts of “marine pollen” or “sulphur” when describing an occurrence of yellow coastal waters, which likely are spottings of Trichodesmium blooms. ...Junior Curators and Whale Falls
Carter Smith introduced young scientists at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences to whale fall communities — and to her own path to becoming a scientist....Coastal Collaborations in Spring 2015 Coastwatch
E-Ching Lee gives a preview of the Spring 2015 issue of Coastwatch. The magazine is scheduled for distribution in mid April....Continue reading "Coastal Collaborations in Spring 2015 Coastwatch"