National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Archives | Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium Today's Research for Tomorrow's Oceans Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:11:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Innovative incubator to jumpstart efforts to control harmful algal blooms https://mote.org/news/innovative-incubator-to-jumpstart-efforts-to-control-harmful-algal-blooms/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:13:14 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2255 Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is partnering with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) in a new $7.5 million grant from NOAA to lead an innovative U.S. …

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]]> New crabs on the block: Mote raising Caribbean king crabs to help with coral restoration https://mote.org/news/new-crabs-on-the-block-mote-raising-caribbean-king-crabs-to-help-with-coral-restoration/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:20:55 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2775 Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory have taken a critical step toward diversifying efforts to restore Florida’s Coral Reef. In early February, Dr. Jason Spadaro, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Mote’s …

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]]> Mote launches elkhorn coral spawning nursery to aid threatened species https://mote.org/news/mote-launches-elkhorn-coral-spawning-nursery-to-aid-threatened-species/ Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:36:46 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=3974 Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are launching a new, underwater spawning nursery for elkhorn coral, with the goal of strategically breeding and restoring this rapidly declining, native species that is at …

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]]> New red tide study: Why do blooms vary and ultimately end? https://mote.org/news/new-red-tide-study-why-do-blooms-vary-and-ultimately-end/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:36:08 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=5208 From late 2017 to early 2019, a major bloom of Florida red tide killed nearly 600 sea turtles, more than 200 manatees and 150 dolphins, while significantly decreasing the quality …

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]]> Mote receives federal grant to study highly migratory sharks as part of new consortium https://mote.org/news/mote-receives-federal-grant-to-study-highly-migratory-sharks/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:01:04 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=5622 Sarasota, Fla. — October 2, 2019 — Mote Marine Laboratory is bringing its long history of shark expertise to a new consortium studying highly migratory species, thanks to new funding from …

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