Notes from the Field: Harbor Branch-FAU & Project Baseline Oculina Research...
This post written by Michael Studivan.On June 24, the Baseline Explorer departed from Harbor Branch for a destination approximately seven miles offshore of Stuart, Florida. The science team was led by...
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Voss Lab returns from successful ROV cruise to FGBNMS
This post written by Michael Studivan.PI Joshua Voss, graduate students Michael Studivan and Jennifer Polinski, and summer interns Alaina Weinheimer and Nancy Sealover recently concluded a productive...
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Grad student Jennifer Polinski attends genotyping workshop
The rad 2bRAD workshop group! Graduate student Jennifer Polinski recently traveled to California to attend the 2015 Workshop on Genome-Wide SNP Genotyping with 2bRAD at the Wrigley Marine Science...
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Voss Lab participates in Okeanos Explorer cruise via ECC telepresence
This week, Joshua Voss, Jennifer Polinski, and Danielle Dodge participated in a new graduate course that utilizes Harbor Branch's Exploration Command Center to take part in deepwater remotely operated...
View ArticleFGBNMS outreach video submitted to BLUE Gulf Film Festival
This post written by Michael Studivan.The BLUE Gulf Film Festival is hosted by the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M Corpus Christi and is meant to increase public awareness of marine issues...
View ArticleExplore St. Lucie Reef - A diverse coastal resource in our own backyard
This post written by Michael Studivan.For the past 5 years, FAU Harbor Branch and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have been collaborating to monitor corals at the northernmost...
View ArticleNotes from the Field: First technical diving cruise to the Flower Garden...
This post written by Michael Studivan.On October 26, seven divers from FAU Harbor Branch and FWC (PI Joshua Voss, graduate students Michael Studivan, Jennifer Polinski, and Danielle Dodge, lab...
View ArticleStudivan begins OpenExplorer expedition for FAU-funded research project
PhD Candidate Michael Studivan was recently awarded an FAU Graduate Research and Inquiry Program (GRIP) Grant to pursue a project utilizing the open-access technology of the OpenROV platform. As part...
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ROV Construction 101
The long-awaited OpenROV v2.8 arrived this week and Michael began construction of the main housing and controller board electronics. The kit is supplied with all the raw materials and requires a...
View ArticleFourth Project CLOUD outreach video now available!
Over the past year, the Voss Lab at FAU Harbor Branch has been monitoring a restoration project in New Smyrna Beach, FL led by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The project aims...
View ArticleOpenROV open water test
Despite the poor conditions caused by recent rainfall, Michael tested the newly-constructed OpenROV v2.8 at "Ditch 5," a local lake used for SCUBA education. His goals were to test the ROV for full...
View ArticleDischarge water over St. Lucie Reef captured by quadcopter
During an outing to collect estuarine discharge water for Alycia's third experimental trial, the lab flew the quadcopter over St. Lucie Reef to document the huge plume of discharge water leaving the...
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Studivan and Alker returning to Carrie Bow Caye, Belize
From March 2-10, Michael Studivan and Amanda Alker will be returning to the Smithsonian field station on Carrie Bow Caye, Belize to complete work that was started in March 2014 (see those blog posts...
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Notes from the Field: Welcome back to Carrie Bow!
Post written by Michael Studivan.Our first objective once we reached the Smithsonian research station on Carrie Bow Caye was to relocate our target sites and tagged shallow corals from our trip in...
View ArticleNotes from the Field: Deep Diving at Carrie Bow
Post written by Michael Studivan.Over six working days on Carrie Bow Caye, Michael Studivan and Amanda Alker conducted eighteen SCUBA dives, fourteen of which were to 130ft. During those dives, we...
View ArticleFilm "Black & Blue: Estuarine Discharge on St. Lucie Reef " screened at...
One of the Project CLOUD outreach videos was recently screened at the Beneath the Waves Film Festival during last week's Benthic Ecology Meeting in Portland, Maine. While the Voss lab has a history of...
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Danielle Dodge successfully proposes Master's research!
On Monday April 4th, graduate student Danielle Dodge presented her Master’s thesis proposal seminar and was successfully approved by her committee (Dr. Joshua Voss, Dr. Dennis Hanisak, and Dr. Colin...
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Studivan brings ocean exploration to local school
PhD Candidate Michael Studivan brought ocean exploration into the classroom, giving a lecture and Q& A session for sixth through eighth grade students at St. Andrew's Episcopal Academy. His...
View ArticleNotes from the Field: 6 month sampling of reciprocal transplant experiment
Post written by Michael Studivan.Last week, members of the Voss lab completed another successful technical diving cruise at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Joshua, Michael, Patrick,...
View ArticleNotes from the field: Continuing exploration of coral banks in the NW Gulf of...
As part of our partnership with NOAA through the Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology based at FAU Harbor Branch, on May 3-7, 2016 our lab embarked on our 10th...
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