Articles

• Adapting to shifting sands
• 5 Questions on Engagement
• MASGC shares in Gulf Guardian Award
• Program to certify nature-tour operators
• Bruening recognized for outstanding service
• Symposium to feature adaptive management
• Water-access committee nears end of mission
• Volunteers grow 45,000 oysters for restoration
• Potential end-users test tool for sea-level rise planning
• Fink joins Office of Coast Survey in Mobile
• Featured Publication
• From the Director

Sea Briefs is a report on the results of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.

Editor: Melissa Schneider

Frontpage graphics: Matthew Capps

This newsletter is available in PDF format from:
masgc.org/seabriefs

MASGC supports applied, interdisciplinary marine science research, education and outreach efforts to foster the sustainable development and management of the Mississippi and Alabama coasts and nearshore ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico

Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Consortium
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Phone: 228-818-8838
E-mail: seabriefs@masgc.org
MASGP 09-011-04

Featured Publication

A new Mississippi aquatic plants Web site, jcho.masgc.org, is an online field guide that offers photos, habitat information and other details about more than 100 species of aquatic plants. The site also includes information on plants that are notorious for their hard-to-identify characteristics, according to Jackson State University Assistant Professor Hyun Jung “J.” Cho, who created the site’s content.

The Web site is the result of numerous field surveys conducted in wetlands and aquatic habitats between 2007 and 2009. The surveys were supported by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, the Center for University Scholars at Jackson State University, Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center in support of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance.