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New Grants Focus on Biosensors/Monitors of Coastal Ecosystem Health, Sea-level Rise, and Restoration Alternatives for Water Quality

Dr. Joseph Quattro’s project entitled "OHHI 2008: Using Gene Expression Profiles of Estuarine Grass Shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) as Biosensors/Monitors of Coastal Ecosystem Health" is funded by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration for $351,616.

Dr. James Morris’ project entitled "CESU: Application of a Process Based Numerical Coastal Simulation Model to USGS Data Collection" is funded by the US Geological Survey for $45,000. Dr. Morris also has a project entitled "Guidance for South Carolina on Near-Term Coastal Adaptation Priorities" funded by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration for $65,013.

The Freshwater Fishes of South Carolina, the latest volume in the Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science, has been published by the University of South Carolina Press.

The Freshwater Fishes of South Carolina, the latest volume in the Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science, has been published by the University of South Carolina Press. This comprehensive illustrated guide covers the characteristics, distribution, and ecology of freshwater fishes in South Carolina and will be an excellent reference for researchers, students, resource managers, ecologists, state policy makers, sportsmen, and natural history enthusiasts across the region.

The 544 page volume is the result of long-term collaboration by leading experts on the state’s freshwater fishes—Fred C. Rohde, Rudolf G. Arndt, Jeffrey W. Foltz, and Joseph M. Quattro.

The detailed description of each species is accompanied by a color photograph and distribution map. More than one hundred fifty species of freshwater and coastal estuarine fishes that spend all or major portions of their lives in the fresh waters of South Carolina are covered in addition to a history of ichthyology in South Carolina, a chapter on methods for the collection and identification of fishes, and a chapter on conserva­tion biology documenting species of concern and reasons for their decline.

Another Long-term Database Available Online

Motile Epibenthos Data: 1981-2003 is the latest addition to the Institute’s long-term databases available online (http://links.baruch.sc.edu/Data/EPI/index.html). These databases are the result of long-term monitoring begun in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the North Inlet Estuary, Georgetown County, South Carolina. Shorter term data and other resources are also available via the Data Archives link (http://links.baruch.sc.edu/Data/index.html) on the Institute’s website.