2021 STAC Awards fund crucial marine-based research

As part of its Collaborative Research Grant Program, the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council has funded five interdisciplinary research teams of investigators from institutions across Rhode Island totaling $399,299. The program supports RI NSF EPSCoR/RI C-AIM’s objectives to assess, model, and develop innovative technologies for addressing the impacts of climate variability around Narragansett […]

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Monitoring biodiversity along environmental gradients in Narragansett Bay

Mentor: Carlos Prada, University of Rhode Island Project Location University of Rhode Island-Kingston Project Description Progress has been made in documenting changes in biodiversity across Narragansett Bay (NB) in relation to nutrient, oxygen and salinity dynamics both spatially and temporally with positive impacts on ecosystem management, but two chief barriers remain. First, traditional surveys to […]

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2021 RI C-AIM Research Symposium: Invited Speakers

Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Patricia Thibodeau RI C-AIM Postdoctoral Fellow URI Graduate School of Oceanography Presentation Title: Riding a wave of variability through the Narragansett Bay Plankton Time Series I am a plankton ecologist focused on the effects of rapid climate change on phytoplankton and zooplankton populations and physiology. The major pillars of my research explore […]

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