This newsletter includes: The S.C. Sea Grant Board of Directors elected Dr. Ronald R. Ingle as chair. Clemson University engineers ripped apart 15 flood-damaged houses to test hurricane-resistant retrofits. With the guidance of the NEMO program, the City of Conway adopted a new zoning ordinance for water quality controls. An explanation of how land-use decisions shape the coastal landscape.
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Inside Sea Grant Newsletter – Summer 2001
This newsletter includes: Coastal Heritage Magazine won an award as a Notable State Document, and the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium hired new staff members. Scientists began field research to examine how various land uses and land-use changes affect the condition of marine resources. Volunteers sponsored by local organizations created plywood window coverings for senior residents on local barrier islands. The S.C. Sea Grant coastal environmental quality specialist spoke before the Pew Oceans Commission.
Inside Sea Grant Newsletter – Winter 2000
This publication includes: The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium developed a new website, and hired new staff members. Beach Sweep/River Sweep received support from the mayors of several local cities. The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium received a grant to support minority students in marine science. The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium marked its 20 year anniversary.
Inside Sea Grant Newsletter – Summer 2000
This newsletter includes: Dr. Leroy Davis was elected as S.C. Sea Grant board chair. Oyster shell research lead to a new fertilizer enhancer. The Center for Sustainable Living was featured on national television. A new red tide was discovered.
S.C. Task Group on Harmful Algae Newsletter – Spring 2005
The Southeast Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (SEPMN) grew from a program with volunteers sampling in coastal South Carolina to expanding its coverage along the Georgia and North Carolina coasts.
S.C. Task Group on Harmful Algae Newsletter – Winter 2005
The CDC funded a multi-faceted approach to harmful algal blooms (HABs) in South Carolina, including a system to identify people with a high risk of exposure to potentially harmful algae, real-time remote monitoring, and outreach programs.
S.C. Task Group on Harmful Algae Newsletter – Spring 2004
In 2003, a massive bloom of Heterosigma akashiwo created a red tide phenomenon that extended from inside Bulls Bay to about five miles offshore. About 10,000 dead fish were discovered, but it was not clear whether the deaths were caused by toxicity from the algae, exposure to low salinity waters, or gills clogged by the bloom.
S.C. Task Group on Harmful Algae Newsletter – Spring 2003
Scientists studied bald eagle deaths in the Southeast due to avianvacuolar myelinopathy, or AVM, and a possible link between the condition and the presence of the blue-green algae growing on Hydrilla in man-made reservoirs.
S.C. Task Group on Harmful Algae Newsletter – Fall 2002
Researchers found that nearly half of 45 stormwater ponds on the South Carolina coast that were tested contained harmful algae in “bloom” proportions. Other efforts to study and monitor harmful algal blooms are also discussed.
S.C. Task Group on Harmful Algae Newsletter – Spring 2002
A brief history of early coordination efforts around harmful algal blooms, and a detailed description of the various human health impacts of HABs: types of poisoning, health conditions, and classes of toxic algae.