Coastal Heritage Magazine Island Science: Special Ecosystems Lure Researchers South Carolina’s wealth of undeveloped barrier islands and sand banks are hotbeds for research because natural processes occur on those landforms with minimal human intervention. Active...
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...
Coastal Heritage MagazineRed Lionfish: A “Super-Invader” for Supper?The red lionfish is a “super-invasive” species that is taking over reef systems in the western Atlantic and Caribbean. Prolific Interloper. Red lionfish populations have become hugely abundant in...
Coastal Heritage Magazine Knocking Back Biological Invaders Global trade and travel are moving biological invaders around world, causing billions of dollars in damage and displacing native species. Caught in the Act. In October 2006, these juvenile green mussels,...
Coastal Heritage Magazine Triumph of the Weed The biological invaders are coming! The Earth, conservationists say, could become increasingly dominated by hardy, prolific, adaptable exotic species such as the zebra mussel and the fire ant. Closed Ecosystem. Andrew...