Rutgers study finds crabs larval differences are unrelated to their mothers’ sizes Like people, blue crabs aren’t all the same sizes and shapes. Now Rutgers scientists have discovered substantial differences in the body structures of larval crab siblings and among larvae from different mothers. And that can mean the difference between an early death and […]
Recycled Oyster Shells and ‘Oyster Castles’ Create Living Shoreline Protection Along Delaware Bay
Virtual 360-degree tour showcases Rutgers partnership on artificial reef built in New Jersey Using recycled oyster and clam shells, a Rutgers University team partnered with The Nature Conservancy, The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a living artificial reef along Delaware Bay to protect the shoreline from […]
Ecology and Evolution Graduate Student Michael Acquafredda Featured on American Fisheries Society Website
Michael Acquafredda, doctoral candidate in the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution in the School of Graduate Studies, has been featured on the website of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), a non-profit organization established since 1870 to advance fisheries science. Its mission is to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery […]
In Memoriam: Susan E. Ford (1942-2017), Alumna and Professor Emeritus in Shellfish Biology and Pathology
Susan Elizabeth Ford, age 75, passed away on December 5, 2017 in Williamsburg, Va. A renowned researcher and mentor, Ford received her undergraduate degree in zoology from Rutgers Cook College in 1978 and a doctorate degree in zoology from Duke University in 1984. During her career, Ford held positions at Duke University; School of Veterinary […]
Farming the Ocean
“Jersey Fresh” doesn’t end at the water’s edge here in the Garden State If New Jersey’s 720,000 acres of farmland are enough to classify it as the Garden State, what do we make of its 120 miles of coastline, 420 miles of open estuary and bay waters, and 661,000 acres of freshwater wetlands? Thanks to […]
Rutgers and Oysters: ‘Perfect Together’
Edible Jersey’s High Summer Edition focuses on oysters, highlighting Rutgers role in three stories. SPECIAL REPORT: Oysters In this piece, Edible Jersey describes the oyster as Jersey’s mascot and a powerful environmental steward. It chronicles the rise, and fall, and rise of the Delaware Bay Oyster, aquaculture development, the problems the industry faces due […]
Project PORTS: Ten Years in the Bag
Funny thing about oysters; once attached, you may be stuck on them for life! The excited fourth graders at D’Ippolito School in Vineland, New Jersey, raced across the school grounds to a small area beside the ball field where the surf clam shells were haphazardly stacked in a pile. Eagerly greeted by Rutgers University Haskin […]
Visiting DMCS Professor Conducts Publishing in English Workshop in Mexico
Monica Bricelj, visiting research professor with the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, and Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, had the opportunity this past May to co-teach an intensive two week workshop in Scientific Writing, with Canadian linguist Karen Englander at CICESE, a research institute in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Briceli had spent the previous year in Ensenada, […]