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UF researchers and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research combined observational, experimental, digital mapping and modelling work to show that ecosystem engineering by mussels in Southeastern US salt marshes is a much stronger driver of accretion rates than expected, as shown in a new study recently published in Nature CommunicationsLily Elefteriadou, Ph.D., was one of 19 UF faculty named a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science.A team of 11 professional researchers and scientists from the University of Florida along with other institutions were awarded a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support the development of new state-of-the-art water quality data and models to better predict and manage harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee River watersheds.
Animal Ecosystem Engineers Much Stronger Driver of Salt Marsh Accretion than Expected, Study Shows
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