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Tiny but all-consuming marine organism focus of UGA Skidaway Institute study

Doliolids are tiny marine animals rarely seen by humans outside a research setting, yet they are key players in the marine ecosystem, particularly in the ocean’s highly productive tropical and subtropical continental margins, such as Georgia’s continental shelf.

University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Professor Jay Brandes

Scientists track microplastic pollution on the Georgia coast

In recent years, the public has become attuned to the problem of trash in the ocean, especially plastic, as images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have spread through media and the Internet.

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UGA Skidaway Institute professor appointed to Ossabaw Island Foundation Board of Trustees

Interim Executive Director of Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Clark Alexander and Professor of the Department of Marine Sciences has been appointed to the board of trustees of the Ossabaw Island Foundation. 

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UGA researchers receive $1.3 million Moore Foundation grant to study the global ocean microbiome

Athens, Ga. – A $1.3 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation will allow University of Georgia researchers to uncover answers about an important metabolic link that takes place in the Earth’s oceans.

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UGA Skidaway Institute’s Alexander honored by coastal environmental group

Interim Executive Director Clark Alexander of Skidaway Institute of Ocean Sciences and Professor of the Department of Marine Sciences has been honored by the coastal environmental group One Hundred Miles as one of the group’s One Hundred Miles 100.