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Dr. Catherine Unabia and collaborators at Oceanic Institute were funded by the USDA through the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture to discover a local polychaete worms as a food source for shrimp broodstock. (see details) HPU researcher Dr. David Hyrenbach and collaborators from Chile and Canada map the migration and behaviors of imperiled Pink-footed Shearwater sea birds through satellite tracking. (see article) MSMS graduate student Devon Francke and his advisor, Dr. David Hyrenbach, publish on the diving behavior of Hawaiian green sea turtles working with colleagues at HPU and NOAA. (see paper) Dr. David Hyrenbach is interviewed by KHON on wedge-tailed shearwater birds and how they may be afftected by Hawaii DOT lights. (Full Story) Dr. Keith Korsmeyer, Professor of Biology, publishes with colleagues at University of Hawaii and University of Glasgow on respiration rates of Hawaiian marine invertebrates. (see paper) Dr. Stephen Dye, Professor of Physics, is interviewed for a recent news article in the journal Nature. (see article) Click here for more CNCS News and Events |
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The Hawai’i Pacific University pelagicos lab continues to work with Hawai’i Audubon to restore the one-acre Freeman Seabird Preserve at Blackpoint. Volunteers worked every Saturday morning during the non-breeding season (early January to mid March), weeding invasive plants and planting native vegetation. This year, our team also manufactured shearwater nesting sites out of rocks and roof tiles to provide the birds with shade, after the removal of introduced sea grape trees. The first breeding birds were sighted on the colony last week and one of the artificial nests was already occupied. We will monitor chick survivorship and growth from mid-July to mid-December, working with undergraduate students enrolled in a new seabird ecology and conservation class. The 2013 season will be the fifth year of ongoing monitoring, with current predictions for neutral El Niño conditions suggesting this will be a good year for breeding shearwaters. (Image Gallery) |
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