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Sentinel-2 imagery helps Bonaire identify influx of Sargassum

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3 May 2021

By Willy Tjiong and Sander Mücher An abnormal amount of Sargassum brown seaweed invaded the Caribbean islands in the summer of 2011 [1]. Masses of Sargassum mats piled up on…

Tropical Nursery Research during Lockdown

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14 April 2021

Besides the obvious complications of coronavirus, the inability to travel to conduct research has led for the need for researchers to get creative over the past year. Typically, researchers are…

Why are mangroves so important

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26 March 2021

Mangrove forests play a critical role in the island’s overall environmental health. These forests act as important breeding, habitat and nursery areas for a wide variety of fish, crustaceans and…