BUMP Professor Cédric Fichot Published in Earth-Science Reviews
BUMP Professor Cédric Fichot was involved in a study to evaluate the current status of ocean carbon research, identify gaps in knowledge, & formulate a scientific roadmap for the future. The ocean plays a central role in modulating the Earth’s carbon cycle. Monitoring how the ocean carbon cycle is changing is fundamental to managing climate […]
BUMP PhD Candidate Joanna Lee Featured in Graphic Novel!
BUMP PhD candidate Joanna Lee from the Finnerty lab recently served as a consultant on a 2Gen Science graphic novel produced by GBH, and she appears as a character in the book. This is an interactive graphic novel developed by the WGBH Educational Foundation and New England Public Media that invites emergent bilingual Latinx families […]
BUMP Professor Dr. Sergio Fagherazzi featured on PBS-affiliated environmental comedy podcast, The Sweaty Penguin!
Read more here: BostonUniversityProfessorFeaturedOnPBSClimateSeries Listen to the episode here! https://thesweatypenguin.com/salt-marshes-are-essential-climate-solutions-how-do-we-protect-them/
New Collaborative Paper on Predator Behavior on Coral Reefs
Recently published paper in Proc Roy Soc B. This paper resulted from teaching Coral Reef Dynamics in 2019, and has a very diverse set of co-authors including 1) All undergraduates enrolled in the course, 2) Five BU Biology PhD students that span 5 different laboratories: Nick Ray, Tina Barbasch, Katey Lesneski, Brian Kennedy and Karina […]
BUMP Professors Duncan FitzGerald and Zoe Hughes Published In Sedimentology
BUMP Professors Duncan FitzGerald and Zoe Hughes among others analyze the bodies of sediments of six active tidal point bars. Tidal point bars are commonly developed in coastal plain meandering channels. They form by the same basic processes as fluvial point bars but are further modified by tidal action. This study analyses the sedimentary facies […]
BUMP’s Peter Buston, Robin Francis, Theresa Ruger, Cassidy D’Aloia, and John Majoris Published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociaobiology
BUMP’s Pete Buston, Robin Francis, Theresa Rueger, Cassidy D’Aloia, and John Majoris study the determinants of male mating patterns and success in sponge dwelling gobies. Determining the patterns and causes of variation in reproductive success is key to understanding mating systems and sexual selection, but they are challenging to study in cryptobenthic coral reef fishes. […]
BUMP Professor Ranjan Muthukrishnan Published In Environmental Science & Policy in
BUMP Professor Ranjan Muthukrishnan and others explore the ethics of lakes as either public good or exclusive resources when it comes to invasive species. Invasive species are a prominent driver of global environmental change and management of biological invasions is a complex issue that requires attention to social and ecological contexts. Management efforts implemented without consideration […]
BUMP Professor Andrew Kurtz Published in Biogeochemistry
BUMP Professor Andrew Kurtz and others conducted research on New England salt marshes. Salt marshes are sites of silica (SiO2) cycling and export to adjacent coastal systems, where silica availability can exert an important control over coastal marine primary productivity. Mineral weathering and biologic fixation concentrate silica in these systems; however, the relative contributions of […]
Former BUMP Grad Student John Majoris and Professor Pete Buston Published in The Royal Society
Former BUMP grad student John Majoris and BUMP Professor Pete Buston conducted research on the paternal hatching care of a captive breeding population of sponge-dwelling neon goby from Belize. The published findings can be found here. In oviparous species, the timing of hatching is a crucial decision, but for developing embryos, assessing cues that indicate the […]
BUMP Grad Student Giovanna Nordio and Professor Sergio Fagerazzi Published in ScienceDirect
BUMP Graduate student Giovanna Nordio and faculty member Professor Sergio Fagerazzi collaborated to publish a data article of fundamental data to estimate feedbacks between hydrology and ecology in the journal ScienceDirect. Data presented in this paper were collected in eight sites across a coastal forest in the Delmarva Peninsula, VA USA. The sites, located along […]