Hello NERRds! My name is Michelle Moczulski and I recently graduated from Villanova University with a B.S. in Environmental Science. For my senior thesis, I worked with Drs. Samantha Chapman and Adam Langley to examine a 38-year water quality dataset collected from 13 water monitoring stations throughout the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve…
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The Return of Sediment Tiling
By: Jacob Berna Hello NERRds, my name is Jacob Berna, and I am a biologist at the GTMNERR and a graduate fellow at the University of North Florida. For my masters project I am studying short-term sediment accretion and deposition rates in mangrove and smooth cordgrass marsh communities within the GTMNERR. The goal of the…
Drone the Oyster from an Intern’s Perspective
By: Avah Avonda Hello again, my name is Avah and I am a research intern at the GTM Research Reserve in northeastern Florida. Oysters are a staple in research here at GTM, and for good reason. Not only are they a common, delicious dish of the restaurants in our area and a paddle boarder’s fear,…
A Research Intern at GTM
By Avah Avonda Hello, NERRds! My name is Avah and I am spending my summer at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR as a research intern. I had the opportunity to take part in many moving projects here at GTM and I would like to share them here! Let’s look at my highlights of the summer. …
Day in the Life of Oyster Monitoring
By Kyelee Spence Hello again, NERRds! My name is Kyelee Spence, and I am an intern in the communication department at GTM. I am halfway through my internship and have gotten to learn so many different and interesting things in my time at GTM. One of my favorite experiences so far was getting to go…
Sediment Tiling
By Kyelee Spence Hello NERRds! My name is Kyelee Spence and I am an intern in the communication department at GTM Research Reserve. I sat down with Research Director Nikki Dix and discussed an experiment that was done during Hurricane Ian. It involves a square tile, sediment and the marsh. Follow along as we take…
NERRds on the Water 