Coastal and Estuarine Fish Ecology

By: Karina Ledezma

By: Kim de Mutsert The De Mutsert fish lab is looking to hire for a postdoctoral position. The University of Southern Mississippi is currently accepting applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate Fisheries Ecosystem Modeling. Position Details Location Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 703 East Beach DriveOcean Springs, Mississippi, 39564United States Division Coastal Sciences Position … More Job Opening: Postdoctoral Associate Fisheries Ecosystem Modeling

By: Gabriela Shinskie The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) researchers from the School of Ocean Science and Engineering (SOSE) recently paneled the Mississippi Sound Coalition meeting, a public scientific research forum focused on the Mississippi Sound and modeling efforts on ecological impacts of the Bonne Carré Spillway. USM scientists on the panel included Drs. Kim … More USM Scientists Lead Scientific Research Forum

By: Kim de Mutsert & David May Dr. De Mutsert participated in a public forum presenting a new project funded by the Mississippi Sound Coalition aimed at finding tipping points for survival of oysters in the Mississippi Sound under freshwater release events from the Bonnet Carre Spillway. The event was covered by the local news … More Mississippi Sound Coalition Holds Public Forum

By: Karina Ledezma Karina Ledezma, a senior from Biloxi in The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) School of Ocean Science and Engineering (SOSE), took her honors thesis to new depths while studying the growth patterns of seed oysters exposed to low oxygen and pH levels in the Mississippi Sound. Ledezma’s research is just one example of … More USM SOSE Honors Student Studying Effects of Oxygen, pH in Seed Oyster Growth

By: Jaidyn Allen & Abbey Callegari

By Jaidyn Allen During the Fall 2023 semester at USM, I was given the opportunity to work under the leadership of Dr. Kim de Mutsert and her graduate assistant, Abiola Obafemi to satisfy the research/internship requirement for a bachelor’s degree in marine biology. The research conducted was to see how eastern oysters could tolerate varying … More Undergraduate Research of Dissolved Oxygen Levels

By: Abbey Callegari This fall 2023 semester, I joined an internship with Kim de Mutsert. I worked alongside one of her graduate students, Abiola Obafemi. We studied how different levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) affect oysters. Each day I had the responsibility of going in and helping Abiola take measurements of water and feed the … More Oyster Research Experience: Abbey Callegari

By Gabriela Shinskie The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is partnering with Louisiana State University (LSU) and Tulane University through the Mississippi River Delta Transition Initiative (MissDelta), a $22 million, five-year project that includes 38 investigators who will seek strategies to promote sustainability of the marine ecosystem for the northern Gulf Coast. The MissDelta initiative … More USM Partners with LSU and Tulane to Project the Evolution of the Coast

By Sara Marriott I am currently working as a Great Lakes Program Specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as part of my NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship. Throughout this fellowship, I have been learning more about the Great Lakes, which has been a change of pace from my background in marine fisheries. My favorite fact … More Charting new waters: A Knauss fellow’s journey into Great Lakes restoration and policy