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This project will use passive acoustic monitoring, physical oceanographic data, and acoustic tracking arrays to quantify relationships between trends in relative Rice’s whale density, oceanographic factors, and ambient noise to enhance understanding of the whale’s ecology and reduce uncertainty, improve management outcomes, and foster species recovery.

This project developed a comprehensive ecological understanding of Rice's whales, including the physical, oceanographic, and biological features defining critical habitat and their ecological role in Gulf of Mexico marine food webs.

This project evaluated the importance of sargassum as a nursery habitat for fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

The project team will collect geographic, biological, logistical, and socioeconomic data to pair with stakeholder guidance through a co-production model to address data gaps and inform how and where to manage propeller scarring in aquatic preserves of Florida’s Nature Coast.

The project team will collect spatial and temporal data at population and landscape levels to determine disturbance impacts and build on existing numerical models to better assess resilience capacity for seagrass habitats adjacent to the Chandeleur Islands off coastal Louisiana.

This project worked to reduce the uncertainties of seagrass restoration by considering the impacts of genetic variation in remaining seagrass beds.

This project developed a research and application plan to incorporate elevation profiles into restoration projects to enhance shorebird habitat in the Salt Bayou ecosystem on the upper Texas coast.

This project scoped and designed socioeconomic research to inform restoration planning decisions made for pollution incidents in the Gulf.

This project identified fish spawning aggregation areas in the Gulf of Mexico to provide the basis for fisheries research and conservation programs.

This project guided and informed priority management options to reduce blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense, in Tampa Bay.

This project assessed the use of turtlegrass by finfish and shellfish across the northern Gulf Mexico and evaluated the specific ways seagrass supports blue crabs, a commercially important species.

Managers and scientists collaborated on a research plan to develop a science-based tool for quantifying and reducing critical uncertainties and supporting management of the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama Coastal System, especially with regard to water quality and oyster habitat.