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Did You Know…What’s That Glow?
Maryland Sea Grant and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are working with researchers in Puerto Rico to determine what is causing the coastal lagoons to glow.
It’s a fascinating project, and the devastation of Hurricane Maria has made the work all the more challenging.
Centro TORTUGA students doing research. Photo courtesy of Maria F. Barberena-Arias
The project is part of a broader partnership between Maryland Sea Grant, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), Universidad del Turabo (UT), and Universidad Metropolitana (UMET) in Puerto Rico.
Read more about the program and ongoing research:
Chasing the Mystery Behind Bioluminescence
in Puerto Rico
Our efforts to start the program.
Hurricane Maria Potential Game-changer for
Horn Point Student's Research
UMCES’ digital coordinator Kristi Moore tells the story of one researcher in Puerto Rico and his quest to solve the mystery behind the light.
Centro TORTUGA
Website for the Centro TORTUGA program.
Puerto Rico Undergraduate Education Initiative
Website covering the outcomes, benefits, student achievements, and research focus of the Puerto Rico initiative.
Photo, top: Juan Alvarez examines water in Puerto Rico's bays. Photo courtesy of Juan Alvarez
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Featured Fellow
Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
