Boston Harbor insect census: Looking to tiny creatures to tell the big story on the environment

Hurricanes: Preparing for the next big one

- Core samples: Examining history to predict the future

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- Sensors, radar to give more details on hurricanes

Profile
Heather Leslie
Making a mission
of resilience science

Restoring the Penobscot should bring back sea-run fish

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- Evisioning success

Editor's Notes
Make your summer active

Blue mussel farming as supplemental income

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Male-only dogfish shark fishery draws debate

Science Insights
Looking at ecosystem-based management 'on the ground'

Reality-based regulations defy ‘one size fits all’

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Outside the Gulf
Woods Hole scientists use local plant to boost fish aquaculture in Haiti

Q&A: Karen McElmurry
creates a haven for hurt animals

Travelogue
Cape Cod’s wet and wild residents

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Profile
Judith Pederson, MIT Sea Grant, works to fend off invasive species

Book Reviews
A Coastal Companion details the Gulf of Maine’s natural history

The Naturalist’s Guide to the Atlantic Seashore is a field guide that takes an ecosystems approach

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Freshwater Mussels is a field and conservation guide

In the News
- Mapping communication flow for coastal managers

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- Growing black sea bass using aquaculture
- Rivers play role in removing nitrogen
- Underwater microscope helps prevent shellfish poisoning
- Researchers see potentially significant 2008 red tide season

From the Scientific Literature
- Eel declines linked to changes in Sargasso Sea

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- Mysterious minerals in ocean sediments linked to diatoms
- Mass spawning and coral reef

Oceans & Human Health, the Gordon Research Conference, runs June 29 – July 4 in Tilton, New Hampshire. The conference aims to provide a multidisciplinary platform for discussing the current state of knowledge of the rapidly evolving, interdisciplinary fields that comprise oceans and human health, to identify and debate unresolved questions, and to discuss new research directions. [more information]

Ocean ’08 MTS/IEEE Québec, runs Sept. 15-18 in Québec City, Canada. The theme is Oceans, Poles and Climate: Technological Challenges. The Oceans ’08 MTS/IEEE Québec topic areas include: an ice-free Arctic Ocean: navigational, legal, and policy issues; adapting technology and instrumentation to ice-covered seas; and long-term observation of polar oceans. The technical tracks include: sonar signal/image processing and communication; ocean observing platforms, systems and instrumentation; and air and space ocean remote sensing. [more information]

The 7th International Workshop on Unstructured Grid Numerical Modelling of Coastal, Shelf and Ocean Flows runs Sept. 17-19 at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia. It will focus on theories, results and applications associated with unstructured grids. [more information]