The SARTRAC research continues to have impact around the world, with Dr Thierry Tonon (University of York) and Dr Sien van der Plank (University of Southampton) both travelling to the 8th European Phycological Congress in Brest, France, in August 2023. The European Phycological Congress began in Cologne in 1996, and runs every four years in…
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Collaborative research activities between the University of Southampton and National Autonomous University of Mexico
This blog post is provided by Dr Victoria Dominguez Almela & Dr Sien van der Plank.The TeleconnectedSARgassum risks across the Atlantic: building capacity for TRansformational Adaptation in the Caribbean and West Africa (SARTRAC) project is excited to announce its latest collaboration with the Institute of Engineering, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) (Mexico). As part…
Fieldtrips, meetings and a symposium in Barbados, March 2023
On Saturday 4 March, four SARTRAC project members arrived in Barbados from north, east and west: Prof Robert (Bob) Marsh (University of Southampton, UK); Dr Winnie Sowah and Bernice Oppong (University of Ghana); Romario Anderson (Mona Geoinformatics Institute, Jamaica). Based just outside the historic Garrison area of Bridgetown and hosted by colleagues from the Centre…
Exchanging sargassum knowledge in the Western Region of Ghana, January 2023
Written by Dr Sien van der Plank Welcome to the coast of the Ghanaian Western Region. Seemingly endless beaches of coconut and palm trees. A biodiverse tapestry of coastal, forest and freshwater ecosystems. A blend of cosmopolitan towns, gas terminals, farmland, tourist resorts, and smaller villages. In every locality, there is land to farm to…
Sargassum research in Ghana (More than Maps)
More than Maps – Sargassum research in Ghana – see the video here.
Sargassum is worsening the conditions of the poorest people in Ghana
This blog post is provided by Dr Victoria Dominguez Almela1 & Dr Philip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah2 and tells the story learned during the SARTRAC fieldtrip to the remote coastal areas of Sanzule, Beyin and Esiama, Ghana. Sargassum, a type of brown seaweed, has been invading coastal areas across the Atlantic since 2011 and has become a major…
Barbados – first port of call for westbound Sargassum, and where we finally meet Project Partners after two long years!
From the University of Southampton, SARTRAC investigator Prof Robert (Bob) Marsh and PhD student Yanna Fidai visited the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies, over 24-31 March 2022. The Cave Hill campus is located in the northern suburbs of Bridgetown in…
New SARTRAC Paper Published
Thierry Tonon at York, Mona Webber at UWI Mona, and Bob Marsh from Southampton with the help of their research teams, have published research on Sargassum harvested around Jamaica in 2020. They found that Sargassum fluitans were dominant in summer, but morphotype abundance may be seasonal. Seaweeds from the south and the north of Jamaica…
New SARTRAC Team Member
We are all very happy to announce the arrival of our new Senior Research Assistant, Victoria Dominguez Almela, based at the University of Southampton. Vicky is an ecologist with research interests covering the impacts of invasive species on biodiversity and people. She has been working since 2017 on better understanding biological invasions as part of…
SARTRAC Scientific Sargassum Series – Risk Management Strategy for Sargassum Stranding in Jamaica and the Caribbean 15th December 2021 2pm (GMT)
with Dr Kerrine Senior, UWI – Mona Campus The second event of the SARTRAC Scientific Sargassum Series will be held on Wednesday 15th December 2021 at 2pm (GMT), 10am (AST). Registration link – Meeting Registration – Zoom Further details for this event are contained within the flyer below.