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More Fish Mean Healthier Reefs

Web“These findings reveal that parrotfish indeed have a positive and critical role in coral health, a hotly debated issue in coral-reef research that cannot be resolved with …

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Plan your visit Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebPlan your. visit. Registering for research, submitting proposals, requesting permits, preparing travel documents, getting vaccinations and obtaining health insurance are just …

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Vaccinations and Healthcare Smithsonian Tropical …

WebRoutine vaccinations. Make sure your routine vaccinations are current. These vaccines include measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine, varicella …

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Inclusive science Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebThe scientists advocate shifting the current value system, which is biased against women and minorities, towards a more diverse and inclusive model of science. …

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About Us Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebThe Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute was founded with the purpose of increasing and sharing knowledge about the past, present and future of tropical ecosystems and their relevance to human welfare. This work began in Panama in 1910, when the Smithsonian led one of the world’s first major environmental impact studies, which surveyed and

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Attachment issues Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebHelping Heather with her doctoral work at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) is intense. It requires many hours in the ocean followed by …

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Welcome! Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebJoshua Tewksbury, the interim executive director and U.S. global hub director of Future Earth, has been named director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute …

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Frog Toxins For Medicine Smithsonian Tropical Research …

Web1/5. “Remarkably, toxins from a single frog skin can kill 130–1000 mice,” said Candelario Rodríguez, a researcher at INDICASAT and first author of the review. “The …

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Sick and shunned

WebAs Italy urges tourists not to cancel their plans in the face of the coronavirus outbreak and a National Basketball Association memo reportedly encourages teammates …

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Aquatic microbes Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Web1/2. Water is a key resource for life on earth. People rely on streams and lakes for food and recreation. Microbes are less appreciated constituents of aquatic …

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Ocean acidification and reefs

WebThe glue that holds the coral reef togetherthreatened by global change. Rapid increases in ocean acidity puts crustose coralline algae in a growth predicament, research by a Smithsonian marine scientist shows. Ocean acidification is the world’s biggest chemistry experiment. It’s playing out across 70 percent of the world’s surface …

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Ancient diseases Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebAs a bioarchaeologist and paleopathologist, Nicole Smith-Guzmán has been able to detect a variety of diseases in the bones of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of …

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Bryophytes Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebBryophytes is the informal group name for mosses, liverworts and hornworts. They are non-vascular plants, which means they have no roots or vascular tissue, but instead absorb water and nutrients from the air through their surface ( e.g., their leaves). Most of them only grow a few centimeters in height, and since they don't need …

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Wash your hands Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebA new study by researchers affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), The University of Oklahoma, Panama’s government research center …

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Health Insurance Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebCoverage description: Accidental death, total and permanent disability, including dismemberment, medical, pharmacists, hospital and surgical expenses, as long as the …

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It’s complicated Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebWhen everyone benefits, the relationship is called a mutualism, when one benefits and the other neither benefits or is harmed, it is called commensalism and when one benefits and the other loses, it’s called parasitism.. In the tropics both these tight, symbiotic relationships, and looser relationships are common and often ancient: corals …

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Reef fisheries Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebIn a press release from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, co-author Sebastian Ferse says: “There is no need to ban fishing on reefs to save an …

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Watershed resilience: student and teacher-led exploration of land …

WebProject title. Watershed resilience: student and teacher-led exploration of land use change and stream health. Mentor's name(s) Jefferson Hall, [email protected], STRI staff scientist

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Measuring mangroves Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WebThe Smithsonian Tropical Research Center’s Galeta Point Laboratory on the Carribean Coast is bordered by swamps of red, white, and black mangroves. The term …

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