Non-Profit Org. Sea Grant Welcomes New Employees U.S. Postage C O A S T A L C L I P S P A I D Coastal Clips is a Louisiana Sea Grant will enjoy working with them, as well.” omnibus proposal, maintaining project Permit No. 733 quarterly publication of No. Fall Baton Rouge, LA the Louisiana Sea Grant 2008 has two new faces in its Robertson is responsible for files and the program’s databases, College Program. administration offices. the program’s day-to-day responding to inquiries Louisiana Sea Grant College Program Katie Lea is assistant to the business operations and from researchers and Sea Grant Building • Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7507 executive director, and Kelly supervising the accounting the public, and planning Robertson is the program’s office. She comes to Sea special events such as From the River to the Sea and Back Again business manager. Grant from the LSU Office the Presidents’ Forum “Katie and Kelly bring of Research and Economic on Meeting Coastal during daylight hours, but these are questions strong skill sets to Sea Development, where she was Challenges. Prior to they hope to answer. Grant and will aid in the a grant/contract specialist. joining Sea Grant, she was “The next step we’re taking in 11our research program’s evolution,” said She earned a master of arts manager and interim grant Sara Conner, is to determine the duration of their nocturnal LSG Executive Director Kelly Robertson degree in education and a manager for LSU’s Center Jodi Caskey swimming, top swimming speeds and how (another of Charles Wilson. “In the short time they have master of public of administration for Computation and Bauer’s far and fast juvenile M. ohione can migrate been here, each has tackled some significant degree, both from LSU. Katie Lea Technology. She earned a students), upstream,” said Bauer. Using video, motion Ray Bauer, analysis software and expertise provided by projects. They’re a pleasure to work with, and Lea’s responsibilities include bachelor of arts degree in business from Nick Rome and I’m sure our researchers and constituents preparation of Sea Grant’s two-year Michigan State University. • Tyler Oliver ULL collaborator Brad Moon, the researchers have clocked the juvenile shrimp swimming anywhere from .5 mph to about 1 mph. Lindstedt joins GOMA Rod Emmer, Ph.D Swimming speed appears to depend on the water’s speed, and the researchers haven’t yet Dianne Lindstedt has been selected to serve as a Louisiana representative on the On Aug. 3, 2008, he longest journey starts with a close to salt water as they can before releasing determined the shrimp’s maximum speed. Environmental Education Priority Issue Team of The Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA). Dr. Rodney Edwin single step. And if you’re a three- them. Sampling by the Louisiana Department Stable isotope analysis of juvenile shrimp Lindstedt is Louisiana Sea Grant’s education coordinator, a post she has held Emmer, Louisiana T inch-long river shrimp, there are of Wildlife and Fisheries in the Atchafalaya Delta conducted in collaboration with LSU researcher since September 2003. Sea Grant research many steps and swim strokes before you reach Wildlife Management Area (ADWMA) has been Brian Fry will help test the hypothesis that GOMA is a partnership among Alabama, Florida, professor, passed the sea to reproduce. critical to the research effort. coastal estuaries are the starting point of the Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas that collaborates away, the victim of River shrimp (Macrobrachium ohione) were In lab experiments, Bauer’s team found that juvenile upriver migration. at the local, state and federal levels to enhance multiple myeloma, a common throughout the central United States in M. ohione larvae need to be exposed to saline At such slow speeds, how could the ecological and economic health of the Gulf of type of blood cancer. the early 20th century with a range extending up waters in their first five days of life in order to M. ohione have migrated from the Gulf of Mexico. It was initiated in 2004 with the objective of A memorial where the Mississippi River and its tributaries from the molt and have the highest chance of survival. Mexico up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers addressing Gulf issues and management on a more friends and coworkers Gulf of Mexico north to central Missouri and far M. ohione larvae simply don’t molt in fresh water. to their former habitats in central Missouri holistic, regional scale rather than state by state. have shared their up the Ohio River. Today, they are abundant only The researchers also discovered the shrimp had and up the Ohio River? And once upriver, C O A S T A L C L I P S in the Atchafalaya and lower Mississippi rivers Environmental education is one of the group’s six remembrances of No. Fall higher molting success and were better able to juvenile shrimp have to mature and mate priority areas, which also include water quality for Rod is online at 2008 in Louisiana. fight off fungal infections in higher salinity water. before females travel back to the Gulf to healthy beaches and shellfish beds, wetland and www.laseagrant.org/ Rod Emmer Served in restaurants through the early When the team sampled the Atchafalaya hatch embryos. At best, M. ohione has a life coastal conservation and restoration, identification Dianne Lindstedt memory.htm. • Jan.1, 1944 – August 3, 2008 Publications from Louisiana Sea Grant 1970s, M. ohione is still important to Louisiana’s River, they discovered females with more expectancy of two years and the round trip can and characterization of Gulf habitats, reducing bait fishery and as prey for many freshwater developed embryos be thousands of miles. nutrient inputs to coastal ecosystems, and coastal community resiliency. Louisiana Coastal Hazard Mitigation Functions and Values of Wetlands in Louisiana fishes. Understanding the species’ migration closer to the Atchafalaya One hypothesis is that “ GOMA is a good opportunity for Sea Grant to increase its collaboration in marine education issues,” Lindstedt said. “Its primary goal is to Louisiana Guidebook This free, 16-page booklet discusses the role from fresh water to coastal bays and back Delta and those with brine springs and surface increase awareness of the importance of Gulf of Mexico resources. I’m looking forward to working with this great group of people who are focused on Louisiana Sea Grant College Program Development strategies outlined in the of wetlands in providing wildlife habitat, again is critical to maintaining the shrimp’s less developed embryos salt deposits along the educating and engaging our citizens and our youth in Gulf issues.” • Louisiana State University guidebook will reduce the risks from buffering storms, controlling erosion11 and ecological, as well as commercial, importance. upriver. The team upper Ohio and Mississippi Sea Grant Building coastal natural hazards such as storm M. ohione grows to about four inches in length, also discovered an rivers provided saline larval On the Web: LSG’s Louisiana Marine Education Resources, http://www.lamer.lsu.edu/ Gulf of Mexico Alliance, http://www.ulfofmexicoalliance.org/ Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7507 mitigating floods. It also describes the surge, other flooding, subsidence and sea in contrast to its much larger freshwater cousin abundance of larvae nurseries. Another is that Charles A. Wilson, commercial, recreational and cultural values Executive Director level rise. Techniques discussed in the of wetlands, as well as conservation efforts. the Malaysian prawn (M. rosenbergii), more moving down-stream, the shrimp upstream have Presidents’ Forum Draws Regional Insurance Officials Editors: Roy Kron, Paula Ouder. Art: Robert Ray. guidebook can be implemented by local Functions and Values of Wetlands in Louisiana commonly found in seafood markets. about three drifting days a different development Circulation: Jessica Schexnayder. governments as well as individuals. Copies nicely compliments the Marsh Mission “Brackish water is crucial to river shrimp from the ADWMA and process. Insurance officials from across the region, “The bottom line is this – insurance The day’s programming included of the guidebook are free. However, there Classroom CD. larvae’s first molt and initial survival,” said Ray Atchafalaya Bay, giving What is certain is the as well as state and local policy makers, gathered affordability and availability and the sustainability presentations on the variety of flood insurance The Louisiana Sea Grant College Program is part of the National Sea Grant College Program maintained by the National is a $5 postage charge. Bauer, professor of biology at the University of them a good chance of Incubating river shrimp larvae shrimp’s range has to discuss potential solutions to the growing of our coast are key to the long-term recovery options available to businesses and individuals, Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Sea Grant, a unique partnership with public Louisiana at Lafayette. “So our first question reaching brackish waters diminished significantly and future growth of our region,” added Mis- background on the federal flood insurance and private sectors, combining research, education and A Fisherman’s Guide to Common Coastal insurance crisis looming over coastal communi- Marsh Mission Classroom CD was: Do the females release embryos into the and molting. during the past 80 years, most likely due to ties during the Fourth Presidents’ Forum on Meet- sissippi Insurance Department Commissioner program, private insurance, reinsurance and a technology transfer for public service, is the national network Fishes of Louisiana of universities meeting changing environmental and economic Explore Louisiana’s coastal marshlands river soon after mating and let the current carry After larval development and then water-control structures like dams and wing ing Coastal Challenges. Mike Chaney, who was one of several out-of-state variety of ways state and local governments can needs of people in our coastal, ocean and Great Lakes regions.