Project Description
The University of Houston-Clear Lake employed students to conduct research to monitor multiple habitat restoration sites within the Galveston Bay system.
The University of Houston-Clear Lake employed students to conduct research to monitor multiple habitat restoration sites within the Galveston Bay system.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi improved water quality monitoring methodology of seagrass-dominated ecosystems by developing a data-rich imaging-based technology that is time and cost efficient for processing large numbers of samples.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi expanded the oyster shell recycling program, increased opportunities for community involvement, created an "Oysters in the classroom" program, and examined alternative reef building materials.
The University of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi maintained the Shell Bank by continuing to reclaim oyster shells from coastal bend restaurants for restoring degraded reef.
Atkins participated in the Resource Management Codes revision and helped ensure their consistency across several state and federal agencies.