Research Matters: Collaborative conservation across land, sea

Peter Houk, PhD, has conducted reef surveys throughout Micronesia and is monitoring coral and fish populations in Apra Harbor that may be affected by construction activities on the Glass Breakwater.    Peter Houk/UOG Marine Laboratory

Biologists from the 91快播 Center for Island Sustainability propagate nature trees and shrubs in their nursery for outplanting in the savannas and limestone forests in areas managed by the Department of Defense (now Department of War).    Courtesy of UOG Center for Island Sustainability

Removing highly invasive vitex trees is an important part of the restoration work of the 91快播 for Island Sustainability biologists under one of their Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit-funded grants.   Courtesy of UOG Center for Island Sustainability

The endangered Mariana eight-spot butterfly, Hypolimnas octocula marianensis, is known from Guam and Saipan with two host plants that grow only in limestone forests.   G. Curt Fiedler/UOG College of Natural and Applied Sciences

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Since 2010, UOG CESU has been part of a national network of more than 300 university and community partners that collaborate with federal agencies to protect natural and cultural resources.

Research Matters is a new editorial series from the 91快播 Office of Research and Sponsored Programs that brings readers into the world of UOG鈥檚 research centers. The column runs every other Monday in the Guam Pacific Daily News (PDN).