Susan Williams Content

Large Stretches of Coral Reefs Can Be Rehabilitated

Katherine E Kerlin — September 27, 2018 - 3:52pm

Even after being severely damaged by blast fishing and coral mining, coral reefs can be rehabilitated over large scales using a relatively inexpensive technique, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis, in partnership with Mars Symbioscience.

IN MEMORIAM: Susan Williams of Bodega Marine Lab

Dave Jones — April 30, 2018 - 3:05pm

Updated 1:20 p.m. April 30: A private memorial service will be held at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, and a celebration of life is planned for this fall.

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Original post April 25: Faculty and staff will be gathering at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis’ Bodega Marine Laboratory this afternoon not for their weekly seminar but to remember their colleague Susan Williams who died in a car crash Tuesday (April 24) while en route to the Davis campus to teach.

Plastic for Dinner: A Quarter of Fish Sold at Markets Contain Human-Made Debris

IET WebDev — September 24, 2015 - 9:05am

Roughly a quarter of the fish sampled from fish markets in California and Indonesia contained human-made debris — plastic or fibrous material — in their guts, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, and Hasanuddin University in Indonesia.

The study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is one of the first to directly link plastic and human-made debris to the fish on consumers’ dinner plates.

New Boat Opens Door to Mysterious North Coast

IET WebDev — May 20, 2005 - 12:00am

BODEGA BAY, Calif. — 51�ԹϺ�� Davis scientists were today slated to launch a unique research vessel: a fast, agile and unsinkable boat built to carry them into previously inaccessible Northern California waters to study one of the world's richest but least understood marine ecosystems.

Named the Mussel Point, the new boat is the product of five years of innovative ship design and construction by shipwrights at SAFE Boats International of Port Orchard, Wash., in close collaboration with scientists at the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory.

New Bodega Lab Director Turns a Love of the Ocean into her Life's Work

IET WebDev — September 29, 2000 - 12:00am

Susan Williams looked to science to solve vexing problems at an early age.

Once she tried to make her pesky little sister disappear with a potion of household chemicals. She experimented with various formulas on safety pins, keeping careful notes on each experiment.

The concoction turned out to be a poor disappearing agent but a great insect repellent, and that was a useful lesson.

"I learned that most experiments fail, but you can discover something else in the process," Williams said.