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Research Matters: Collaborative conservation across land, sea

Research Matters: Collaborative conservation across land, sea

Research Matters: Collaborative conservation across land, sea


10/13/2025
Peter Houk, PhD, has conducted reef surveys throughout Micronesia and is monitoring coral and fish populations.
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 University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability propagate nature trees and shrubs.
Biologists from the University of Guam 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.
Removing highly invasive vitex trees is an important part of the restoration work of the University of Guam 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.
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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The University of Guam’s Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, CESU, is leading the way in environmental research and stewardship through projects that span coral reef monitoring, native plant restoration, endangered species protection, and marine archaeology.

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.

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