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Publisher/Editor - Amy Thurman amy@southerntidesmagazine.com
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Editorial Assistant - Elizabeth Wheeless info@southerntidesmagazine.com The Bitter End Columnist - Captain J. Gary "Gator" Hill jgaryhill@gmail.com Around the Reef Columnist - Michelle Riley michelle.riley@noaa.gov Ebb & Flow Columnist - Trey Leggett info@southerntidesmagazine.com Consulting Naturalist - John "Crawfish" Crawford crawfish@uga.edu Contributing Writer - Erin Weeks weekse@dnr.sc.gov
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About the Cover: Scientist Alicia Reigel, marine biologist from Louisiana State University, is working on her multi-year assessment of microbial communities that live with corals in Gray's Reef. She is examing the roles these tiny organisms play and how they help their coral hosts survive in changing ocean conditions. Photo by Marybeth Head/NOAA
