A common theme in the talks I am attending is how and why species exist/coexist in certain localities. Two more talks today hit on this theme as well. Travis Ingram today discussed coexistence. Sets of species can be found together because 1.) the local habitat requires a certain set of adaptations that all … . . . → Read More: How Did You Get Here?
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By Dr. M, on  June 14th, 2009  2 comments  Adaptations, Biodiversity, Fish, New Research, Scientist!, Uncategorized The evolution of parrotfish saw two morphological innovations, pharyngeal jaw modification and the novel intramandibular joint. The pharyngeal jaw, a characteristic of all parrotfish, is basically a second set of jaws in addition to the primary jaw. Kind of like a mouth in a mouth. Didn’t the creature from Alien have a pharyngeal jaw? … . . . → Read More: All The Better To Eat You With My Dear!
By Dr. M, on June 14th, 2009 2 comments Biodiversity, New Research, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls …ranges. Yesterday, at Evolution 2009 I also attended the talk of Maria Miglietta from KZ’s old stomping grounds. Maria discussed work on species geographic boundaries of vestmentiferan tube worms primarily in the Gulf of Mexico. Let me say the irony of seeing a deep-sea talk in the middle of Idaho is not lost on me. Examining … . . . → Read More: Tubeworms with Really Big…
What is a marine biologist doing in Idaho? That is the question I have heard a lot lately from friends and family. The Evolution 2009 meeting is taking place right now in Moscow, Idaho. And well, deep-sea biologists are evolutionary biologists too dammit! Thinking of Rick Macpherson I could not avoid attending Joshua S. Reece’s … . . . → Read More: Moray Eels Are Everywhere and There Is One Over Your Shoulder Right Now!
The daily video logs from the Finding Coral Expedition just keep getting better and better. Production quality is excellent, especially the mixed audio tracks. Audio is too often overlooked in deep-sea video. In this video log my PhD advisor, Dr. Thomas Shirley, reports back on the experience of his first solo-dive in the Deep Worker … . . . → Read More: Another Brittle Star City
By Dr. M, on June 12th, 2009 2 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Environmental Sciences, Microbes  Adaptations, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Boston, deep sea, diversity, food, Guinness, oxygen, physiology It’s a hard knock life for deep-sea animals. It’s really cold in the winter. It’s really cold in the summer. It’s dark and wet…like Boston and Guinness. Your only source of food, what little you get, is far from fresh and may have passed through the rectum of more than one animal. If you … . . . → Read More: OMZ’s: God-For-Saken Pits of Despair
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 12th, 2009 Leave a comment Carnivals & Link Love Blogfish, carnival of the blue, Duke Research I can’t believe we didn’t get this up earlier in the week! But Mark Powell from Blogfish has a special jam packed 25th edition of the Carnival of the Blue up! Lots worth reading from all your favorite marine bloggers plus a few stragglers too! Also, Dr. M will be questioned for Duke Research’s “5 … . . . → Read More: New Carnival of the Blue – World Ocean Day Edition!
By Peter Etnoyer, on June 12th, 2009 4 comments Expeditions British Columbia, Cape Flattery, Finding Coral Expedition, Living Oceans Society, Michael Reuscher, submerisble pilot, Texas A&M University Michael Reuscher is a PhD student at Texas A&M University -Corpus Christi and a freshly minted submersible pilot engaged in the Finding Corals Expedition with Living Oceans Society. He has been reporting since June 5, sends this from the RV Cape Flattery, currently stationed off the coast of British Columbia. Darkness in the submersible… Every … . . . → Read More: Michael’s First Dive in the Deep-Worker
Jacques-Yves Cousteau born on June 11, 1910 . . . → Read More: Happy Birthday Jacques!
By Dr. M, on June 10th, 2009 3 comments Vessels and Equipment autonomous underwater robot, AUV, Challenger Deep, deep sea, hybrid, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean, remote operated vehicle, swiss army, tether, Wood's Hole, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute At the beginning of May we discussed Nereus, the new $5 million hybrid-transformer-multipurpose-all knowing-swiss army knife of deep-sea research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The autonomous vehicle can switch between an autonomous underwater vehicle (unteathered to the surface) to a remote operated vehicle (tethered) depending on the mission. At that time, the goal was … . . . → Read More: Deep-Sea Transformer Sets Record
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