Yesterday the DSN crew first saw the video above. What is this large floating sheet of goo? Is it alive? Was it once alive? The two leading contenders seems to be that it is A) an old whale placenta or B) a rare and enigmatic deep-sea jellyfish. And the answer is…. B) A) So why is . . . → Read More: Solving the Mystery of the Placental Jellyfish
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By Dr. M, on  May 9th, 2012  49 comments  Biodiversity, Zooplankton  Cnidaria, deep sea, Deepstaria enigmatica, gonad, jellyfish, pelagic, ROV h/t Bruce Carlson and TED Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}h/t Bruce Carlson and TED Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Kevin Zelnio, on November 6th, 2011 7 comments Adaptations, Zooplankton bioluminescence, National Geographic Despite the “hunting the giant squid” theme, there is some really cool footage here. some of it I haven’t seen before. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Despite the “hunting the giant squid” theme, there is some really cool footage here. some of it I haven’t seen before. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By para_sight, on October 5th, 2011 5 comments Biodiversity, Carnivals & Link Love, Critters, Zooplankton copepod, Microscopy Check this out: That right there is one gorgeous copepod, one of the bigger and more important groups of planktonic crustaceans. It looks huge but is actually tiny; probably 1-2mm. This is what they normally look like on a light microscope: You can see how much richer and more detailed the top image is (although . . . → Read More: Copepod awesomesauce
By Dr. M, on February 25th, 2011 2 comments Biodiversity, Carnivals & Link Love, Mating & Reproduction, TGIF: Pictures & Movies, Zooplankton Make sure you go read Hannah’s post on krill sex in the deep sea. Find out why should care about where Antarctic krill get it on. Also take note of the brilliant web animation of krill sex also released by the authors. As Kevin noted, “Best supplemental evah!” Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Make sure you go read Hannah’s post on krill sex in the deep sea. Find out why should care about where Antarctic krill get it on. Also take note of… By Dr Bik, on February 4th, 2011 5 comments New Research, Uncategorized, Zooplankton Daphnia, DNA, freshwater, gene expression, genome Today marks the long-awaited release of the Daphnia pulex genome, published today in Science. Why is this such a momentous occasion? Well first of all, there are four people from my lab whose names are on the paper, so I will probably get free beer at some point today to celebrate (score!). But more importantly, . . . → Read More: Release of the Daphnia Genome
Larval brittle star "snowflakes." Photo: Dr. Richard Kirby I am spending the holiday break sorting zooplankton in the lab, so this assortment of Christmas-themed plankton seems especially joyous. (I don’t celebrate Christmas, but I do celebrate beautiful photos of plankton!) From Environmental Graffiti: Dr. Richard Kirby, a Royal Society Research Fellow at Plymouth University was . . . → Read More: The 12 Plankton of Christmas
By Dr Bik, on November 8th, 2010 5 comments Oil Spills, Zooplankton BP, Deepwater Horizon, food web, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill, zooplankton A new study released today shows the first evidence of Deepwater Horizon oil entering planktonic food webs in the Gulf of Mexico (is anyone surprised? No? Didn’t think so. ). Researchers from Dauphin Island Sea lab and the University of South Alabama tracked levels of δ13C across different size classes of plankton, looking for depleted . . . → Read More: Oil hydrocarbons ingested by GOM plankton communities
As some of you may know, my graduate research is on plastic debris in the North Pacific Central Gyre. While I am deeply disturbed by the incredible amounts of plastic permeating our oceans, I also feel that taking a critical, scientific look at this issue is key to finding a solution. Misinformation on this issue . . . → Read More: “Recycled Island” not a cure for plastic trash in ocean
By Dr. M, on July 19th, 2010 2 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Dumping, Life Science, New Research, Zooplankton Acanthocephala, Amphipoda, anxiety, Arthropoda, Crustacea, depression, Echinogammarus, geotaxis, Parasite, phototaxis, serotonin Figure 2 from paper: Mean average phototaxis and geotaxis score of E. marinus exposed to varied concentrations of serotonin (n = 20 per treatment) over a 3-week period. Error bars to one standard deviation. *Significance compared with control determined by Mann–Whitney and Bonferroni correction p < 0.0125. Nearly 30-90% of the pharmaceuticals we digest are . . . → Read More: Your Happiness Kills Crustaceans
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