Interactions in the Dark Ocean
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By , on July 5th, 2010 One comment   Biodiversity, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Life Science, Megavertebrate, Microbes, New Research, Zooplankton   , , , , , , ,  

Fig 1 from Steinberg and Hansell (2010) DSRIIThe recent of issue of Deep-Sea Research II is out and focuses on the ecological and biogeochemical interactions in the dark ocean. Perhaps the best summary of why this is an important contribution is from the editor of the volume themselves… The deep sea, a vast, dark realm . . . → Read More: Interactions in the Dark Ocean

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Oil In Gulf’s Food Web
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By , on July 1st, 2010 One comment   Biodiversity, Critters, Ecology, Mating & Reproduction, Oil Spills, Zooplankton   , , , ,  

From Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press… Oil droplets have been found beneath the shells of tiny post-larval blue crabs drifting into Mississippi coastal marshes from offshore waters. The finding represents one of the first examples of how oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill is moving into the Gulf of Mexico’s food chain. The larval crabs are eaten . . . → Read More: Oil In Gulf’s Food Web

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What in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!
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By , on June 7th, 2010 7 comments   Biodiversity, New Research, Zooplankton   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Lynn Margulis classified the Chaetognaths, known as arrow worms, as deuterostomes. Deuterostomy is characterized by  several developmental characteristics including radial, indeterminate cleavage, a posterior position of the blastopore (deuterostomy=”second mouth”), enterocoelous coelom formation and a tripartite adult body plan with a post-anal tail. At least this is what I was taught “growing up”. Three . . . → Read More: What in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!

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Climate Change and Food Availability in the Deep
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By , on April 3rd, 2010 Leave a comment   Ecology, New Research, Zooplankton   , , , ,  

A nice, new video produced by MBARI about Dr. Ken Smith’s research: “The vast muddy expanses of the abyssal plains occupy about 60 percent of the Earth’s surface and are important in global carbon cycling. Changes in the Earth’s climate can cause unexpectedly large changes in deep-sea ecosystems. Based on 18 years of studies, . . . → Read More: Climate Change and Food Availability in the Deep

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What the @$#! is wrong with carbon budgets?
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By , on March 21st, 2010 6 comments   Biodiversity, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Microbes, New Research, Zooplankton   , , , , ,  

[Note the following post makes gratuitous use of keyboard symbols to denote adult language] In the coolest titled paper ever “Assessing the apparent imbalance between geochemical and biochemical indicators of meso- and bathypelagic biological activity: What the @$#! is wrong with present calculations of carbon budgets?” with the world’s coolest handling editor, Burd et al tackle one of . . . → Read More: What the @$#! is wrong with carbon budgets?

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Look At the Drifting Jellies. Just Look At It!
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By , on March 10th, 2010 Leave a comment   Biodiversity, Zooplankton   , ,  

Drifters of the deep from Eugenia Loli-Queru on Vimeo. Hat tip to Penguin Wanderings. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Drifters of the deep from Eugenia Loli-Queru on Vimeo. Hat tip to Penguin Wanderings. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

Yet more TGIF: Plankton at the London Zoo!
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By , on February 5th, 2010 2 comments   Biodiversity, Zooplankton

Kevin tweeted this delightful BBC audio slideshow called “Sea Drifters,” featuring stunning photos of zooplankton. As the token non-deep-sea-researcher of the Deep Sea News group (what? you thought I was a token something else?), I feel it is my duty to bring you these pelagic delights. I look at zooplankton every day, but I never . . . → Read More: Yet more TGIF: Plankton at the London Zoo!

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