Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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By , on June 6th, 2012 11 comments   Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Microbes, New Research, Oil Spills, Organisms, Uncategorized   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Ironically enough, I was at a meeting about oil spills when the Macondo well blew. The “Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) in Arctic waters” workshop brought scientists and industry contacts together to discuss the challenges and consequences of petroleum-related accidents in fragile polar habitats. I remember the BP executives had to step out to deal . . . → Read More: Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights
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By , on November 30th, 2011 One comment   New Research, Uncategorized   , , , , , ,  

Make no mistake about it — I am shamelessly pimping out our lab’s new paper, written by yours truly. In fact, the title of this blog post was actually an alternate name for the manuscript (although I’d love to see the reviewer comments on that title). Technology is absolutely ridiculous these days. My iPhone is . . . → Read More: Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights

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Scientist In Residence Jarrett Brynes: How Are Extinctions and Invasions Shaping Food Webs?
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By , on February 18th, 2011 5 comments   Adaptations, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Fishing, Organisms, Scientist!   , , , , , , ,  

February’s Scientist In Residence that I am way behind on introducing is Jarrett Byrnes, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). I have a lot of respect for Jarrett for not only his mad blogging skills at the cleverly name i’m a chordata! urochordata! but for his impressive research . . . → Read More: Scientist In Residence Jarrett Brynes: How Are Extinctions and Invasions Shaping Food Webs?

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(Sieve) Size Matters
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By , on October 27th, 2009 8 comments   New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

The sieve: a marine community ecologist's best friend. Enter the sieve. It is a marine biologists best friend, saving hours of sorting and enabling quantification of fauna. In fact you can get these miracle workers at McMaster-Carr for a mere $40-50. You take good care of these puppies and they will last several graduate student’s . . . → Read More: (Sieve) Size Matters

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