Post by Shawn M. Arellano. Dr. Shawn Arellano is a postdoctoral researcher at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her PhD research at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology concerned the reproduction and recruitment dynamics of a methane-fueled seep mussel. B. childressi: Photo courtesy of Shawn M. Arellano I have a dirty secret: . . . → Read More: I have a dirty secret: I am a mussel sex voyeur.
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By Dr. M, on  May 19th, 2009  3 comments  Mating & Reproduction, Organisms  bivalve, cold seep, fertilization, gamet, larvae, mussels, sex, Sex Week, Shawn Arellano, Spawning, sperm By Dr. M, on May 18th, 2009 4 comments Mating & Reproduction, Organisms Amanda Kahn, fertilization, gonad, hermaphrodite, Mating, oocyte, Porifera, Reproduction, sex, Sex Week, smoking sponges, sperm, sponge Post by Amanda “not a sponge” Kahn. Amanda Kahn is currently a masters student at well-known Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, considered to be one of the west coast’s premier marine stations. Despite still being in her masters, she is quickly becoming the “go-to” person for deep-sea sponges. Let’s start off “sex week” with the steamy . . . → Read More: “Sleezy” sponge sexuality
By Dr. M, on May 17th, 2009 3 comments Mating & Reproduction, Organisms breeding site, brittle star, Chris Mah, fertilization, Japan, Mating, Ophiodaphne, Reproduction, sandollars, Sea of Japan, sex, Sex Week, spawn, Tsuruga Bay A. manni, picture courtesy of C. Mah Post from Chris Mah, purveyor of all echinoderm. Dr. Christopher Mah is a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and conducts reasearch on the biodiversity, biogeography, evolution, and ecology of Asteroidea. Despite his short . . . → Read More: The Sand Dollar Love Shack: A Special Echinoblog to DSN
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