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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Wood, It’s What’s For Dinner
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By , on November 23rd, 2009 5 comments   Adaptations, Biology, New Research, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , ,  

Figure from Hoyoux et al. Munidopsis andama from a woodfall. Note the spoon shaped claw. A deep-sea crab walks into a pub and asked, ”Where’s the bar tender?” Few deep-sea organisms rely on food originally from land. Most deep-sea dwellers rely on marine snow (detritus raining from the surface), large food falls like dead whales, . . . → Read More: Wood, It’s What’s For Dinner

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