“Icy Inverts” 2013 Cruise – Scientific Adventures in Antarctic Waters
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By , on January 4th, 2013 Leave a comment   Expeditions, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , ,  

Genomics, Biodiversity, and Antarctica – three of my favourite things! For all you expedition junkies, these three things are exactly the focus of the 2013 “Ivy Inverts” cruise. My Gulf oil spill collaborator at Auburn University, Ken Halanych (along with an international team of students and colleagues), is currently steaming towards Antarctica aboard the Research . . . → Read More: “Icy Inverts” 2013 Cruise – Scientific Adventures in Antarctic Waters

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New Innovative Estimate of Total Marine Species
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By , on August 30th, 2011 One comment   Conservation & Environment, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Mark Gibson is a divemaster, social scientist, and independent writer living in Washington, DC. He can be found blogging at Breaching the Blue. You can find Mark on twitter @breachingblue. The following post is cross-posted at his blog here. —————————————— How many marine species are there? It is a question that stumped even the . . . → Read More: New Innovative Estimate of Total Marine Species

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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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