Biology | Deep Sea News - Part 54

Adaptations Biology Ecology Environmental Sciences Fish New Research Organisms

Spinach, Popeye, and Fishy Pigeons

Dr. M March 7, 2010 bagels Baited Camera Traps carbon 13 chicken climate change detritus fatty acid phytoplankton pigeons Popeye rattails Sailor seagrass spinach

Originally, Popeye the Sailor gained strength from rubbing the head of a rare chicken. Not until 1932 and thereafter did Popeye gain superhuman strength and…

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Adaptations Fish Mating & Reproduction New Research Open Access Organisms

Family Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm Packets

Dr. M February 28, 2010 anglerfish batfish deep sea fish goosefish lure Monkfish Parasite parasitic males

My wife is from a very large family. Inevitably at in-law gatherings, I find myself whispering into my wife’s ear, “How are you related to…

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Mating & Reproduction Organisms Social Sciences

Ex Omnia Conchis: Darwin and His Beloved Barnacles

Kevin Zelnio February 16, 2010 Archetype Barnacle Best of Zelnio Charles Darwin Cirripedes Cryptophialus Darwin Day Erasmus Darwin evolution Hermaphroditism HMS Beagle Homology John Hooker Lamarck Mr. Arthrobalanus On the Origin of Species Richard Owen Robert Chambers taxonomy Vestiges Zoonomia

As part of Darwin Day on Friday, I gave a brief talk at Duke Marine Lab during happy hour about Darwin and his beloved barnacles.…

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Biology Cephalopods Coral Ecology Environmental Sciences Geology Natural Disaster New Research New Species Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Reconsidering the Origins of Marine Life and All Life

Dr. M February 15, 2010 Coral deep sea Eel finches friends isopod offshore onshore origin of life orign

What is the origin story of deep-sea organisms? For decades, we thought shallow coastal waters were the cradle of marine life repeatedly pumping species into…

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Mating & Reproduction

Garner Defiled by Dolphins

Kevin Zelnio February 15, 2010 Dolphin Jennifer Garner Letterman Penis sex

When will it stop??? When will the world see how disgusting and perverse these creatures are? When will you see them for who they REALLY…

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Biology Ecology Environmental Sciences New Research Organisms Paleobiology The Basics

LSDG: An Acronym Consuming A Field

Dr. M February 9, 2010

You may never heard of LSDG (although some of you may have heard of LSD but I make no judgement here) but a lot scientific…

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Ecology Expeditions

Dispatches from Antarctica – Sampling the Inverted Benthos

Kevin Zelnio February 7, 2010 algae Antarctica Carbon David Honig Diet LARISSA Primary Production R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer sea ice Stable Isotopes

David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA,…

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New Research Paleobiology

Rotting Lamprey Implications

Kevin Zelnio February 3, 2010 Decay Lamprey Morphology Nature Paleobiology Rotting

This video from Nature Video Channel on Youtube is complimentary to a recent study showing “… that certain body features rot away before others –…

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Ecology Environmental Sciences Industry & Government New Research

‘Safe’ Water-Based Drill Cuttings Affect Seafloor Animals

Kevin Zelnio February 2, 2010 Best of Zelnio Drill Cuttings Drill Mud Drilling Experiment Infauna Mesocosm Sediment Sedimentation suspension feeding

Oil and gas extraction is pervasive among the coasts of the world. In many areas, such as the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast…

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Ecology Microbes New Research Organisms

Great Abyssal Diversity Among the Microscopic

Dr. M January 19, 2010 abyss donuts Microbe microbial operational taxonomic unit Organisms rare biosphere

An area the size of a coffee table on the deep-sea floor would yield hundreds of species. A few species would dominate with numbers in…

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