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Carnivals & Link Love Coral Ecology New Research New Species Organisms Pictures and Movies Scientist! Seamount

Coral-devouring sea stars

A new paper by Chris Mah of Echinoblog, Martha Nizinski at the National Marine Fisheries Service, and Lonny Lundsten at MBARI is nicely captured in…

Adaptations Organisms

Hide and Seek in the Deep Sea

Kevin Zelnio August 12, 2010 Camouflage MBARI Visual Ecology

Great informative video from MBARI: “This video shows some adaptations animals have for camouflaging themselves in the deep sea. Many of the animals in the…

Cephalopods Organisms

Squids ‘R’ Us

Kevin Zelnio June 21, 2010 MBARI squid

Awesome squid footage from MBARI! Hat tip to Zooillogix.

Fish

Heading to Monterey!

Kevin Zelnio April 20, 2010 Drinking MBARI MLML Moss Landing

I’m heading off for the rest of the week to work at Dr. M’s old stomping grounds, MBARI. I’ll be staying at the Moss Landing…

Carnivals & Link Love Ecology Education Giant Isopod New Research Organisms Reviews Scientist! Seamount

What’s New With the Dr. M and the Oceans?

Dr. M April 13, 2010 American Scientist bivalve deep sea Ecology evolution Gastropod Giant Isopod Hydrothermal Vent island rule isopocalypse MBARI Monterey Canyan National Geographic NESCent New Species Organisms Seamount Sigma Xi Snail Southern Fried Science twitter

You might have noticed that my posting frequency is down recently. Why? 1. Kevin Z convinced me to start Tweeting. There seems to be an…

Ecology New Research Plankton

Climate Change and Food Availability in the Deep

Kevin Zelnio April 3, 2010 climate change deep sea food availability Ken Smith MBARI

A nice, new video produced by MBARI about Dr. Ken Smith’s research: “The vast muddy expanses of the abyssal plains occupy about 60 percent of…

Cephalopods Pictures and Movies

TGIF: Vampire Squid

Dr. M February 4, 2010 MBARI pelagic Vampire Squid Vampiroteuthis

The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) lives in the deep ocean, home to the largest ecosystems on our planet. A “living fossil,” this animal has remained…

Adaptations Biology Conferences Organisms Pictures and Movies Scientist! Uncategorized

Life in the Deep Sea: Only the Fragile Survive

Dr. M December 11, 2009 cilia comb jelly deep sea jellyfish MBARI NABT NESCent pelagic pressure Steve Haddock Temperature

At this year’s National Association for Biology Teachers conference, Steve Haddock from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, spoke on deep ocean habitats. The National…

Organisms Pictures and Movies

Blood Belly Comb Jelly

Dr. M October 22, 2009 blood belly comb jelly Ctenophore jellyfish MBARI Monterey Bay Aquarium video

Great video of a comb jelly with its silica plates that are reflecting light. These plates are aligned in rows or combs and thus the…

Vessels and Equipment

Benthic Rover, Benthic Rover

Dr. M September 15, 2009 benthic benthic rover cabled observatory deep sea Ken Smith MARS MBARI Monterey Accelerated Research Syste Monterey Bay oxygen consumption respiration rover

Send that data right over. The absolute coolest gadget to hit deep-sea science is is the Benthic Rover, the deep-sea equivalent of the Spirit and…

Deep Sea News

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