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Conservation & Environment Ecology Microbes New Research Oil Spills Organisms Uncategorized

Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Holly Bik June 6, 2012 18S rRNA Community Ecology Deepwater Horizon DNA Barcoding Fungi Gulf of Mexico high-throughput sequencing Meiofauna metagenomics nematodes Oil Spill plos one

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…

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Conservation & Environment Expeditions Oil Spills Organisms Uncategorized

Follow Dr. Bik to the Gulf!

Holly Bik September 6, 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Genetics Gulf of Mexico Meiofauna Oil Spill road trip twitter

Remember Dr. M’s recent disturbing post about the quelling of independent science in the Gulf? I can now officially announce that my lab was one…

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New Research Organisms

(Sieve) Size Matters

Kevin Zelnio October 27, 2009 benthic Best of Zelnio Biomass Community Ecology deep sea Ecology Meiofauna Mesh Methodology RB Editor's Selection Sampling Design Sediment Sieve Species Diversity

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…

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The Basics

ARCHIVE: 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #11 A Variety of Organisms Inhabit the Deep

Dr. M December 23, 2006 Bacteria Macrofauna Megafauna Meiofauna

I personally love doing this series because it allows me to explore and solidify a variety of ideas I mull over on daily basis. Previously…

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