Our fiddler crabs have arrived 🦀💚 It's great to see these charismatic little crabs again! They're very cute and are exploring their new surroundings Lucy Martin UoP Marine Biology

Feeding the fiddler crabs 🦀 💚 To mimic their natural habitat, we have the crabs in brackish water with a dry land area in their tanks. We are feeding them algae so that they can feed off the sediment like they would in the wild 🌱

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𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲....🥁 The winning photo 📷🥇 in the Mangroves & Landscape category for the #MangrovePhotographyAwards 2022 is ‘Walakiri Dancing Trees' 🍂💚🌱🌎 Congratulations to Loïc Dupuis for this mesmerizing sunrise along the beaches of East Sumba 👏

The fantastic runner-up in the Mangroves & Landscape category of the #MangrovePhotographyAwards 2022 is ‘Dreamlife of Mangroves’ 🌅💚🌱🌎Congratulations to Melodi Roberts for this serene reflection at dawn on the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.👏 #Mangroves

The fiddler #crabs have been popping out to say hi more regularly over the last few days. It's good to see them settling in and feeding 🦀💚 #science #laboratory #labwork Lucy Martin UoP Marine Biology Katharyn Boyer

An infographic of an interesting paper by French and Wainwright (2022), highlighting mislabelling in the pet food trade #ExeterMarine #MVEC University of Exeter CEC University of Exeter, Cornwall

The naughty Gribble , a tiny marine Isopod that’s more than happy to eat piers boats and any other wooden structure , nom nom

Represented here in #SETACPittsburgh are members of #SETACAfrica, presenting their innovative and breakthrough research. We had a brief but insightful meeting with SETAC world council vice-chair Beatrice Opeolu. Day 3 has been mind-blowing. 👏💯

Ready to get started Malacological Society of London #MolluscanForum at the Natural History Museum!! Looking forward to talks from the UoP Marine Biology group Fiona Woods Kate Dey Monica Fabra Lucy Martin Lauren Cook

This year’s Environmental photographer of the year has some striking images raising awareness for the issues that threaten our planet 🌏 #photography #environment #COP15 theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…

Happy International #WomeninScienceDay! A day to promote equal participation for women & girls in science 🔬🧪🔭🌏💚🌊 A shout-out to some of the brilliant women I work with 💙🙌🏼

🌲#Forests🌲Interesting Paper in 2021 Series👏 "Estimating the Service Life of #TimberStructures Concerning Risk and Influence of #FungalDecay—A #Review of Existing Theory and #Modelling Approaches", written by Philip Bester van Niekerk et al. 👉mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/5… 📗 #fungi

A very successful boat trip this week! We collected lots of lovely mud samples which will be used for understanding what species the Asian date #mussel occurs with. Couldn't have done it without Charlie Mountain and Lucy Martin.

I finally defended my thesis and passed my #PhD viva! Forever grateful to my supervisors (Prof Joanne Preston - Coastal Restoration Lab, Tim Bean, Gordon Watson), examiners (Bernadette Pogoda, Simon Cragg) but also the Oyster team and IMScommunity of University of Portsmouth for the love and support in the past years

🍄 Fungi are fantastic! They play a vital role in plant health and they contribute to our ecosystem in so many different ways

Super exciting to see an #endangered smooth-hound shark on the BRUVs monitoring the Solent Oyster Restoration Project oyster restoration in Langstone harbour!! 🦈🦈

Another open day at the University of Portsmouth and I’m happy to see my face on the banner for biological sciences UoPSchool of Biology. It an exciting and rewarding experience talking to students and parents about marine biology UoP Marine Biology