Monitoring the environmental impact of deep sea mining will require screening many thousands of marine images. Maybe #BIIGLE 's #AI tool MAIA can help here a little? 🌊 🦐 🐟 💻frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

NEW 📢 Cape Town caracals have elevated levels of inbreeding and 'if migration rates decline or anthropogenic mortality rates increase, the potential risk of extinction is greatly elevated'.
#ConserveCapeCaracal Chris Kyriazis Laurel Serieys Biological Sci UCT onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

#FBIPSeaMap involves collecting invertebrate specimens at sea. We gain distribution & #genetic information & sometimes even discover new species!

Our technician, JJ is pictured at sea taking an inventory during the most recent survey

I wonder what we'll find 🤩

⚠️DID YOU KNOW⚠️

At one point in time, there was thought to be zero life in the deep sea beyond 300 fathoms (~550m).

Edward Forbes proposed the azoic theory in 1843, based on his observations of declining numbers of plants and animals at increasing depths.

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Articulation coming along 🛠️ has been a huge challenge to get the right movement without obvious joints. Quite happy with how he’s moving now 🦗

🪸First detailed description of embryo biology of a black coral
👉Our embryos developed into feeding larvae that can swim and explore the water column

More info: tinyurl.com/4mp2fdkt

With A.Godinho Meri Bilan Marina Carreiro-Silva
Azores Deep-Sea Ecology Research iAtlanticEU

Big review on #mesophotic coral ecosystems out today in Trends in Ecology & Evolution: Function and stability of mesophotic coral reefs sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Heritage runs deep! Our team is at Iziko South African Museum this week validating invertebrate occurrence records and lovin' it😍

#museum #heriatge #historical #Marine #biodiversity

Next BIIGLE user meeting announced for Feb 13, 2024. Let’s come together and talk about new features and other interesting stuff and your BIIGLE ideas and questions. Register using the link in our newsletter #4 biigle.de/newsletter/sho…
#BIIGLE #MarineImaging

📢 New Paper Alert!

'Towards #equity and #justice in #oceansciences '

Open Access npj Journals paper:
nature.com/articles/s4418…

I'd love to hear from the community if you have any other thoughts & ideas of how we could make the ocean research community more equitable and just?

Thanks UCT for the feature! 🙏🏽🤗😍🌊

we made a new thing! the monster (840pp 2.1kg 868 spp plus egg ribbon ID) field guide to southern African sea slugs... get it from local dive shops or DM me...
#molluscMonday and then some!

New paper on Mediterranean sponges!😎
We assessed and compared the sponges from seamounts and trawl fishing grounds of the Balearic Islands, discovering thriving communities boosted by red algae beds
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Supported by LIFE Intemares Govern de les Illes Balears ECOBRED
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And another one: plymouth.ac.uk/study/research…

PhD on offer: Are you a computer scientist with a love of the ocean? Or a marine scientist who loves coding. Either way we want you in Plymouth! plymouth.ac.uk/study/research…

#PhD opportunity to study #benthic communities in iSimangaliso & uThukela #MPAs

Join WildoceansSA to explore the hidden world of mesophotic #reefs 🪸 Apply by 11 Dec 2023

Details here: sancor.nrf.ac.za/Documents/11De…
📸 #MarineProtectedArea website

📣 New OA article in Nature Scientific Reports! 📣

nature.com/articles/s4159…

Excited to share our latest paper exploring broad-scale trophic ecology of #caracals with increasing human pressure using #StableIsotopeAnalysis 🐱🏙️

Urban Caracal Project Laurel Serieys Biological Sci UCT Rhodes University

Earlier this year, I presented my PhD thesis at the #3MT Competition at Rhodes University 🇿🇦 and got selected for the national contest ! 😱 Although I did not win there, it was a great experience and I learn lots about #scicomm ☺️ Check it out ! 👇
youtu.be/AobaaNVpWTA?si… via YouTube

⚠️NEW EPISODE⚠️

In honour of the late great Don Walsh, we attempt to raise a toast to him and all that he’s done for the community, by bringing you this Don Special episode.

Listen here: bit.ly/47uB2iO

📸 LIFE magazine cover (Feb, 1960)