My first published paper of my PhD. Using an ocean colour algorithm to detect and monitor a harmful algal bloom off south coast of Ireland, 2019 using satellite technology 🛰️📡🌊🌍 Marine Institute @nuigalway NOAA's Ocean Service NOAA Academic Chatter™

Using the video sledge and baited cameras to observe seabed biodiversity on the RV Corystes @MarPAMM_project @UlsterUniGES AFBI

Nephrops on our baited cameras in the Sound of Jura @UlsterUniGES @MarPAMM_project

Lots of sandeels on our sledge camera last night! @UlsterUniGES @MarPAMM_project AFBI

We are testing NOAA Coastal Ocean Science HABscope (AI trained software that identifies the swimming patterns of phytoplankton Karenia) in Irish waters for the first time this summer as part of my PhD with Marine Institute @nuigalway Earth & Ocean Sciences Ryan Institute @ University of Galway. Check out this article to learn more

Fantastic image of a blue whale by AB Declan Horan, on Marine Institute RV Celtic Explorer. This important sighting was taken around 73 nmls west of Slyne Head, Galway in 3000m of water. Thank you Declan for reporting this to the IWDG. #iwdgreportingapp #marineinstituteireland

Slieve League from the RV Celtic Explorer Marine Institute Research Vessels

Mapping deep sea mounds on Fangorn Bank @UlsterUniGES Marine Institute Prof Louise Allcock

Bamboo coral at 1400m using ROV 700km west of Ireland #CelticExplorer @UlsterUniGES Marine Institute Prof Louise Allcock

ROV ops continue at Fangorn Bank as part of the #celticexplorer Resources of Rockall cruise. Data will contribute to the Challenger 150 #OceanDecade programme. Prof Louise Allcock

On the way back to Ireland after a great survey on Fangorn Bank. Loads of biodiversity on the deep sea mounds! #CelticExplorer @UlsterUniGES Marine Institute Prof Louise Allcock

Our Challenger 150 expedition to Fangorn Bank is complete. Part of a 10-year programme to study the deep sea, the first ROV footage of this area of sea floor mounds is in the bag #CelticExplorer #Challenger150

Off the Aran Islands deploying the University Of Limerick ROV off Ulster UniversityGES RV Laconia to see evidence of coastal erosion @UlsterUni

Virtual PhD graduation today @nuigalway. Huge thanks to everybody who helped me along the way, especially @BarnacleHunt Colm Lordan Marine Funding Opportunities

Early morning plankton sampling as the sun comes up in the Malin Sea #CelticVoyager @UlsterUniGES

Happy to announce that the final chapter of my PhD has just been published! We modelled larval dispersal in the Norway lobster/langoustine/scampi and found links between larval recruitment and population size. @BarnacleHunt Colm Lordan Marine Institute onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fo…

Happy to publish our study on common skate! Here, we see evidence of increasing abundance of the critically endangered common skate due to the introduction of important fisheries management measures. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dd… @UlsterUniGES @MarPAMM_project Sophie Loca Diversity & Distributions

Oisín Jackson presented us his BT Young Scientist award-winning project, to celebrate #WorldMetDay The future of Irish hydrometeorology is in good hands 👏 We're delighted to engage with the generations that will experience different #weather & climate in future #climatechange #IPCC #water

New Research: A review of new and existing non-extractive techniques for monitoring marine protected areas: Ocean biodiversity loss is being driven by several anthropogenic threats and significant efforts are required to halt losses and… #MarineScience frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Great to be involved in this paper!