The Southern #NorthSea is important for both man & beast! It provides food for #seabirds, seals & harbour porpoise, as well as supporting EU #fishing fleets & is a source of #oilandgas for the UK. View the full video on #MPAs located there at bit.ly/SouthernNorthS… Cefas

#ThursdayThoughts~10,000 years ago you could have visited Europe from the UK by foot when Dogger Bank #MPA was dry land! Now submerged, the UK’s largest sandbank gives protection to habitats which support a rich variety of #MarineLife #NorthSea bit.ly/DoggerBank Cefas

Mosaic of #MPAs protecting a myriad of habitats, species & geological features, fit together to make UK MPA network. In turn, contributing to wider networks of protected areas in Europe & NE Atlantic #OceanOptimism #EuropeanMartimeConference View in full @ youtu.be/wD3PCXhRKw4

Our DeepSeaCRU researchers are working with JNCC and other partners in the Deep Links project to help protect the amazing diversity of life in the UK's deep ocean #WorldOceansDay2018 x.com/JNCC_UK/status…

Yeah Sure #shrunkencupoff is all nice and well but what about #shrunkenpenguinoff? #jc136 Deep Links (uncoloured penguin is unshrunken)

This #WorldOceansDay explore the #MarineProtectedArea cycle from concept to protection, with a lot of water in between! Learn how we collect #data & work with partner orgs, govs & industry towards a healthy sustainable marine environment. View in full @ youtu.be/SD59BvJdEgs

Footage from our #DeepLinks research cruise shows some of the amazing life found in #MarineProtectedAreas just off the coast of the UK #deepsea x.com/JNCC_UK/status…

Footage from our #DeepLinks research cruise shows some of the amazing life found in the Anton Dohrn Seamount #MarineProtectedArea just off the coast of the UK #deepsea x.com/JNCC_UK/status…

Came across this guy on the video transect at 800m today! Just chillin’ 😎 #deeplinks #deepsea

And then this beautiful Mora moro swam by! #deeplinks #deepsea

Nicola Foster - checking how many images you need to analyse and how often to adequately represent community. Depends on substrate and different intervals sample either alpha or beta diversity. Must ensure adequate transect length! #DSBS2018 DeepSeaCRU Deep Links

Prof Kerry Howell (not in use) (head of DeepSeaCRU) presenting Deep Links modelling results: ~50% Lophelia larvae settle in depth band of origin and bathyal peak in escapees from seamount. Better escape if passive, better depth mixing if swimming. Will compare to genetics soon. #DSBS2018

Great presentation by Herre San on work to model population connectivity of corals on the Gulf of Mexico. Larvae staying at depth of release. Similar observation to Deep Links

Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn theguardian.com/environment/20…

Hi folks, again we are having discussion around what to call our ship-based field work. Place your vote now.

Artificial intelligence (AI) could help scientists shed new light on the variety of species living on the ocean floor. plymouth.ac.uk/news/study-exp… Natural Environment Research Council Deep Links Nils Piechaud

Because she’s gorgeous, and because it’s #WorldOceansDay

In case you missed it, check out our latest paper on how artificial intelligence (AI) could help us speed up the rate at which we gather knowledge of the #deepsea and #highseas plymouth.ac.uk/news/study-exp… Natural Environment Research Council DeepSeaCRU @deepseaecol Nils Piechaud

“There’s not much more to life than Ducks and Capybaras” 💕 I’ve just been informed by Regan Drennan there is an area of the internet dedicated to Capybaras enjoying being surrounded by other animals. This has made my day. Two of my favourite animals feature in this one:

#spongethursday #SeaRover2019 Here is a closer look at Hyalonema the tulip sponge and its glass roots <insert pun here> (those are zoanthid anemones up the stem) Marine Institute EU Maritime & Fish @npwsBioData Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine @Dept_CCAE Marine Institute DeepSeaCRU