Detecting the hidden diversity ices.dk/news-and-event…

Great people to collaborate with and cool acoustic data to work with. Scattering layers un the Arctic ! WUR Marine Stockholms universitet AWI Media science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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We deployed a #WBAT #mooring (autonomous #simrad echosounder) to observe pelagic fish activity in relation to #Waddenzee at the Dutch - German nautical border for #Swimway project. Located near beautiful Groningen city the #Westereems  inlet connects North Sea to Wadden Sea.

On our way to #Ices coordinated international #BlueWhiting acoustic survey, started on beautiful sunny day. We will cover large spawning aggregations along the shelf edge west of Scotland and Ireland. Main team is from WUR Marine & DTU aqua. Follow: bluewhitingsurvey.blogspot.com/?m=1

We are calibrating our #Simrad EK80 wideband echosounders and ME70 multibeam. All going smoothly near Saint Michael's Mount at #CORNWALL. Soon we will also finish our tests with the fish and plankton nets and set out to open ocean for bluewhiting acoustic survey.

Vacancy for marine ecosystem acoustics scientist. A researcher with an academic qualification in acoustics, biological sciences, mathematics, or engineering is looked for. The vacancy will be listed up to and including April 3th, 2022. academictransfer.com/en/310537/ecos…

After departure from Cork-Ireland, we are on our acoustic transects along porcupine bank since Monday. No blue whiting backscatter yet. But ring net samples from surface scattering layer keep some of us busy. The catch is dominated by #krill #jellyfish and some lantern fish.

Genetic technologies will revolutionize fisheries science! If you are student doing #marine science keep your eyes on this field. #eDNA now providing quantitative estimates of Pacific hake in the open ocean. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.109…

Researchers at the #bluewhitingsurvey catching various sea creatures, like this beautiful siphonophore 🐠

Very good progress on Porcupine bank, acoustic backscatter from huge blue whiting aggregations, good catch for biological sampling and very nice weather ( so far!). #BlueWhiting acoustic survey going well.

Almost entire Northeast Atlantic blue whiting stock migrates and forms huge spawning aggregations, tens of nautical miles from the continental slope, at about 400 meters depth.  One of the most fascinating ecological phenomena I have ever seen. Check out my colleagues blog.

Zooplankton, cornerstone of marine food web and key elements of  global carbon cycle. Fish surveys provide opportunity to study them. While our objective is to quantify #BlueWhiting spawning stock, we also collect valuable zooplankton data including broadband acoustic backscatter

Last few days for application! Join us for the fisheries acoustics research in Wageningen Marine Research @WURmarin. Deadline is 3rd of April.

A month ago observing blue whiting at west of UK during their spawning aggregation. Now in the #NorwegianSea some adults seems to be already back to their homeland. Some photos from IESNS survey 2022 targeting spring spawning herring and juvenile bluewhiting ca 70° N on RV #DANA

Researchers have shown that RNA molecules can grow peptides all by themselves—no ribosome required—which may have helped kick-start life on Earth. fcld.ly/qrymjse

🤖 The AI system parses data points such as the frequency and loudness of the sound from the audio clips and can determine with at least 92% accuracy whether the reef is healthy or degraded, according to the team's study published in Ecological Indicators journal 8/9

Avian flu is devastating the seabirds of the Northern Isles This catastrophe has global significance – at this time of year, Scotland hosts 46% of the world’s northern gannets theguardian.com/environment/20…