Join the #iBOLConsortium on Oct. 28th for the new "BIOSCAN: Illuminating Biodiversity" webinar series with a talk, "Macrogenetics through DNA Barcodes" by Dr. Leonardo Dapporto ZEN LAB - Numerical and Experimental Zoology Lab ibol.org/webinar/webina… #BIOSCAN #biodiversity #ForNature #science

These look like Eumicrotremus terraenovae--Newfoundland's Spiny Lumpsucker. Often mistaken for E. spinosus (in Europe and high arctic).

See discussion in Mecklenburg et al. 2018 (2 volumes) oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/2… We have confirmed by genetics--very similar. Notes: researchgate.net/publication/34…

Can also see on iNaturalist and WoRMS - this local species went unnoticed in records for decades! inaturalist.org/taxa/459183-Eu… marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=ta…

See similar on trawl camera surveys--just hunker down, like a dog in a good spot, hoping the camera frame will go away (and not roll right over it on the seabed!).

Jubinville et al. show that co-occurrence between vulnerable skates and commercially valuable groundfish, modelled from fishery-independent survey data, can successfully predict the spatiotemporal patterns of bycatch in observed catch. Read full article: bit.ly/meps_679_1

Had great workshop by EuroSea on macroalgal monitoring—current visual and new (eDNA, remote sensing, & noting litter). Heard interest for standards like DarwinCore, workshops to do ID, tips for citizen science iNaturalist, & publishing data OBIS. Thanks to organizers!

Raina Delisle Isabelle Groc Orca Book Publishers We're so excited Isabelle Groc's new book, Conservation Canines, made it into Hakai Magazine's coastal kids round up of pawsome books! We couldn't agree more! Here's orca scat detection dog, Dio, giving it four paws-up. 🐾🙏🏾💙🐳

#ImageOfTheDay: November 27, 2021: Dandelion siphonophore seen on Gulf of Mexico's West Florida Escarpment. Dandelion animals are a colonial cnidarians, most closely related to corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish. Full caption: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/dai…

A new study led by the awesome Paul Regular looking into the role of starvation mortality on the population dynamics of Northern cod. Insufficient food (eg lack of capelin) contributed to the stock collapse, & has played a role on its limited recovery. 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Then to build SEAFOAM on top: Supervised (learning) Ecological Assessment of FOAM, to bolster the models.

Learn more now: open data we publish like OBIS obis.org/node/7dfb2d90-…, photos like WoRMS marinespecies.org/CaRMS/photogal…, iNaturalist projects like Dr. @CherisseDuPreez: inaturalist.ca/projects/marin…, collab. work like Dr. Ellen Kenchington: iatlantic.eu

Thanks, iNaturalist! To paraphrase a famous cough syrup slogan, "It looks awful, but it gets the job done"--to be noticed here, and then onto GBIF @biodiversity.social/@gbif. See other in the project: inaturalist.ca/projects/extra…,

World’s Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) ordered from Largest to Smallest

Here is their North Atlantic cousin: inaturalist.ca/taxa/60603-Cyc…. “Powerful’ is surely in reference to the pelvic sucking disc, rather than swimming speed :).