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Category Archives: Marine Biology
Acorn worm
Source: Discover Magazine Here’s another interesting animal documented in the 2016 deep sea exploration in the Marianas Trench, an enteropneust or commonly known as the ‘acorn worm’. This worm leaves behind spiral deposits in the mud. The front end of … Continue reading
Zealandia coral garden
Zealandia is a large fragment of the former super-continent of Gondwanaland, an ancient super continent that existed between about 570 and 510 million years ago (Mya). This coral garden was spotted here (Zealandia)
Deep sea exploration in the Marianas
As the deep sea exploration in the Marianas Trench reaches another week in the 69 day expedition, we enter the second week of posts about amazing deep sea animals pictured during the expedition. Special thank you to the expedition team … Continue reading
Interview with Erika Bergman, Robogirl
The students from PNG were amazingly respectful and gracious hosts for us in their country. Meet Erika Bergman, an enthusiastic ocean explorer, scuba diver, ROV pilot, manned submersible pilot, good friend and co-author in my most recent publication on Robots … Continue reading
Posted in Marine Biology, People, PNG, Science, USA
Tagged Andrew Thaler, Erika Bergman, Nago Island, Robot Building, ROV2PNG, UPNG Students
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Interview with Dr Andrew Thaler
the program was fantastically rewarding, both for the students and the instructors As promised earlier, in celebration of our most recent publication, I ask a few questions to Dr Andrew David Thaler, lead author of the paper on Robots as vectors … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Marine Biology, PNG, Science
Tagged Andrew David Thaler, Erika Bergman, marine invasion, outreach, PNG, robots, Southern Fried Science
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Robots as vectors for marine invasions and 5 guidelines to address this
A recent publication on “Robots as vectors for marine invasions” was compiled by a group of scientists from their experiences working with observation class micro-ROVs and the possible threats these new tools of the trade pose for marine conservation. It all … Continue reading
Lets talk fish
The fifth Pacific Tuna Forum is on next week at the luxurious Sofitel Resort, Denarau, Nadi, Fiji. More than 250 delegates including over 30 well known speakers are expected to attend as Pacific Island countries come together to discuss sustainable management … Continue reading
Hermaphrodite flatworm that fucks itself in the head
Today marks the International Polychaete Day and you can use #InternationalPolychaeteDay on twitter to follow interesting discussions on Polychaetes but while the focus is on Polychaetes, I have a rather interesting flatworm that I will discuss in this post. Flat worms are of … Continue reading
A fish of a day
BomaiCruz will be spending a lot of time this year out on oceanic cruises. Internet accessibility might not be great on most of these cruises but I will do my best to keep you all posted in this short time … Continue reading
Posted in Marine Biology, PNG, Science, Tourism
Tagged Acanthocybium solandri, Wahoo fish
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