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The silvery lightfish is one of the most abundant species inhabiting the North Atlantic mesopelagic layer. Despite its ecological importance there is insufficient knowledge about its population genetic structure.
Maybe not in our lifetime, but it seems like they might be heading toward becoming separate species? For future taxonomists :)
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But it shows you how social media as part of your research strategy, and I am certain this will be an essential work desk book for scientists and researchers to begin outreach on social media.
(And I am not just saying that because I am interviewed in the book or because I got a signed copy!)
I have just received Social Media for Research Impact by Marcel Bogers and Mike Young, and I wish something like this had existed earlier in my career.
This is not a book about chasing likes or becoming famous.
(Although, that would be a nice side effect!)
Very few of us learn how to communicate in public spaces, and certainly not on social media.
However, the latter is increasingly the place to be to communicate our research.
Most of us just figure it out as we go.
Now there is an alternative.
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Scientists are increasingly told to be visible.
But how do we reach the right audience?
Our colleagues in the field know about the work from papers and reports, but how do we reach the community to let the results have real world impact?
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#SocialMediaForResearchImpact
Happy new year!
As above, so below.
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Science and marine life folks! Does anyone on here study sea anemones (or know someone who does)? I'm particularly interested in talking to someone about the biomechanics of their tentacles and stinging cells. ๐งช๐ฆ
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
To see more about the authors:
Gyda: www.researchgate.net/profile/Gyda...
Roger: www.researchgate.net/profile/Roge...
Beyond that, genomic data opens exciting opportunities in bioprospecting, which could lead to innovative products in seafood and health.
This marks a major step forward for marine research, and itโs only the beginning!
This breakthrough is crucial for sustainable resource management and enables the development of tools to study populations along the coast.
Mรธreforsking's researchers Roger Meisal and Gyda Christophersen has recently mapped and sequenced the genome of the red sea cucumber, published in the journal Genome cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
Yet we still know too little about its ecology, biology, and population structure along the Norwegian coast.
To manage this resource responsibly and sustainably, we need deeper knowledge.
Genomic data provides an entirely new level of insight.
๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ?
The red sea cucumber (๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด) has long captured our interest.
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
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Their ability to tolerate low oxygen levels and the regular length of day and night in the study area are also key aspects.
To read more see our paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
MEESO funded by @ec.europa.eu
#Ocean#TwilightZone#MesopelagicFish
#Research
#MarineEcology
In the Arabian Sea, the biomass of lanternfishes is particularly high, but dominated by only a few species.
Much of the high production of the Arabian Sea is channelled via zooplankton to the stock of lanternfishes due to the low abundance of competing small pelagic fish.
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Why are so many lanternfishes in the Arabian Sea?
Lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) are one of the most common and abundant families among the fishes living in the twilight zone and play a key ecological role in the pelagic ecosystems.
When I read about the Arabian sea it's mosly focused on the distriburion of benthic snails, Interestign to read about what is going on in other parts of the water column!๐
Indian ink, water colours and guach.
Vampire squid by Carl Chun, 1903. Image from the NOAA Photo Library (Public Domain) Bela Lugosi as Dracula, anonymous photograph from 1931, Universal Studios (public domain).
So behind the Dracula cape hides not a monster, but a gentle recycler keeping the deep sea clean.
More about the squid:
www.mbari.org/animal/vampi...
#spookyspecies #biodiversity
It lives in the dark, deep sea.
But Instead of hunting the living, it drifts silently through the deep, collecting โmarine snowโ, tiny flakes of dead plankton and detritus sinking from the surface.
Here's my take on a vampire squid dressed up as Bela Lugosi's version of Dracula.
Hereโs the twist: it doesnโt drink blood.
I am all in a sea of wonders.ย
Dracula, Bram Stoker
The vampire squidย Vampyroteuthis infernalis, it's name literally meansย โthe vampire squid from hell.โย
Sounds like a Halloween nightmare, right?
๐ชธMarine biologist @trondoskars.bsky.social calls iNaturalist the 'Twitter for species' (let us call it Bluesky for species ๐! ) Amateurs post photos + locations of organisms. Researchers and other skilled amateurs then help ID them. The result: verified, open data on #biodiversity.