Hi everyone! I’m a PhD student studying small aquatic habitats and their inhabitants (branchiopods & copepods). My research uses a multidisciplinary approach: integrative taxonomy, geochemistry, social sciences, and science outreach. #PhDstudent #Branchiopods #Copepods #Plankton #Wetland

Three new species of tiny #crustaceans called #copepods have been discovered in the coastal waters of Korea and Palau. 🌊🧬

Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1273.176856

#newspecies

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Copepod rectangular earrings - enameled with sterling silver ear wires

Copepod vinyl sticker

🐡 Celebrate #SciArt this March! Today’s spotlight: #copepods - these tiny crustaceans are found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat - and now you can wear them!
Check out our copepod designs available as four different styles of earrings and a sticker at bluebeehivestudio.etsy.com

Meanwhile, on Earth:
In the ocean, copepods begin their massive vertical migration, a microscopic parade triggered by the longer March days.

#copepods #ocean #migration

Acute effects of copper exposure and predation risk in five coastal copepods Natural stressors, including predation risk, can affect the response of organisms to anthropogenic contamination. Copper, used as an antifouling agent…

New publication about acute effects of copper exposure and predation risk in five coastal #copepods
With Solveig Brochmann, Jan Heuschele, Torben Lode, Josefin Titelman, Katrine Borgå @borga.bsky.social from @biovitenskap.bsky.social
Published by @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

Could this be Ilyocryptus sordidus? Blood red inside and yellowish on the outside. I found it in the 17 mtr deep #freshwater #sediment sample. #crustaceans #microscope #citizenscience
#copepods

Todays #Plankton catch. Many #copepods!

#Microplastics are often framed as a surface ocean problem, but new research shows that #copepods may be driving 100s of microplastics down the water column per cubic metre of seawater every day, by packaging #plastics into their negatively buoyant faecal pellets. Read 🔗 pml.ac.uk/news/watch-n...

WATCH NOW: Real-time imaging of microplastic gut passage in zooplankton A new study has, for the first time, recorded and measured just how fast microplastics move through the gut passage of a key zooplankton species in real time – and used those measurements to estimat

A new study has, for the first time, recorded & measured just how fast #microplastics move through the gut passage of a key #zooplankton species, revealing #copepods may be moving 100s of plastic particles per cubic metre of seawater down through the water column every day: pml.ac.uk/news/watch-n...

𝘊𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘮 - a new monstrilloid copepod species has been found in the northern South China Sea.

Want to know how? Check it out on our open-access journal: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #zooplankton #copepods

Deze soort #nauplius larve ben ik na deze foto nooit meer tegengekomen. Heeft iemand een idee welk geslacht het is?
I never came across this #larvae again after this photo. Does anyone know what the genus is?
#plankton #zooplankton #microscopy #copepods #freshwater

A copepod against black background. It’s white/transparent with orange patterning and orange egg sacs.

#Crustmas Day 9

This is one of the prettiest copepods I‘ve found. It‘s called Hersiliodes latericius and was found in coastal waters in Spain

#MarineLife #Copepods #Crustacean

A new species of the copepod genus Pseudodiaptomus is described from specimens collected from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#copepods #endemicspecies #newspecies

First record of an association between the copepod genus Hemicyclops and the scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis, with a newly described species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#copepods #corals #crustaceans

Monstrilloid copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) in the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution: updated redescriptions of Mexican species of Monstrilla Dana The species of monstrilloid copepods (Monstrilloida: Copepoda: Crustacea) from Mexico that were deposited by the author in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Instit...

Re-examination and redescription of type specimens of several species of Monstrilla copepods.

#copepods #taxonomy #zooplankton

doi.org/10.3897/zook...

Where the Copepods Are: Prey Data Can Improve Right Whale Models A new collaborative study finds that incorporating copepod aggregation maps into North Atlantic right whale models could improve those models’ predictions, providing a better understanding of where en...

Where the Copepods Are: Prey Data Can Improve Right Whale Models

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

#News #USNews #Animals #Wildlife #Fish #Oceans #Whales #MarineLife #MarineMammals #Fishery #Fisheries #NOAA #Environment #Copepods #RightWhales

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Beyond competition: food availability shapes trophic interactions between benthic harpacticoid copepods and free-living nematodes Species interactions are fundamental drivers of ecosystem functioning, yet their role in structuring trophic relationships among benthic meiofauna rem…

Fresh from the press! 🙂Check out our latest article on #speciesinteractions -> "Beyond competition: food availability shapes trophic interactions" for #copepods. @elsevierconnect.bsky.social @embrc-eu.bsky.social
#marinebiologyresearch #foodwebs #meiofauna
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The answer, based on #eDNA #metabarcoding seems to be that in addition to their favourite staple, #copepods of the genera Clausocalanus, Paracalanus, Pseudocalanus and Ctenocalanus, they eat as much as 14% of other fish larvae.

Global patterns of modularity and narrow host use in fish-parasitic copepods (Crustacea) Parasitic copepods are amongst the most diverse and ecologically significant parasites of fish, yet their macroecological patterns remain poorly understood. In this study, a comprehensive dataset of f...

A comprehensive dataset of fish–copepod associations, based on the World of Copepods database.

#macroecology #parasites #copepods

doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

Microcystis and Dolichospermum colonies

Sample jar

Plankton net

Microcystis colonies underwater.

Went out fishing for #plankton yesterday. Main catch: #cyanobacteria #diatoms #copepods #cladocera #dreissena #veliger
#citizenscience #freshwater

#NewSpecies!
New copepod from #southchinasea just surfaced:

Monstrilla pseudograndis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/9851EEA4-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #MonstrillaPseudograndis

#FAIRdata
#openaccess #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #crustacea #copepods #ocean #zooplankton

For the first time, copepods of the family Sabelliphilidae are found to be associated with bryozoans, as three species of the genus Lichomolgella are described as new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#copepods #bryozoans #newspecies

Want to learn more? Check out this recent paper by Dr Zara Botterell - lead author and PhD Fellow at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk / @exetermarine.bsky.social which investigated the impacts of mixed #microplastics on #Copepods: pml.ac.uk/news/impacts...

#Copepods help regulate the planet's #carbon, through the #BiologicalCarbonPump! 💩

#Copepods are vital to the #marine #foodweb 🧵👇

#Copepods may be #plankton, but they can leap like fleas! 🧵👇

In case you didn't know... it's #InternationalCopepodDay! Enjoy these fun facts about #Copepods, and discover just how vital they are to life as we know it on Earth 🌍 Follow the thread 🧵👇

Original post on mastodon.social

27-Jun-2025
Tiny ocean migrants play a massive role in #SouthernOcean #carbonStorage

A groundbreaking study has revealed that small but mighty #zooplankton—including #copepods, #krill, and #salps—are key players in the Southern #Ocean’s ability to absorb and store #carbon […]