Andrew is a freelance marine biologist in North Carolina focused on population and conservation genetics in hydrothermal vent communities.
David is a graduate student in Florida. He studies the ecology and conservation of sharks. 
Amy is a graduate student in North Carolina studying local ecological knowledge within small scale fisheries. 
Chuck is a graduate student in North Carolina focusing on apex predators and how they interact with fisheries. 
Lyndell is a graduate student in North Carolina, studying the feeding ecology of cownose rays. 
Iris is a graduate student in Washington studying habitat use and feeding habits of juvenile Pacific salmon and herring in Puget Sound. 
Michael is a graduate student in Maryland investigating the visual systems of mantis shrimp. |
Wednesday Morning Open Thread – an experimentI’m going to try something new this summer. Every Wednesday we’ll post an open thread where you can ask questions, start discussions, post links to interesting articles, or just say “Hi”.  Luna. photo by Andrew Thaler Today’s open thread sponsored by Luna, the Nigerian Dwarf Goat. 4 comments to Wednesday Morning Open Thread – an experiment |
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Al Dove has a great piece up on Deep Sea News about how satellite tags work – link to deepseanews.com
Carl Safina has an article at Huffpost on Norwegian whaling – link to huffingtonpost.com
And here’s a great, approachable YouTube series by the author of Earth: an operator’s manuel on how to talk to climate change deniers – How to talk to an ostrich – link to youtube.com
Anyone up in DC for Capital Hill Ocean Week?
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I’ll toss a little shameless self-promotion up here. Check out my newest post on how fisheries management done wrong can ruin ecosystems: link to yalikedags.southernfriedscience.com
Some interesting parallels between Italy’s management in the 80s and Canada’s current proposal to limit habitat protections to “useful” species: link to vancouversun.com
And unfortunately, I’m in NC for Ocean Week, where they celebrate by trying to legislate what the ocean can do.
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