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Samantha Andrews
8 January 2014
Animals & Plants

Cool critter of the month: Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacles

Samantha Andrews
8 January 2014
Animals & Plants

Pelagic gooseneck barnacles can be found across the world - and they are happy to make almost anything solid their home.

Tagged: Marine Biology, Marine Science, Open Access Science

Samantha Andrews
5 January 2014
Conservation

When ecotourism and whales collide

Samantha Andrews
5 January 2014
Conservation

Even non-consumptive forms of eco and nature-based tourism – such as wildlife watching – can have a negative impact on the very species we are hoping to see and protect.

Tagged: Ecotourism, Marine Conservation, Marine Science, Open Access Science, Whale Watching, Whales

Samantha Andrews
18 December 2013

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Samantha Andrews
18 December 2013

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Samantha Andrews
15 December 2013
Fisheries & Aquaculture

Can balanced harvesting produce more sustainable fisheries?

Samantha Andrews
15 December 2013
Fisheries & Aquaculture

Balanced harvesting’ – catching predominantly small, immature fish - is controversial. But can it help promote sustainable fisheries?

Tagged: Balanced Harvesting, Fisheries, Fishing, Marine Science, Open Access Science, Sustainable Fishing

Samantha Andrews
8 December 2013
Conservation

What did you say?

Samantha Andrews
8 December 2013
Conservation

Noise pollution is a problem for cetaceans because they use echolocation to ‘see’ and hear.

Tagged: Dolphins, Marine Pollution, Marine Science, Noise Pollution, Open Access Science, Shipping

Samantha Andrews
24 November 2013
Technology

Drones & Dugongs

Samantha Andrews
24 November 2013
Technology

Drones can be incredibly useful for both science and conservation efforts – especially when we are dealing with hard-to-reach or wide ranging animals.  As a bonus they may also prove to be cost effective.

Samantha Andrews
20 November 2013
Fisheries & Aquaculture, Community Science

Citizen Science for Fisheries Management

Samantha Andrews
20 November 2013
Fisheries & Aquaculture, Community Science

Involving local people in research might be one of the few ways in which both communities and researchers in developing nations can obtain data-sets spanning long periods of time.

Tagged: Fisheries, Fishing

Samantha Andrews
10 November 2013
Climate Crisis

Studying the climate past

Samantha Andrews
10 November 2013
Climate Crisis

How can we find out what historic ocean-climate was? Turns out that there are all sorts of clever ways.

Tagged: Climate Reconstruction, ENSO, Foraminifera, Micropaleaeontology, Open Access Science, paleooceanography, Plankton

Samantha Andrews
27 October 2013
Climate Crisis

Ocean warming hotspots

Samantha Andrews
27 October 2013
Climate Crisis

 Climate change doesn’t just mean that the global mean surface temperature is increasing.  Because oceans absorb heat, they too increase their temperature.  The upper layers are affected first, but as warming increases, lower and lower depths also increase in temperature.

Tagged: Marine Spatial Ecology, Movement Ecology, Ocean Warming

Samantha Andrews
13 October 2013
Fisheries & Aquaculture

An unsustainable fishery on the Great Barrier Reef

Samantha Andrews
13 October 2013
Fisheries & Aquaculture

Turns out the Great Barrier Reef's beche-de-mer fishery isn't as sustainable as we would like.

Tagged: Fisheries, Fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Holothurians, Marine Protected Areas, Overfishing, Sea Cucumber

Samantha Andrews
6 October 2013
Conservation, Climate Crisis

The science is clear, but what will we do to take better care of our ocean?

Samantha Andrews
6 October 2013
Conservation, Climate Crisis

All the science is the world isn't going to do anything if we choose not to take action

Tagged: Marine Conservation, Marine Science, Ocean Acidification, Ocean Warming, Overfishing

Samantha Andrews
29 September 2013
Conservation, Community Science

Citizen science data throws light on functional diversity

Samantha Andrews
29 September 2013
Conservation, Community Science

Citizen science teaches us new things about coral reefs - and how we can take better care of them

Tagged: Functional Diversity, Marine Conservation, Marine Science, Open Access Science, Species Diversity, Species Richness

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