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Blogging the abyss: 15 May─16 June 2017

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Blogging the abyss: 15 May─16 June 2017

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  • Day 33: 16 Jun 2017

    The Shortarse Feelerfish and other conundrums

    Tagged as:
    featureless fish, blind fish
  • Day 32: 15 Jun 2017

    Brittle-stars blow my mind

    Tagged as:
    brittle-stars
  • Day 31: 14 Jun 2017

    Fish collectors hold the key to preservation

    Tagged as:
    Australian National Fish Collection
  • Day 30: 13 Jun 2017

    Our fabulous forams prove abundant, diverse and unusually gigantic

    Tagged as:
    forams, foraminifera
  • Day 29: 12 Jun 2017

    Beam us up Jérôme

    Tagged as:
    Viperfish, bioluminescence
  • Day 28: 11 Jun 2017

    Mobile-home-building tubeworm known from Labrador and Madagascar also dwells in our deep sea

    Tagged as:
    Calcareous tubeworms, Spirodiscus groenlandicus
  • Day 27: 10 Jun 2017

    First peek in the deep end of Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve

    Tagged as:
    Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve, seafloor habitat
  • Day 26: 9 Jun 2017

    Abyssal espresso, coming right up!

    Tagged as:
    ocean pressure
  • Day 25: 8 Jun 2017

    Sampling for microplastics, from surface waters to muddy sediments of the abyss

    Tagged as:
    microplastics
  • Day 24: 7 Jun 2017

    We’ve created the first full street-view map of an Australian Commonwealth marine reserve

    Tagged as:
    seafloor mapping, East Gippsland Commonwealth Marine Reserve
  • Day 23: 6 Jun 2017

    This biologist is on a mission to map seafloor life across the globe

    Tagged as:
    mapping seafloor life
  • Day 22: 5 Jun 2017

    Deploying elephantine weights from the height of Mt Kosciuszko

    Tagged as:
    gear deployment
  • Day 21: 4 Jun 2017

    Lizard fish are all green eyes and hinged teeth

    Tagged as:
    Lizard Fish, Bathysaurus ferox
  • Day 20: 3 Jun 2017

    Processing the catch: a meeting of arcane art, lined paper and picklery

    Tagged as:
    Processing biological samples
  • Day 19: 2 Jun 2017

    Crinoids were the trigger for deep-sea exploration

    Tagged as:
    Crinoids, feather stars, sea lilies
  • Day 18: 1 Jun 2017

    Mud, mud, glorious abyssal mud

    Tagged as:
    Abyssal mud, beam trawl
  • Day 17: 31 May 2017

    The faceless fish looks happier and heartier than it did in 1887

    Tagged as:
    Faceless fish, Faceless Cusk, Typhlonus nasus
  • Day 16: 30 May 2017

    Think twice before adding these to your seafood cocktail!

    Tagged as:
    Decapoda, rock crab, squat lobster
  • Day 15: 29 May 2017

    Is this cute little coffinfish in need of a name?

    Tagged as:
    Coffinfish, Chaunacidae
  • Day 14: 28 May 2017

    This metal marvel collects time capsules of life from the abyss

    Tagged as:
    Brenke sled, seafloor sampling
  • Day 13: 27 May 2017

    Is a sea spider a collection of drinking straws from outer space?

    Tagged as:
    sea spiders, pycnogonids
  • Day 12: 26 May 2017

    Getting the feel for eels

    Tagged as:
    Basketwork eels, leptocephalus
  • Day 11: 25 May 2017

    These carnivorous sponges wield lethal weapons made of glass

    Tagged as:
    carnivorous sponges
  • Day 10: 24 May 2017

    Sounding out a world of hidden folds and valleys beneath the waves

    Tagged as:
    multibeam sonar, seafloor mapping
  • Day 9: 23 May 2017

    Orbs, paddles, spines, ejecting jaws and silky smoothness: meet the polychaetes of Australia's abyss

    Tagged as:
    polychaete worms
  • Day 8: 22 May 2017

    Always one hand for the ship, and other tips for motion-filled days at the office

    Tagged as:
    Bass Strait, sea-sickness
  • Day 7: 21 May 2017

    Tripod fishes find dinner with fins and rays, not eyes and teeth

    Tagged as:
    Tripod fish, Spiderfish
  • Day 6: 20 May 2017

    Exploring a perfect square of abyssal seafloor, one teaspoon of sediment at a time

    Tagged as:
    box corer, seafloor sediment, forams, micro gastropods
  • Day 5: 19 May 2017

    When sorting stars, cucumbers, tripods and toilet rolls, we all know a fridge from a Kombi

  • Day 4: 18 May 2017

    Crustaceans beware when the dragon fish shines its red light of death upon you

    Tagged as:
    bioluminescence
  • Day 3: 17 May 2017

    The sorting begins: four squid, some jellies, a baby eel and . . .

    Tagged as:
    Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve
  • Day 2: 16 May 2017

    I demonstrate the 'jacuzzi' as the land becomes a haze of twinkling lights

  • Day 1: 15 May 2017

    We're all set to enter the world of jelly and fangs!

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All abyss blogs

  • The Shortarse Feelerfish and other conundrums
    16 June 2017
  • Brittle-stars blow my mind
    15 June 2017
  • Fish collectors hold the key to preservation
    14 June 2017
  • Our fabulous forams prove abundant, diverse and unusually gigantic
    13 June 2017
  • Beam us up Jérôme
    12 June 2017
  • Mobile-home-building tubeworm known from Labrador and Madagascar also dwells in our deep sea
    11 June 2017
  • First peek in the deep end of Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve
    10 June 2017
  • Abyssal espresso, coming right up!
    9 June 2017
  • Sampling for microplastics, from surface waters to muddy sediments of the abyss
    8 June 2017
  • We’ve created the first full street-view map of an Australian Commonwealth marine reserve
    7 June 2017
  • This biologist is on a mission to map seafloor life across the globe
    6 June 2017
  • Deploying elephantine weights from the height of Mt Kosciuszko
    5 June 2017
  • Lizard fish are all green eyes and hinged teeth
    4 June 2017
  • Processing the catch: a meeting of arcane art, lined paper and picklery
    3 June 2017
  • Crinoids were the trigger for deep-sea exploration
    2 June 2017
  • Mud, mud, glorious abyssal mud
    1 June 2017
  • The faceless fish looks happier and heartier than it did in 1887
    31 May 2017
  • Think twice before adding these to your seafood cocktail!
    30 May 2017
  • Is this cute little coffinfish in need of a name?
    29 May 2017
  • This metal marvel collects time capsules of life from the abyss
    28 May 2017
  • Is a sea spider a collection of drinking straws from outer space?
    27 May 2017
  • Getting the feel for eels
    26 May 2017
  • These carnivorous sponges wield lethal weapons made of glass
    25 May 2017
  • Sounding out a world of hidden folds and valleys beneath the waves
    24 May 2017
  • Orbs, paddles, spines, ejecting jaws and silky smoothness: meet the polychaetes of Australia's abyss
    23 May 2017
  • Always one hand for the ship, and other tips for motion-filled days at the office
    22 May 2017
  • Tripod fishes find dinner with fins and rays, not eyes and teeth
    21 May 2017
  • Exploring a perfect square of abyssal seafloor, one teaspoon of sediment at a time
    20 May 2017
  • When sorting stars, cucumbers, tripods and toilet rolls, we all know a fridge from a Kombi
    19 May 2017
  • Crustaceans beware when the dragon fish shines its red light of death upon you
    18 May 2017
  • The sorting begins: four squid, some jellies, a baby eel and . . .
    17 May 2017
  • I demonstrate the 'jacuzzi' as the land becomes a haze of twinkling lights
    16 May 2017
  • We're all set to enter the world of jelly and fangs!
    15 May 2017
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