Archives for May, 2010

Pelagia Cruise 2010, Bermuda – Bermuda


Today we join the newly refurbished R/V Pelagia for a research cruise to investigate coral habitats off the United States continental shelf. This programme is being run by my colleague Dr Furu Mienis who has recently moved to MARUM in Germany, and involves scientists from UNC-W, MCBI, NIOZ, Heriot-Watt, Aarhus University and of course, Bangor. [...]

Invasion patterns in marine species


Frederic Mineur, Andrew J. Davies, Christine Maggs, Marc Verlaque and Mark Johnson Not all introduced (invasive) species in a region will spread from a single point of introduction. Long-distance dispersal or further introductions can obscure the pattern of spread, but the regional importance of such processes is difficult to gauge. These difficulties are further compounded [...]