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Pelagia Cruise 2010, Bermuda – Bermuda

  • Posted by Andy
  • May 27, 2010

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

  • Posted by Andy
  • May 11, 2010

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 [...]

Environmental variability at Viosca Knoll

  • Posted by Andy
  • December 7, 2009

Andrew J. Davies, Gerard C.A. Duineveld, Tjeerd C.E. van Weering, Furu Mienis, Andrea M. Quattrini, Harvey E. Seim, John M. Bane and Steve W. Ross The Lophelia pertusa community at Viosca Knoll (VK826) is the most extensive found to date in the Gulf of Mexico. As part of a multi-disciplinary study, the physical setting of [...]

Andy

I'm a marine biologist working on the ecology of intertidal and deep-sea ecosystems at the Scottish Association for Marine Science. I've particular interests in ecology, modelling and computers.