Author Archives for Andy

The Whale Fall Observatory

  • Posted by Andy
  • September 30, 2009

As part of a collaboration with Adrian Glover of the NHM, Kim Last of SAMS and Thomas Dahlgren of Gothenburg we have been working on developing underwater observatories to watch the colonisation and degradation of whale bones. Our camera was recently released live on the internet as part of the launch of the NHMs Darwin [...]

Fieldwork in the Wash, the magic of S. spinulosa!

  • Posted by Andy
  • August 26, 2009

With my long standing collaborator Kim Last from SAMS and MSc student Harri Condie, we recently conducted a field trip to Sabellaria spinulosa habitats in the Wash. Sabellaria spinulosa is a polychaete worm that builds dwelling tubes out of suspended particles. As part of a project with Kim, funded by the Aggregate Levy, we are [...]

Conference: ICES Deep-sea Symposium

  • Posted by Andy
  • May 21, 2009

I recently participated in the ICES Deep-sea Symposium on the island of Faial in the Azores. This 4 day meeting ran from 27-30 April and included delegates from all over the world, presenting on subjects from mining to ecology of many deep-sea habitats. The conference was headed: “Issues confronting the deep oceans: the economic, scientific [...]

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.