Marine ecology Archive

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


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 [...]

Downwelling and bottom currents


Andrew J. Davies, Gerard Duineveld, Marc Lavaleye, Magda Bergman, J. Murray Roberts and Hans Van Haren. In 2006 and 2007, multiple deployments of current meters and optical sensors on landers and moorings were made in the first detailed in situ study of the particle supply to the coral community in the Mingulay Reef complex in [...]

HERMES-GIS: A tool connecting scientists and policymakers


Ben De Mols, Neus Querol, Andrew J. Davies, Angela Schäfer, Frederica Foglini, Genoveva Gonzales-Mirelis, Kathrin Kopke, Declan Dunne, Ingo Schewe, Fabio Trincardi, Miquel Canals An important aim of large, pan-European scientific projects with numerous research groups is to integrate and visualize the acquired distributed data sets and results. The large volume of diverse data gathered [...]