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Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
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Category: Biodiversity
Following in the footsteps of Craig, I have a short piece published in the July/August issue of SEED Magazine for their Why I Do Science column. "On the Allure of the Ocean's Novelty" explores why I love doing the science...
Posted by Kevin Zelnio at 8:04 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biodiversity
Bathymetric image of the Nazare Canyon off the coast of Portugal. Photo courtesy of the BBC. The BBC has released a short news piece on an underwater expedition to the Nazare canyon off of Portugal expedition by their ROV...
Posted by Peter Etnoyer at 8:21 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: From The Desk of Kevin Zelnio
aA50 ton bowhead whale was discovered with a 19th century bomb lance fragment lodged between its neck and shoulder the bomb lance fragment was patented in 1879, making the whale between 115-130 years old according to researchers.
Posted by Peter Etnoyer at 6:38 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Megavertebrate
The video speaks for itself! Brought to your attention by Kevin Zelnio (Thanks Sue!). This was yesterday's footage from the Florida media outlets....
Posted by Peter Etnoyer at 7:15 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Vessels and Equipment
n 1998, President Clinton enacted Executive Order 13101 for government agencies to reduce waste, recycle and use environmentally friendly and sustainable products including bio-products. Fast forward to 2007 and NOAA has heeded the call to reduce its environmental footprint by replacing petroleum-based fuels and lubricants with bio-based ones
Posted by Peter Etnoyer at 8:15 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: From The Desk of Kevin Zelnio
As part of the Gutenberg Project to make available copyright-free (i.e. old) books available in print online, I came across Within the Deep by R. Cadwallader Smith as part of Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series Book VIII. I...
Posted by CR McClain at 8:57 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: From The Desk of Kevin Zelnio
Benthobatis marcida (Chordata: Elasmobranchii: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae) "It is a clumsy fish about a yard long, and very ugly. Being too slow to catch its swift prey in fair chase, it stuns them with an electric shock, and then eats...
Posted by CR McClain at 12:40 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: From The Desk of Kevin Zelnio
Lucernaria janetae (Cnidaria: Staurozoa: Lucernariidae) Stauromedusae are not entirely uncommon, but not entirely common either. In fact "stalked jellyfish", as they are sometimes known, are very rare in the deep sea and only about 50 species are described (5)....
Posted by CR McClain at 9:03 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: From The Desk of Kevin Zelnio
So you walk into the pet shop, you're looking around at all the little animals and you see a cute little turtle in a freshwater terrarium. You think to yourself "wow, that's really neat, a cute little turtle." What you...
Posted by CR McClain at 10:01 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: From The Desk of Kevin Zelnio
Going on as we speak is an experiment of monumental proportions. It may not seem that way to you sitting in front of your computer this moment, but to a kid in middle or high school I guarantee that...
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