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Rebecca Ross

@DeepSeaBex

Deep-sea ecologist, proud scot/canadian, love nature, love exploring.

 Bergen, Norway
Joined July 2011
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Meet the next generation of the deep-sea researchers! Highlighted on our website are students and early-career researchers from around the globe that are making deep-sea waves in their respective fields: tinyurl.com/dsbsocnextgen.
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Great talk yesterday from @BarbroHaugland on our work (led by Tina Kutti) in #Sognefjord, identifying which spots in the large mpa warrant particular management attention.
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A short article about our recent #MAREANO cruise in the Barents Sea🧊🚢😉#seabedmapping mareano.no/en/news/news-2024…
Completing the jigsaw puzzle at Kvitøyrenna, Barents Sea

Completing the jigsaw puzzle at Kvitøyrenna, Barents Sea

Cruise diary: This April saw MAREANO return to Kvitøyrenna to pick up the missing pieces of our previous sampling campaigns, a first step towards delivering a completed...

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🌊 Award opportunity for Deep-Sea Biology Society Research Support up to £ 2,000! Application deadline April 30th, 2024. Find more and apply here: tinyurl.com/24tn9h5v. #DSBSoc #DeepSeaBiology 🔬

DSBSoc - Society Awards

We support our members with financial support for research projects or participation to conferences or other networking activities.

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Check out this new paper by @Anna_vd_Kaaden on the environmental controls on the importance of ecosystem engineering, with great illustrations! bg.copernicus.org/articles/2…
Building your own mountain: the effects, limits, and drawbacks of cold-water coral ecosystem...

Building your own mountain: the effects, limits, and drawbacks of cold-water coral ecosystem...

Abstract. Framework-forming cold-water corals (CWCs) are ecosystem engineers that build mounds in the deep sea that can be up to several hundred metres high. The effect of the presence of cold-water...

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JPI Oceans@jpioceans12 Feb 2024
📣Update: 🚨The Research Council of Norway joins the JPI Oceans' Joint Call on the ecological impacts of deep-sea mining. Together with 8 funders from 7 countries, a total of €6.9 M is made available to advance scientific knowledge in this critical area. jpi-oceans.eu/en/announcemen…
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#jobalert Anyone want to be in charge of physical #benthic sampling in the #MAREANO program? (PERMANENT JOB!) You don't have to speak Norwegian (can Google translate advert), you do have to be based in Tromsø. Deadline 1st May. finn.no/339337419
Bløtbunnforsker · Tromsø · Havforskningsinstituttet | FINN Jobb

Bløtbunnforsker · Tromsø · Havforskningsinstituttet | FINN Jobb

Bløtbunnforsker

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Preference given to soft bottom fauna specialists but you never know... 🤷
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Very happy to start the new year with publishing our paper on the fauna of Loki's Castle vent field!🪱🦐🐌 It has been a pleasure to lead such a collaborative paper! @VentSeepFauna @CDeepSea @BioUiB @NHMuseum_Bergen @Artsdatabanken nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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We are looking for guest posts dm @DrCraigMc if interested
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PhD on offer: Are you a computer scientist with a love of the ocean? Or a marine scientist who loves coding. Either way we want you in Plymouth! plymouth.ac.uk/study/researc…
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Sounds like norway is taking the plunge on #deepseamining, contrary to advice around the world. Now hoping at least to see state-funded broadscale (not just industry-led) mapping funded to support KNOWLEDGE-BASED management of the area. nrk.no/nordland/flertall-pa-…
Flertall på Stortinget for å åpne for gruvedrift på havbunnen

Flertall på Stortinget for å åpne for gruvedrift på havbunnen

Regjeringen har fått med seg Høyre og Frp og sikret flertall for å åpne for leting etter mineraler på havbunnen. Men det skal stilles strengere miljøkrav.

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*PhD position alert* Use #acoustics and #AI to study #seagrass #restoration and their #EcosystemValue in Scotland! 🤿🎧🦐🐟🦀🫧💰 Apply here: shorturl.at/diEKV @IapetusDTP @UofGlasgow @StirUni @EdinburghUni
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📢#MarineResearchPlymouth PhD applications open! Four topics available Oct 2024 start: 🌊Shelf Sea Productivity 🌊Artificial Intelligence in Biological Observation 🌊Shark Distribution and Conservation 🌊Imaging Carbon Export to the Deep Oceans More info: ow.ly/ljgH50PYAXf
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Just published on the IABO Hub - Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery Full article bit.ly/3RM8TPk #FishScience #Ecology #MarineBiology @DeepSeaBex @Amelia_Bridges @cherissedupreez @ecologicalocean
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Consortium #VME ID from images paper lead by Amy Baco-Taylor @PeerJLife peerj.com/articles/16024 #deepsea #Ecology #MarineBiology #SciencePolicy #EnvironmentalImpacts @DSBSoc @DivaAmon @JoanaRXavier @CherisseDuPreez @Amelia_Bridges @DeepSeaEcol @DeepSeaBex @LlevinAnn + others!

Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery

Management of deep-sea fisheries in areas beyond national jurisdiction by Regional Fisheries Management Organizations/Arrangements (RFMO/As) requires identification of areas with Vulnerable Marine...

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Hey #deepsea #benthic #rov peeps - what is your current favourite field logging software? How do you record what yu see on video in the field? (E.g.OFOP) @DeepSeaEcol @Dr_MTaylor @CherisseDuPreez @DrShmoo @JamesBellOcean @squidblubber @quattrinia ...?
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We are hiring! A great job opportunity for applied research in seafloor ecosystems @NOCnews Do you have experience in combining marine science with commercial work in offshore energy, deep-sea mining or other industries? Apply now! Closing 22 Sept careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/ap…
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I'm delighted to finally share our ‘Review of the Central and South Atlantic Shelf and Deep-Sea Benthos: Science, Policy, and Management’! Click the link to the #OpenAccess review & read our thread for more details! dx.doi.org/10.1201/978100336… - 🧵 👇:
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Are you a scientist who engages with RFMOs (provide advice/recommendations, attend Scientific Committee meetings, undertake work to support RFMO decision making etc.)? Well if so we want to hear from you! 🫵
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Calling all scientists engaged with demersal #RFMOs! 🌊Join our project and help assess how RFMOs use #DeepOcean data in decision making, by @DeepStewardship, @DeepOceanObs, and @challenger_150. Your insights matter! Take our 30-min survey: tinyurl.com/rfmo-survey-6
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