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Page: 061: Element Cycling
November 10th, 2022
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Everyone has been very busy this month with Thom and the Professor officially describing a new species of blue snailfish, alongside their adventures in Singapore.
Everyone has been very busy this month with Thom and the Professor officially describing a new species of blue snailfish, alongside their adventures in Singapore.
We hear from one of our old students about the work he’s been doing in deep freshwater ecosystems, which got us thinking about these unique environments and the kind of species that live there. We decided to throw one last curveball away from the deep sea and speak with Dr Melanie Stiassny, an ichthyologist who’s focused her research on the deep water fish of the Congo river.
We couldn’t go an episode without discussing the latest deep-sea-related conspiracy theories. And of course, we hear from Don about how freshwater affects submarine manoeuvres.
Alan talks about his experience giving his TED talk, his opinions on a certain art exhibition and questions why the giant isopod keeps getting referenced in the news.
Amazing and grossly flattering fanart of Dr Thom from listener Eldritch Enthusiast @longarmsquid
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FURTHER RESOURCES
FURTHER RESOURCES
NEWS/Articles mentioned
NEWS/Articles mentioned
Dr Thom’s new paper on the blue hadal snailfish
Alans paper on hadal connectivity
John Quentin’s new deep-sea sci-fi novel, The Verdansky Ultimatum
The art exhibition that Alan and Thom visited in Singapore
Melanie’s work and recent research
Melanie’s recent paper on the discovery of a new species of air-breathing catfish
Melanie’s article on her work in the lower Congo
Melanie’s NY times article on her research on the deep river Congo
https://www.livescience.com/congo-river-fish-with-bends.html
Credits
Credits
Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel
Logo image - Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History/Melanie Stiassny
Edited by - Georgia Wells
Glossary
Glossary
Acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) - a device that uses sound waves to measure the speed and direction of currents throughout the water column.
Delta - a landform shaped like a triangle, where the mouth of a river flows into an ocean.
Halocline - a vertical zone in the water column in which salinity changes rapidly with depth.
Giant Isopod - (Scientific genus: Bathynomus) carnivorous crustaceans which are abundant in the deep-sea.
Giger - H.R. Giger an award-winning Swiss artist who designed the creature from the 1979 sci-fi horror film ‘Alien’.
Rapids - sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence.
Sargasso sea - a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre.
Tagged: deep sea, deep ocean, marine science, marine biology, marine bio, podcast, sci comm
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