Page: 061: Element Cycling
June 16th, 2025
Sorry the episode is a little late…. But it’s a bumper!
Alan has been checking out hypercars while sharks have been checking out Thom. In the news, we have art, anglerfish, squid and sea spiders. Then an orafish turns up and we are all doomed.
The Peppermint Angelfish on the cover of Angelfishes of the World
In this month's episode, we discuss mesophotic reefs, the deeper extents of coral reefs that have been overlooked in the past. It’s a wild ride that leads us to home-made hyperbaric chambers, the aquarium trade and the world’s most expensive fish. Strap in for a rollercoaster ride as we dive to the limits of scuba.
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The New Zealand wandering anemone
Phlyctenactis tuberculosa - Wikipedia
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Mesophotic fish collecting video
Taken by Ghislain Bardout from Under The Pole. The diver is Timothy Bennett, and he was collecting for the Australian Museum Research Expedition
One of Kai’s recent mesophotic reef papers
New records of fishes from the Coral Sea Marine Park, Australia
The hyperbaric chamber for fishes
SubCAS: A Portable, Submersible Hyperbaric Chamber to Collect Living Mesophotic Fishes
Peppermint Angelfish - The Holy Grail
Kai’s video of the peppermint angel
Her recent paper on black corals
BRUV - Baited Remote Underwater Video
Closed-circuit rebreather - An advanced form of scuba where your breath is recycled and you don’t make any bubbles
Husbandry - Keeping an animal in captivity
IPFC - Indo-Pacific Fish Conference
Marine Snow - The particles that rain down to the seabed; poop, dead things, cast shells
Mesophotic Reef - The deeper extent of coral reefs where the light is reduced
Rebreather - See Closed-circuit rebreather
ROV - Remotely Operated Vehicle
Systematics - The structure and relationships between species
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