Spring University of Plymouth heralds the start of an intensive campaign to understand habitat needs of early juvenile fish. Exciting to have newly upgraded JHaM-Cam cameras in water for Defra UK FISP #FinVision. Much hard work behind the scenes by EmbryoPhenomics to develop the tech 🙌

What better for #EarthDay2024 than starting our first year University of Plymouth marine biology field course exploring two beautiful sheltered SW sites. MBERC @plymbiolmarsci #plymbio

Great start to the University of Plymouth first year #marinebiology field course, exploring the rocky shore at Bigbury. The perfect place to spend #EarthDay2024 🌍

Great start to the University of Plymouth first year marine biology field course - the sun shone for most of it too 🌞🦀 @plymbiolmarsci #marinebiology

Lift off! Asking questions about the biology of some unusual marine beach dwellers with @realdocspicer and Clare Embling... on 1st yr #MarineBiology field course University of Plymouth #plyMBIO @plymbiolmarsci MBERC

Check out this beautiful sand hopper (Talitrus saltator), dug out of its hibernation & desperate to bury back under the cool damp sand. Lots of fun on day 2 of the University of Plymouth #plymbio field course investigating their #biology & #Ecology.

@plymbiolmarsci field trip to Bude in Cornwall where there are loads of honeycomb worm (Sabellaria) and mussel (galloprovinicalis?) reefs harbouring fish, lurking in wait for the next incoming tide, and whacky Celtic sea slugs breathing the fresh spring air until submersion.

Fabulous 2nd day of the 1st year marine biology fieldcourse. Using observations to choose model organisms for our questions, collecting pilot data and experimental design in preparation for students’ projects Mark Briffa @ManuelaTruebano Ella Ackroyd @plymbiolmarsci #PlyMBIO

Our Prof Dave Bilton chats on the 'Reasons to be Cheerful' podcast with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd about the super emergence of cicadas in the US which only occurs every 221 years. Have a listen and learn something interesting & new! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rea…

The beauty of #plymouth sound & its #biodiversity right here on your doorstep! Paddled to one of the #seabird foragingspots the other day and found thousands of juvenile fish amongst the shallow kelp beds Plymouth Sound National Marine Park MBA - Marine Biological Association University of Plymouth

8 months ago, these rooms were empty and I didn’t know anything about fish husbandry. Today I am running experiments in the amazing Brixham Laboratory to calibrate indices of growth for juvenile sole, for my PhD. What an amazing journey, and it is just the beginning.. stay tuned !🐟

Beautiful sunrise on the first day of our 2nd year marine biology fieldcourse in the Ria Formosa national park in Portugal Ben Ciotti @ManuelaTruebano MBERC University of Plymouth @plymouthbiol

Great first day on our 2nd year marine biology fieldcourse in the Ria Formosa national park, Portugal. Visit to park HQ and Olhao fish market Ben Ciotti @ManuelaTruebano MBERC University of Plymouth Biological and Marine Sciences

Finished off our first day in the marine biology field course in the Ria Formosa national park, Portugal with some quick fire beach exercises before finner Ben Ciotti @ManuelaTruebano MBERC University of Plymouth Biological and Marine Sciences

Great second day on our marine biology field course in the Ria Formosa national park, Portugal - quantifying the effect of manmade structures on biodiversity Ben Ciotti @ManuelaTruebano MBERC University of Plymouth Biological and Marine Sciences

And we were there again today 🦀 MBERC Biological and Marine Sciences @ManuelaTruebano Ben Ciotti University of Plymouth

Project day 1 on our second year marine biology field course to the Ria Formosa in Portugal. Field and lab techniques to measure metabolism in fiddler crabs 🦀 Biological and Marine Sciences MBERC University of Plymouth Ben Ciotti @ManuelaTruebano

Today we visited the saltpans here in the Ria Formosa where we learnt about some of the species that are found there - flamingos and brine shrimp 🦩🦐 also learning about osmoregulation in extremophiles MBERC University of Plymouth Biological and Marine Sciences @ManuelaTruebano Ben Ciotti

Field week w/ year 1 Marine Biology students University of Plymouth! So many different experiences, less than 1 month into the programme: well down the path to being practicing Marine Biologists! Marine Biology UPSU Flete Estate Biological and Marine Sciences RV Falcon Spirit Lucy Turner MBERC Marine Institute

My research + research-led teaching on surf zone fauna enters year 8 University of Plymouth . Seeking a #PhD candidate to drive this effort forwards. Beaches are a great natural classroom / lab for marine biology—come join us! plymouth.ac.uk/schools/school……. More projects: hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…