The last blog posts showed you scary-looking deep-sea fishes, gelatinous beauties and mesmerizing microscopic organisms. Another frequent organism group we captured during MSM126 which did not enjoy a spotlight so far are the cephalopods. Cephalopods are molluscs – like snails or mussels – and are marine inhabitants which often occupy high trophic positions in food […]
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Die bisherigen Blogeinträge haben die atemberaubende und wunderschöne Arbeit der JellyWeb-Expedition gezeigt: Wir haben über farbenfrohe Kreaturen, hochmoderne Technologien und mutige Physiker allein unter Biolog:innen berichtet. Ja, unsere Projekte auf der Expedition MSM126 sind sehr vielfältig, und neben ihrer aufregenden Natur haben sie noch eine weitere Gemeinsamkeit: Sie alle produzieren tonnenweise Daten. Daten, die verwaltet […]
The past blog entries have shown you the breath-taking and beautiful works of the JellyWeb expedition: we have seen colourful critters, cutting edge technology and brave physicists alone amongst biologists. Our projects on MSM126 are quite diverse and besides all of them being quite exciting, they share one more trait: they all produce a ton […]
HiWi is the abbreviation for the German term ‘Hilfs-Wissenschaftler*in’, which translates to research assistant, and describes a job position for students, often offered by faculties or research institutes. I am definitely not talking about the second definition given by German Wikipedia. For nearly six years I’ve been one of many HiWis, going through research groups […]
As part of our cruise MSM126 focus on the “jellyweb”, we are also interested in siphonophores. Even in the vast and mysterious world of marine life teeming with peculiar inhabitants, these distinctive creatures stand out. While they share similarities with jellyfish, particularly in having stinging cells known as cnidocysts, they do not look much like […]
Im Rahmen unserer Expedition MSM126 zum Thema “Jellyweb” beschäftigen wir uns auch mit Staatsquallen (Siphonophoren). Selbst in der riesigen und geheimnisvollen Unterwasserwelt, in der es von seltsamen Bewohnern nur so wimmelt, stechen diese einzigartigen Kreaturen hervor. Obwohl sie Ähnlichkeiten mit Quallen haben, vor allem durch ihre Nesselzellen, sehen sie diesen auf den ersten Blick nicht […]
by Karen Osborn I am a marine biologist because of the to infrequent time at sea and my fascination with the animals that inhabit our ocean. There was a time though that I considered following a different path, that of an artist. Though I chose science and leave painting and sculpture to my almost nonexistent […]
Von Karen Osborn Ich bin Meeresbiologin, weil ich gerne auf See bin und mich die Tiere, die unsere Ozeane bewohnen, faszinieren. Es gab jedoch eine Zeit, als ich mir durchaus vorstellen konnte, einen ganz anderen Weg einzuschlagen, den Weg der Künstlerin. Obwohl ich mich für die Wissenschaft entschieden habe (und das Malen und die Bildhauerei […]
It’s ten o’clock in the evening, the research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN is moored off the coast of Madeira. The bridge gives the announcement: “On station in about ten minutes”. And off we go for another night of yo-yo CTD cruising. As we mentioned in a previous blog post, today we’re diving deep into why […]