Scientific management in Fundación Museo del Mar Ceuta. PhD stdnt in Genetics University of Granada. Coordinator of #MESO_Alboran2. Exploring biodiversity
Our new paper studying the chromosomes of the fairy shrimp Branchipus schafferi is out. An outstanding specie that lives in temporary ponds in which we detected different numbers of endopolyploidy, including odd numbers. @frobles_rod@CanalUGR@MuseoCeuta
https://t.co/o8MV25awWk
#Mediterranean countries must extend the bottom trawling ban beyond 1000m to protect fragile corals and other #deepsea ecosystems that are crucial for regulating our climate
#DefendTheDeep@UN_FAO_GFCM
Here you can read an small article I wrote for the local newspaper in collaboration with my colleague and friend Ignacio Henares. If you want to read a comparative tale between coral reefs 🪸 and Alhambra this is your article
Looking back on an inspiring expedition 👀🛳️ and towards an exciting few weeks of scientific discovery..!
This month, an international team of scientists have come together in Tromso, Norway, to analyse samples from the #ArcticDeep expedition.
@UiTNorgesarktis@rev_ocean
🚢🌊 El buque oceanográfico Odón de Buen inicia una nueva fase en su puesta en marcha
✍️ Esta mañana, Astilleros Armón ha entregado el barco en Cádiz, su puerto base, al #IEO-@CSIC
➡️ https://t.co/chMLZQ2rtW
#FondosEuropeos#FEDER
Hoy hemos disfrutado en @fcienciasugr de la charla de Julian Kiefer @jstkiefer del Max Planck Institute @MarineMicrobio sobre la increíble simbiosis entre oligoquetos y bacterias que viven en el mediterráneo
+ info: https://t.co/WJpzLk85kD
🐋 Seguramente os ha llamado la atención ese esqueleto que cuelga del techo de la @fcienciasugr
ℹ️ Es de calderón común, un cetáceo típico del Mar de Alborán
📲 Conoce los detalles: https://t.co/0qks9jcSJx
Ocean Census features on the new series of #Deadly60 with @SteveBackshall! 🐙
Taking a trip down deep, in the most advanced piece of kit ever used on Deadly 60, Steve joined our #Tenerife expedition team on a submarine dive.
Watch the series now on @bbciplayer or on @cbbc.
Expeditions are only the start of the species discovery journey. The #ArcticDeep taxonomic workshop with @UiTNorgesarktis will involve
🔎 Analysis of specimens from the expedition
📚 listing and photographing the species found
💡 flagging any potential new species to science
Our new paper about Carijoa riisei is out. A species that in the Canary Islands ended up being 6, with new 5 species, 3 genera and 2 subfamilies being proposed. Most might be hitchhiking newcomers, but we have found a also a relic species with a
distribution yet to be understand