Mark Benfield

Oceanographer at LSU. Zooplankton ecologist. Director of Gulf SERPENT: an industrial/academic/governmental partnership to explore life in the deep sea.

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

@DrCraigMc Have a great time Craig!

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

@rmartinledo @JPlanktonRes @echinoblog Thanks for the potential IDs!

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

@MBARI_News Don't tell that to Kelly Benoit-Bird!

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

Not good news! https://t.co/T4MQQsx6Ea

[Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social @echinoblog]

How did that get there? Plastic chunks on Arctic ice show how far pollution has spread https://t.co/2SQhaerCmr

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

@JPlanktonRes @echinoblog I've seen simliar things with my in situ camera system in the Gulf of Mexico. About the same size. I think they're radiolaria.

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

Yikes. Not the ideal obituary! https://t.co/N1tn3fR7YM

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

Strange fake ROV trailer with real ROV arms. Saw this behind LSU's engineering shop.

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

This is horrific! https://t.co/0xbVBYm5Mx

[Oceanwire 🇺🇦🌻 @Oceanwire]

Need more evidence? Cuvier's beaked stranded recently in Bergen, Norway ingested THIRTY plastic bags https://t.co/dc2vCdM3x4 RT @Seasaver

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

@tedxlsu Looking forward to TEDxLSU this year. Here's a funny TED talk about messing with internet scammers. https://t.co/0xxhF1xlo4

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

Given recent events, a million nerd march might make sense. https://t.co/L5QmdC8Nva

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

I think we do need a million nerd march on Washington. https://t.co/L5QmdC8Nva

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

You can keep your Alternative Facts. This is what we want. https://t.co/98qTHC7a6w

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

The previous article on harvesting mesopelagic fishes was from last year. This one is from yesterday on the BBC. https://t.co/bvmads7ymD

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

This is depressing. Let's hope we don't start mining mesopelagic fish stocks!
https://t.co/JkS1CYCA3X

[Oceaneering @Oceaneering]

Happy holidays to you and yours from Oceaneering!

https://t.co/iXz9jTpDil

[SERPENT Project @SerpentProject]

Our paper showing first observation of "flying spaghetti monster" siphonophore in South Atlantic published today
https://t.co/zLVNP5ZFKN

[HR Wallingford @hrwallingford]

Stunning undersea life 1,000 metres down at Tropic Sea Mount #MarineEtech expedition @hrwallingford @NOCnews @BritGeoSurvey

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

#TellAmericaItsGreat

Another reminder of why Canada and the United States are great neighbors!

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

just in time for shark week. Shell global features SERPENT sightings of sleeper sharks in the Gulf of Mexico. https://t.co/J7g4poBow3

[Mark Benfield @GulfSERPENT]

I try to avoid politics, but after the slaughter in Florida, we should all watch Eddie Izzard
https://t.co/lEJqUErmlI