Sponaugle-Cowen Lab

Plankton & Larval Fish Ecology Lab

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

We had a blast at @HatfieldMSC Marine Science Day, sharing all about plankton and sampling technologies with visitors!

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

New lab paper published! A new take on an older coral reef fish data set! In this collaborative effort, “terrestrial” modelers re-analyzed an older field dataset to provide insight into how juvenile coral reef fish behavior influences their early survival.
https://t.co/CajJwHZdYE

[Moritz S Schmid @schmidscience]

NEW Disentangling plankton community structure on the OR and CA coast using gene sequencing and plankton imaging #DeepLearning #BigData
@OSUPlanktonLab @HatfieldMSC @OSUIB @OSUCEOAS @OSUScience @MSI_OregonState @SutherlandLab @bluewaterlab @FrontMarineSci https://t.co/gEWBvYDYCw

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

Plankton Lab grad students Luke Bobay and Elena Conser shared their research at @PICES_MarineSci conference this week.

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

The Pittsburg Supercomputing Center Bridges-2 system allows us to process our plankton imagery data quickly and efficiently. Read more:
https://t.co/nPLqG6ccHJ

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

Otter Rock SMURF Survey on YouTube: https://t.co/qZWSElJvn6

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

SMURFs help scientists survey juvenile rockfish at Oregon Marine Reserves
New @MyODFW news release about collaborative work our team does using SMURFs (Standardized Monitoring Units for the Recruitment of Fishes) to capture juvenile groundfish nearshore

https://t.co/HEg0W9svBh

[WD @wd_corporation]

By photographing more than 170 types of plankton across our planet’s oceans, researchers aboard the Marcus G. Langseth vessel seek to understand these marine drifters more. 🪼

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

Our 2023 REU student, Sadie Lorenz, freshly back from sea, presented on the research she conducted with us this summer. She travels back to UNH in a few days…we’ll miss her cheerful outlook and enthusiasm! Thanks for all your work and for sharing your positive energy, Sadie!

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

Post-doctoral scholar position open for application in the OSU Plankton Ecology Lab!

[OSU Hatfield @HatfieldMSC]

SPECTRA: It’s a wrap!
<post by Su Sponaugle, OSU Professor and SPECTRA co-PI)
Yesterday the R/V Sally Ride glided gracefully into port. The science team celebrated the end of the cruise, and Chief Scientist (mustachioed) Bob Cowen by surprising him with their “own” facial hair!

[OSU Hatfield @HatfieldMSC]

The last SPECTRA* cruise begins!
Against a foggy backdrop, the R/V Sally Ride sails out of Yaquina Bay to begin work in the northern California Current.
*SPECTRA is short for “Plankton Size Spectra and Trophic Links in a Dynamic Ocean,” an NSF-funded project.

[CEOAS - Oregon State @OSUCEOAS]

A plankton scientist and an IT guy walk onto a ship ... and produce super cool science! https://t.co/AD1KhlqKZn

[Moritz S Schmid @schmidscience]

Neat new paper out with @OSUPlanktonLab

Edge computing at sea: high-throughput classification of in-situ plankton imagery for adaptive sampling
#plankton #EdgeComputing #MachineLearning #oceanography #oceantechnology

https://t.co/J0yARRJk8V
Researchgate: https://t.co/ngT0pnnCAO

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

Earlier this week, Plankton Ecology Lab graduate student @conser_elena teamed up with @OregonSeaGrant STEM-at-sea to collect recently metamorphosed English sole for her dissertation research, with the help of high school students from Newport and Sheridan schools.

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

❗️New lab paper out in ICES Journal of Marine Science from lab alumna @kelsey_swieca

https://t.co/XAPriPK3rA

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

Come visit “plankton paradise” at the HMSC visitors center, today from 10-4

[OSU Hatfield @HatfieldMSC]

Save the Date! Marine Science Day is Sat., April 8, 10 - 4. Everyone is invited to our annual science fair & open house w/ 40+ marine science programs & labs based at Hatfield.
This hands-on event is FREE, family-friendly & ideal for lifelong learners. https://t.co/dcPuXIuv4T

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

❕New lab paper❕
Research from lab alumnus Dr. Will Fennie explores relationships between anomalous temperatures and early life stages of black rockfish in the Northern California Current

https://t.co/ud2T7s6ZBk

[Sponaugle-Cowen Lab @OSUPlanktonLab]

❗️❕New publication by our own Dr. @wilsomegalodon on otolith microstructure in Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) https://t.co/M1xfumgLZF