Hayden Close

Marine scientist working at @CefasGovUK specialised in habitat mapping, machine learning, remote sensing, seabed imagery & benthos. Also keen scuba diver.

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Another great day exploring Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Multispectral Imagery (MSI) @esa Sentinel satellite imagery at the @AlanTuringInsti data study group to automatically detect and predict oil slicks from historic wrecks with @CefasGovUK #remotesensing #marinescience

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

🛳️🌊🧠Brilliant first day at a @AlanTuringInsti data study group! We’re tackling the automation of slick detection from historical #shipwrecks and
predictive behavioural patterns from satellite imagery - a challenge led by @CefasGovUK. Exciting blend of #marinescience and #AI

[Ozi @fakhrurr_ozi]

It's an honor to work with you 😄
@IslaMacMillan @Haydenclose

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Great to present some of the work I have done the last few few months at #GeoHab in Arendal, Norway 🇳🇴 on using #ai to automatically detect, measure and analyse underwater coarse #sediments to provide new insights into marine communities. @CefasGovUK #habitatmapping

[Sophie Pitois @SophiePitois]

@Haydenclose presenting our real time plankton classification at #zps7 with noushin Eftekhari. A great outcome from our collaboration between @CefasGovUK and @turinginst

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Radio interview with @BBCLancashire earlier today on our discovery of a new #seaslug species in UK waters with another interview scheduled later tonight at 22:50 with @bbc5live. Tune in for some amazing sea slug chat! @CefasGovUK #newspecies #discovery https://t.co/vKTttqaqQO

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Check out a new species of sea slug discovered by myself, @rbullimore, Peter Barry and @univcadiz on the #RVCefasEndeavour in the southwest of the UK. Its amazing new species can be found in highly studied areas, just imagine what is still out there! #seaslug #discovery

[Cefas @CefasGovUK]

🥳 Cefas scientists and partners at @univcadiz have discovered a new species of side-gilled sea slug. Collected on a fisheries survey on the RV Endeavour, it's the first of its type to be found in UK waters! @rbullimore @Haydenclose @AWShips

https://t.co/0XUXQ9vazh

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Some very interesting conversations with #coral farmers and staff at #restoration projects with key knowledge gaps discovered and growing recommendations to improve the #coraltrade @CefasGovUK @TERANGI_ @IslaMacMillan

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Lots of information gathered from many visits to #coral farms and #restoration projects showcasing how the mandated 10% of coral required for restocking on #artificialreefs can work. The sculptures are breathtaking in their own right! @CefasGovUK @TERANGI_ @IslaMacMillan

[Cefas @CefasGovUK]

Colleagues from Cefas are currently in Indonesia as part of a new project with @TERANGI_ aimed at supporting the sustainable international trade of coral and coral reef conservation. @Haydenclose @IslaMacMillan

We'll be sharing more from this project soon!

[Isla MacMillan @IslaMacMillan]

Incredible visit to the marine conservation site @YayasanLINI looking at the links between #coral farmers and #restoration projects. Thank you 🙏🏼 for your hospitality and sharing your expertise. Phenomenal 🪸 @TERANGI_ @CefasGovUK

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Great two day workshop in #Bali hosted by @TERANGI_ on identifying barriers, building links and recommendations on improving the supply of #coral frags to #restoration projects from coral farms and exporters in the #marineaquarium trade @CefasGovUK @IslaMacMillan #aquaculture

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

New species Pleurobranchaea Brittanica discovered by myself and @rbullimore on the #RVCefasEndeavour with genetic investigation by @univcadiz found in deep water in the English Channel https://t.co/ZzGaZLEozh via @Zoosyst_Evo @CefasGovUK

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

How resilient are scallop bed to overfishing in the Irish Sea? My new published paper explores the larval exchange between scallop metapopulations and the implications to fisheries management @CefasGovUK #fisheries #scallop #larvae #modelling
https://t.co/Hl7tcRLd44

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Excited to announce my first peer reviewed paper as lead author, describing the first record of the #Crab Distolambrus maltzami in #UK waters with its modelled distribution in the NE Atlantic
@CefasGovUK #Benthos #Distribution #Modelling #OpenAccess
https://t.co/oHq63QcyyK

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Great conference on marine natural history including my presentation on new benthos species records from routine fisheries surveys onboard on the RV Cefas Endeavour #PMNHHS22 @CefasGovUK #marinescience #fisheries #benthos

[Porcupine Marine @PorcupineMNHS]

Next up at #PMNHS22 is Hayden Close (CEFAS) on new benthos species records from the English Channel and Celtic Sea from routine fisheries

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Few more but from Bards Cave, another incredible site around the #Shetlands from day three onboard MV Valkyrie #marinelife #underthesea #MarineBiologyLife #critters #nudibranch #boatlife

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Another beautiful days diving around the #Shetlands on day two onboard MV Valkyrie from Fugla Hole and Fraoch Ban #marinelife #WorldPhotographyDay #underthesea #MarineBiologyLife #critters #nudibranch

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

Few from our first days diving around the #Shetland isles on week liveaboard on the MV Valkyrie #marinelife #marinebiologist #underthesea #boatlife

[Hayden Close @Haydenclose]

What an absolute privilege to see #orcas or #killerwhales in the UK, not the best footage and ran about 5km over ankle breaking ground as they were heading away from us. Just incredible #Shetland #whale