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    Speaker Spotlight

    by  • April 9, 2013 • Announcements, Events, Research

    In the lead up to our Annual Marine Science Forum on the 4th and 5th May, we will feature a post about each of the scientists presenting this year. Dr Ezequiel (Ziggy) Marzinelli, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sydney Institute of Marine Science & Centre for Marine Bio-innovation, University of NSW. Dr Ziggy Marzinelli is a…

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    Forum registration is now open

    by  • April 2, 2013 • Announcements, Events, Research • 0 Comments

    Download your ‘Who Cares’ Marine Science Forum 2013 Registration Form and send it in by April 19 2013 to receive the early bird special. Check our website every week for the ‘Speaker Spotlight’ where we showcase the topics and backgrounds of the wonderful speakers that we will be having at this year’s forum. The speakers will be: Dr…

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    Speaker Spotlight

    by  • April 2, 2013 • Announcements, Events, Research

    In the lead up to our Annual Marine Science Forum on the 4th and 5th May, we will feature a post about each of the scientists presenting this year. Dr. Pia Winberg, Director, Shoalhaven Marine & Freshwater Centre, University of Wollongong Pia Winberg is currently the Director of the Shoalhaven Marine & Freshwater Centre…

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    Speaker Spotlight

    by  • March 26, 2013 • Announcements, Events, Research

    In the lead up to our Annual Marine Science Forum on the 4th and 5th May, we will feature a post about each of the scientists presenting this year. Dr Jane Sexton, Section Leader, Risk Analysis Methods, Geoscience Australia  Jane Sexton joined Geoscience Australia in 2005 to work collaboratively with Australian Government agencies to understand tsunami…

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    Algal bloom species identified

    by  • March 25, 2013 • Announcements, Research • 0 Comments

    Staff at the SCMDC managed to collect samples of the recent algal bloom in Twofold Bay and send them to CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research laboratories in Tasmania for identification. Analysis of the samples revealed that the algal bloom was caused by the    dinoflagellate species Noctiluca scintillans which is distributed in temperate, sub-tropical and…

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    Algal bloom in Twofold Bay

    by  • March 21, 2013 • Announcements, Research • 0 Comments

    The residents of Eden awoke to a sea of pink yesterday morning as an extensive algal bloom had painted the waters of Twofold Bay. Algal blooms are a natural phenomenon caused by the mass reproduction of tiny microscopic phytoplankton including dinoflagellates, diatoms and algae. They often occur in Autumn and Spring when water temperatures…

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    Art, Science & links to the SCMDC

    by  • February 28, 2013 • Announcements, Research

    Check out the first two fantastic video clips on the following page. http://www.lynchpin.org.au/scholarships/our-scholars/ We have been collaborating with one of the scientists in the video, Jorge, by providing him with valuable data which includes video footage and still photography (one of our pics features in the first video), of our local octopus species, Octopus tetricus,…

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