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From @joannechocolat
Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794 – 1871), was a pioneering #French marine biologist, described by English biologist Richard Owen as the "Mother of Aquariophily."
In 1832 she was the first person to invent and create aquaria for experimenting with aquatic organisms.
Personal note: She created the first offshore research stations — a system of immense cages she anchored off the coast of #Sicily, complete with observation windows through which she could study #argonauts * undisturbed. 🐙
(* an octopus known as paper #nautilus for the thin, intricately corrugated shell of its females and the sail-like membranes protruding from it like a pair of bunny ears)
Every day, she prepared food for them, rowed her boat to the cages in her long skirts (👀 !!), and knelt at the platform, observing for hours on end.
As one can imagine, that got old fast (!!) so, in order to transfer her observations and experiments ashore, she pioneered the #aquarium.
For interested readers, you might want to check out The Lady and the #Octopus:
How #Jeanne_Villepreux_Power Invented #Aquariums and Revolutionized #Marine_Biology by #Danna_Staafor this essay https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/12/26/jeanne-villepreux-power-argonaut/
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From @joannechocolat
Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794 – 1871), was a pioneering #French marine biologist, described by English biologist Richard Owen as the "Mother of Aquariophily."
In 1832 she was the first person to invent and create aquaria for experimenting with aquatic organisms.
Personal note: She created the first offshore research stations — a system of immense cages she anchored off the coast of #Sicily, complete with observation windows through which she could study #argonauts * undisturbed. 🐙
(* an octopus known as paper #nautilus for the thin, intricately corrugated shell of its females and the sail-like membranes protruding from it like a pair of bunny ears)
Every day, she prepared food for them, rowed her boat to the cages in her long skirts (👀 !!), and knelt at the platform, observing for hours on end.
As one can imagine, that got old fast (!!) so, in order to transfer her observations and experiments ashore, she pioneered the #aquarium.
For interested readers, you might want to check out The Lady and the #Octopus:
How #Jeanne_Villepreux_Power Invented #Aquariums and Revolutionized #Marine_Biology by #Danna_Staafor this essay https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/12/26/jeanne-villepreux-power-argonaut/
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From @joannechocolat
Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794 – 1871), was a pioneering #French marine biologist, described by English biologist Richard Owen as the "Mother of Aquariophily."
In 1832 she was the first person to invent and create aquaria for experimenting with aquatic organisms.
Personal note: She created the first offshore research stations — a system of immense cages she anchored off the coast of #Sicily, complete with observation windows through which she could study #argonauts * undisturbed. 🐙
(* an octopus known as paper #nautilus for the thin, intricately corrugated shell of its females and the sail-like membranes protruding from it like a pair of bunny ears)
Every day, she prepared food for them, rowed her boat to the cages in her long skirts (👀 !!), and knelt at the platform, observing for hours on end.
As one can imagine, that got old fast (!!) so, in order to transfer her observations and experiments ashore, she pioneered the #aquarium.
For interested readers, you might want to check out The Lady and the #Octopus:
How #Jeanne_Villepreux_Power Invented #Aquariums and Revolutionized #Marine_Biology by #Danna_Staafor this essay https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/12/26/jeanne-villepreux-power-argonaut/
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From @joannechocolat
Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794 – 1871), was a pioneering #French marine biologist, described by English biologist Richard Owen as the "Mother of Aquariophily."
In 1832 she was the first person to invent and create aquaria for experimenting with aquatic organisms.
Personal note: She created the first offshore research stations — a system of immense cages she anchored off the coast of #Sicily, complete with observation windows through which she could study #argonauts * undisturbed. 🐙
(* an octopus known as paper #nautilus for the thin, intricately corrugated shell of its females and the sail-like membranes protruding from it like a pair of bunny ears)
Every day, she prepared food for them, rowed her boat to the cages in her long skirts (👀 !!), and knelt at the platform, observing for hours on end.
As one can imagine, that got old fast (!!) so, in order to transfer her observations and experiments ashore, she pioneered the #aquarium.
For interested readers, you might want to check out The Lady and the #Octopus:
How #Jeanne_Villepreux_Power Invented #Aquariums and Revolutionized #Marine_Biology by #Danna_Staafor this essay https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/12/26/jeanne-villepreux-power-argonaut/
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Returning to Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez
A literary classic doubles as data, helping scientists trace decades of ecological change in the Gulf of California.
By: Matthew Wills
Ecology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/224 -
Returning to Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez
A literary classic doubles as data, helping scientists trace decades of ecological change in the Gulf of California.
By: Matthew Wills
Ecology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/224 -
Returning to Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez
A literary classic doubles as data, helping scientists trace decades of ecological change in the Gulf of California.
By: Matthew Wills
Ecology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/224 -
Returning to Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez
A literary classic doubles as data, helping scientists trace decades of ecological change in the Gulf of California.
By: Matthew Wills
Ecology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/224 -
Returning to Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez
A literary classic doubles as data, helping scientists trace decades of ecological change in the Gulf of California.
By: Matthew Wills
Ecology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/224 -
The history of the ocean, as told by tiny beautiful fossils
Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.
By Tim Vernimmen
Fossils at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5409 -
The history of the ocean, as told by tiny beautiful fossils
Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.
By Tim Vernimmen
Fossils at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5409 -
The history of the ocean, as told by tiny beautiful fossils
Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.
By Tim Vernimmen
Fossils at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5409 -
The history of the ocean, as told by tiny beautiful fossils
Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.
By Tim Vernimmen
Fossils at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5409 -
The history of the ocean, as told by tiny beautiful fossils
Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.
By Tim Vernimmen
Fossils at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5409 -
First discovered in 2002, paleontologist draw comparisons of #Dinocephalosaurus_orientalis with other aquatic species having no modern day analogs - why did the entire family of #Tanystropheidae or the genera exhibiting these morphological functionalities not continue?
Perhaps just as interesting is the convergent evolution (especially with respect to their necks) between that of Dinocephalosaurus and members of the Tanystropheus genus. A close resemblance on the surface, yet Dinocephalosaurus orientalis was strictly an aquatic species.
I've included an artists reconstructive rendition of Tanystropheus longobardicus for comparison between the two, but note that Dinocephalosaurus had four flipper-like feet of the same size, and unable to exist, or at least thrive in a terrestrial environment, where Tanystropheus exhibited larger feet in the rear - not unlike your hands being smaller than your feet.
And yes, as Yuki (@youronlyone) offers up as a contemplative inference, the whole "Dragon" and "Loch Ness Monster" corollaries are uncanny, raising questions as to why would pre-industrial societies actually have such fables, or in the case of the latter, claims of sightings, if not rooted in some previous observation by humans?
Dinocephalosaurus was extant from the late #Paleozoic (late Permian period) through the early #Mesozoic (early Triassic period) eras.
#tallship #Dinocephalosaurus #Triassic #Tanystropheus #Tanystropheus_longobardicus h/t to @youronlyone for bringing the latest news on this matter to me - I'm always fascinated with things related to #marine_biology - especially #Opisthobranchia
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RE: https://c.im/users/youronlyone/statuses/111985758251416307
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First discovered in 2002, paleontologist draw comparisons of #Dinocephalosaurus_orientalis with other aquatic species having no modern day analogs - why did the entire family of #Tanystropheidae or the genera exhibiting these morphological functionalities not continue?
Perhaps just as interesting is the convergent evolution (especially with respect to their necks) between that of Dinocephalosaurus and members of the Tanystropheus genus. A close resemblance on the surface, yet Dinocephalosaurus orientalis was strictly an aquatic species.
I've included an artists reconstructive rendition of Tanystropheus longobardicus for comparison between the two, but note that Dinocephalosaurus had four flipper-like feet of the same size, and unable to exist, or at least thrive in a terrestrial environment, where Tanystropheus exhibited larger feet in the rear - not unlike your hands being smaller than your feet.
And yes, as Yuki (@youronlyone) offers up as a contemplative inference, the whole "Dragon" and "Loch Ness Monster" corollaries are uncanny, raising questions as to why would pre-industrial societies actually have such fables, or in the case of the latter, claims of sightings, if not rooted in some previous observation by humans?
Dinocephalosaurus was extant from the late #Paleozoic (late Permian period) through the early #Mesozoic (early Triassic period) eras.
#tallship #Dinocephalosaurus #Triassic #Tanystropheus #Tanystropheus_longobardicus h/t to @youronlyone for bringing the latest news on this matter to me - I'm always fascinated with things related to #marine_biology - especially #Opisthobranchia
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RE: https://c.im/users/youronlyone/statuses/111985758251416307
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First discovered in 2002, paleontologist draw comparisons of #Dinocephalosaurus_orientalis with other aquatic species having no modern day analogs - why did the entire family of #Tanystropheidae or the genera exhibiting these morphological functionalities not continue?
Perhaps just as interesting is the convergent evolution (especially with respect to their necks) between that of Dinocephalosaurus and members of the Tanystropheus genus. A close resemblance on the surface, yet Dinocephalosaurus orientalis was strictly an aquatic species.
I've included an artists reconstructive rendition of Tanystropheus longobardicus for comparison between the two, but note that Dinocephalosaurus had four flipper-like feet of the same size, and unable to exist, or at least thrive in a terrestrial environment, where Tanystropheus exhibited larger feet in the rear - not unlike your hands being smaller than your feet.
And yes, as Yuki (@youronlyone) offers up as a contemplative inference, the whole "Dragon" and "Loch Ness Monster" corollaries are uncanny, raising questions as to why would pre-industrial societies actually have such fables, or in the case of the latter, claims of sightings, if not rooted in some previous observation by humans?
Dinocephalosaurus was extant from the late #Paleozoic (late Permian period) through the early #Mesozoic (early Triassic period) eras.
#tallship #Dinocephalosaurus #Triassic #Tanystropheus #Tanystropheus_longobardicus h/t to @youronlyone for bringing the latest news on this matter to me - I'm always fascinated with things related to #marine_biology - especially #Opisthobranchia
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RE: https://c.im/users/youronlyone/statuses/111985758251416307
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CW: New fixed-term positions at my institute
My Institute (CNR - IRBIM, with 4 branches in various towns in #Italy) has opened 8 #researcher positions and 2 "technologist" (research support) positions (all fixed term) bandi.urp.cnr.it/doc-concorsi/d… bandi.urp.cnr.it/doc-concorsi/d… #marine_biology #marine_science #aquaculture #fisheries P.S. kindly, note I'm not directly involved in these calls...you may find specific information on the research themes on the last page of each call
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CW: New fixed-term positions at my institute
My Institute (CNR - IRBIM, with 4 branches in various towns in #Italy) has opened 8 #researcher positions and 2 "technologist" (research support) positions (all fixed term) bandi.urp.cnr.it/doc-concorsi/d… bandi.urp.cnr.it/doc-concorsi/d… #marine_biology #marine_science #aquaculture #fisheries P.S. kindly, note I'm not directly involved in these calls...you may find specific information on the research themes on the last page of each call
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New method reveals marine microbes' outsized role in carbon cycle -- ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221207142409.htm#Marine_Biology; Nature; Fish; Oceanography; Global Warming; Environmental Awareness; Origin of Life; Evolution; Fossils
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New method reveals marine microbes' outsized role in carbon cycle -- ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221207142409.htm#Marine_Biology; Nature; Fish; Oceanography; Global Warming; Environmental Awareness; Origin of Life; Evolution; Fossils
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New method reveals marine microbes' outsized role in carbon cycle -- ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221207142409.htm#Marine_Biology; Nature; Fish; Oceanography; Global Warming; Environmental Awareness; Origin of Life; Evolution; Fossils
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New method reveals marine microbes' outsized role in carbon cycle -- ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221207142409.htm#Marine_Biology; Nature; Fish; Oceanography; Global Warming; Environmental Awareness; Origin of Life; Evolution; Fossils
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New method reveals marine microbes' outsized role in carbon cycle -- ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221207142409.htm#Marine_Biology; Nature; Fish; Oceanography; Global Warming; Environmental Awareness; Origin of Life; Evolution; Fossils
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This is a travesty.
I'm particularly saddened, and deeply affected, when these types of events occur. #Marine_Mammals, coastal species of birds and #invertebrates are close to my heart, and a big part of the sustainability of life on this planet.
#whales #dolphins #porpoises #toothed_whales #baleen_whales #oceanography #marine_biology #ecology #extinction #Mammalia #Porifera #Echinodermata #Cnidaria
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This is a travesty.
I'm particularly saddened, and deeply affected, when these types of events occur. #Marine_Mammals, coastal species of birds and #invertebrates are close to my heart, and a big part of the sustainability of life on this planet.
#whales #dolphins #porpoises #toothed_whales #baleen_whales #oceanography #marine_biology #ecology #extinction #Mammalia #Porifera #Echinodermata #Cnidaria