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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · 22d

Fascinating talk from @sarabenelli.bsky.social about the role of macrophytes and macrofauna in controlling freshwater #biogeochemistry and keeping methane locked into #sediments. Really interesting seeing this next to our marine work!

@bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · 22d

Interesting findings from @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social presenting his findings with MRES students on enhanced rock weathering as a Carbon Dioxide Removal tool and it's effects on riverine benthic species under experimental conditions with addition of rock material 👍🏻

#BlueCarbon #CDR

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · 22d

Great talk from @drplanktonpoo.bsky.social Krill Poo may sequester as much #carbon as mangroves AND we're messing that up by fishing them out. The fishery near Antarctica shut early for the first time ever due to record catch numbers (because of more fishing) @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · 23d

Certainly not for the hump or in a flap getting here. Very cool to have a conference at @zslofficial.bsky.social London Zoo. Excited to kick off the @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social annual meeting!

🐫 🐧

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · 23d

Excited to be winging my way to London for the @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social annual meeting! A first for me and excited to share mud and worm updates from the #ConvexSeascapeSurvey

@exetermarine.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @britishecologicalsociety.org

#BlueCarbon #Inverts

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Prof. Martin Solan @profbenthos.bsky.social · Aug 27

Listen to @benthicbecky.bsky.social speaking about our work, the role of benthic invertebrates on carbon cycling in Saguenay Fjord on CBC Quebec AM: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

@jagodbold.bsky.social
@ap3489.bsky.social
@omparrish.bsky.social
@cezzalew.bsky.social
@philarchambault.bsky.social

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Aug 19

This is what we are measure! A worm & our sand used to measure burrowing. We link this to functioning on the seafloor. We're almost done!

@exetermarine.bsky.social @profbenthos.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @ulaval.ca @cezzalew.bsky.social @benthicbecky.bsky.social @omparrish.bsky.social

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Aug 18

This looks very cool!

Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Aug 13

Baleines! We had a great time yesterday searching for whales (turned out to be a tough day as apparently they should have been everywhere). Finally, we saw loads of Belugas (about 2 miles away). One then swam in closer, and finally, a Minke Whale cruised past!

#whale #minke #whales #beluga

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Prof. Martin Solan @profbenthos.bsky.social · Aug 12

Delighted that our research in Saguenay fjord made it onto Canadian national news…
@cezzalew.bsky.social
@ap3489.bsky.social
@philarchambault.bsky.social
@benthicbecky.bsky.social
@omparrish.bsky.social
@jagodbold.bsky.social

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our work here in Saguenay made it onto Canadian National News. If you want a 2minute TL:DR on what we're doing with grabs and mud!

youtu.be/DXhIHK2L1xA?...

@exetermarine.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @ulaval.ca
@benthicbecky.bsky.social @profbenthos.bsky.social @cezzalew.bsky.social

Wildfires remain out of control across Canada | CTV National News at 11 for Monday, Aug 11, 2025

YouTube video by CTV News

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Aug 11

Grabbing muddy bottoms in Saguenay Fjord 🌊 We haul mud from 250 m down, in each a world of hidden life. In the lab we learn how they keep the seabed healthy 💙 @exetermarine.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @benthicbecky.bsky.social @profbenthos.bsky.social @cezzalew.bsky.social @ulaval.ca

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Aug 11

Very clay-y! @benthicbecky.bsky.social is planning to make bowls from some of it!

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Aug 10

@cezzalew.bsky.social @profbenthos.bsky.social @benthicbecky.bsky.social @omparrish.bsky.social @jagodbold.bsky.social @philarchambault.bsky.social

Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Aug 10

The #ConvexSeascapeSurvey is in Canada! A collaboration between @ulaval.ca @exetermarine.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social is investigating the role of animals that live in mud on the #seafloor in helping bury #BlueCarbon and keep our #climate healthy.

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Jul 8

It's the @exetermarine.bsky.social Summer Showcase!! A day for networking and sharing with our colleagues across our campuses as well as organisations we are lucky to work closely with including @zslscience.bsky.social @plymouthmarine.bsky.social DEFRA and The Marine Biological Assc.

@exeter.ac.uk

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Mara Fischer @marafischer.bsky.social · Apr 30

My first paper is out! 🥳🐠🐟

Prof Ceri Lewis @cezzalew.bsky.social · Apr 29

Fish are important benthic bioturbators too! Great new #ConvexSeascapeSurvey paper from our @exetermarine.bsky.social PhD student Mara Fischer. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A functional assessment of fish as bioturbators and their vulnerability to local extinction

The seabed is one of the key ecological interfaces on the planet, exerting a major influence on global biogeochemical cycles. Biological processes suc…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Apr 29

Talk day! Excited to be sharing my research on the impacts of bioturbation on nutrient cycling in the benthos and the implications for carbon storage in soft sediment habitats.

@egu.eu
@exetermarine.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social

#CarbonScience #BlueCarbon #Ecology #MudScience

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NaomiH.art @naomihart.bsky.social · Apr 28

Granted, it's pretty niche, but when a Google search for Paraleptopentacta elongata comes up with my #seasediment #painting for #convexseascapesurvey I'm pretty proud. Thanks to @ap3489.bsky.social for pointing it out.
My offer for #invertefest
🧪🦑 #art #benthicinvertebrates #benthos #bluecarbon

A U-shaped sea cucumber painted in mud from the sea

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Apr 28

Wir sind angekommen! @egu.eu Day 1 - Team #ConvexSeascapeSurvey and others with a fascinating #BlueCarbon poster session. All talks are tomorrow from 16.15 in Room 2.17
@exetermarine.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @bluemarinef.bsky.social

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Apr 27

Excited to be winging my way to Vienna for @egu.eu and looking forward to presenting our work on the #ConvexSeascapeSurvey! If you want to chat mud, worms and carbon I'm all ears! #BlueCarbon #EGU25 #EGUVienna #CarbonScience #ShellYeah #NoSpineFeelFine

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Apr 23

Gearing up to:

A) Conference season - @egu.eu Vienna next week

B) Going to Canada as part of the #ConvexSeascapeSurvey so delivering equipment for the slow boat shipment to Southampton tomorrow

C) Finish 5 papers and a fellowship application ASAP

So I'll start doing some Bluesky!
Not much then!

Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Feb 8

Great to see @fishtekmarine.bsky.social #DiscoScallops landing on plates at my favourite fish restaurant #Rockfish

Innovative marine research that is making for healthier #seafood and a healthier #seabed

@exetermarine.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Feb 6

They had a #Cuvier on display today - one of the founding fathers of Paleontology and a legend of natural sciences 🤘 #RockAndRollScience

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Adam Porter @ap3489.bsky.social · Feb 6

Very lucky to have access to this wonderful space to have some quiet and focussed work time. The Devon and Exeter Institution was founded in 1813 for "The general diffusion of science, literature and the arts". I hope the academic prowess stored within is diffusing into my brain as I work here!

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