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Nicolai Roterman

@demersal-drifter.bsky.social

Deep-sea Ecologist & Senior Teaching Fellow at University of Portsmouth.

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They found Shud's mother!

13.02.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vulnerability of benthic trait diversity across the Mediterranean Sea following mass mortality events - Nature Communications The future of marine ecosystem function under global change may be predicted by examining past trends. Here, the authors examine mass marine mortality data from 389 benthic Mediterranean species (1986...

πŸ”₯🌊 The #Mediterranean is undergoing a rapid ecological shift! Our new study in Nature Communications reveals that #MassMortality events have caused a substantial loss of benthic #trait #diversity in just 5 years
Read the full study:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#ClimateChange #MarineEcology
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13.02.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 7

Love me some "Hoff Crab" so named because of the "hairy" bacteria filaments that cover it's "chest" #marinelife

06.02.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists name crab after David Hasselhoff because of its hairy belly The 'Hoff Crab' gained its nickname thanks to its hairy chest, prompting comparisons with the Baywatch star.

@davidhasselhoff.bsky.social - new research shows your namesake #hoffcrab males have oversized claws - perhaps to compete for mates. Perhaps some parrallels with your baywatch colleagues? www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

#deepsea #hydrothermalvents #evolution #ecology

06.02.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the tattoo is in need of a touch up!

06.02.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yeti claws: Cheliped sexual dimorphism and symmetry in deep-sea yeti crabs (Kiwaidae) Yeti crabs (Kiwaidae) are deep-sea hydrothermal vent and methane seep dwelling crustaceans that farm chemosynthetic microbes on their bodies. Sexual dimorphism is a common feature of decapod crustacea...

research by myself and @joncopley.bsky.social show that #hoffcrabs males, have oversized claws to attract and compete for females - analagous to the giant arms of silverback gorillas #deepsea #hydrothermalvent #yeticrab #univerityofportmsouth: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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