Deep Blue – Marine Ecology Newsletter, January 2023

Welcome to the January 2023 edition of Deep Blue

In this edition of Deep Blue, find out how coastal squeeze and habitat creation is driving biodiversity up the wall.  We also go through the lens to explore ‘Barnacles’, and Dr Ruth Barnich takes an in- depth look at the mud shrimp Jaxea nocturna and its extraordinary “Trachelifer” larva.

This edition covers the following topical issues:

Coastal squeeze and habitat creation, driving biodiversity up the wall

Through the lens: Barnacles

Parasitism – living at the expense of others

Does a long neck help with living in the mud ?  The mud shrimp Jaxea nocturna and its extraordinary “Trachelifer” larva