#smartexccz day 10: camera Landers deployed last year successfully recovered from 4.000m depth. Megacorer to sample sediments going in later tonight. #deepsea #ecotoxicology #lifeofanacademic markhartk.hw.ac.uk

#smartexccz day 7: launched the glider and the CTD, and tested the acoustic release for the fish trap #deepsea #ecotoxicology #lifeofanacademic markhartk.hw.ac.uk

#smartexccz day 6: more fish trap prep and some flying fish for entertainment #deepsea #ecotoxicology #lifeofanacademic markhartk.hw.ac.uk

#smartexccz day 5: continued prepping the fish trap; #autosub launched at first light #deepsea #ecotoxicology #lifeofanacademic markhartk.hw.ac.uk

#smartexccz day 3: continued unpacking kit and prepping #CometAssay slides #deepsea #ecotoxicology #lifeofanacademic markhartk.hw.ac.uk

#smartexccz day 2: lab stations set up and ready to go. #lifeofanacademic markhartk.hw.ac.uk

#smartexccz day 1: home for the next 7 weeks #lifeofanacademic markhartl.hw.ac.uk

#smartexccz day 11: First fish trap successfully deployed and sharks entertaining the night watch #deepsea #ecotoxicology #lifeofanacademic CMBB Heriot-Watt Uni Heriot-Watt EGIS markhartl.hw.ac.uk

#smartexccz day 12: not much going on at the surface of the CCZ. The wonders of #biodiversity are on the sea floor 4,000m beneath us. #deepsea #lifeofanacademic CMBB Heriot-Watt Uni Heriot-Watt EGIS markhartl.hw.ac.uk

#smartexccz day 14: fish trap recovered and first Comet assay run successfully completed. #deepsea #ecotoxicology #lifeofanacademic CMBB Heriot-Watt Uni Heriot-Watt EGIS markhartl.hw.ac.uk

#smartexccz day 16: second fish trap deployment, including acoustic beacon for #ROV location later this week #deepsea #ecotoxicology #lifeofanacademic CMBB Heriot-Watt Uni Heriot-Watt EGIS markhartl.hw.ac.uk

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Project day on day 4 of the Heriot-Watt University #Coral Reef field course in #Malaysia . Students contributing to the Heriot-Watt OfficialUMT long-term #coral monitoring dataset at Pulau Bidong PGMarine ILES

Student snorkellers learning and participation in coral restoration efforts and practising their manta tow survey skills on day 4 of the Heriot-Watt University #Coral Reef field course in #Malaysia . Heriot-Watt EGIS OfficialUMT PGMarine ILES

Student snorkellers and divers practicing placing and retrieving transect lines and their survey skills on day 3 of the Heriot-Watt University #Coral Reef field course in #Malaysia . Heriot-Watt EGIS OfficialUMT PGMarine

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#MSc project publication: Can biodiversity enhancement from oyster restoration be predicted? Research into native oyster reefs & associated fauna suggests that oyster restoration can double biodiversity in a decade! journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
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#smartexccz day 36: assisted the multibeam team in the ROV van, started writing my first cruise paper and saw a turtle... #lifeofanacademic

#smartexccz sights & sounds of day 24: recovered the baited fish trap for #ecotoxicology work, whilst the ROV returned from a successful dive #lifeofanacademic

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