Oceanbites Out Loud

An Interview with Matt Miller

On our latest episode we interview Matt Miller. Matt is a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria in the Dower Lab. He studies marine snails called pteropods (AKA sea butterflies) as a bioindicator for ocean acidification. Matt recently published a new paper and you can read more about his research here. 
Surfrider Foundation: https://canada.surfrider.org/
Insta: @matt_millr_
 
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An Interview with Rebecca Crawford

For this Oceanbites Out Loud episode we interview Rebecca Crawford. Becca is a Master's student at the University of Victoria who works in the Varela Lab. She studies phytoplankton dynamics in the Northern Pacific & Arctic. 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/becca.crawford.165
Website: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/varelalab/rebecca-crawford/
 
Interview by Ashley Mickens
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An Interview with Valeria Contreras

Valeria (they/them) is a Master's student at the Universitat Politècnica de València in València, Spain. They study the ecology relating to the invasive blue crab, with the goal of improving monitoring for marine ecosystems and implementing sustainable conservation strategies.
 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeria-contreras-casado-80435a251
 
Recorded and Edited by Ashley Mickens
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An Interview with Jaclyn Torkelson

We interview oceanbites author and leadership team member Jaclyn Torkelson. Jaclyn has recently defended her PhD at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). She studies the chemistry of sand on coral reefs by using lipids (like cholesterol) to figure out where it came from.
 
Twitter: @DesertAndReef
Website: https://jftork.wixsite.com/jaclyn-torkelson
Healthy Ocean Coalition: https://www.healthyoceancoalition.org/
One People One Reef: https://onepeopleonereef.org/
 
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An Interview with Alyssa Pietraszek

Alyssa is a PhD candidate who is studying indicators of sea level rise at the University of Haifa in Israel. Her work focuses on combining geologic, archaeological and historical records to better understand how sea level rise is changing in response to climate change.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-pietraszek/
 
Episode Recorded and Edited by: Ashley Mickens
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An Interview with Dominique Maucieri

Dominique is a PhD student in the Bates Lab at the University of Victoria. She currently studies multiple stressors in reef ecosystems and leads the EcoStats working group on campus. Find her online:
Twitter: @dgmaucieri
Website: https://dominiquemaucieri.com
 
Episode Recorded and Edited by: Ashley MickensIntro and Outro music made using the music simulator found here.

Are Seagrasses Our Climate Change Superheroes?

Did you know that seagrasses filter out pollutants in the water, create homes for fish and other small marine animals, and protect our coastlines from the threat of floods? Listen here to about this marine flowering plant. 
 
Article Written by Nicole Mucci
Recorded and Edited by Julie Maurer and Ashley Mickens. 
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An Interview with Megan Davies

Megan Davies is a MSc student at the University of Victoria in the Bates Lab. She studies invertebrate diversity on seamounts to better understand how oceans are being impacted by climate change.
Follow Megan:
Twitter @M_Davies 
Instagram: @muggzy_d
 
Episode Recorded and Edited by: Ashley Mickens
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Using Sound as Sight

In this episode, learn about how researchers are using new technology to visualize organisms buried in the seafloor. 
Original Post Written By: Piper Evans
Recorded and Edited by: Ashley Mickens
Research Citation: Mizuno, K., Nomaki, H., Chen, C. et al. Deep-sea infauna with calcified exoskeletons imaged in situ using a new 3D acoustic coring system (A-core-2000). Sci Rep 12, 12101 (2022).
 
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An Interview with Natalia Gurgacz

In our third podcast episode, we interview Natalia Gurgacz. Natalia is a 2nd year Master's student at the University of Victoria who is working on understanding carbon leaching as part of the Climate Modelling Group. Find her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/natgurgacz
 
Episode Recorded by Ashley Mickens
Logo by Megan Lewis
Introduction by Francesca Giammona
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