Zoop Zoop Hooray! Natalie Mahara is a Masters student in biological oceanography at UBC. She loves all things related to the ocean with a particular fondness for charismatic microfauna. Her research focuses on the BC coast from the Strait of Georgia up into Johnstone Strait, which means she’s seen some of the most amazing sights …The postNot All Those Who Wander Are Lost- Natalie Mahara appeared first onAnecdotal Evidence.
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Natalie Mahara is a Masters student in biological oceanography at UBC. She loves all things related to the ocean with a particular fondness for charismatic microfauna. Her research focuses on the BC coast from the Strait of Georgia up into Johnstone Strait, which means she’s seen some of the most amazing sights BC has to offer. She strongly believes that everyone should know that a group of sea stars is called a galaxy.
Natalie’s story is about how she came to find herself in her field. As a child, she always imagined herself as a marine biologist, studying something grand like whales. Instead, she wound up studying tiny animals almost nobody has ever heard of. Her story takes us through the steps that took her down an unexpected path, and the lessons we can learn from zooplankton, or “zoops” as she likes to call them.
Below you can see some pictures of these weird and wonderful animals, taken by Natalie herself!
Natalie Mahara is a Masters student in biological oceanography at UBC. She loves all things related to the ocean with a particular fondness for charismatic microfauna. Her research focuses on the BC coast from the Strait of Georgia up into Johnstone Strait, which means she’s seen some of the most amazing sights BC has to offer. She strongly believes that everyone should know that a group of sea stars is called a galaxy.
Natalie’s story is about how she came to find herself in her field. As a child, she always imagined herself as a marine biologist, studying something grand like whales. Instead, she wound up studying tiny animals almost nobody has ever heard of. Her story takes us through the steps that took her down an unexpected path, and the lessons we can learn from zooplankton, or “zoops” as she likes to call them.
Below you can see some pictures of these weird and wonderful animals, taken by Natalie herself!
Amphipod (Primmo abyssalis)Jellyfish (Euphysa sp.)
Pelagic polychaete (Tomopteris septentrionalis)
Copepods (Calanus mashallae & Calanus pacificus)
Baby crab (Cancer sp.)
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