One other 12 months of our “Hardbunnsfauna”-project; Invertebrate fauna of marine rocky shallow-water habitats: species mapping and DNA barcoding (funded by the Norwegian taxonomy Initiative) is coming to an finish.
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April: outcomes are coming in on a few of the DNA barcoding we’re doing. Sponges (just like the blue one right here) are difficult to barcode, however we’re getting some attention-grabbing outcomes!

Could: now we have additionally barcoded a whole lot of different teams, together with a considerable quantity of microgastropods (tiny snails)

August: Fieldwork within the neighborhood; we sampled invertebrates from the fjord clean-up SUB was doing in Puddefjorden

September: We participated at an occasion at Os along with Havkollektivet, introducing the invertebrate and vertebrate locals to one another

October: Katrine was on a analysis cruise with restricted web, however did pattern many attention-grabbing critters for the undertaking

November: Subject work in Haugesund, the place Slettaa Dykkerklubb organized a course on marine biology for divers