Tom Iwanicki

Conserving high seas biodiversity through a visual ecological lens

Copepod light & vision

Our recent paper published in Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution exploring the phylogeny of Metridinidae, a diel vertically migrating family of copepods, and their opsin and luciferase diversity
(Photo credit: Goetze & Peijnenburg)

The Living Sailor Project

A community science project studying By-the-wind sailors (Velella velella) hosted on Zooniverse and leveraging more than 10,000 iNaturalist observations from around the world (Photo credit: Denis Riek)

Documenting high seas biodiversity

An assortment of photographs I have taken while documenting the wonderful variety and biodiversity of the neustonic realm

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