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Our 10th DEEPEND cruise, 10 years after the program began
The DP10 science team during the pre-cruise safety briefing. Photo from H. Judkins. We are just back from our 10th research cruise of the...

Zan Milligan
May 63 min read


Congratulations Sidney Trimble!
Congratulations to Sidney Trimble for an excellent defense of her MS thesis! Her topic was "Estimating the Carbon Flux of Argyropelecus...

Zan Milligan
Dec 6, 20241 min read


DEEPEND|RESTORE II is a go!
I am very excited to announce that our DEEPEND|RESTORE funding has been extended for another five years, and we are ready to kick off...

Zan Milligan
Oct 1, 20241 min read


Deep-Sea Benefits Program to Study Benthic-Pelagic Coupling
We are delighted to have received NOAA funding for a new Deep-Sea Benefits research program to explore benthic-pelagic coupling around...

Zan Milligan
Sep 30, 20241 min read


Congratulations to Mary Gad!
Congratulations to Mary Gad for her successful online thesis defense! Her thesis, titled "Estimating the Carbon Flux Contributions of...

Zan Milligan
Apr 24, 20241 min read


The Seascape Ecology Lab at GOMCON 2024
The Seascape Ecology Lab and DEEPEND program had a great showing at this year's Gulf of Mexico Conference (GOMCON 2024) with several...

Zan Milligan
Feb 23, 20242 min read


Congratulations to Ian Areford
Huge congratulations to Ian Areford on successfully defending his MS thesis this semester! His research project, titled " Do Mesopelagic...

Zan Milligan
Dec 13, 20231 min read


Another thesis successfully defended!
Congratulations to Ryan Byrne for successfully defending his MS thesis examining the variation in head photophore position and nasal...

Zan Milligan
May 2, 20231 min read


Congratulations Mikayla Twiss!
Mikayla Twiss thesis defense Congratulations to Mikayla Twiss on defending her MS thesis! She used computer-aided morphometric analyses...

Zan Milligan
Dec 9, 20221 min read


Summer Graduations!
I'm delighted to announce that two of my MS students have successfully defended their theses this past semester and are all set to...

Zan Milligan
Aug 24, 20221 min read


NEW PAPER: Synthesis of the Open-Ocean Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
The decade after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has seen an unprecedented level of research investment into the ecosystems of the...

Zan Milligan
May 6, 20222 min read


Our Research in ECO's Deep-Sea Issue!
Our deep-pelagic research in the Gulf of Mexico is featured in the deep-sea issue of the ECO magazine this month! Check it out here...

Zan Milligan
Nov 24, 20201 min read


The Seascape Lab at eDSBS!
Last week saw the first ever Deep Sea Biology Symposium held completely online, and was the first opportunity for Krista Scheuerman (MS...

Zan Milligan
Aug 25, 20201 min read


NEW PAPER: Habitat partitioning of young tunas in the Gulf of Mexico
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00257 Nina Pruzinsky has published a new paper from her MS thesis research examining correlations...

Zan Milligan
Apr 24, 20201 min read


NEW PAPER: Myctophid Diversity in the Gulf of Mexico
I am delighted to announce that we have a new open-access paper out in Frontiers in Marine Science from the DEEPEND project, titled "...

Zan Milligan
Feb 18, 20201 min read


All go for 2020!
Well, it's been a crazy couple of weeks! Last week was the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference in Tampa. Along with...

Zan Milligan
Feb 12, 20202 min read


We are part of the NOAA RESTORE Science Program!
I am delighted to officially announce that we have won NOAA RESTORE funding to examine pattern and process in the deep-pelagic fauna of...

Zan Milligan
Oct 2, 20191 min read


Classifying Pelagic Habitats in the Gulf of Mexico
Our new paper describing a method for classifying pelagic habitats in the Gulf of Mexico is out today! Read more here...

Zan Milligan
May 14, 20193 min read
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