If you spend time on or around the water of the Solent’s harbours, you will likely have noticed high levels of bright green macroalgae, on the shore or in the water. Wet winters are causing an increase in green macroalgae …
My name is Jason Doe and I’m a freshwater ecologist in the Environment Agency. I have been surveying algae in the River Wye for several years and find the interactions between aquatic life and its environment fascinating. Plants and invertebrates …
This is a guest blog by Ben Wagstaff. Ben did his undergraduate in Biological and Medicinal Chemistry at UEA and then a Masters in Chemistry in Professor Rob Field’s group at the John Innes Centre. In October 2013 he started his …