Below The Tide
A podcast dedicated to everyone who grew up dreaming of being a marine biologist. Weekly episodes feature a marine scientist who shares their research, life stories, and fun anecdotes. Follow on instagram @Belowthetidepod for updates and resources! With every episode you can find an instagram post that goes along with it. That post will have some pictures, diagrams, maps, definitions, to help you follow along.Thanks for being here - Liz
Episodes
39 episodes
EP 38 - Sea Life on Shipwrecks with Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser
This week Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser, a benthic ecologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is sitting down to chat about the sea life that uses shipwrecks as their home! Learn about how some of the most isolated shipwrecks off the coast of Ne...
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EP 37 - Intro to Shipwrecks with Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser
Dive into the world of shipwrecks with Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser, a benthic ecologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Kirstin is giving an intro to everything shipwrecks, and zooming in on the shipwrecks that she studies. Her area of study ...
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EP 36 - Intro to Benthic Communities with Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser
What really lives at the ocean floor? What lives in the sand, rocks and water at the very bottom? Welcome to this episode all about those organisms! We're chatting with Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser, a benthic ecologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti...
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EP 35 - Bottlenose Dolphin Whistles with Laura Palmer
Sit down with Laura and continue your journey into bottlenose dolphin science! This week it is all about dolphin whistles, Laura's upcoming work in Australia, and fieldwork in her area. Catch up on episodes 33 and 34 if you'd like an intro to b...
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EP 34 - Effects of Tidal Turbines on Marine Life with Laura Palmer
This week is a continuation from last week, and Laura is giving us some info on tidal turbines. We dive deep into the work she conducted along with The University of St Andrews and The Sea Mammal Research Unit where they investigated the effect...
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EP 33 - Intro to Bottlenose Dolphins with Laura Palmer
New week, new topic! This week we get to hear from Laura Palmer, an PhD candidate at the University of Bristol. She studies cetacean (whale, dolphin and porpoise) communication in the Cetacean Communication and Cognition Lab. You can get a full...
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EP 32 - Becoming a Manta Ray Scientist with Nakia Cullain
Welcome back! We're picking up where we left off last week: Manta Rays in Mozambique. We're chatting a lot about the non-linear path to becoming a marine scientists, all of the barriers and challenges in science academia, and accepting imposter...
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Ep 31 - Manta Ray Conservation with Nakia Cullain
Today we're catching up with Nakia and learning all about manta ray conservation. Based in Mozambique, Nakia is exposed to some marine protected areas, climate change and conservation challenges. Catch up on episode 30 to get a full intro...
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EP 30 - Intro to Manta Rays with Nakia Cullain
Welcome to episode 30, and it's going to be a good one! This episode is all about manta rays. Buckle up because there is a lot of learning happening. Personally, I didn't know much about mantas, but after chatting with Nakia I am so impressed b...
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Ep 29 - Intro to Narwhals with Alexandra Mayette
Did somebody say NARWHALS?? Check out this episode to learn all about the Narwhals of the Canadian arctic, from the basics up to the challenges they face from humans. Alexandra gives us the inside scoop on these amazing creatures (which I do ad...
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Ep 28 - Beluga Fieldwork in Remote Indigenous Communities with Alexandra Mayette
Episode 28 is all about Alexandra's fieldwork in remote communities. Beluga fieldwork brought Alexandra to Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada. The community and surrounding communities are important in this work, sharing their own knowledge ...
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Ep 27 - Intro to Beluga Whales with Alexandra Mayette
A whole new episode about a whole new marine species: the beluga whale! Alexandra Mayette studied belugas in the Canadian Arctic, tracking them and studying their social behaviours. Alexandra gives us insight into her journey to become a ...
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EP 26 - Science Outreach in Rural Alaska with Ellen Chenoweth
This episode is touching on a really important area of science: science education. Science isn't always in a lab or on a boat, it is often in the community. Public outreach and education programs are extremely important for our society. E...
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Ep 25 - Staking out Humpback Whales With Ellen Chenoweth
Check out episode 25 to hear about what fieldwork looks like for Ellen! Most whale biologists spend long hours searching for whales, but Ellen’s work involves waiting them out. Waiting. And waiting. Waiting for them to come to the hatcheries. M...
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Ep 24 - Intro to Humpback Whale Foraging with Ellen Chenoweth
Welcome to Episode 24 - Humpback Whale Foraging with Ellen Chenoweth! Ellen is based in Sitka, at University of Alaska Southeast. She is a whale foraging ecologist - and specifically studied how humpback whales use salmon hatcheries as a food s...
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Ep 23 - Basking Shark Conservation with Alexandra McInturf
Episode 23 is all about basking shark conservation. Alex tells us about The Irish Basking shark group, a group of conservation scientists. We dive into Alex’s journey into the group, and how it has evolved into a group of people passionate abou...
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Ep 22 - Searching for Basking Sharks with Alexandra McInturf
Tune into episode 22 to hear first hand what it is like studying basking sharks in the wild. What do you do when the creature you study is so hard to find, and can swim immense distances without being spotted? We dive deep into the work Alex do...
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EP 21 - Intro to Basking Sharks with Alexandra McInturf
New topic alert! Episode 21 is an intro into basking sharks - one of the largest sharks in the ocean! Alex McInturf is a post-doctoral fellow at Oregon State University, working in the Big Fish Lab. She is passionate about basking sharks, and h...
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EP 20 - Kelp Restoration with Tom Campbell
Let's pick up where we left off last week - all about kelp. Tom Campbell is the president and founder of West Coast Kelp Ltd. Last week we did an intro to kelp; everything from structure to reproduction. This week Tom gives us insight into the ...
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EP 19 - Intro to Kelp with Tom Campbell
This week we are learning all about kelp! If you live near a beach, you may know kelp as the gooey slimey seaweed that washes up onto the beach, but to kelp biologists they are so much more. Tom Campbell is a kelp biologist who has founded a ke...
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EP 18 - The Acoustic Drone Project with Héloïse Frouin-Mouy
Welcome to episode 18! This week is the third and final episode with Héloïse Frouin-Mouy, where we hear about the Acoustic Drone Project she works on. She also gives us an idea of what a day in her life looks like doing research at NOAA (Nation...
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EP 17 - All About Hooded Seals with Héloïse Frouin-Mouy
Episode 17 may have shown me what my new favourite marine mammal is. You won’t believe it until you see them. Check out this episode all about hooded seals, the most weird, but amazing pinnipeds. Héloïse and I talk about hooded seals, their ana...
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EP 16 - Intro to Seals and Sea Lions with Héloïse Frouin-Mouy
Welcome to Below The Tide, my name is Liz, and I'm your host! Episode 16 is an intro to all things pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses). Dr Héloïse Frouin and I sit down to chat about studying seals, specifically bearded seals in the Chuc...
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EP 15 - Snail Capture and Museum Collections with Kristina Barclay
Welcome to episode 15! This is the third episode with Kristina Barclay, a paleoecologist in the Pacific Northwest. If you haven't listened to episodes 13 and 14, stop here and go back! The previous episodes will give you a nice overview of Kris...
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EP 14 - Using Paleoecology to Assess the Fishing Industry with Kristina Barclay
Check out episode 14 now! This is a continuation from episode 13 where we got an introduction to Kristina Barclay, so definitely go back and listen to that one if you haven't already. Today we are chatting about crabs, indigenous practices with...
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