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The Marine Biologist Podcast
The Marine Biologist Podcast brings you conversations about marine life with leading marine biologists. If you are fascinated by the sea and its inhabitants and want to go deeper, this is the podcast for you.
Each episode follows up on an article on cutting-edge science, conservation, or education that appeared in the most recent edition of The Marine Biologist magazine.
Visit the magazine website: https://www.mba.ac.uk/our-membership/our-magazine/
Join the Marine Biological Association: https://www.mba.ac.uk/our-membership/
Episodes
13 episodes
Life on the rocks: six decades of rocky shore ecology with Professor Stephen J. Hawkins.
Podcast Summary (100 words): Join us for Sixty Years of Rocky Shore Ecology, a fascinating journey through marine science with experimental ecologist Professor Stephen Hawkins. From his first limpet studies on the Isle of Ma...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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20:31
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An interview with Dr Bryce Stewart, scientific consultant on the film Ocean with David Attenborough
In this episode, we’re talking with Dr Bryce Stewart about the power of community-driven marine conservation. Bryce is a Senior Research Fellow at the MBA and Associate Professor at the University of Plymouth. His work on marine protecte...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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32:27
Communities and turtle conservation in Sierra Leone with Edward Aruna, winner of the Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa
In this episode we are glad to bring you the warmth of West Africa!For his achievements in turtle conservation and with the coastal communities of Sierra Leone, Edward Aruna ha...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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25:08
Ocean love with Raghda Ezzeldin
We are delighted to welcome Raghda Ezzeldin, record breaking freediver, maths teacher, and ocean activist with OceanLove, a global non-profit ocean conservation initiative.Raghda tells us about her intimate connection with the ocean and...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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27:28
Inspiring women: crossing an ocean for the ocean
We are joined in this episode by Noelle Helder, marine ecologist, and member of the four-woman Salty Science rowing team that crossed the Atlantic to make a positive contribution to inclusivity in marine science. Representing...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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35:37
Exploration vs exploitation of the deep sea
What is so special about the deep sea? What are the impacts of human activities there and which areas are particularly important?In this episode, we are joined by deep-sea ecologist Dr Amelia Bridges. Following on from an article that A...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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34:26
First to the feast - when open ocean hunters converge
A shoal of sardines comes under attack from all sides as some of the ocean's most spectacular predators converge to take their fill.But which species do best and how do they interact with their competitors? How can scientists even study suc...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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29:48
Why inspiration is the ocean's greatest untapped resource
Ever since humans began making things, we have been looking to nature for inspiration: Leonardo Da Vinci designed flying machines inspired by birds, and burs (seeds covered in hooks) inspired the invention of velcro. Marine nat...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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37:27
Slow-motion speed dating and other shark matters with Professor David Sims
What drives animals to go where they go?We are proud to welcome shark expert Professor David Sims for a conversation about basking shark speed dating and much more. David is a behavioural ecologist specialis...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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54:11
Time to talk about Marine Protected Areas
Trawling in marine protected areas? What's that all about? Join us as we learn from experts why protecting areas of the sea is an essential tool for marine conservation, what some of the pitfalls are, and how MPAs help tackle the climate and bi...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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44:29
Meet the gene genies! The Darwin Tree of Life project
You have probably heard of Charles Darwin (he got there first with his theory of evolution by natural selection) and DNA. But few of us can explain what a g...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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43:39
The fall of the great ocean farmers: blue and fin whales in the Southern Ocean
The Antarctic blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived. In the 20th century, humans harvested 99 per cent of them. In this episode we welcome Matthew Savoca and Conor Ryan. Matt is interested in how animals might teach ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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The Marine Biologist Podcast with explorer and broadcaster Paul Rose
‘One of the world’s most experienced divers, field science and polar experts’, Paul Rose has forged a career his own way. Today, he helps protect some of the most remote and untouched parts of the ocean as Expedition Leader for the National Geo...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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