Today was yet another awesome dive day despite the Coast Guard sending us back to shore after our first dive due to rough conditions (it has been the same for a couple days now - not sure why today was special) and a tiny camera leak. This may have been my best photography day despite only having 2 photography dives.

Included photos: ornate ghost pipefish, "Shaun the sheep" nudibranch, robust ghost pipefish, and painted frogfish.

#Philippines #Dumaguete #nudibranch #pipefish #macrophotography

Seaweed #pipefish #Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup, 1856 -- near the northern border of the species range | Sea of Japan, Peter the Great Bay Sea of Japan, Peter the Great Bay

#fish

DNA in the water shows South African scientists where to find a rare pipefish

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-dna-south-african-scientists-rare.html

#seagrass #pipefish

Great example of how we can use environmental DNA (#eDNA ) to monitor and track and detect presence and distribution of vulnerable species.

Find out more in this article in the Conversation about its application for #biomonitoring of estuarine #pipefish

https://theconversation.com/dna-in-the-water-shows-south-african-scientists-where-to-find-a-rare-pipefish-193229

#biodiversity #ecology

One of my first snorkels of 2022 was abound with pipefish! Nothing like swimming with pipefish to whet your appetite for the snorkelling season!

#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #northnorfolkcoast #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #pipefish #snorkeling #wildlife #nature #fish