Lighthouse Field Station - University of Aberdeen
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News, events and research from the University of Aberdeen's Lighthouse Field Station based at Cromarty. Celebrating 25 years of research excellence. The Lighthouse Field Station is one of three field stations within the University's School of Biological Sciences.
The Field Station was established in 1990 with the dual aim of supporting research within the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences and integrating this work into the School’s teaching and outreach activities.
Our research aims to understand how natural and man-made environmental changes influence the behaviour and population dynamics of marine mammals and seabirds.
This work directly supports regional conservation and management programmes, and has developed best practice case studies that provide insights into marine resource management issues elsewhere in the world.
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facebook.comCongratulations to Dr Barbara Cheney who is relaxing this weekend after a week which saw another publication (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acv.12384/full) and a successful PhD viva. Thanks to Emer Rogan and Julien Martin who braved some wild weather to come and examine her. And congratulations also to Saliza and Becky who made the the most amazing PhD thesis cake - realistic enough for Barbara to identify it as #573 in seconds!!
Our latest research highlights the importance of monitoring growth for health and survival but the difficulty of measuring this in wild bottlenose dolphins. Find out how we used lasers to solve this problem in our new paper - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acv.12384/full
Watch BBC News at 10 TONIGHT for a sneak preview of how Lucy Quinn’s work with British Antarctic Survey on Bird Island features in this Sunday’s episode of BluePlanet2
As well as the opening projections on the Lighthouse, we'll be hosting several other Cromarty Film Festival screenings this weekend in the Old Buoy Store. This includes Neville Gabie's wonderful film "Afloat" - which he'll be introducing at 11.00am on Sunday 3rd Dec. Should be especially popular with the coastal rowers - Check out the trailer at https://vimeo.com/108889652. All festival programmer and information on tickets at http://www.cromartyfilmfestival.org/tickets.
Looking forward to two events this week with artists who've worked with us at the Lighthouse over the last few years. On Wednesday, Paul and Mark Lyken will be talking at the Suttie Centre, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - before a screening of "The Terrestrial Sea" which Mark made with Emma Dove after their Lighthouse residencies. Further details of that event at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-screening-of-the-terrestrial-sea-mark-lyken-paul-thompson-tickets-39870010274
Lots of great looking food, produce and art to be found in Cromarty next weekend
Looking forward to hosting more screenings at this years Cromarty Film Festival
Great to see where past students and even the Lighthouse Buff end up! Congratulations Antoine on your new research job studying the sociable weaver in South Africa.
Another great sounding band visiting the Black Isle this week
Watch Landward, BBC 1 Scotland 7.30pm TONIGHT to see staff from the Lighthouse Field Station and MSc students from University of Aberdeen trying out some acoustic monitoring in the Moray Firth while out with EcoVentures, Cromarty earlier this year.
Inverness Spectrum Centre - Oct 18th @ 18.00 Have your say in the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Energy Inquiry, which aims to shape debate around Scotland’s future energy supply and use. Members of the RSE Inquiry Committee will be travelling to Inverness as part of their community engagement programme, They will explain the background to the Inquiry and what it hopes to achieve; Look to gather the views and experiences of communities on energy issues; Provide the opportunity to share thoughts on questions posed in its consultation. Book a place here: https://www.rse.org.uk/event/scotlands-energy-future-evidence-session-inverness/
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