Dr Watson and Dr Priede have now contributed to ICES stock assessments since 1987 Melatonin receptors in the brains of deep demersal fishes. We have recently discovered that despite living in continuous darkness deep sea grenadier fish do have melatonin receptors in the brain normally associated with transduction of photoperiod. This project is a comparative study on gadiform species living at different depths. Large Abyssal Food Falls in the deep sea. This project forms the basis of NERC PhD studentship.
Food falls in the deep Eastern Mediterranean.
This joint project utilises the Aberdeen University deep sea systems in deep waters around Greece. ISIT camera observations of ambient light on the abyssal Plain. A special lander is being built for deployment in the NE Atlantic in 1998 and 1999. Dr. Phil M. Bagley. PDRA - EU Funded.