Khuong Dinh
@khuongdinh
Winter stress ecology | Global change biology | Multiple stressors | Ecotox | Zooplankton | RCN Young research talent fellow (PI) at AQUA @Biovitenskap, @UniOslo
Heading to the North Pole for a research expedition! Maybe this is the last landmark that I will see in the next approximately 50 days :)
Grateful to the amazing crew and scientists who made this polar night adventure possible. The Arctic never ceases to amaze, especially when I know more about how busy it is below the silent ice.
From 2000–4000 m, we collected fascinating amphipods, decapods and jellyfish. These deep-sea animals are fascinating to study how energy, resources, and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are transported to the Arctic abyss via the biological pump
It was an epic expedition to the dark and frozen Nansen Basin. Working in air temperatures below -20 °C with biting wind, we deployed Mammoth and MIK nets to 4000 m depth in the Arctic Ocean. Sampling during this special time of year taught me far more about zooplankton communities than I expected.
When the ocean breathes in the cold 🥶 (-20 °C), snow dances across the deck, the moon lights our way, and we sample zooplankton in the heart of the Arctic polar night.
A mammoth net hauls zooplankton from 4000 m depths in the Nansen Basin—under -20 °C air and howling winds.
Heading North for the overwintering organisms in the dark of the Arctic (polar) nights!
2) At 29 PSU, this corresponded to a tipping point of heat accumulation of 28 °C.d above which survival decreased. 3) Reduced salinity below 29 PSU, prevalent year-round in surface waters, suppressed this tipping point, inducing linear decreases in survival when temperature rises above 8 °C.
Calanus hyperboreus, the largest Calanus copepod in the world. The huge lipid sac inside the body is a key energy source that fuels the lipid-rich Arctic marine food web. This is a C. hyperboreus female from the Nansen Basin. Photo @Khuong Dinh
Maybe the same isopod genus parasitising in Calanus hyperboreus. This is a photo I took a few years ago in the central Arctic Ocean.
Exploring marine biodiversity: A memorable field cruise with bachelor and master students for the course Marine Biology
Collecting Tigriopus brevicornis from a splash pool for the experiment. These tiny crustaceans are remarkable for thriving in such dynamic and fluctuating habitats.
Honored to meet Her Excellency Madam Võ Thị Ánh Xuân, Vice President of Vietnam, this morning at the Presidential Palace, Hanoi.
Happy to serve as an Advisory Board Member for the 6th Global Vietnam Young Intellectuals Forum, with the participation of 201 (+ 300 online) brilliant Vietnamese scientists worldwide to contribute to innovation and sustainable development.
Start to upload my personal observations to iNaturalist Below are two species that I observed in Tam Dao National Park, North Vietnam. Both species are categorized as Near Threatened.
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New Book: The Barents Sea system Gateway to the changing Arctic Happy to contribute to some sections of this exciting book! fagbokforlaget.no/produkt/9788...
a stick insect, unknown ID, Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam Photo: Tuan
Saltstraumen, a small strait with one of the strongest tidal currents in the world.