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Debra Quick-Jones

Aug 22, 20201 min read

Ancient Turducken

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Debra Quick-Jones

Aug 17, 20202 min read

Sulfur Eating Bacteria with Magnetic Super-Powers!

There are rod-shaped bacteria that make their own built-in compass to help in navigating the layers of mud where they make their home....

Debra Quick-Jones

Aug 4, 20201 min read

A New Visitor

(photo: Jeff Goddard) This is Elysia hedgpethi, or Hedgpeth's Sapsucker. It lives on Codium fragile or Dead Man's Fingers (an apt...

Debra Quick-Jones

Jun 20, 20202 min read

A Happy Story For These Times

From Real Estate news: A giant grouper left feeling glum after coronavirus restrictions forced the closure of his aquarium has found an...

Debra Quick-Jones

Jun 11, 20202 min read

Cool things!

(Greg Rouse from Scripps Institute of Oceanography) Under the "who knew?!" category, four new species of worms were discovered at the...

Debra Quick-Jones

Jun 4, 20201 min read

Red Tide Rising

There may be another red tide event brewing! Numbers of red tide organisms are rising, although thankfully it it is not likely to be as...

Debra Quick-Jones

Apr 18, 20201 min read

A Sparkling Personality

https://www.flickr.com/photos/myfwc/8633712677 Heavy rains have triggered a bloom of the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra, an event...

Debra Quick-Jones

Feb 26, 20202 min read

Who Knew?

As I was cleaning my tank, especially of the buildup of cyanobacteria AKA blue-green algae, I reflected on how weird and wonderful (and...

Debra Quick-Jones

Feb 4, 20201 min read

Abalones have faces too!

It was Cute Abalone Day when I travelled to Bodega Bay in January to finally visit the facility that is rearing white abalone. Lead...