SAMS ocean highlights from 2024
SAMS ocean highlights from 2024
SAMS response to the marine planning zone consultation
SAMS response to the marine planning zone consultation

Read our response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on extending marine planning zones to 12 nm from the coastal baseline.

Now Recruiting: Chair of the SAMS Governing Board
Now Recruiting: Chair of the SAMS Governing Board

We are seeking an inspirational leader to be Chair of the SAMS Governing Council. Click for further details.

Latest news

SAMS researchers will use marine robotics to help assess ice melt and ocean currents in Greenland. Photo: Lewis Drysdale/SAMS

Fri, Feb 21, '25

Scientists to examine Greenland and North Atlantic tipping points

Project is part of £81m ARIA programme

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An intertidal species assemblage in Unst, Shetland, UK. Species are being rapidly replaced in assemblages like this as temperatures change around the world. Photo: Michael Burrows/SAMS

Wed, Jan 29, '25

Climate change reshuffling species ‘like a deck of cards’

Findings are further warning of climate change impacts

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Experts are keen to better understand and recognise the dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata, which is classed as toxic.

Wed, Jan 29, '25

Plankton science needs old and new methods, say experts

Study follows on from global Plankton Manifesto

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Prof Michael Burrows of SAMS is lead author on the new report

Wed, Jan 22, '25

Climate change already affecting seashore species in Scotland

Report highlights extent of blue mussel decline

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Latest papers

Importance, structure, cultivability, and resilience of the bacterial microbiota during infection of laboratory-grown Haematococcus spp. by the blastocladialean pathogen Paraphysoderma sedebokerense: evidence for a domesticated microbiota and its potential for biocontrol
Authors:

Miebach J, Green D, Strittmatter M, Mallinger C, Le Garrec L, Zhang QY, Foucault P, Kunz C & Gachon CMM

FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 101 (2)
01, 21, 2025
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The Storage and Production of Bioenergy Using Macroalgae Biomass—Part I: Ensiling
Authors:

Ditchfield AK, Kerrison PD, Mair A, Hurst G, Green DH, Stanley MS, Fedenko J, Hughes AD

Sustainability 16 (24)
12, 18, 2024
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Baseline matters: Challenges and implications of different marine heatwave baselines.
Authors:

Smith KE, Gupta AS, Amaya D, Benthuysen JA, Burrows MT et al

Progress in Oceanography
12, 9, 2024
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Report on the 2023 razor clam survey in the Firth of Clyde and the 2024 survey in the Solway
Authors:

Marine Directorate of Scottish Government (Fox C)

Scottish Government publication
12, 6, 2024
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