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The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is Scotland's premier independent marine science organisation generating new knowledge for the benefit of the marine environment and society since 1884.
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Seabed mapping tools for Oceans 2025

PhD on Younger Dryas ice

Arctic sampling cruise

SAMS study of climate change impacts

British Hyperbaric Association 2007 (Oban) call for papers

SAMS scientists to visit Arctic Marine Lab

Arrival of multi-sensor core logger at SAMS

SAMS PhD prizewinner

Deep Water Photographic Exhibition

Field study investigates toxic microalgae in Orkney and Shetland

Culture Collection's new website

New species discovered in Antarctic deep sea

European partnership to unlock the potential of algal bioenergy

Exceptional harmful algal bloom in Scottish waters

New species discovered in Antarctic

Side-Scan Sonar at SAMS

A new era: SAMS is looking for a new director

Scottish Oceans Institute

SAMS Zooplankton Research at the Arctic Marine Lab

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