The MBA is our learned society, for all marine biologists including students, professionals and enthusiasts. We have a long history of close collaboration with the MBA and have a joint staff appointment.
Each student has three boat-days as we use the MBA’s Research Vessel Sepia to experience the full range of boat-based aquatic sampling techniques. We also work in the MBA laboratory and undertake a rapid biodiversity assessment of a highly diverse rocky shore.
The field course is assessed via a test of specimen identification on the course and a presentation on a key coastal marine group such as crustaceans, demersal fish or echinoderms. After the field course, students will make a family-friendly guide to a UK marine species.