Dr Richard Kirby

@PlanktonPundit

Wildlife filmmaker and plankton scientist. Founder of the global citizen science study. Here's my book

Freelance in Plymouth, UK
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Joined August 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    24 Dec 2015

    Shit this is important stuff! A Chaetopterus worm larva does a poo in the & sends carbon to the ocean deep

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  2. Retweeted
    Apr 3

    Amazing sight. I've never seen so many baby crabs in a plankton sample. The adaptations for survival make theses zoeas look like aliens. Their long spines defend against predators.

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  3. Apr 3

    Amazing sight. I've never seen so many baby crabs in a plankton sample. The adaptations for survival make theses zoeas look like aliens. Their long spines defend against predators.

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  4. Apr 1

    The biggest problems are what we can't see, ocean warming, overfishing, microplastics - a perfect ocean storm

    FOllowing Dr Richard Kirby on , beyond what we physically can see in oceans, this other reality is really heart-breaking with the felt consequences
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  5. Retweeted
    Mar 29

    The awful sight of our plastic litter among the plankton at the very base of the marine food chain. This piece of microplastic pollution is less than 1.5mm in size.

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  6. Retweeted
    Mar 27

    The amazing life at the sea surface. Shamefully, so rarely seen on TV the plankton is the most important life in the oceans. Come sampling this secret world with me.

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    Mar 30

    Read about the world's largest citizen science ocean phytoplankton study in the Secchi Disk study's March 2018 update on Facebook and find out how you can help

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  8. Mar 29

    The awful sight of our plastic litter among the plankton at the very base of the marine food chain. This piece of microplastic pollution is less than 1.5mm in size.

    18 replies 600 retweets 555 likes
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  9. Mar 27

    The amazing life at the sea surface. Shamefully, so rarely seen on TV the plankton is the most important life in the oceans. Come sampling this secret world with me.

    4 replies 122 retweets 303 likes
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    Mar 26

    Shocking scale of microplastic pollution among the plankton base of the marine food chain. The squat lobster larva is less than 2 mm long.

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  11. Mar 26

    Shocking scale of microplastic pollution among the plankton base of the marine food chain. The squat lobster larva is less than 2 mm long.

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    Mar 21

    Plankton sampling today, beautiful day and an amazing sight, I've never seen so many crab zoeas. But, can you spot sea gooseberry get caught?

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  13. Mar 21

    Plankton sampling today, beautiful day and an amazing sight, I've never seen so many crab zoeas. But, can you spot sea gooseberry get caught?

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  14. Mar 19

    A horseshoe worm larva. This creature has two names. When first seen in the plankton in the 19thC it was thought to be an animal in its own right and called Actinotrocha. Later, it was discovered to be a larval form and so it is now also known as a phoronid larva.

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    This is one of my favourite planktonic larvae. Can you guess what animal it becomes?
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  15. Mar 18

    This is one of my favourite planktonic larvae. Can you guess what animal it becomes?

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  16. Mar 17

    You can now see my plankton films and images on Instagram too. Follow me 👍

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  17. Retweeted
    Mar 17

    Sailors "do something" to help forward the cause of science and stewardship of this planet we call home.

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  18. Retweeted
    Mar 14

    Come plankton sampling with me. See the spring bloom diatoms accumulate in the net.

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  19. Retweeted
    Mar 14

    The 1st time I looked through a dissecting scope at a live sample of seawater, I was totally hooked on marine biology. It blew me away! Love the camera perspective in this clip.

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    Come plankton sampling with me. See the spring bloom diatoms accumulate in the net.
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  20. Mar 14

    Come plankton sampling with me. See the spring bloom diatoms accumulate in the net.

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    Mar 9
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    Had to share. Podon poop is important stuff!

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