Elvira de Eyto
@edeeyto.bsky.social
Zoologist 🐟🦟🐌🐛🌲🌳🌳long term ecological monitoring
Older posts were migrated from twitter…….
Older posts were migrated from twitter…….
This month, we have been lucky enough to observe the various stages of larval development of Freshwater Pearl Mussels, Margaritifera margaritifera
We are running a captive breeding program in collaboration with NPWS and Moorkens and associates
These are stage 4
We are running a captive breeding program in collaboration with NPWS and Moorkens and associates
These are stage 4
July 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This month, we have been lucky enough to observe the various stages of larval development of Freshwater Pearl Mussels, Margaritifera margaritifera
We are running a captive breeding program in collaboration with NPWS and Moorkens and associates
These are stage 4
We are running a captive breeding program in collaboration with NPWS and Moorkens and associates
These are stage 4
So exciting to see the first of our 2024/2025 cohort of Freshwater Pearl Mussels starting to drop off their salmon host. We are working with NPWS to breed this endangered species at the Marine Institute’s hatchery in Newport, Co. Mayo
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@philkeena.bsky.social
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April 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So exciting to see the first of our 2024/2025 cohort of Freshwater Pearl Mussels starting to drop off their salmon host. We are working with NPWS to breed this endangered species at the Marine Institute’s hatchery in Newport, Co. Mayo
@marineinst.bsky.social
@philkeena.bsky.social
@marineinst.bsky.social
@philkeena.bsky.social
Heterocapsa season in Lough Furnace. A coastal lagoon on the west coast of Ireland
April 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Heterocapsa season in Lough Furnace. A coastal lagoon on the west coast of Ireland
Lakes in Ireland - Mirrors of Change.
Available to download here: oar.marine.ie/handle/10793...
Edited by @cathdalt.bsky.social @ejen.bsky.social and @edeeyto.bsky.social with chapter contributions from 52 authors and sponsorship from state agencies & HEIs
Limited print copies available - DM me
Available to download here: oar.marine.ie/handle/10793...
Edited by @cathdalt.bsky.social @ejen.bsky.social and @edeeyto.bsky.social with chapter contributions from 52 authors and sponsorship from state agencies & HEIs
Limited print copies available - DM me
December 11, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Lakes in Ireland - Mirrors of Change.
Available to download here: oar.marine.ie/handle/10793...
Edited by @cathdalt.bsky.social @ejen.bsky.social and @edeeyto.bsky.social with chapter contributions from 52 authors and sponsorship from state agencies & HEIs
Limited print copies available - DM me
Available to download here: oar.marine.ie/handle/10793...
Edited by @cathdalt.bsky.social @ejen.bsky.social and @edeeyto.bsky.social with chapter contributions from 52 authors and sponsorship from state agencies & HEIs
Limited print copies available - DM me
Trichodiniasis and glochidiosis in one 📽️!!
Once the Pearl mussel glochidia have been released from their mother, they have 24 hours of snapping to find a🐟
Heres some footage of encysted glochidia, and Trichodina, a gill parasite 🛸
@KeenaPhilip @MarineInst @NPWSIreland
Once the Pearl mussel glochidia have been released from their mother, they have 24 hours of snapping to find a🐟
Heres some footage of encysted glochidia, and Trichodina, a gill parasite 🛸
@KeenaPhilip @MarineInst @NPWSIreland
November 13, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Trichodiniasis and glochidiosis in one 📽️!!
Once the Pearl mussel glochidia have been released from their mother, they have 24 hours of snapping to find a🐟
Heres some footage of encysted glochidia, and Trichodina, a gill parasite 🛸
@KeenaPhilip @MarineInst @NPWSIreland
Once the Pearl mussel glochidia have been released from their mother, they have 24 hours of snapping to find a🐟
Heres some footage of encysted glochidia, and Trichodina, a gill parasite 🛸
@KeenaPhilip @MarineInst @NPWSIreland