Another year of our “Hardbunnsfauna”-project; Invertebrate fauna of marine rocky shallow-water habitats: species mapping and DNA barcoding (funded by the Norwegian taxonomy Initiative) is coming to an end.
I opted for an easy way to show some of the activities we’ve had on our by selecting a post from each month on our Instagram account to share.
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April: results are coming in on some of the DNA barcoding we are doing. Sponges (like the blue one here) are tricky to barcode, but we are getting some interesting results!
![](http://invertebrate.w.uib.no/files/2021/12/5_mai.jpg)
May: we have also barcoded a lot of other groups, including a substantial amount of microgastropods (tiny snails)
![](http://invertebrate.w.uib.no/files/2021/12/8_august.jpg)
August: Fieldwork in the neighborhood; we sampled invertebrates from the fjord clean-up SUB was doing in Puddefjorden
![](http://invertebrate.w.uib.no/files/2021/12/9_september.jpg)
September: We participated at an event at Os together with Havkollektivet, introducing the invertebrate and vertebrate locals to each other
![](http://invertebrate.w.uib.no/files/2021/12/10_oktober.jpg)
October: Katrine was on a research cruise with limited internet, but did sample many interesting critters for the project
![](http://invertebrate.w.uib.no/files/2021/12/11_november.jpg)
November: Field work in Haugesund, where Slettaa Dykkerklubb arranged a course on marine biology for divers