The recently built aquarium room of the ANOM Lab has this week been installed with its first aquariums, marking the start of our maiden voyage in studying taphonomy and population dynamics in deep time, using modern animals as analogues. This work is being led by ANOM Lab members Jonathan Antcliffe and Lorenzo Lustri, our aquarium specialists. Two freshwater tanks were installed as part of a sump system that will eventually house populations of shrimps for studying on moulting, taphonomy, and decay. So far the tanks are full of water, but do not yet house plants or animals as we wait for the water chemistry to stabilise. Watch this space as organisms are added in the coming weeks!
