”Comprehensive understanding of benthic ecology, essential for robust marine management, reliable numerical analysis, and taxonomic consistency, cannot be achieved without the continuity provided by long-term data”.
🌐 Read more: Birchenough et al., 2026, doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Space-for-time studies of land-use change rely on a baseline.
But what if that baseline has already changed?
In our new Ecography paper we show this can underestimate biodiversity loss. 🐦📉🧵(1/9)
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new paper is now out showing how time perception in animals is linked to their ecology. Using data from 237 species we show temporal perception is faster in species that fly and pursuit predators www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌐
New paper out examining fish food web degradation in the Anthropocene. We show the structure of aquatic food webs are changing-- even when species richness doesn’t. These signals are strongly associated with decreases in body size within fish communities. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌐🐠🐡🦈🐟
The food chains on modern Caribbean coral reefs may have shortened by up to 70% compared with those on their prehistoric counterparts, according to research in Nature. The findings suggest that modern reefs could be increasingly vulnerable to external stressors and ecosystem collapse. 🌍 🧪
Top, map of coral reefs around the world. Bottom, how many of them are in what sort of trophic regime (only 20% oligotrophic).
This is a type of paper I really like: Let's take something "everyone knows" (that coral reefs are in oligotrophic waters) and just check if it holds (it doesn't). 🧪🌊
Link: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Our paper describing a new species of Pascua goby from the Coral Sea has been selected as en Editors Choice Article in Fishes. Apart from being fabulous, these fish are cool because they show that the genus has two groups of species separated by >5000km of the Pacific! www.mdpi.com/3483974 #fishes
Weak trophic position–body mass relationships undermine simple size-spectrum models for coral reefs 🦑🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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** PAPER ALERT ** The future of #coralreefs does not have to be doom & gloom. Just out in npj Ocean Sustainability, we imagine coral reef futures offering alternatives aspiring to sustainability and equity for coral reefs. Read the open access paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A spherical burnt-orange brain coral sits on a sandy ocean floor, surrounded by red sediment-laden algal turf.
A sandy ocean floor with sparse growth, showing that it is dominated by a carpet of turf algae.
LSATs: Same name, different stressors.
While “the LSATs” are a stressful exam for law school applicants, these LSATs—long sediment-laden algal turfs—are a major stressor for Florida’s coral reefs. More on the turf trap and next steps for a coral recovery rut: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
Is there a link for this? Seems like an interesting opportunity!
David Suggett gets into the value of coral ecosystems for people worldwide. Restoration projects can provide immense value to local communities through bringing local communities together & restoring ecosystem structure and function.
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E1: Sports with a purpose - electric boat racing series similar to Formula E (from #FormulaOne).
This comes from an evolution of racing sports shifting to electric & hydrogen-run, with a focus on locations to bring attention to climate change. A big shift in sports racing
The 5 key sectors, perhaps pillars, of the #BlueEconomy are Ocean Energy, Blue Superfoods, Natural Capital, Genetic & Natural Products, & Ocean Data & Digital Services drive this - incorporating and fully integrating the #BlueEconomy could have huge economic returns (5:1 benefit:cost ratio)
The Regenerative #BlueEconomy - treating ocean health and economic development as compatible.
One of our grand challenges is working to keep the Blue Acceleration aligned with healthy and functioning oceans.
Great intro by @carlosduartephd.bsky.social
Over the past 250 million years, periods when coral reef growth has peaked have coincided with big rises in sea temperatures
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A goliath grouper with a diver swimming behind it, highlighting the massive size these fish can reach
When we think about fish large enough to attack people, sharks are usually what comes to mind. However, there is one fish in the ocean that even most sharks would choose to leave alone. And that is the goliath grouper, a fitting choice for #FishOfTheWeek
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Check out our latest publication from the #FREE group at #CESAB taking a functional and trait perspective on classic metapopulation ecology led by @nmouquet.bsky.social 🧪🌐
A Bayesian model for assessing organic matter supply in complex marine food webs using amino acid stable isotope analysis peerj.com/articles/202... via @PeerJLife #stableisotopes
A new Reef Exchanges episode dives into how #MERMAID grew from simple spreadsheets into a global tool helping scientists and MPA teams collect and report coral reef data more efficiently.
Happy to support this effort through several @blueactionfund.org grants.
reefresilience.org/reefexchange...
🔥 New post! | Beyond science: Traits that drive success in marine conservation | 👉 https://www.conservation-careers.com/interviews/beyond-science-traits-that-drive-success-in-marine-conservation/
#ConservationCareers #ConservationJobs
Strongly agree with this letter in Science arguing that field-based research should be more highly and fairly valued in academia. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🚨🎉 Check out our new paper assessing the impacts of fishing (🎣) and climate change (🌡️) on carbon export and sequestration by commercial fish! 🐟
🔗 rdcu.be/eMTU6
🔽 Here are some key results! 🔽
@oceanicu.bsky.social
@natcomms.nature.com
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I am pleased to announce the publication of the most extensive assessment of the coral reefs of Thailand conducted to date! This took years of work, but we are now placed for conservation action to embrace the nuances and complexity of reef ecosystems!
Link in the comments!
#MarineEcology 🌐🌏🪸🌊🦑
Our new review on the “circular seabird economy”
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
Hot off the press is the final chapter of my dissertation now published in @pnas.org Here, I explore the genetic drivers of extreme body size reduction using goby fishes as a model. I'll write up a short summary thread later tonight...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
hot off the press doi.org/10.1111/geb....
led by @oldenfish.bsky.social and featuring an array of fishy isotope folk funded by the CESAB programme of the @frbiodiv.bsky.social
