Amanda Savoie
@iheartseaweed.bsky.social
Seaweed taxonomist at the Canadian Museum of Nature
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Kelp forests on the coast of Maine are in decline owing to rapid ocean warming and are being replaced by turf algae, which alter the ecosystem’s chemistry, hindering the recovery of kelp forests.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/4dwzl8j
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/4dwzl8j
May 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Kelp forests on the coast of Maine are in decline owing to rapid ocean warming and are being replaced by turf algae, which alter the ecosystem’s chemistry, hindering the recovery of kelp forests.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/4dwzl8j
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/4dwzl8j
Reposted by Amanda Savoie
May 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Reposted by Amanda Savoie
A big thank you to Akshay Kulkarni at the CBC for covering a new Hakai study showing endangered sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) finding refuge from sea star wasting disease (SSWD) in the fjords of BC’s Central Coast. Read the full story here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4mcyn3tc
9 out of 10 sunflower sea stars were wiped out — but B.C. researchers say fiords provided refuge | CBC News
B.C. researchers have found that the fiords of the Central Coast may be providing refuge for the critically endangered sunflower sea star, a discovery that could have implications for wider ecosystems...
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April 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A big thank you to Akshay Kulkarni at the CBC for covering a new Hakai study showing endangered sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) finding refuge from sea star wasting disease (SSWD) in the fjords of BC’s Central Coast. Read the full story here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4mcyn3tc
Reposted by Amanda Savoie
Reposted by Amanda Savoie
A red alga, #Asparagopsis taxiformis, found on Nagashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture.
#algae #seaweed #phycology
#algae #seaweed #phycology
March 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A red alga, #Asparagopsis taxiformis, found on Nagashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture.
#algae #seaweed #phycology
#algae #seaweed #phycology
Happy #PhycologyFriday! Canada's Arctic waters are more colourful than you might expect. This seaweed-filled scene is from near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
March 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy #PhycologyFriday! Canada's Arctic waters are more colourful than you might expect. This seaweed-filled scene is from near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
Reposted by Amanda Savoie
Do #kelp forests really matter for fish? Check out our new meta-analysis w/ Ale Pérez-Matus in Ecology showing 1) multistipe kelps do more than single stipe, 2) all kelps enhance juveniles, 3) kelps help small herbivores & big predators.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
February 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Do #kelp forests really matter for fish? Check out our new meta-analysis w/ Ale Pérez-Matus in Ecology showing 1) multistipe kelps do more than single stipe, 2) all kelps enhance juveniles, 3) kelps help small herbivores & big predators.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....