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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 10d

Honeycomb worms 🍯🐝🪱thriving at #Streedagh strand #Sligo. Reefs forming refuge for green algae 🌿 from #Limpet grazing 🐚. The stunning Ben Bulben as dramatic backdrop 🤩. @aec13.bsky.social @fplima.bsky.social @ucc.ie @benthicecol.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · Aug 27

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mixed messages: Eco-engineered tide pools can provide both positive and negative contributions, with the possibility of increasing introduced species diversity

With marine urbanisation on the rise, decision makers and managers are aiming to mitigate and offset impacts arising from the destruction of natural h…

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · Aug 26

#marineecology 🧪

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · Aug 26

Very well done @robingauff.bsky.social 🙌 🙌 🙌
Proud to be a co-author on this paper doi.org/10.106/j.sci... sharing with #ITRS ocean sprawl community 🪨🌊🦀🪸🐚🌱@louisefirth.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social

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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just out in @jexpbiol.bsky.social: Great work by @racinerangel.bsky.social documenting effects of a 6-month factorial field manipulation of warming X CO2 on intertidal mussel shell thickness, strength, & corrosion. #SitkaNSF @cascadejbs.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

CO2 X warming treatment in a tide pool. Black boxes on the high ledge hold batteries & circuit boards, with tubes leading to heating elements in the pool. The smaller black box generates CO2, which bubbles into the pool.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · Jul 28

As scientists warn that #AMOC may slow/collapse, experts are trying to improve research on this critical ocean conveyor system
We need:
- Better measurements
- Global cooperation
- Sustained funding
- New tech for real-time data

AMOC research=climate security. Let's keep it going! 🌍💙
@noc.ac.uk

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · Jul 18

Well spotted Louise - Sidi Kaouki would be a new Sabellaria location for the database! 🍯 🪱 @gerardozardi.bsky.social if you could fill in this form 🙏🏼
www.honeycombworms.org/Submit-Honey...

Submit Honeycomb Worm Reef Sightings

www.honeycombworms.org

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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · Jul 15

Correction to this post. The deadline for submissions is actually Nov 30th 2025! Still plenty of time to prepare your submissions. @dansmale1.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @noramare.bsky.social

Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌿🌊Annals of Botany invites submissions to a new Special Issue on "Macroalgae and ecosystem services", edited by AoB editors Mick Hanley and Kira Krumhansl and guest editor Louise Firth. (1/3)

@louisefirth.bsky.social

Flyer for the Annals of Botany Special Issue titled 'Macroalgae and Ecosystem Services'. It features the names of editors Mick Hanley, Kira Krumhansl, and guest editor Louise Firth. The submission deadline is July 31, 2025. The background is teal on the left, with a close-up image of golden-brown macroalgae on the right.

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌿🌊Annals of Botany invites submissions to a new Special Issue on "Macroalgae and ecosystem services", edited by AoB editors Mick Hanley and Kira Krumhansl and guest editor Louise Firth. (1/3)

@louisefirth.bsky.social

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · Jul 9

That 🍺 sums it up nicely @gerardozardi.bsky.social Yecher’mad to the #ITRS family for such great science & bonhomie all through last week. The 15th ITRS in 🇳🇿 looks amazing: what a next venue video @chrisecornwall.bsky.social , & Chris Battershill wears the wig so well
@waikatouniversity.bsky.social

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · Jul 8

That poster now has pride of place in the #Lebco coffee room 🫖 🕰️

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · Jul 3

Anne Salomon taking us on a marvelous deep dive through time, recontextualising people’s relationship with coastal ecosystems #ITRS2025 #marineecology 🧪🦪🌱🎣 @ifremer.bsky.social @ofbiodiversite.bsky.social @sbroscoff.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social

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Ifremer 🌊 @ifremer.bsky.social · Jul 1

Le Symposium international sur les récifs tempérés #ITRS 2025 débute aujourd'hui, à Brest.

Amélia Curd, chercheuse en écologie marine à l'Ifremer, vous en dit plus sur ces récifs tempérés 👇
youtu.be/eGqk0UdWRdI

Que sont les récifs tempérés ?

YouTube video by Ifremer

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · Jul 1

Hi Anaëlle…not officially no. We screen printed 40 of them and didn’t realise they would be so popular. However we still have the screen and can talk with the artist who designed the logo (Anna Vlaminck) at the poster session tomorrow evening and see what’s feasible.

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thank you Rodney 😊 a moment with a Eurovision feel to it 🎤🇪🇺 @ifremer.bsky.social

Rodney Forster @rodneyforster.bsky.social · Jul 1

Opening speeches of #ITRS2025 with @aec13.bsky.social doing sterling work simultaneously translating the words of the Vice President of Brest.

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · Jun 29

At last! See you all tomorrow at 5pm @LaFabrik for the @ofbiodiversite.bsky.social sponsored #ITRS2025 🧊⛓️‍💥https://itrs-home.org/icebreaker.html
@louisefirth.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @nelsonvaldivia.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social @sbroscoff.bsky.social

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Trine Bekkby @trinebekkby.bsky.social · Jun 25

We are some people travelling from www.niva.no/en to #ITRS2025. Let me present my colleague Eli, she is talking on Tuesday 1 July from 12:00 to 12:15 - «Effects of darkening and eutrophication in rockweed communities and photosynthetic performance»:
itrs-home.org/effects-of-d...

Effects of darkening and eutrophication on rockweed communities and photosynthetic performance: Results from a 4-month mesocosm study – ITRS 2025

Eli Rinde1, Camilla With Fagerli1, Hartvig Christie1, Kai Sørensen1 1Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Norway Diverse rocky shore macroalgal ecosystems, established in 12 large outdoor rocky…

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lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hiya, Matt Moretti! You were a lobster #aquaculture lab denizen, too! Congrats on the kelp/mussels endeavor! Many, many fruitful harvests ahead for you!
From a fellow former lobster nanny at @newenglandaquarium.bsky.social!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#MarineLife! 🦑 #OceanAcidification

Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom

When a US firm saw the seaweed was making their shellfish the ‘biggest and best’ scientists realised they’d hit upon a natural way to combat ocean acidification

www.theguardian.com

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Francesca Raffini Lab @francescaraffini.bsky.social · Jun 9

Time is running out! ⏳
Only few days left to apply to our PhD program—don’t miss your chance! 🚀

🔬Explore evolution in action in a cool 🐚
ℹ️ Details: tinyurl.com/fhzxr7ed
📆 Deadline: June 14th, 2025

#ScienceThatMatters #PhDlife #EvolutionaryBiology #MarineEcology #BiodiversityConservation

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Heliana Teixeira @helianateixeira.bsky.social · May 20

Great initiative! Just subscrived!

Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · May 14

Invasions!—a fresh newsletter on invasive alien species is out now. 🐟🌱
Get the latest on monitoring, policy, and action across Europe. Read Issue #1 here:
🔗 viewer.joomag.com/invasions-ne...
#InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity #Conservation #EUInvasives #bioinvasions #GuardIAS #Onestop 🌐🌍

Invasions Newsletter

safeguarding island havens. new research. management stories. policy updates.

viewer.joomag.com

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · May 18

🥁 🥁 🥁 The #ITRS2025 scientific program is online 🙌 itrs-home.org/scientific-p... please share! 42 days until 🚀
#marineecology @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @aurelien-boye.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Apr 14

We're Hiring for 8 Positions!! Interested in conducting research on nature based solutions in Canada's coastal ecosystems? Blue Carbon Canada is recruiting 3 PDFs & 5 PhD students for Sept. 2025 in partnership w @wwfcanada.org www.bluecarboncanada.ca/were-recruit... Open to int'l scholars Pls repost

We're Recruiting! — Blue Carbon Canada

www.bluecarboncanada.ca

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Fernando P. Lima @fplima.bsky.social · Mar 31

Our open-source Intertidal Environmental Chamber is out now in Methods in Ecology and Evolution!

It’s a system to realistically simulate the complex tidal and thermal dynamics of intertidal habitats. Proud of our team at @electricblue.bsky.social!

Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...

Intertidal Environmental Chamber: An automatic system to accurately simulate the thermal complexity of intertidal environments

Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme temperature events, often causing sublethal stress or mass mortalities in organisms. This has raised the interest in assessing species' therma...

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Joachim Claudet @joachimclaudet.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚨Paper Alert! 🚨

🌊 #MPAs stage of establishment 🪜 + level of protection 🎚️ = good predictors of conservation #outcomes 🐟 :

1️⃣ Actively managed + strongly regulated MPAs -> fish recover

2️⃣ Implemented MPAs that are minimally protected -> detrimental outcomes for fish

📰 doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Mar 20

✨ New paper alert! ✨ We found that the #kelp #microbiome is disrupted in a warming ocean! 🌊🌡️ #Temperature had a larger effect than #nitrogen. Thanks to lead author Nichos Molnar, Robin Fales @intertidaleco.bsky.social & Cathy Pfister! enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Warming Seawater Temperature and Nutrient Depletion Alters Microbial Community Composition on a Foundational Canopy Kelp Species

Microbiome composition on the canopy kelp Nereocystis luetkeana in the northeast Pacific Ocean is affected by warming temperatures and nitrogen limitation. Following experimental manipulation of temp...

enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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