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Ecological Oceanography Lab

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We are the Ecological Oceanography Lab at KAUST led by Dr. Michael D Fox (@miked-fox.bsky.social) We study pelagic-benthic connections on coral reefs in the Red Sea and around the globe 🌊🪸

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Danielle Spring @daniellelspring.bsky.social · Sep 8

New paper!

‘Climate change impacts to upwelling and shallow reef nutrient sources across an oceanic archipelago’

Out now in Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · Aug 28

🪸Fatty acid profiling & stable isotope analysis reveal selective nutrient incorporation in a mixotrophic #coral (S. pistillata), suggesting conventional methods may underestimate heterotrophy. @urigso.bsky.social, @eco-oce-lab.bsky.social @marleen-stuhr.bsky.social
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Selective nutrient incorporation may underestimate heterotrophy of a mixotrophic reef-building coral - Communications Biology

Fatty acid profiling and stable isotope analysis reveals selective nutrient incorporation in a common mixotrophic reef-building coral. This selective uptake underscores the potential for underestimati...

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Laura E. Richardson PhD @richardson-le.bsky.social · Aug 11

Out today! ‘Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change’ in @natecoevo.nature.com
#EcologicalOceanography #InterdisciplinaryResearch #CoralReefs #OceanicSubsidies

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Ecological Oceanography Lab @eco-oce-lab.bsky.social · Jul 24

Join our team as a KAUST global fellow! An amazing postdoctoral program for early career researchers.

We study ocean-reef connections and their influence on reef function and persistence under climate change. Reach out to discuss opportunities! 🌊🧪

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Ecological Oceanography Lab @eco-oce-lab.bsky.social · Mar 19

Just in case you haven’t seen the most recent paper from our group, @reefwally.bsky.social investigated solar bias in commonly used temperature loggers. Long story short, the accuracy of your in situ measurements depends on your deployment method and you should always shade your loggers! 🧪🌊

Wally Rich @reefwally.bsky.social · Dec 28

🚨New paper alert! Do you deploy loggers to monitor temperature in coral reefs, or any shallow aquatic environments? Do you shade them from direct sunlight? You should! 🌊🦑 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

Widespread inconsistency in logger deployment methods in coral reef studies may bias perceptions of thermal regimes

Ocean warming is the greatest threat to coral reefs, prompting a need to accurately monitor in situ temperatures. Advancements in sensing technologies have led to a proliferation of temperature logger...

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Ecological Oceanography Lab @eco-oce-lab.bsky.social · Mar 18

Hi Manu, could you please add us to the feed?

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‪King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)‬ - ‪‪Cited by 1,601‬‬ - ‪Coral reefs‬ - ‪Stable Isotopes‬ - ‪Ecology‬ - ‪Oceanography‬ - ‪Phycology‬

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Ecological Oceanography Lab @eco-oce-lab.bsky.social · Mar 18

Hi David, love the feed! Could we please be added?

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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · Mar 7

New on the Latitude blog: a round-up of some of the wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research and commentary on climate and coral reefs published in PLOS Climate.

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Coral reef research in PLOS Climate - Latitude

Coral reefs are among our planet’s most complex and biodiverse ecosystems and play vital roles in social-ecological systems, but they are also…

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Wally Rich @reefwally.bsky.social · Jan 20

Check out the KAUST article about our recent paper on temperature logger best practices 🦑🌊

discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/2...

Cheap fixes aid global coral reef conservation

Reliable and standardized ocean temperature monitoring is crucial for advancing our understanding of coral survival and guiding restoration efforts.

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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · Jan 30

Is the coral reef community comparing “apples to apples” when measuring in-water temperatures?

Learn more about recent research published in PLOS Climate by @reefwally.bsky.social and colleagues in the latest Latitude blog post 👇

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Behind the paper: investigating potential biases in coral reef temperature data - Latitude

We speak to Wally Rich and colleagues about their recent PLOS Climate publication, “Widespread inconsistency in logger deployment methods in coral reef…

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