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A ‘Beautiful Fan Weed’ for the weekend. Rendered in watercolour.
Please see my website for Limited Edition Prints

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Celebrate #EarthDay by exploring the Cape Ann Museum’s digitized Seaweed and Sea Moss Collection online! 🌱
Sea moss and seaweed collecting and scrapbooking were popular hobbies for young women during the nineteenth century. Discover more at tinyurl.com/seaweedmoss.

‘It could be the death of the museum’: why research cuts at a South Australian institution have scientists up in arms theconversation.com/it-could-be-th… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Seaweed wreath, artwork made from scanned pressings by Jennifer Smith for #PhycologyFriday

Our Observation of the Day is this Winged Rib #seaweed (Cumathamnion decipiens), seen in #Canada by wilfredj! This one was seen later in the season than usual, and its sporangia can be seen in the second photo.

More details at: inaturalist.org/observations/2…

Submit your Algal pics to the Hilda Canter-Lund photography competition! 📸🦠🌱

brphycsoc.org/canter-lund-20…

Competition closes: 17th May
#algaephotography #competition #HCL2024

Are you an Early Career Researcher interested in expanding your network?

The BPS and Phyc. Soc. America are hosting an online joint event on 22nd May.

#ECRnetworking #phycology

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Certain types of sea urchins will pick up a shell with their tube feet and ‘wear’ it, with a behavior known as “covering reaction”, mainly because they shy away from light.

So aquarium enthusiasts 3D-printed tiny hats and they wear them.

🚨NEW EXHIBIT ALERT!🚨

Through stunning color portraits of specimens and surprising stories highlighting Indigenous peoples' and women's connections to seaweed, 'The Curious World of Seaweed' provides a new look at marine flora. Included with FREE general admission!

We are delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 Hilda Canter-Lund photography competition!

Closing date is May 17th 2024.

Submit your entries here:
brphycsoc.org/canter-lund-20…

#phycologyphotography #competition

Updated Guide to the seaweed of the NW Atlantic & Canadian Arctic released (Taxonomic addendum and a short tutorial on hand sectioning provided here) seaweedcanada.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/upd…

Check out our new article in the The Conversation Canada summarizing the findings of our recent study and what it means for BC #kelp forest ecosystems

theconversation.com/why-some-of-br…

Brian Timmer Chris Neufeld Dr. Julia K. Baum UniversityOfVictoria UWA Research Forrest Foundation

We are happy to share our review paper summarizing the diversity of green algal lichen symbionts and their free-living occurrences: botany.natur.cuni.cz/skaloud/soubor…

What is the status of #kelp forests on the west coast of Canada? In our new OA collaborative Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS) paper, we show that it varies both a lot across the province. Some regions have seen large declines (but with refugia), others are very stable.

int-res.com/abstracts/meps…

There's more than one way to make a family. In your science class, make sure students know that a genetic concept of family may be different from social or legal understandings of family, and that all families are valid. Poster from the Gayby Baby Project. buff.ly/3pXsUo2

How effective are #MPAs for conserving #kelp #forests ? Our perspective shows they can help with some drivers of loss like grazing, but often fail to protect against ocean warming and coastal darkening - 2 main reasons we are losing kelp forests globally! doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13…

An absolutely excellent book…really well done!!

I had a little party last night and my friend Rose made these!!! Incredible! I can now say I’ve eaten protist cupcakes!