Great start to the University of Plymouth first year #marinebiology field course, exploring the rocky shore at Bigbury. The perfect place to spend #EarthDay2024 🌍

🚨 New paper alert! Congratulations Franz Bauer on his first publication from his PhD reviewing how topography influences the creation of microhabitats and affects habitat suitability in intertidal systems. Read it here -> sciencedirect.com/science/articl…! #topography #niche #ecology

What better for #EarthDay2024 than starting our first year University of Plymouth marine biology field course exploring two beautiful sheltered SW sites.
MBERC Biological and Marine Sciences #plymbio

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🦠 Marine microbial populations could act as potential sensors of the global change in the ocean, according to a new study by our colleagues from the log[lab]

📄The work has been published recently in Microbiome

🔗 icm.csic.es/en/news/marine…

Studying a black coral forest at 70 m depth off the Canary Islands, we've discovered a new species, even a new genus of amphipod. There's a world to uncover, if you look with the right eye.
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CNRS Écologie & Environnement ECOAQUA

2024 Great Barrier Reef bleaching summary now available: aims.gov.au/sites/default/…

- Fifth mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef since 2016
-Very high (60-90% cover bleached) and extreme (>90%) prevalence of coral bleaching in all three regions of the Great Barrier Reef

New paper out led by amazing Shelby with Guibert Isis David Baker 'Life goes on: Spatial heterogeneity promotes biodiversity in an urbanized coastal marine ecosystem' Global Change Biology Smithsonian Panama HKU Baker-McIlroy Lab Smithsonian MarineGEO
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

Great ROV session with the Marine Biology and Oceanography students this morning, surveying pollack, wrasse and lobster populations amongst new spring growth of infralittoral #kelp forests off Plymouth RV Falcon Spirit University of Plymouth

Another great opportunity to join us University of Plymouth - PhD studentship in #antimicrobial discovery & #microbial #ecology . Working with our colleagues at the Roman Baths. Just over 10 days to closing date. #AntimicrobialResistance #NaturalProducts

jobs.ac.uk/job/DGV234/phd…

Delighted to see this work finally out Molecular Ecology! We document interspecific differences in transcriptome responses to heat in the Mytilus sp complex, with transgressive gene expression in hybrids #musselsarecool
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

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Shallow corals are not the only ones threatened by #climatechange ... During our expedition in the #Chagos Archipelago ( #IndianOcean ) in Jan-Feb 2024 we observed pale & #bleached #mesophotic #corals between 60 and 90m deep😟! If you can, please survey coral reefs #deeper

🌊🔬 Exciting opportunity alert! Join University of Plymouth's School of Biological and Marine Sciences as a Doctoral Teaching Assistant. Gain professional teaching experience alongside pursuing a PhD in diverse fields. Apply by April 22nd.
hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

A great start to the #MBOSweden field course at Tjarno Marine Lab! First afternoon on the boat with CTD profiles (one to 245m!) and a shallow water trawl. Lots of organisms to ID from the Koster Fjord 🦀

Yr2 Marine Biologists University of Plymouth spent all week at our dockside marine station & out on the water Plymouth Sound National Marine Park, getting end-to-end experience of scientific investigation. V. grateful for FANTASTIC marine-research-teaching ecosystem here #marineresplym @MBERC_PlyUni .

📢 Exciting Opportunity! The Cayman Islands Department of Environment is seeking experienced field assistants to assist with monitoring & protection of loggerhead & green turtle nests around Grand Cayman and/or Little Cayman.

⏰ June – October

More detail in thread below 🧵

Happy Women's International Day!

To celebrate women University of Plymouth has gathered some opinions of inspirational women staff.

It is nice to see so many featured colleagues!

#marinebiology #womeninSTEM @plymouthbiol MBERC
Louise Firth Clare Embling Sian Rees

Proud to be part of an institution that celebrates women's achievements!
What a wonderful day full of deeply inspirational women!
University of Plymouth

🚨Our Comment in @nature on decommissioning oil & gas platforms is out today -> read it here (nature.com/articles/d4158…). This was only possible following collaboration with colleagues from around the world sharing ideas and knowledge. Data paper links in the 🧵

It was great to able to share our research on #mesophotic reefs in the Chagos Archipelago at the Bertarelli Marine Science Foundation 🪸

crash course on 'the coral microbiome in sickness, in health, and in a changing world', specifically addresses how climate change affects biology & guides future research! kudos to all coauthors! Universität Konstanz Nature Microbiology rdcu.be/dAiZe