Integrating #marinemodels and #observations is key to understanding ecosystems. The study highlights the need for #validation and addresses representation errors, advocating for the combined use of models and data to enhance ecological insights bit.ly/meps_739_257

The widespread soft bottoms in subtidal #CoastalAreas of the #CanadianArctic host high densities of canopy-forming #kelps, which enhance #invertebrate diversity in the sediment below and host approximately 70% of local rare taxa. #FeatureArticle bit.ly/meps_740_1

How might the #PacificWalrus population respond to future climate change & human disturbance stressors? We developed a Population Consequences of Disturbance (PCoD) model to simulate responses to a suite of scenarios up to the year 2100 bit.ly/meps_740_193

We reviewed existing studies and present a critical analysis of using spontaneous posts on #SocialMedia to extract #MarineWildlife occurrences. In pink are the main data and metadata commonly used in passive #CitizenScience studies bit.ly/meps_740_219

Research from Hawai‘i Monitoring and Reporting Collaborative on a culturally important reef fish (#Acanthurusachilles) reveals that oceanography and habitat are major drivers of species presence, which is helping inform an adaptive management plan being developed by @DLNR bit.ly/meps_740_161

How does #biodiversity relate to native and non-indigenous kelp distribution in #marinas? Check out this multiscale survey by Leclerc et al. on seaweeds, invertebrates and fish in NW France. bit.ly/meps_742_1

Our study of plankton assemblages along a subtropical regional coastline reveals the ecotypic grouping and assembly mechanism of #microeukaryotes, shedding light on potential differential importance of #Dinoflagellata and #Chlorophyta bit.ly/meps_742_35

#Vinegar injections to control #CrownofThornsStarfish (COTS) outbreaks. Double injections could be potentially used at any time, even during peak spawning, without risking synchronized spawning in the reef areas affected by COTS bit.ly/meps_742_87

A new study from New Zealand used #otolithmicrochemistry to delineate the critical estuarine #nurseryhabitats of #sandflounder. Check it out here! bit.ly/meps_742_113

Are #ascidians indeed unpalatable? We made the first quantitative review of the #predation effect on ascidians, emphasizing ecological interactions beyond the specific ascidian #defense effects bit.ly/meps_742_97

Under the cover of ice: In this experimental study, we show that even low to moderate infection levels with #trematodes can have a detrimental effect on the survival and growth rate of wintering #bluemussels bit.ly/meps_740_213

#Photosynthesis and #respiration rates in sheath-covered #eelgrassseeds increase with increasing temperature, but with a stronger response in dark respiration, which negatively affects diel O2 budgets and thereby potentially #germination success bit.ly/meps_743_15

#Diet and #stableisotope analysis of Carolina and scalloped #hammerhead plasma reveals shared diet and nursery habitat in young of year hammerheads while muscle suggests resource or habitat partitioning in mature females bit.ly/meps_743_25

Adult #Abbottsboobies Papasula abbotti (Endangered) were tracked with GLS to identify for the first time their #migration. Most birds migrated from their breeding grounds on Christmas Island, Australia, to the Banda Sea, Indonesia bit.ly/meps_743_75

#Humpbackwhales in the West Antarctic Peninsula recently began #bubblenetfeeding. Our study found patterns in the use of this novel feeding innovation! (1) It's more common in larger groups🐋🐋🐋 and (2) It peaks in Jan., the height of feeding season ☀️🦐 bit.ly/meps_743_97

#Harborseal #predation may prevent recovery of #steelhead listed as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act bit.ly/meps_743_139

Could restoring native oysters at a higher tidal elevation reduce predation by gastropods? We found a predation refuge for oysters in the high intertidal, but it probably won't solve the predation problem for oyster restoration bit.ly/meps_738_119

Are you curious about differences in the total #phenolic content of Southern #NewZealand #macroalgal assemblages? I know I sure am! Please check out my recent publication in the Marine Ecology Progress Series! bit.ly/meps_744_17