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Next up? #CFER Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity under the Transforming Climate Action program's theme: Reducing Uncertainties in Carbon Cycling in the Northwest Atlantic Seas (Uncertain Seas). The theme's goal is to better constrain the ocean's role in the Earth’s climate system by reducing uncertainties with physical and biogeochemical processes that control the global ocean carbon cycle. The focus is on the Northwest Atlantic gateway as a major contributor to ocean carbon uptake and sequestration, particularly concerning the biological carbon pump. CFER is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to synthesize observational data to apply biogeochemical and food web models. ⬇️ 🌊 🌎 https://lnkd.in/dqhfdf29 Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador Cold Oceans & Northern at Memorial University #graduatestudies #fisheriesscience #climateaction #climateresearch

UNCW Assistant Professor of Biology and Marine Biology Matthew McLean and Ph.D. student Adrian Gonzalez-Ortiz have received a $400,000 NSF EMBRACE grant. Their project, "The Dynamics and Drivers of Fish-Mediated Ecosystem Functions in European Seas," will explore the role of fish assemblages in nutrient cycles like nitrogen and phosphorus, assessing impacts from climate change and fishing pressures. Their research includes two North Sea expeditions in 2025, supplemented by lab work at UNCW over the next four years. This grant is a milestone for McLean, who joined UNCW in 2023 with a vision to advance marine research and mentor passionate students.

CORAL REEF PHD OPPORTUNITY: Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms (Leeds University, UK) The Leeds School of Biology (UK) invites applications from postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in marine ecology to study reef tropicalisation in 2024/25. Adapt, move, or die. These are the three options that reef organisms have as the environment around them changes, such as that happening under ongoing climate change. Global warming facilitates range shifts of tropical corals towards colder high-latitude temperate reefs, but it is unclear to what degree corals – and other organisms – can mould their life history strategies to cope with such marginal conditions. Evaluating this question relies on capturing the rates of growth, recruitment, and survival of hundreds of corals across multiple locations, strategically situated along a thermal gradient. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eM38XaJz #coralreefs #phd #phdopportunity #reefresilience #coralreefecology #coral #careers #careerdevelopment #marineecology #marinebiology

PHD OPPORTUNITY: Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms (University of Leeds, UK) The School of Biology invites applications from postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in marine ecology to study reef tropicalisation in 2024/25. Adapt, move, or die. These are the three options that reef organisms have as the environment around them changes, such as that happening under ongoing climate change. Global warming facilitates range shifts of tropical corals towards colder high-latitude temperate reefs, but it is unclear to what degree corals – and other organisms – can mould their life history strategies to cope with such marginal conditions. Evaluating this question relies on capturing the rates of growth, recruitment, and survival of hundreds of corals across multiple locations, strategically situated along a thermal gradient. Ongoing application deadline Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eM38XaJz #coralreefs #coralphd #phdopportunity #coralcareers #coralreefecology #craldemographics #coralreefresilience #marineecology #marinebiology

#Bachelors student Tuva Elingstam has been busy working with Luis Gonzalez Guerrero, Maria João Mendes & myself at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre (#UMF) over the past few weeks investigating photoacclimation in #Arctic seaweed (#Fucus) for her final year thesis. It is expected that the coastal underwater light environment will change a lot in the coming decades - becoming darker (#CoastalDarkening) and changing colour (#brownification). As biodiversity hotspots, understanding how habitat-forming seaweeds such as these will respond to future light environments is crucial for predicting ecosystem change. Umeå University Science and Technology at Umeå University #MarineScience #MarineBiology #MarineConservation #science #photosynthesis

PHD OPPORTUNITY: Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms (University of Leeds, UK) The School of Biology invites applications from postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in marine ecology to study reef tropicalisation in 2024/25. Adapt, move, or die. These are the three options that reef organisms have as the environment around them changes, such as that happening under ongoing climate change. Global warming facilitates range shifts of tropical corals towards colder high-latitude temperate reefs, but it is unclear to what degree corals – and other organisms – can mould their life history strategies to cope with such marginal conditions. Evaluating this question relies on capturing the rates of growth, recruitment, and survival of hundreds of corals across multiple locations, strategically situated along a thermal gradient. See full details here: https://lnkd.in/eM38XaJz #coralreefs #resilience #phd #phdopportunity #climatechange #coral #reef #biodiversity #coralreefecology #marineecology #marinebiology

✍️Some sharks can live up to 500 years 🤯 🛑KEY insights from this post are: 🧠Researchers stumbled upon this revelation while studying the Greenland shark 🦈 (Somniosus microcephalus), a species inhabiting the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. -Dating techniques involving carbon isotopes in the eye lens revealed that they can live up to an estimated 500 years. ✅The Greenland Shark's Secret: -Adapted to extreme cold and low-light conditions, the Greenland shark has a slow metabolism, allowing it to age at a considerably slower pace. -This unique trait contributes to its exceptional lifespan, making it one of the longest-living vertebrates on Earth. ✅Implications for Marine Biology: -Long-lived species like the Greenland shark play crucial roles in maintaining ecological balance. ✅Comparisons with Other Species: -Exploring the longevity of sharks raises intriguing questions about the lifespan of other marine organisms. -How do sharks 🦈 compare to other sea creatures, and what can we learn from their unique adaptations to extreme environments? References: oceanservice ..noaa..gov Video Credit: Respective owner #sharks #biology #studies

Eco tiles have been designed and researched in the past decade in relation to massively increasing local marine biodiversity in areas of artificial coastlines 🦀 These tiles are places on otherwise flat sea walls, such as along erosion defences and harbours, which enhance and promote the recruitment of species by x2 🪱! The small crevices act as micro habitat for fauna, allowing for a biodiverse ecosystem to grow on the tiles by providing shelter and cooler temperatures 🌊 Some studies have even found an increase of animals by 450% on an otherwise flat surface, including invertebrates, algae, and juvenile fish 🐟 The increased abundance of invertebrates including molluscs such as Mussels have also been found to improve water quality in the local area 🦪 I first heard about these eco tiles through research at my university, and since then I like having a look around harbours to see if there have been eco tiles implemented. It’s great to see how small changes in just the surface of sea defence infrastructure can have large positive impact to the marine life around these spaces! #marinebiology #marinescience

Blue Economy Journal Blue Economy is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, Open Access #journal published by the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF). It is an international English language, multidisciplinary double-blind peer-reviewed journal which serves as a platform for addressing and discussing practical issues and solutions in oceanography and marine science. Subject areas include, but not limited to, Marine biology, Oceanography, Hydrology, hydrobiology, Marine Geology, Marine Geophysics, Marine Archaeology, Marine Exploration, Marine Hazards, Coastal geography, Marine technology, Climate Change, Limnology, Water Management, Environmental Pollution, Marine Chemistry, Marine habitat, Fisheries science, Aquaculture, Marine Ecology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Fish physiology, Parasitology, Marine economy, Desalination, Aquatic science, Paleoceanography, Marine engineering. Blue Economy journal is published quarterly, and four issues have been published so far, containing accurate and original research in English, under the supervision of a high-level editorial board consisting of a large number of scientific scholars, from different countries, in all the fields and disciplines concerned by the journal. Contributions could be submitted in the English language (American or British, but not a mixture of these). The submitted contributions must help to enhance the current understanding of the addressed problem. The contribution must be unpublished before and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Blue Economy is preserved in #CLOCKSS and #Portico, the two leading preservation archives that guarantee persistent access for the very long term. Articles also receive Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) from the CrossRef organization to ensure they can always be found. For more info., please visit the Journal website: https://lnkd.in/dqewMABz #Blue_Economy #Open_Access_Journal #National_Institute_of_Oceanograhy_and_Fisheries #Egypt

It’s been a busy year, but I’m thrilled to share some great achievements along the way! 🎉 Post #1: One of the highlights of this year has been the completion of not one, but two reports under the #WAMSIWestport Marine Science Program on the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins in Derbal Nara (#CockburnSound). These reports provide important insights into dolphin distribution across the Kwinana Shelf and their diet and can be downloaded from here: https://lnkd.in/gb3yMSn7 🔹Fine-scale understanding of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin use of the Kwinana Shelf within Cockburn Sound and identification of key areas within the Shelf -> https://lnkd.in/gG_J6v3M 🔹 Trophic ecology of Indo-Pacific dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Owen Anchorage and Cockburn Sound inferred by stable isotopes -> https://lnkd.in/gzQMvEMT Harry Butler Institute Murdoch University WAMSI #MarineResearch #WAMSI #Conservation #DolphinResearch #MarineEcosystems #BottlenoseDolphins #WildlifeConservation #EnvironmentalImpact #SeagrassConservation #TrophicEcology #MarineScience #Biodiversity