Towards real-time 3D mapping of coral reefs with deep learning using only videos from cheap cameras, now published in Methods and Ecology and Evolution!
In short, we propose to use 3D mapping entirely driven by deep learning.

A climate-fueled disaster unfolding in the Southwest Australia Biodiversity Hotspot: Western Australia’s eucalypt forests fade to brown as century-old giant jarrahs die in heat and drought

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Can we use species' traits to study range shifts under climate change? Yes, but considering several factors...

Check out the 'roadmap' to do so 👇🏽brilliantly led by Lise Comte and the #BIOSHIFTS group from #CESAB FRB

tinyurl.com/3j3ac8c7

Got exciting work to share on 'Getting it right in a changing climate: informing adaptive management for conservation and restoration under climate change'?
Join Paul Rymer, Hannah Carle and I for a Symposium at ESA 2024.
Abstracts now open! esa2024.org.au

Interested in estimating species distributions and expected abundances across large areas?

Limited by how much parameter space can be sampled?

Have you thought about integrating presence-only data?

Our new paper in Journal of Applied Ecology does just this: shorturl.at/rGPW1

We tend to use simple models to describe regime shifts in nature. But ecosystems, brains or cancers are built upon many interacting units. How does multistability emerge in complex systems?

now in Ecology Letters ! Sonia Kefi shorturl.at/ADFP4

Our latest paper exploring the resilience and genetic stability of Acropora coral to periodic disturbances doi.org/10.1038/s42003… combining long term demographic monitoring with temporal genetics 🪸 Australian Institute of Marine Science UWA Oceans Institute

Testing cause-effect in host #microbiome interactions is complex, esp non-model hosts AND in the field. New paper led by Alex McGrath using #microbe disruptions & inoculations in the lab & field to show microbial effects on a dominant #seaweed rdcu.be/dD9uK

Absolutely delighted to see this out!!! Here we advocate for an experimental approach to test direct vs indirect effects of microbiome manipulations - a short thread 1/n #holobiont #Kelp #Ecology nature.com/articles/s4152…

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…

Great Southern Reef delegation to Canberra visiting parliament today to discuss a unified approach to tackling the longspined sea urchin issue, industry solutions and coordinated management strategies. #CentroTaskForce

Bioinformatics world, does anyone use Nextflow Ampliseq on a Mac to process 16S amplicon data?

If so, can you please provide your installation code including the singularity/Docker modules? Our lab is having trouble installing it!!

Thanks!

Bio-ORACLE v3.0 has just launched! Pushing marine data layers to CMIP6 Earth System Models of climate change research.

Explore the future of our oceans:
📄doi.org/10.1111/geb.13…
🖥️bio-oracle.org

#ClimateChange #MarineBiodiversity #BioORACLE #IPCC #CMIP @Cienciasdomar

Macroalgae #restoration : Assessing Gongolaria barbata maturity — a crucial step in our efforts to restore marine ecosystems. Stay tuned for more updates on our restoration project! 🌊 #marineconservation

Very happy to announce the release of my newest manuscript with Katie Lotterhos Northeastern U. ! (1 / n)

Our new #OpenAccess paper in #ProcB Royal Society Publishing showing that even cool-edge populations of #kelp can be very sensitive to #OceanWarming , and may be more threatened by than previously recognised.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Just how important is intra-specific diversity for ecosystem functioning?

Our paper showing how to figure out is now published in Ecology #OpenAccess

'Quantifying interspecific and intraspecific diversity effects on ecosystem functioning'

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…