What have we actually learned from empirical applications of Modern Coexistence Theory? We reviewed 84 studies from the last two decades to find out. Read our new synthesis in Ecology Letters here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

RNA QC for some fun work-in-progress relating diatom thermal performance curves to temperature-dependent transcription patterns. Nanodrop generally overestimates [RNA] relative to Qubit but the correlation isn't too terrible...

@laurenhart.bsky.social's terrific PhD research is out! @freep.com has a good story on it (with links to the papers): www.freep.com/story/news/e... great work Lauren 👏 - the product of many collaborations at @ciglrum.bsky.social, NOAA, USGS, + the Great Lakes Center for Freshwaters & Human Health

In our latest paper with @manonberger.bsky.social, Lester Kwiatkowski, and @bopplaurent.bsky.social, we show that if we properly account for iron limitation and nutrient competition with phytoplankton, growing seaweed isn't really an effective technique for removing atmospheric CO₂. 🌊🧪

Out today in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social our paper “Second Thoughts about First Principles in Biology.” www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... . We are in favour of first principles approaches in biology but we think that we need to do better in how we use them.

Congratulations to all our CSZ 2026 Ottawa Award winners! Félicitations à tous les lauréats du Prix SCZ 2026 d'Ottawa ! Cameron Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award/Prix Cameron de la meilleure thèse de doctorat - Kelia Stark, University of British Columbia/Université de la Colombie-Britannique

Evolving nature-based solutions for urban resilience | Science: A wonderful collaboration across ecology, evolution, urban science, and urban design and planning www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Great write up of research on the effect of temperature on range expansion rate by former undergrad in the lab Kayley Breslin! 🪲🔥

Sharing some fun, ongoing trait-based phytoplankton work with @elenalitchman.bsky.social and @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social at #ASLOSIL26 today at 17:45 in room 520E!

I was just informed that you can receive a 20% discount using the code AMCLF20 at the publisher's website.

Getting excited to connect over all things Limnology and Oceanography next week! 💧🌊 #ASLO2026

Register by Mar 21 to be considered for partial fee waiver! And if you're a grad student, postdoc, or PI supporting them, don't forget the Gordon Research Seminar on the theme of "Space Versus Time: A Dialogue of Eco-Evolutionary Scales in Changing Environments" : www.grc.org/unifying-eco...

Attending the Unifying Ecology Across Scales GRC was one of the highlights of my PhD, and this year's edition is going to be excellent! All biologists interested in integrating diverse approaches to further our understanding of the natural world are welcome. Register early! shorturl.at/rIjWx

Canada’s federal blue economy strategy avoids the most harmful marine industries, but permitted ones (shipping, fisheries) may still have negative biodiversity impacts & detract from our 30x30 targets. My new paper defines the conservation economy to help reconcile this... surl.li/jbnvxh

Excited to share our fresh-off-the-press Annual Review on the role of temperature in metabolic scaling! We review the state of the field on this topic and unpack confusion about the various ways the term "scaling" is used in metabolic theories. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Most major theories in ecology assume some sort of equilibrium, but only ~half of empirical tests acknowledge it & even fewer observed it in their system. Does this matter? How did the idea become so pervasive in ecology anyway? Find out in our new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Special Feature available ahead of print! Stark et al. revisit assumptions in the metabolic theory of ecology that explains macroecological patterns in biological rates from individuals to ecosystems through fundamental constraints on metabolism. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Thrilled to share our new paper in @asn-amnat.bsky.social "Toward a more dynamic metabolic theory of ecology for predicting climate change effects on biological systems" www.naturl.link/9jpy6M It's one of several papers in an upcoming special feature "Demystifying Fundamental Theories in Ecology"