Big picture: large animals don't just move nutrients, they move microbes and restructure food webs from the bottom up. As megafauna decline, we're losing ecosystem functions we've barely begun to describe.

More wildlife = more multichannel feeding across detrital and algal pathways. At high input sites, river flow barely affected consumer diets...hippo subsidies may buffer the food web against hydrological variation.

In Freshwater Biology, Frauendorf et al. show wildlife subsidies restructure the Mara River food web. Fish shifted from 2% to 73.5% reliance on wildlife-derived resources along a hippo/wildebeest gradient. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70208

In Environmental Microbiology, we argue animals are "mobile bioreactors"...ingesting environmental microbes, transforming them in the gut, and depositing novel communities back into the environment. Case studies from hippos, coral reef fish, and earthworms. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.70291

Two new papers from our group! Dutton & Subalusky labs @ufresearch.bsky.social, Frauendorf lab at @colgate.edu, @cgrupstra.bsky.social lab at #FAU, and Post lab at #Yale on how large wildlife reshape ecosystems 🦛🌊🧵

Finally, @baileywallace.bsky.social and colleagues show that temperate and filamentous bacteriophages are significantly associated with stony coral tissue loss disease, a disease of unknown pathogen. Lysogenic conversion would make it really hard to detect pathogens! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I'm teaching invertebrate zoology in the fall. I'm looking for textbook recommendations with good online resources like slides and study guides? Does anyone have presentations they're willing to share? Thanks! #Invert #Zoology #Invertebrate #lecture

Excited to share JK Da'Anoy's first dissertation chapter published in @sicbjournals.bsky.social! What started off as a side project morphed into great work! "Microbial depletion is associated with slower cnidarian regeneration" LOTS of wondergrads made this happen! Go team :) doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Ever wonder what role corals play in tropical reef ecology? Find out by taking up the mantle of Team Coral 🪸! Cover the reef with colonies clad in sturdy calcium carbonate 🧪 and fend off dastardly, quick-growing algae! What is your favorite #reef creature you’d love to see in #benthosgame?

It’s been a devastating 24 hours with 3 NIH grants terminated…all focused on the health and wellbeing of trans or intersex youth. If folks have any ideas of foundations that may be interested in supporting the completion of these projects so years of work aren’t wasted, please let me know. 🙏

Rapid butterfly declines across the US during the 21st century Total butterfly abundance fell by 22% across the 554 species & species richness fell by as much as 28% across 7 regions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

“Genuinely care and act for a better world.” @aoc.bsky.social

Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪

Assistant Professor (TT) in Computational Biology at U of North Georgia. Broadly defined, biostatistics and bioinformatics included. Come work with me in a wonderful department! Rolling reviews start March 21st until filled. Please share widely! careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psc/careers/...

To understand how climate change affects natural ecosystems we need to know how warming influences species interactions. In our newest paper we show that predator-prey interactions fundamentally change across latitude leading to context dependent effects of warming. 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/oik....

Upcoming dates of protests: 2/28: Economic blackout 3/4: 50501 protests AND @aftunion.bsky.social's #ProtectOurKids day of action 3/7: March for Science protests

Globally important marine protected areas like World Heritage Ningaloo and Shark Bay are under severe heat stress 🔥 . Corals are bleaching. 🗣️We must cut climate-harming carbon emissions now if we are serious about protecting these wild places. #RealZero

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.

New paper out led by Ilaria Greco in @plosbiology.org : Landscape-level human disturbance results in loss and contraction of mammalian populations in tropical forest. A huge effort with a global team! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗 fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...

I think it's worth repeating plainly that a federal judge halted Musk's federal funding freeze nearly two weeks ago but funds are still very much being frozen in violation of the court order.

📣 JOB ALERT📣 The Silbiger Lab is hiring a full time research tech @ University of Hawai’i at Mānoa to support research on intertidal ecology in Hawai’i & coral reef/coastal oceanography in Okinawa, Japan. RCUH ID: 225085 application link below. 1 year to start, but have several years of funding.

[Ayo!]: I have a 2-year #postdoc available for an ecologist Florida Atlantic University. Apply by Dec 1, here: t.co/XwMgMKnUYJ

Marine Protected Areas really do work. My news to me good news for Feb 9 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries www.technologynetworks.com/applied-scie...

Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.

New paper on cryptic coral lineages in St. Croix, USVI 🪸🧬 The first five authors are undergraduates- very proud of these rising scientists 🎉 This work was done in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy @nature.org and @heatshok.bsky.social. Check it out! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

“Panama communicates to the world my absolute rejection of this method of managing bilateral relations on the basis of lies and falsehoods.” —President Mulino (gift link) wapo.st/3WTA50b

"Since 1980, Congress has mandated that the [NSF] seek to broaden participation of underrepresented groups, including women and other minorities, within science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪👨‍🔬 executive orders are at odds with this mandate

🐠🧪🎓 New position alert: I am looking for a full-time research technician to work on my NSF CAREER project. Perks: ✅ SCUBA-based fieldwork in Belize 🤿 ✅ Chemistry labwork 🧪 ✅ Lots of fish and fun(ctions) 🐠📈😀 Deadline: Feb 21st utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/... Please share widely.

New paper alert 🚨check out our new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution on anglerfish trait evolution led by the fantastic @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper out in GCB Today! We leveraged a system of typical (“classic”) and high-temperature “extreme” reef sites in Chelbacheb (Palau) to study the diversity in symbiotic partners, holobiont traits, and thermal tolerance among cryptic lineages of massive Porites.

Jazzed to announce this Davies Lab pub! "Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation" Led by @cgrupstra.bsky.social along with other people including Hannah Aichelman, James Fifer, Matias Gomez, and Carlos Prada rdcu.be/dywh2

New opinion piece in @TrendsMicrobiol @CellPressNews A microbial matter close to my heart: the role of #Endozoicomonas in #corals. @marenziegler.bsky.social and I synthesized evidence from diverse studies, concluding corals and Endoz may not be the dream team we make them out to be 🧫🪸 👇🏻

Out today in ISME Journal thru extensive TEM imaging, we show that a diversity of Pacific coral symbionts contain filamentous virus-like particles (fVLPs) see below for highlights

Congrats to Dr. Daniel Wuitchik who successfully defended his PhD yesterday! The Davies lab wore Canadian tuxedos to celebrate!

We're hiring!! Come join us at the Dept. of Freshwater and Marine Ecology at the University of Amsterdam - great colleagues and great city! Asst Prof "Biological Feedbacks in the Marine Carbon Cycle" Deadline: 19 Nov 23 Permanent contract possible after 18 mo! More info: tinyurl.com/3jez5wb6

What does an NSF Program Director mean when they say "Send me a 1-pager"? Find out all about it in today's IOS blog post. iosblog.nsfbio.com/2023/10/17/n...

Come help us with an expansive coral GWAS! Cool data, great team, and I hear Los Angeles is fun.