A bit late, but October issue of #AquaticConservation #AQC 💙 📸Seagrass surveys in Zanzibar. Photo credit: @researchlina.bsky.social Also: Whale sharks, crocodiles, turtle hatchlings, freshwater mussels, coralline algae and seagrass restoration 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🦑🧪🌎

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

Sept issue of #AquaticConservation 📸Cetacean conservation, Ghana; photo credit: Everlove Asante Also: Arctic, eDNA, Himalyan rivers, tilapia invasion, sturgeon, birds, turtles, urbanisation, wildfire, seagrass, trout, ostracods, seaweed 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🦑🧪🌎 #AQC

New paper in @plos.org Sus Trans: mangrove restoration increases C storage, but where that C comes from is different... likely because restored mangroves have altered ecological functioning. And old-forests are stable C stores journals.plos.org/sustainabili... 🦑🧪🌎 @umeaunimarine.bsky.social

🚨New paper out!! Restore #mangroves to capture carbon? Yes!🌱 100% positive? Maybe. Study shows that restored mangroves may not regain the ‘normal’ function of older forests. 🧪🦑🌊 Read more here: www.umu.se/en/news/land... #BlueCarbon @umeauniversitet.bsky.social @plos.org @hlburdett.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to lead the Umeå Marine Sciences Centre (#UMF) Autumn Writing Retreat last week! With participants from several departments and all career stages, we tackled a range of topics, including #Sami culture, #plasmonics, #seaweed, #carbon & more. Can't wait for the next in March! 🧪🦑🌍

Inspiring to listen to Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry) today at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social! Wonderful to share #Umeå with it's newest Honorary citizen! 🧪

A wonderful morning spent at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social #EcoChange annual meeting 🌊 Special bravo to my postdoc Luis González Guerrero, who presented his research on Baltic macrophyte photophysiology - initial data from his busy summer of #fieldwork. More data to come! 🤩 🦑🧪🌎

Aug issue of #AquaticConservation! 📸Mangrove wood market in Ghana. Photo credit: One Tree Planted Also: cetaceans, freshwater fish, agricultural streams, litter-vs-invasives, seals, mussels, trout, turtles, MPAs, fish farming & insect bioindicators! 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🦑🧪🌎 #AQC

July issue of #AquaticConservation! 📸Oyster farming in China. Credit:Qing Liu Also: eDNA, frogs, sharks, coralline algae, blue carbon, eels, river modelling, genetics, MPAs, petrels, crayfish, dolphins, wind farms, mangroves, whales, & management 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🦑🧪🌎

** Join us! ** In February 2026 we will offer two residential advanced short courses: 💻 #R course for marine scientists ❄️ #Arctic marine biology, ecology & biogeochemistry 🗓️ Starting 8 & 15 February 2026 📍 Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Sweden 🔗 umfcourses.github.io ▶️ Apply by 15 Sept 2025! 🦑🧪🌍

Join us at #OSM26! Session on: Advances in Marine Conservation for Local-to-Global Sustainability Submit abstract here: agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr... Abstract deadline: 20 August! 🦑🧪🌎 #MarineConservation #AquaticConservation #AQC

**Join us!** 2 year #postdoc in algal (photo)physiology Multidisciplinary project as part of the @icelabumu.bsky.social Postdoc Programme 🔗 heidiburdett.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/p... 📆 18 September 2025 📍 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social, Sweden @umeaunimarine.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎

Special Issues in #AquaticConservation 🌍Frontiers in African Marine & Aquatic Conservation 🌿Rugulopteryx okamurae (seaweed) invasion 🦑Cephalopod conservation ⚖️Aquatic Conservation in a Wellbeing Economy 🌊Marine Conservation for Sustainability 🥵Climate Change onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... 🧪

May issue of #AquaticConservation! 📷 Spiky sea cucumber, cf Job & Mishra. Credit: Amrit Kumar Mishra Also: sharks, molluscs, eco-engineering, fish diversity, rhodolith diversity, seal by-catch, sticklebacks, dolphins, dugongs, MPAs & urchins! 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🌎🦑🧪

Great it be at #OOSC this week in Nice! Inspiring science towards blue sustainability, catching up with friends and making new connections! @umeaunimarine.bsky.social was there, with research on carbon, policy, habitat futures and #UMF infrastructure 🦑🌍🧪 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Umeå marine benthic science team @umeaunimarine.bsky.social at the One Ocean Science Congress #OneOceanScienceCongress #OOSC #OceanDecade #SDG14 #WeAreTheOcean

Let's think more broadly about blue carbon: @nickkamenos.bsky.social reminds us to take land-sea links & carbon transport between ecosystems in blue carbon policy & management 🧪🌍🦑 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🌍🦑 @umeaunimarine.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #OOSC

#AquaticConservation loves #OOSC! With my Editor-in-Chief hat on for #AQC, if you’re interested in publishing with us, let’s chat! Currently have 3 special issues especially relevant to OOSC: 🌍 #Africa 🥵 #ClimateChange 💙 #WellbeingEconomy 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... 🦑🧪

Co-chair of #OOSC @jpgattuso.bsky.social address: "Without science we risk losing our way" - science, policy and publics need to work together for action "You will not be bored!" Fantastic efforts to bring OOSC to reality Jean-Pierre, thank you!

We need to reconsider what is a #BlueCarbon #ecosystem! #MudFlats #CorallineAlgae, #Sediments and parts of #Coral #Reefs store significant organic #carbon. ➡️ See you at #OOSC Tue | 14:00 | Room 2 @nickkamenos.bsky.social @hlburdett.bsky.social #ScienceForTheOcean #ClimateScience 🧪🦑🌍

It's nice to be in Nice! #OOSC @umeaunimarine.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

@umeaunimarine.bsky.social is at the One Ocean Science Congress this week! Details of our seven presentations below ⬇️ #OOSC #ScienceForTheFuture #UMF #AQC 🌎🦑🧪

Fantastic to hear about Terry Bidleman's environmental chemistry career at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social yesterday! Next week he will deservedly be recognised with the 2025 Career Award from the European Chemical Society Division of Chemistry & the Environment Congratulations to him! 🎉 🧪🦑🌍

Great to have Lina Rasmusson (Gothenburg uni) at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social today to talk about all things #CorallineAlgae & #kelp She also presented her ongoing @formasforsk.bsky.social project, which is bringing a research spotlight to Sweden's elusive #maerl beds! @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌍

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Fingers and toes crossed for #KAJ in the #Eurovision final! #BaraBadaBastu #Sauna So lucky to have a sea-view sauna ( #bastu ) in @umeaunimarine.bsky.social!

Huge welcome to the newest members of the #AquaticConservation Editorial Board! - Anthi Oikonomou (freshwater fish ecology & conservation) - Wei Yu (pelagic fish and fisheries management) Full #AQC editorial team here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... 🌎🦑🧪

April issue of #AquaticConservation 📸 Elephant seals in California (📷 US National Park Service) Also: clams, dolphins, shads, groupers, rhodoliths, sharks, albatross, sea cucumbers, salmon, mayflies, porpoises, frogs, citizen science, blue carbon 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🌎🦑🧪🦤💧

Welcome to our newest postdoc Cristian Ramirez Gutierrez, who will investigate the optical properties & light harvesting of coralline algae! 🌎🦑🧪🌊 heidiburdett.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/w... @umeaunimarine.bsky.social @nickkamenos.bsky.social @nicolomaccaferri.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Bumper March issue of #AquaticConservation ⬇️ 📸Alien Nymphaea lotus & CArolina fanwort, Hungary - see Nagy et al Also: turtles, fish, mining, snails, rabbits, caiman, eel, ducks, dolphins, sharks, coral reefs, newts, ponds, stakholders, coralline algae 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🌎🦑🧪

** New paper ** Analysis of #AquaticConservation articles 1991-2023, identifying 30y of trends in aquatic conservation research: internationalising, collaborating, biodiversity vs emerging topics, and prolonged citation impact 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @umeaunimarine.bsky.social 🌎🦑🧪

It's been super fun to lead the 1st UMF writing retreat this week! Great for boosting productivity & motivation, we had all career stages join, from clinical microbiology, env genetics, ecophysiology, computational ecology and more! 🧪🦑🌍 @umeaunimarine.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Recent practice at UMF for getting out of the ice - important field skills during spring-winter (vårvinter) in the north! ❄️ 🦑🧪🌍 #BaraBadaBastu @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Chilly exercise on the ice (and in the water) just outside #UMF !❄️❄️❄️ Swim temp is still a bit low, but the #sauna afterwards is a good reward! 🥵🔥🌡️ #ThinIce #StillWinter #UmeåUniversity

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🚨Last call!🚨 The deadline to apply for the #BorealisIntern program is almost here! Gain hands-on experience working on cutting-edge research. Join us!🧪🌊🦑 📅 Apply by April 1, 2025! Don't miss out! More here: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari... #Internship #MarineScience @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

New paper! A community consensus for terminology related to coralline algae - an important agreement to maximise research advance and (inter)national conservation decision-making. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Huge well done to Victor Jardim for coordinating so many authors! 🌎🦑🧪

**Join us!** I am looking for 2 new Associate Editors to join the #AquaticConservation editorial team! We welcome applications from researchers and/or practioners in the conservation of (1) marine mammals or (2) freshwater fish More info here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... 🧪🌎🦑

📢Join us! Become a #BorealisIntern and work with our #BorealisFellow programme and other researchers here at #UMF on #Marine #Ecosystem Resilience in a #ChangingWorld. 🌍🌡️🦑🌊🧪 Deadline soon! 1st April 2025‼️ More info here: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...

Feb issue of #AquaticConservation, with 32 (!) papers 📸bottlenose dolphins, Alabama - Bouveroux et al Also: coralline algae, (illegal) fishing, sharks, abalone, crayfish, cetaceans, freshwater fish, copepods, oysters, turtles, eDNA, satellite tracking! 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🌎🦑🧪

"Great genetic variation in the Baltic – we might have 50 populations of herring, not just two!" – Senior Researcher Kerstin Johannesson (GU) gave an exciting seminar at #UMF, unveiling the fascinating history of Atlantic cod, herring, eelgrass & bladderwrack in the #Baltic! 🧪🦑🌊 Thanks!

Welcome to the newest member of the #AquaticConservation team: Joshua Kesling from #Yale School of the Environment! With expertise in nature-human interactions & conservation management, Josh will handle our socially-facing papers 🌎🦑🧪 Full #AQC team here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Great seminar from Kerstin Johannesson (Gothenburg Uni) at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social today - the Baltic galapagos: colonisation of plants and animals since it became a sea (8000 yrs ago) make it an evolutionary melting pot with rapid speciation! 🦑🌍🧪

Excited to welcome master’s student Brooklyn Bolstad (MUN) to UMF! She’ll join Regina Kolzenburg in studying the effects of #GlobalChange on marine calcifying algae. The next few months, Brooklyn will monitor the physiology of #maerl when exposed to low pH and high temp. 🦑🧪🌊 @memorialu.bsky.social

Beautiful lunchtime walk today on the frozen sea right outside @umeaunimarine.bsky.social Wonderful time of year for some research inspiration! 😍 🧪🌍🦑 #BalticSea #Sweden

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! On its 10th anniversary, I am incredibly proud & thankful for the brilliant women I collaborate with to advance our knowledge and sustainable conservation of coastal ecosystems 🌊 Thank you! 🧪🌎🦑 #WomenInScience #GirlsInSTEM #EveryVoiceInScience

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Enjoying a Saduria-sunrise! 🌅 Sampling macrofauna in the Gulf of Bothnia has its moments. Wishing you all a fantastic weekend! 🦐✨ #Fieldwork #GulfOfBothnia #UMF

Jan 2025 issue of #AquaticConservation 📸Tagging pygmy devil rays Also: rhodoliths, turtles, horseshoe crabs, marine forests, prawns, sawfish, charr, eels, fishways, unionids, seahorses, whales, crayfish, salmon, plants, rivers, cryopreservation 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... #AQC 🧪🌎🦑