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A green alga, Caulerpa okamurae, from Tomioka, Reihoku, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

Kelp forests on the coast of Maine are in decline owing to rapid ocean warming and are being replaced by turf algae, which alter the ecosystem’s chemistry, hindering the recovery of kelp forests. Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/4dwzl8j

A big thank you to Akshay Kulkarni at the CBC for covering a new Hakai study showing endangered sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) finding refuge from sea star wasting disease (SSWD) in the fjords of BC’s Central Coast. Read the full story here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4mcyn3tc

A baby giant. 🌊💙 #PhycologyFriday

A red alga, #Asparagopsis taxiformis, found on Nagashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. #algae #seaweed #phycology

Happy #PhycologyFriday! Canada's Arctic waters are more colourful than you might expect. This seaweed-filled scene is from near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

Do #kelp forests really matter for fish? Check out our new meta-analysis w/ Ale Pérez-Matus in Ecology showing 1) multistipe kelps do more than single stipe, 2) all kelps enhance juveniles, 3) kelps help small herbivores & big predators. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....