Kelp Rescue is excited to announce the publication of our 1st ever kelp restoration peer-reviewed paper! 🎉Since our start in 2021, we've been testing scientific approaches to kelp restoration, and this paper is the culmination of a huge team effort. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I love #nudibranchs Found this one in a #tidepool at Sooke 🦑 #intertidal

Exciting news! Journal of Phycology impact factor has increased to 3.4. Thanks to an amazing editorial team that makes this journal a high-quality publication. #phycologyfriday #seaweed #algae

Today for #phycologyfriday: two commonly confused PNW kelps next to each other, from the same site (Whiffin Spit, BC). Left is Saccharina latissima, right Hedophyllum nigripes. #marinelife #intertidal #pnw #biology #marinebiology #science #kelp #seaweed

Halosaccion glandiforme at Whiffin Spit. This red algae fills with water, likely to prevent desiccation. 🦑 #PhycologyFriday #Intertidal #tidepools

Pretty barnacles and sponges 🦑 #intertidal

Fresh lawn fawn

For this #PhycologyFriday I'm happy to share my ✨new paper✨ about #kelp disease -> rdcu.be/ets28 Pink-spot disease occurs in kelp nurseries across North America and Europe according to our survey and we identified a bacteria (Algicola sp.) as the likely causative agent. 🦑 #aquaculture

Lab grown stipeless bull kelp to reduce tangling in tumble culture. Removal of the stipe before the internal cavity inflates results in the cut sealing over to form a "knot" instead of the usual pneumatocyst + stipe #phycologyfriday #kelp #marinebiology #science #algae #seaweed

the new developments on inat inspired me to make a diagnostic thread for every insect order because there's only like 30something of them. going to try and avoid exceptions and extremely technical characteristics when possible. 🧵

I love that after I give Hawthorne head scritches, the fur on his little forehead is all messed up. It looks like he just woke up from the most intense nap. *I fix it for him as the last part of the head massage ritual. #bunny #rabbit #petpics

My ✨new paper✨ looking at how low salinity and high temperatures alter the bacterial community of sugar #kelp was just published! Lab and field results agree: the overall changes are small, but core taxa decrease under abiotic stress onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PhycologyFriday 🦑

Just a little orange #nudibranch cruising on a #surfgrass leaf. 🦑 #tidepools

Interested in learning more about innovate restoration and kelp forest ecology? Join me and Tristin as we dive deep into kelp forests and explore ways to help the kelp! #phycologyFriday #marinelife 📅 May 13 | 🕔 5–6 PM 🔗 Register: cirweb.org/calendar/kelp-forest-restoration-webinar

I will forever be haunted by this footage. Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity. What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives. 🌎🦑🧪

They are so beautiful and I know how hard you worked to make them all!!

Seaweeds from Victoria, BC, Canada for #PhycologyFriday

For #PhycologyFriday this week let's celebrate #ISS25 and #tidepools. Although tidepools are a harsh environment, I love them because the still water makes it easier to see critters and algae 🦑

Varoon and I keep finding new species after publishing our paper and he will tell you all about it at his #ISS25 poster doi.org/10.1139/cjb-... We keep updating the publicly available data linked in the manuscript with our newest survey data, so it is available for other researchers to use

For #PhycologyFriday I'm promoting my #ISS2025 presentations Talk) How bacteria colonize the #Kelp Saccharina latissima throughout the farming cycle P1) Low-salinity destabilizes the bacterial community of sugar kelp P2) Kelp pink-spot disease is widespread and associated with the bacteria Algicola

Saw this little cutie while doing the monthly transect sampling yesterday! #nudibranch 🦑

Eastern US let's fucking goooooo We've got hundreds of millions of precious migrants pouring overhead tonight and in the next few weeks. Get those overnight lights off, cats inside, and windows treated (to prevent collisions) to keep my bird friends alive. Get ready for spectacular birding!

A slug pretending it didn't just have a #slimemold snack. #fungifriends

A cute slime mould (not a fungi) from a few years ago. #slimemould #fungifriends

@varoon-supratya.bsky.social and I re-used #bunny litter to grow oyster mushrooms and it worked really well. *We did not feed the #bunnies mushrooms #fungifriends #rabbit

For #PhycologyFriday this week I'm showcasing some Icelandic fucoids I saw back in 2016. 🦑

Bluesky #birder community, do you know what #bird this feather is from? I found it today in Pacific Spirit Park (BC, Canada). #ornithology #birdwatching

Drift Lessoniopsis for #PhycologyFriday. Lessoniopsis lives in very wave exposed areas. If you look closely at the stipes, you will find holes made by burrowing amphipods 🦑🧪🌊

#PhycologyFriday I really like the distinct surfgrass and red algae bands, with the macro at the surface a bit further down.

You can always report sightings using the Living Snow Project app! But guessing this was from last spring :) wp.wwu.edu/livingsnowpr...

Some snow algae for #PhycologyFriday. Snow algae has a big effect on the refractive index of snow in the mountains.

#TurkeyTail #mushrooms covered with some orange #slimemold #fungifriends

Rainy season mushrooms #FungiFriends #lichen

Antithamnionella spirographidis under a microscope. Collected at Stanley Park during a long term macroalgal survey by @siobhanschenk.bsky.social and I that was recently accepted as a paper cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #phycologyfriday #marinelife #intertidal #seaweed #marineecology #science

Some Codium setchellii on a drift Pterygophora californica holdfast for #PhycologyFriday

The Phycological Society of America is on BlueSky #algae #seaweed #phycology

A purple sea urchin munching on some Hedophyllum sessile for #PhycologyFriday . This was on Calvert Island. #seaurchin #kelp 🦑

Slime mold on moss. Northwest Territories, Canada. #slmemould #moss #bryophyte #fungifriends

I can't wait to see the finished product!!

Tiny Polyneura latissima baldes and crustose coralline algae for #PhycologyFriday from a night time fieldwork expedition. There are also 2 #nudibranchs doing nothing of note and multiple #chitons if you look closely! 🦑🧪

I fertilize my plants with poop from my two bunnies and now there are some cute little mushrooms growing in my crocodile fern. #fungifriends #fern

@varoon-supratya.bsky.social and I are celebrating #PhycologyFriday by continuing to collect data for our long-term monitoring project that is now accepted! cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... Read it for free on BioRXiv 🦑🧪 #botany #ecology #phycology

Reminiscing about the #sealion #skeleton @varoon-supratya.bsky.social and I found at #Sooke this summer. The #bones are definitely in the wrong spot and we did not take any home. If you know where the bones go, let me know. 🦑

@stevestuwill.bsky.social you posted on 𝕏 on Dec 5, 2020 this stunning video - why not repeat on 🔵bsky ? (sorry, I did)... "Time-lapse footage of a vampire amoeba: a microscopic organism that feeds on algal cells by breaking through their cell walls and sucking out their insides." #ProtistsOnSky

My creative outlet is pottery, often inspired by seaweeds #phycologyfriday #phycology #kelp #marinebiology #science #art #pottery #sculpture #seaweed #ceramics

Did you know you can age some perennial kelps by counting rings just like trees? We aged populations of two species first surveyed in the '80s (by Klinger and DeWreede!) to see if their age structure had changed. Our new paper is out, just in time for #PhycologyFriday! doi.org/10.1111/jpy....

Not sure what encrusting coralline #algae this is, but I love the texture! Whenever I find encrusting corallines on animals I always wonder how the algae affects them. In this case, better camouflage vs extra weight are some things that come to mind. #PhycologyFriday #MarineLife #Phycology

Check out my new pre-print about a novel #kelp disease! This research includes a kelp-grower survey (still live). 57% of respondents have seen pink-spot disease on their spools. One bacteria is associated with pink spots, a target for future research. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #MarineLife

Does anyone else look back at tidepooling photos and think "how did I not see that"! In this case, I did not see the gumboot chiton. This was at Botanical Beach. #kelp #phycology #chiton #marinelife