“We … created annual 3 m resolution maps from 2017 to 2024 across California.… [K]elp persistence … following a marine heatwave was … associated w/ persistence before the heatwave, cooler sea surface temperatures, shallow habitats, & reduced fragmentation.” #kelp 🌊🦑 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

ESIIL Postdoc, Kai Kopecky, was recently highlighted in bioGraphic Magazine about his work that asks whether skeletons of dead coral help or hinder coral reef recovery. Check out “The Curse of Dead Corals” to learn more: www.biographic.com/the-curse-of...

🚨 New paper in Ecology Letters! We test how spatiotemporal variation in #coral populations promotes a spatial portfolio effect that stabilizes coral metapopulations in #Moorea, French Polynesia 🪸 #NSF @uslter.bsky.social #MCRLTER @stanforddoerr.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Darwin speculated that it was energetically costly to be an hermaphrodite. He thought that might explain why they were relatively rare in animals. Our paper out today tested this conjecture for the first time. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

EEB Mentor Match for 2025 is now open! This is an opportunity for students applying to graduate school in Ecology, Evolution, or Behavior to be matched with a mentor to guide them through the application process. Mentors can sign up too! eebmentormatch.com

Exciting new open access study in Ecology Letters including co-author Prof. Max Castorani #UVA @uslter.bsky.social "Insights Into Spatial Synchrony Enabled by Long-Term Data" as.virginia.edu/major-ecolog...

it's a hard and sad time in science / higher ed in the US right now. on the other hand, lots of PhDs are looking for work, so I wanted to share— I'm hiring a postdoc! it's a two-year position at UCSC to do (preferably Bayesian) modeling of marine ecosystems: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01892

OK, #causalinference #ecology folk - my paper with the even excellent @lauradee.bsky.social on causal inference with observational data is now out in Ecology Letters! 🌍🧪🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🤿 HIRING POSTDOC 🤿 🌊 We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/

🐠🧪🎓 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.

Winning an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship is a huge vote of confidence in the career of a freshly-minted researcher, and right now an entire cohort of people with distinction are apparently waiting to find out when they'll get their next paycheck as the month ends

🚨Exciting news!🚨 I am elated to announce that I have started a new position at the Oceans Dept. at Stanford as a @NSF OCE Postdoc Fellow working with Drs. Kristen Davis and Peter Edmunds. I am humbled and excited for this work, exploring coral community resilience in the #MCRLTER!

If you’re at #wsn2023 come check out my talk today at 2:45 in Community Ecology II where I’ll be chatting about how exploring multitrophic perspectives in community ecology can broaden our understanding of ecological stability! #synchrony #stability #mpas