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Heidi Burdett
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Mum | Marine scientist researching photosynthesis, sustainability and conservation in our coastal seas | Associate Professor (Docent) at Umeå University, Sweden | Editor-in-Chief Aquatic Conservation | #FirstGen
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@umeaunimarine.bsky.social is hiring!

- Research Assistant
- #PhD
- #Postdoc
- Operational & Education Coordinator

📍Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Sweden
📆Deadlines in July/August 2026
🔗 www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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@nickkamenos.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
July 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Reposted by Heidi Burdett
🌊The Baltic, Barents, and Chukchi Seas play a significant role in the area-normalised global sedimentary carbon stock, dominating high latitudes.

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👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Hotspots of Arctic and sub-Arctic marine sediment organic carbon are dominated by the Baltic, Barents and Chukchi Seas - Communications Earth & Environment
The Baltic, Barents, and Chukchi Seas play a significant role in the area-normalised global sedimentary carbon stock, dominating high latitudes, according to analysis of quantile regression forests us...
www.nature.com
July 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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June 16, 2026 at 5:29 AM
** Join us! **

Interested in marine observation? Motivated to make it better for the future?

We have a 4-year #PhD position in Marine Observation System Resilience open!

📆 Deadline 16 August 2026
📍 @umeaunimarine.bsky.social, Sweden
🔗 heidiburdett.wordpress.com/2026/06/12/j...
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June 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Very nice to be in Montpellier this week for #BioMonWeek26!

📝 Talk on Wed about high frequency coastal monitoring, Session MR05

📚 #AquaticConservation Editor-in-Chief hat: if you have any watery work that you are interested in submitting to #AQC reach out!

#BiodiversityMonitoring
#BioMonWeek2026
May 5, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Join us at #AQC as an Associate Editor!
🧬 Conservation genetics (incl eDNA, across freshwater and marine realms)
🐟 Freshwater fauna (ecology, biogeography, conservation etc, especially, but not limited to, freshwater fish)
More info: 🔗 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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April 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
March issue of #AQC!
📸Investigating freshwater pearl mussel infestation on salmonids. Photo credit: Sebastian Rock.
Also: agriculture, turtles, leeches, batoids, crayfish, freshwater protection and barrier removal, beluga, eDNA, wetlands, cod, seagrass
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🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755...
April 14, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Reposted by Heidi Burdett

🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲

👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest

This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity!

Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚

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March 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Feb issue of #AquaticConservation
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755...
📸 Settlement tiles in Isfjorden, see Sowa et al. Photo credit: P Balazy / IO PAN Diving Team
Also: frogs, corals, seaweed, whales, turtles, fishing, eels, crabs, seals, (e)DNA, dolphins, pike, crayfish, sturgeon
#AQC
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March 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Editorial: Valuing Impact in Aquatic Conservation Research
It's often not $$$ but that doesn't diminish it's importance. Let's embrace the challenge, & value research impact in all it's forms!
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
📸 Word cloud of available abstracts for 2025 AQC publications
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March 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
**Join us!**
Two postdocs currently available in AI-driven marine biology at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social, advancing understanding of ecosystem function, sustainability & conservation!
🔗 www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...
📆Applications considered from March 16 until filled
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#OSM26
@nickkamenos.bsky.social
February 24, 2026 at 11:51 AM
First talk of the day - and by @seabedhabitats.bsky.social from @umeaunimarine.bsky.social!
Presenting a year of work in just 3 minutes (!) - where we have predicted loss in blue carbon habitats and carbon stock this century in SE Asia
#osm26
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February 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I'll have a few hats at #OSM26!

🎤Session chair: Resilience in a Changing Ocean: Bridging Nature-Based Approaches, Conservation Strategies and Maritime Governance

📋Poster 0307: Persistence of extreme low pH conditions in coralline algae habitats

🌊 @umeaunimarine.bsky.social Exhibit Stand 17

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February 19, 2026 at 9:17 AM
#AquaticConservation January issue
📸Fishers navigating an Amazonian estuary, see Marques et al. Credit: Dayse Marques
Also: manatees, MPAs, water lillies, fish, crustaceans, mangrove, molluscs, streamflow, seals, eDNA, mucilage
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755...
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#AQC
February 19, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Very nice to have our recent paper in JGR:Biogeosciences featured as an Editor highlight in #Eos!
🔗 eos.org/editor-highl...
Coastal Coralline Algae Naturally Survive Persistent, Extreme Low pH
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📸Coralline algae in Scotland. Credit: N Kamenos
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January 23, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Nov issue of #AquaticConservation!

📸Dam removal in Sweden; Watz et al. Credit: Johan Watz

Also: eels, seahorses, turtles, catfish, sharks, urbanisation, seaweeds, management, oysters, reef fish, mangar, tilapia, microplastics, riverscapes

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755...
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#AQC
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
*Join us!*

2 year #postdoc in #AI driven #ComputationalBiology!

Use AI-driven image analysis to investigate decades of coralline algae growth, in collaboration with colleagues in S Korea

🔗 www.umu.se/en/work-with...
📆7 January 2026
📍 Umeå University, Sweden

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December 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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...

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November 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Reposted by Heidi Burdett
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
October 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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...
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#AQC
October 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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...
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@umeaunimarine.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Reposted by Heidi Burdett
🚨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
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September 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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!
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September 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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!
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September 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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! 🤩
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September 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM