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Vardilab

@vardilab.bsky.social

📣 We are excited to share our latest paper, led by @taliashaler.bsky.social! We explore the transcriptional basis of #microalgae resistance to #viral_infection and identified a core group of resistance-related genes. >>
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#New_Phytologist #Marine_Biology #Viruses

Mapping the transcriptional landscape of algal resistance to viral infection reveals a core expression program

Algal blooms and their demise by viruses drive global-scale ecological processes in the ocean. These blooms form the foundation of marine food webs, regulate microbial communities, and shape biogeoc...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

September 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM

Project Gutenberg

@gutenberg.org

Returning to Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez

A literary classic doubles as data, helping scientists trace decades of ecological change in the Gulf of California.

By: Matthew Wills

daily.jstor.org/returning-to...

Ecology at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books...

#books #ecology #marine_biology

SHALL WE LEAVE ANY ONE OF THEM OPEN?

As reasoning beings, it is our duty to heed the lessons of history, and not rush blindly on until we perpetrate a continent destitute of wild life.

The image shows a desolate scene of barren, stripped trees, empty wetlands, and circling birds of prey over a ravaged countryside.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13249/pg13249-images.html

March 20, 2026 at 9:54 AM

south40.bsky.social

@south40.bsky.social

🧪#zoology#marine_biology
Lives of a few invertebrates that attach to floating docks,
described in an online magazine published by the Floating Homes Association,
Waldo Point Harbor, Sausalito CA, Larry Clinton editor.

ft.floatinghomes.org/small-animal...

Small animal neighbors on our docks - Floating Times

Living on the water means having animal neighbors that land residents infrequently see. The terns, gulls, egrets, herons, pelicans, and cormorants are familiar to us all, and if you live...

ft.floatinghomes.org

December 18, 2024 at 3:49 AM

ParrotfishResearch🐟

@parrotfishresearch.bsky.social

🌊 DYK That the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Tīkaka Moana has #Manta_Rays!

The fantastic Lydia Green is launching a citizen science app to record sightings in our #big_blue_backyard
youtu.be/VWgv2RbhLa4?... #manta_trust #marine_biology Aotearoa/ New Zealand. 🇳🇿 mantawatchnz.org #marine_protection_area

'Like giant batmobiles': First aerial survey of New Zealand's manta ray population

YouTube video by RNZ

youtu.be

December 12, 2024 at 8:58 PM

Harii Lab

@hariilab.bsky.social

First field survey of the year with @fsinniger.bsky.social and Angga, leaving mixed feelings with one site appearing to recover from last summer’s massive #coral #bleaching while a neighboring site shows massive mortality. Let’s keep surveying how things evolve.
#okinawa #reef #marine_biology