Want to know how oceanography shapes coral reef ecosystems from microbes to sharks and how climate change will impact these vital links? See our interdisciplinary review on ocean-reef connections! Download here: tinyurl.com/jbah3cjx @remotereefs.bsky.social @eco-oce-lab.bsky.social
Mike Fox
@miked-fox.bsky.social
Ecological Ocenaography Lab at KAUST @eco-oce-lab.bsky.social We study oceanographic drivers of coral reef ecology, trophic structure, and ecosystem dynamics in a changing world. 📍Red Sea and remote oceanic islands 🌊
New paper! ‘Climate change impacts to upwelling and shallow reef nutrient sources across an oceanic archipelago’ Out now in Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... ⬇️🧵
🪸Fatty acid profiling & stable isotope analysis reveal selective nutrient incorporation in a mixotrophic #coral (S. pistillata), suggesting conventional methods may underestimate heterotrophy. @urigso.bsky.social, @eco-oce-lab.bsky.social @marleen-stuhr.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Selective nutrient incorporation may underestimate heterotrophy of a mixotrophic reef-building coral - Communications Biology
Fatty acid profiling and stable isotope analysis reveals selective nutrient incorporation in a common mixotrophic reef-building coral. This selective uptake underscores the potential for underestimati...
nature.com
Out today! ‘Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change’ in @natecoevo.nature.com #EcologicalOceanography #InterdisciplinaryResearch #CoralReefs #OceanicSubsidies doi.org/10.1038/s415... @sosbangor.bsky.social
Come join our interdisciplinary team!
Join our team as a KAUST global fellow! An amazing postdoctoral program for early career researchers. We study ocean-reef connections and their influence on reef function and persistence under climate change. Reach out to discuss opportunities! 🌊🧪 kgfp.kaust.edu.sa