Robin Waples' reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne) #biodiversity #genomics #conservation #evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Idiot's Guide to Effective Population Size

This is a reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne), inspired by a classic, self-published manual of automotive repair ‘for the compleat idiot’...

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new paper indicates that cryptic #survival and #connectivity contributed to #kelp recovery after a marine #heatwave 🌊🌱🧬🌏 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @twernberg.bsky.social @uwaoceans.bsky.social #marineecology #GreatSouthernReef

Connectivity enhances resilience of marine forests after an extreme event - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Connectivity enhances resilience of marine forests after an extreme event

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We conducted a 'classic' kelp canopy removal exp in mixed Laminaria forests in southwest UK. Results show that loss of canopy increases 5-fold the light reaching the reef which leads to 7-fold increase in understorey algae & 9-fold increase in kelp recruits; ms: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Registration for the VLIZ Marine Science Day 2025 #VMSD25 is open. Expect a dynamic blend of presentations & networking moments. To celebrate our 25th anniversary, interactive demo booths will showcase major milestones, groundbreaking projects & valued collaborations. Be there! www.vliz.be/vmsd/en

Excited to share the Phaeoexplorer paper out today in Cell: Evolutionary genomics of the emergence of brown algae as key components of coastal ecosystems! 🌊 Including the genome of Dictyota dichotoma and many more! doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... #Seaweed

Happy to share our new preprint on this new platform: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We designed new selection systems for the green seaweed Ulva and benchmarked different CRISPR/Cas applications to install targeted mutations.

When students do a great job! How beautiful are these #kelp babies? 😍 #Laminaria ochroleuca #PhycologyFriday

🙌 thrilled to announce that registration for #ITRS2025 is now open! 👉https://itrs-home.org/register.html 🦀🪸🐚🦦🪨🌱🍯🪱🦪🌊 Please signup to our newsletter and share this post 🙏🏼 @nessocon.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @rubygeorge.bsky.social @amcquatters-gollop.bsky.social @trinebekkby.bsky.social

🚨 New preprint out on diatom adaptation! Using population genomics and transcriptomics, we investigated how the ancestrally marine diatom Skeletonema marinoi colonized, and adapted to, the brackish Baltic Sea 🧬🌊🧪 - and found hundreds of genes under selection. Link below. 👇