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    New paper out: Responses of benthic calcifying algae to acidification differ between lab and field
    • Mar 17
    • 1 min

    New paper out: Responses of benthic calcifying algae to acidification differ between lab and field

    Check out our new paper, avaiable with open access at ICES Journal of Marine Science. Led by Dr. Heather Page, our group collected data...
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    New paper out: Bright spots could be key to securing the future of declining coral reefs
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    New paper out: Bright spots could be key to securing the future of declining coral reefs

    In recent decades, the decline of living hard coral on reefs around the world has raised concerns among marine experts. For years, the...
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    New paper out: Environmental history does not affect thermal plasticity
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    New paper out: Environmental history does not affect thermal plasticity

    Check out our newest paper in Ecology and Evolution! We used field transplants followed by laboratory studies of stress response in...
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    New paper out: Consumption of benthic cyanobacterial mats on a Caribbean coral reef
    • Oct 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    New paper out: Consumption of benthic cyanobacterial mats on a Caribbean coral reef

    New paper out in Scientific Reports: Consumption of benthic cyanobacteria mats on a Caribbean coral reef, led by PhD students Ethan...
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    New paper out: Seaweed helps trap blue carbon
    • May 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    New paper out: Seaweed helps trap blue carbon

    Our new collaborative research shows, for the first time, the important role that the connectivity between macroalgae (seaweed) and the...
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    New paper out: Understanding the margin squeeze
    • May 13, 2019
    • 1 min

    New paper out: Understanding the margin squeeze

    Check out our new paper in Ecology and Evolution this month! This work was led by PhD student Regina Kolzenburg of the University of...
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    New paper out: Coralline algal skeletal mineralogy affects grazing
    • Jul 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    New paper out: Coralline algal skeletal mineralogy affects grazing

    Our new paper, "Coralline algal skeletal mineralogy affects grazer impacts," came out yesterday in Global Change Biology (McCoy & Kamenos...
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    New paper out: California mussel shells lose mineral structure with ocean acidification
    • Jan 8, 2018
    • 1 min

    New paper out: California mussel shells lose mineral structure with ocean acidification

    Our new paper is out in Global Change Biology! We looked at mineral structure in the California mussel over 2500 years, and found a...
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    New paper out: Shells of the California mussel have become thinner over the past 2,000 years
    • Jun 17, 2016
    • 1 min

    New paper out: Shells of the California mussel have become thinner over the past 2,000 years

    Our new paper out this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society, B shows a thinning trend in the shells of the California mussel, very...
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    New paper out: Modelling confirms changes to interactions as coralline algae respond to OA
    • Mar 3, 2016
    • 1 min

    New paper out: Modelling confirms changes to interactions as coralline algae respond to OA

    The last paper in the saga of changing coralline algal interactions over 30 years of in situ ocean acidification came out yesterday in...
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    New Paper Out: Ocean acidification affects competition among algae
    • Jan 14, 2014
    • 1 min

    New Paper Out: Ocean acidification affects competition among algae

    Our new paper in Ecology Letters describes changes in competitive dynamics of crustose coralline algae over 30 years since the onset of...
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