Jen Salerno

Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for.

Fascinating #fungi 🍄🔬

Happy to see this little gem pop up in my google alerts 😊 🪸 🐠 🧫 🫶 #microbial #symbiosis

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This group (my colleagues and old friends) are off on another reef sound scape research expedition as we type! So more to come!

Thank you for hosting. That was fun 😊 🌊

Yes, but we keep going right? Because what’s the alternative?

I often echo this sentiment. The Earth will go on (microbes will be content), but we might not be here. We NEED a healthy ocean.

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Despite all of this. I remain hopeful. Especially through the eyes of students aspiring scientists.

We are integrating more science based solutions into conservation, restoration, AND decision/policy making.

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If you know a coral reef scientist, give them a big hug (and contact info for a good therapist). Not gonna lie. It is becoming increasingly difficult to monitor your study sites as they die y’all 😢

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Evidence of spillover benefits from large-scale marine protected areas to purse seine fisheries Global tuna fisheries are valued at more than $40 billion, with the majority of this value derived from purse seine fisheries. Recently created large-scale marine protected areas are potentially big e...

John Lynham at University of Hawaii wrote the paper that says tuna "spill out" of large scale marine protected areas

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www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Best quote: What are you protecting it from? That’s the wrong question. It’s about who and what we’re protecting it for 🌊

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Ah Papahanaumokuakea. I had the honor to conduct my dissertation research there. An absolutely magical place! The corals were beautiful of course but it also made me truly appreciate the majestic albatross.

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As I say often, we cannot “outrestore” climate change

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Yes. Especially deep sea corals that are very slow growing. Although I don’t think we have a good understanding of the effects on soft bottom habitats where we could really be disturbing microbial populations, and biogeochemical processes.

Absolutely this! Many factors contributing to this conundrum…resources, community support, scientific information…

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This!

As a grad student, I remember hearing stories from professors about the (negative) changes they observed on coral reefs over their careers. I didn’t expect to see such drastic changes within a much shorter time span (5 yrs) at our study site in Honduras due to disease and bleaching.

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(PDF) Fishing Down Marine Food Webs PDF | The mean trophic level of the species groups reported in Food and Agricultural Organization global fisheries statistics declined from 1950 to... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

Most predatory fish are gone. Some of the earliest work on this was done by Daniel Pauly at UBC leading to the ‘fishing down the food web’ notion. #oceanchat

ie www.researchgate.net/publication/...

YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean An Unusual Oasis! #glassponge #science #oceanexploration #deepsea

Uhg. I just got to Attenborough’s trawling footage. I spend most days writing about these delicate, beautiful animals — some that take hundreds to thousands of years to grow. I’m weeping. #oceanchat youtube.com/shorts/BpQcj...

Predatory Fish Have Declined by Two Thirds in the 20th Century First-of-its-kind analysis of hundreds of food web models shows that the decrease has mostly taken place since the 1970s

Want to learn more about that “2/3 of large predatory fish are gone” stat? I wrote about that research for scientific American @sciam.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌎🐠 #OceanChat

www.scientificamerican.com/article/pred...

If you want to know about the history of fishing, read The Unnatural History of the Sea by Dr. Callum Roberts

Published in the mid 2000s, so probably needs some updating, but it's very good!

Some of the talking points on fishing 400 years ago were probably pulled from that book

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According to the film, governments spend $20 billion per year subsidizing overfishing

All ocean conservation efforts get about $1.2 billion

Show me your budget and I'll tell you your values

It's no surprise the ocean is in trouble

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YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean A Vital Ocean Corridor | Unexplored Seamounts of the Salas y Gómez Ridge - Week 1

If you’re curious about seamounts, there are some fantastic videos over at Schmidt Ocean Institute’s YouTube channel from 2024 expeditions off the coast of Chile. #salasygomez #oceanchat youtu.be/Et80hK_bINo?...

This will forever be known as “the scallop scene.” Very hard to watch objectively. Oof.

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Very important distinction!

I remember you posting on this earlier and would love to continue the conversation and learn more about sustainable practices out there.

Misty the cat knows the drill and has joined #OceanChat 🌊 🐱

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Yes symbiotic relationships in science (and life 😉) are so interesting!