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Sara Melo-Merino

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Marine ecologist 🪸 Coral reefs | Macroecology | Biogeography | Conservation | Functional ecology | Climate change

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Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by ‘dark diversity’ Back in 2019, we ventured into the field with a rather unusual mission: to search for the biodiversity that wasn’t there. At first glance, this might seem counterintuitive – after all, we’re …

New study in @nature.com: we focus on the diversity that's missing - “dark diversity.” Human impact means only 1 in 5 species persist in disturbed areas versus 1 in 3 in pristine ones. My summary of the project & its implications: the3dlab.org/2025/04/03/g...

03.04.2025 12:30 — 👍 30    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1

Parrot fish support healthy coral reefs, but that’s not the whole story 🪸

27.02.2025 03:11 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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