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A sea cucumber a day keeps the coral doctor away By Carly E. Karrick Do you think an apple a day keeps the doctor away? What about a cucumber, or maybe even a sea cucumber? Sea cucumbers are animals related to sea stars that filter coral reef sed…

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A sea cucumber a day keeps the coral doctor away
By Carly E. Karrick

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Bleaching without witnesses: the history of coral bleaching in South Atlantic reefs
By Thomás Banha

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#coralreefrestoration #seychelles #volunteerdiver #cousinisland #praslinisland | Nature Seychelles We are looking for TWO passionate volunteer scientific divers to join the Reef Rescuers on our coral reef restoration project in Seychelles from April to June 2026! If you’re ready to make a difference, apply by 2 March 2026 for this unforgettable experience. Follow this link or scan the QR code for details and to apply: https://lnkd.in/dKaibHPU #coralreefrestoration #seychelles #volunteerdiver #cousinisland #praslinisland

Looking to volunteer for reef restoration work? Nature Seychelles is looking for two volunteers from April to June 2026! Apply soon 🪸✨ Deadline 2 March 2026 #ResourceWednesday

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Cladocopium thermophilum: A powerhouse of thermal tolerance
By Anna Fiesinger

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A crab-tastic mutualism By Daniela Restrepo Galeano Corals are known for their mutualistic relationship with tiny algae that live within coral tissue cells. But this is only one of the multiple collaborations that corals …

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A crab-tastic mutualism

By Daniela Restrepo Galeano

Registration open for B-Cubed’s training on transforming biodiversity observations into insights B-Cubed’s training series will showcase emerging approaches that help make biodiversity data more actionable in practice. Register here. It will feature six live sessions, held on consecutive Fridays at 15:00 CET. Each session will last 1.5 hour...

✨ Want to maximise the use of biodiversity data?✨ Check out upcoming training series by B-cubed! #ResourceWednesday

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Viruses, bacteria, and coral, oh my!

Written by Carly E. Karrick

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Are you dreading (or even procrastinating) going through endless photos for benthic composition analysis? Have you tried ReefCloud AI? Why not give it a go today? Pssst...it's open access! #ResourceWednesday 🪸🤖

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Raising Corals Ex Situ: A Glimpse of the Coral Nursery of Puerto Rico

by Rachel G. Jordan

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New year, new skills to add to your toolkit? Tried Photogrammetry? 📷🪸 Check out online courses at Settide.com and how to improve the 3D models with better photography techniques ✨ #ResourceWednesday

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CIGUATERA AND LIONFISH- Double Trouble [REEFBITES ALERT] Lionfish, have become invasive in the Caribbean, preying on native reef fish and disrupting local ecosystems. They possess venomous spines and may cause ciguatera fish poisoning i…

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CIGUATERA AND LIONFISH - Double Trouble

By Rebecca Campbell Gibbel

PCR Primer Design | Notion Prerequisite Protocols

🧬 New to primer design? 🧬 Not sure how to do it? Check out the guide below by @ATinyGreenCell and explore Primer3!
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Is #AI replacing coral scientists? Evaluating the use of AI in coral conservation

By Michelle Baptist
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✨🌊 Happy 2026 everyone! 🌊✨

We are starting the year with something colourful! 🎨 Check out the coral reef colour palette by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program 🪸🐠🌈 Inspiration for the next paper, poster, or infographic? 🙌
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Following the successful seminar led by Dr. Asha de Vos, we thank everyone who participated in the online workshop! The links to the recording & related resources can be accessed below:

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📝 Discussion summary: tinyurl.com/parachut...

Wanna increase coral restoration monitoring efficiency? 🪸

Check out this new preprint that explores how AI can scale up the monitoring of coral seeding devices. Great collaborative work from coral teams from around the world! 🥼🌏✨ #ResourceWednesday

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Coral-CAT: A semi-automatic coral color analysis tool Coral Reefs - Coral health assessments based on pigmentation or color rely primarily on the comparison of the coral color with well-established color references. In most cases, the assignment of...

🌊 Another week, another resource! If you are monitoring coral health, here is one for you: "Coral-CAT: A semi-automatic coral color analysis tool". Recently published toolkit by @GarciasNeus @peixotors and team from KAUST! 🪸

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Coral reef decline isn’t just an ecological crisis — it’s a human rights issue.
Coastal communities deserve clean waters, resilient ecosystems, and a stable climate.
Today, we strive for a future where both people and nature can thrive! 🪸🌏

Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, let’s remember that ocean conservation must be accessible to all. 🌊
Inclusive science = stronger reefs, stronger communities.

🌊 New resource for coral scientists!
CoralSCOP-LAT is a powerful new tool for semi-automatic annotation + analysis of reef imagery.
Great for anyone working with photo/video transects or large monitoring datasets. #ResourceWednesday

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Dr. Jamie Craggs: Scientific Breakthroughs in Coral Spawning to Supercharge Reef Restoration | S4E2 REEF Roundup: 🪸Coral Reefs🐠 and 🐙Marine Conservation🦈 · Episode

Podcast alert on coral reproduction and restoration with @AquariumCurator ! 🎧🪸

Hope everyone is having a good week! Remember to take breaks! 💪 #ResourceWednesday

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we honor the strength of women who protect communities, coasts, & ecosystems.

Healthy oceans, healthy societies — all depend on safety, dignity, & justice.

A world free from violence uplifts everyone. 🧡🪸🌍

#hiring #phd | James Robinson 🚨 We are #hiring a #PhD student at Lancaster University to investigate the changing ecological outcomes of MPAs on coral reefs. 🪸 🐟 🦈 We're looking for candidates with strong quantitative skills, including machine learning and hierarchical Bayesian modelling. The project is supervised by Prof Nick Graham, Prof Rachel McCrea (Lancaster University), Dr David Bailey (University of Glasgow), Prof M Aaron Macneil (Dalhousie University), and me. This project is funded by the NERC ExaGeo Doctoral Training Programme, more details in the link. Deadline: 9th January Start date: October 2026 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eeKDznjC Please share widely! Feel free to contact me with any questions.

📢 MPAs? 📢 Coral reefs? Does this catch your attention? The University of Lancaster is looking for a PhD student to work on "the changing ecological outcomes of MPAs on coral reefs"! 🌊 Check out the link below 👇 Deadline 9th January #ResourceWednesday

On #WorldKindnessDay, kindness means caring for the ecosystems that sustain us — forests, wetlands, mangroves, and coral reefs under mounting pressure. Every mindful choice helps keep these habitats thriving. Kindness ripples outward 🌊🪸🌱💙

🌊🐟🌍 Exciting News!  I’m thrilled to announce that I am starting a faculty position KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)--KAUST BESE   As part of this, I am truly excited to… | Jessica Zamborain Mason | 40 comments 🌊🐟🌍 Exciting News!  I’m thrilled to announce that I am starting a faculty position KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)--KAUST BESE   As part of this, I am truly excited to launch the Integrated Reef Fisheries Lab — Building collaborative, data-driven solutions to enhance the sustainability of reef fisheries and aquatic food systems now and into the future. Our aim is to integrate disciplines and harness data science and collaboration to co-create solutions that (i) enhance the sustainability of reef fisheries and (ii) build aquatic food systems that are sustainable, equitable, and climate-resilient.   📢 We are looking for passionate and collaborative people to join the team and shape its future! 🧪 Open Postdoctoral Projects - Assessing the spatial and temporal variability in aquatic foods’ contributions to human nutrition: https://lnkd.in/daH_v3Yn  - Developing economic reference points for multispecies reef fisheries: https://lnkd.in/dn2W_Ke6 🧪 Open Research Specialist/Assitant jobs - Data science for marine socio-ecological systems: https://lnkd.in/dvr-26aE We also have exciting fully funded or open PhD, Masters and Visiting Student opportunities built within an international network of collaborators. See here (https://lnkd.in/dwuhWAyC) or here (https://lnkd.in/dPMGxSZE) information on how to apply, or feel free to contact me if you have funding and would like to work in these areas. 🎓 Example PhD Projects  - Assessing data-poor Invertebrate fisheries  - Climate-induced community composition turnover on reefs and its implications for climate-resilient fisheries management 🎓 Example Master’s Projects -Assessing the sustainability and food security implications of global reef fish trade  - Embracing uncertainty to enhance predictive understanding of reef systems 🎓 Example Visiting Student Research Project - Harnessing data-science to enhance the sustainability of Red Sea fisheries and aquatic food systems - Applying ecosystem overfishing indicators to coral reefs - Developing predictive models of seaweed nutrient content If you’re passionate about sustainability, fisheries, aquatic food systems, and open data-driven science — we want to hear from you! Please share widely 🙂 🙏 A huge thank you to my previous (Sean Connolly Joshua Cinner Aaron MacNeil Christopher Golden) and current supervisors (Christina Hicks @NickGraham) whose support and mentorship have been invaluable in making this vision a reality.  I also want to thank my new collaborators and partners (especially Michael Berumen) for their support and insightful discussions. I look forward to working alongside these and other brilliant colleagues and stakeholders so, together, we can protect and sustain reef fisheries and aquatic food systems for generations to come! 🌊🐠🌍 | 40 comments on LinkedIn

✨ Interested in a post-doc or PhD on reef fisheries? ✨ Check out the link below! @JZamborainMason #ResourceWednesday

Fate-tracking early coral recruits following bleaching in a remote reef ecosystem Coral Reefs - As coral reefs face increasingly frequent and severe disturbances, their condition relies more heavily on recovery dynamics. Understanding reef recovery is essential for assessing the...

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Interested in photogrammetry or digital twin? 📷🪸 Check out recent paper by @JohnStratford_ and team on the use of these tools to track early coral recruits after mass bleaching event! SOP on the use of photogrammetry has been shared by AIMS. Links below! ✨

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Join our workshop “Confronting Parachute Science in Ocean Conservation and Research” with Dr. Asha de Vos! ✨🌊

When: November 19th, 2025, 14:00–16:00 UTC
Where: Online via Zoom, register here: tinyurl.com/icrssecc

📢Working on the management of marine protected areas (MPAs) or embarking on one?📈✨ Reef Resilience Network is hosting a free, five-week mentored online course this coming November and December! Check out the link below for more info:
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Marine creatures come in all shapes and colors — and so do we! 🐠🪸🐚🦀🐙🐳🪼

On #InternationalPronounsDay, let’s celebrate the diversity that keeps both reefs and research communities thriving.

Respecting pronouns = respecting identities 🌊