Ecological Oceanography Lab

New paper!

‘Climate change impacts to upwelling and shallow reef nutrient sources across an oceanic archipelago’

Out now in Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org

aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Selective nutrient incorporation may underestimate heterotrophy of a mixotrophic reef-building coral - Communications Biology Fatty acid profiling and stable isotope analysis reveals selective nutrient incorporation in a common mixotrophic reef-building coral. This selective uptake underscores the potential for underestimati...

🪸Fatty acid profiling & stable isotope analysis reveal selective nutrient incorporation in a mixotrophic #coral (S. pistillata), suggesting conventional methods may underestimate heterotrophy. @urigso.bsky.social, @eco-oce-lab.bsky.social @marleen-stuhr.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Out today! ‘Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change’ in @natecoevo.nature.com
#EcologicalOceanography #InterdisciplinaryResearch #CoralReefs #OceanicSubsidies

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Join our team as a KAUST global fellow! An amazing postdoctoral program for early career researchers.

We study ocean-reef connections and their influence on reef function and persistence under climate change. Reach out to discuss opportunities! 🌊🧪

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Just in case you haven’t seen the most recent paper from our group, @reefwally.bsky.social investigated solar bias in commonly used temperature loggers. Long story short, the accuracy of your in situ measurements depends on your deployment method and you should always shade your loggers! 🧪🌊

Michael D. Fox ‪King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)‬ - ‪‪Cited by 1,601‬‬ - ‪Coral reefs‬ - ‪Stable Isotopes‬ - ‪Ecology‬ - ‪Oceanography‬ - ‪Phycology‬

Hi Manu, could you please add us to the feed?

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Hi David, love the feed! Could we please be added?

Coral reef research in PLOS Climate - Latitude Coral reefs are among our planet’s most complex and biodiverse ecosystems and play vital roles in social-ecological systems, but they are also…

New on the Latitude blog: a round-up of some of the wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research and commentary on climate and coral reefs published in PLOS Climate.

latitude.plos.org/2025/03/cora...

Cheap fixes aid global coral reef conservation Reliable and standardized ocean temperature monitoring is crucial for advancing our understanding of coral survival and guiding restoration efforts.

Check out the KAUST article about our recent paper on temperature logger best practices 🦑🌊

discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/2...

Behind the paper: investigating potential biases in coral reef temperature data - Latitude We speak to Wally Rich and colleagues about their recent PLOS Climate publication, “Widespread inconsistency in logger deployment methods in coral reef…

Is the coral reef community comparing “apples to apples” when measuring in-water temperatures?

Learn more about recent research published in PLOS Climate by @reefwally.bsky.social and colleagues in the latest Latitude blog post 👇

latitude.plos.org/2025/01/behi...