Erik Simon Lledó
@bokamero.bsky.social
Deep-Sea Ecologist at @icmcsic.bsky.social. Interested in underwater robots, image-analysis, biodiversity, biogeography and the effects of disturbance in very deep seabed ecosystems.
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New species of deep-sea coral found living on polymetallic nodules. 🪨🪸
A team of international scientists have recently discovered a deep-sea coral is are specially adapted to live at depth, in complete darkness, and whose only known habitat is attached to the nodules.
🔗 noc.ac.uk/news/hidden-...
A team of international scientists have recently discovered a deep-sea coral is are specially adapted to live at depth, in complete darkness, and whose only known habitat is attached to the nodules.
🔗 noc.ac.uk/news/hidden-...
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
New species of deep-sea coral found living on polymetallic nodules. 🪨🪸
A team of international scientists have recently discovered a deep-sea coral is are specially adapted to live at depth, in complete darkness, and whose only known habitat is attached to the nodules.
🔗 noc.ac.uk/news/hidden-...
A team of international scientists have recently discovered a deep-sea coral is are specially adapted to live at depth, in complete darkness, and whose only known habitat is attached to the nodules.
🔗 noc.ac.uk/news/hidden-...
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I'm thrilled to present our latest paper about the trophic ecology and behavior of sea stars (Asteroidea) and brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. doi.org/10.1016/j.ds... It was a great collaboration with a team from 🇪🇸🇳🇱🇩🇪🇵🇹 and 🇦🇹 (incl. @bokamero.bsky.social). #SciArt
September 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I'm thrilled to present our latest paper about the trophic ecology and behavior of sea stars (Asteroidea) and brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. doi.org/10.1016/j.ds... It was a great collaboration with a team from 🇪🇸🇳🇱🇩🇪🇵🇹 and 🇦🇹 (incl. @bokamero.bsky.social). #SciArt
Evolutionary "hills" or "islands"? Very interesting new approach to measure the uniqueness of a biological community, with great potential use as baseline to identify high-value biodiversity sites at multiple scales.
Our paper on how to use the spatial scaling of community phylogenetic uniqueness came out during the summer but we haven't posted it yet:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Areas of High Biodiversity Value Evidenced by the Spatial Scaling of Phylogenetic Uniqueness
Phylogenetic endemism is the most efficient single criterion to maximise global phylogenetic diversity within the smallest land area, and can be complemented with the spatial scaling of phylogenetic ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Evolutionary "hills" or "islands"? Very interesting new approach to measure the uniqueness of a biological community, with great potential use as baseline to identify high-value biodiversity sites at multiple scales.
Reposted by Erik Simon Lledó
Our paper on how to use the spatial scaling of community phylogenetic uniqueness came out during the summer but we haven't posted it yet:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Areas of High Biodiversity Value Evidenced by the Spatial Scaling of Phylogenetic Uniqueness
Phylogenetic endemism is the most efficient single criterion to maximise global phylogenetic diversity within the smallest land area, and can be complemented with the spatial scaling of phylogenetic ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Our paper on how to use the spatial scaling of community phylogenetic uniqueness came out during the summer but we haven't posted it yet:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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An incredible discovery that challenges our assumptions about how complex life can thrive in the deepest and more remote places in the ocean.
Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches - Nature
The discovery of chemosynthesis-based benthic communities at depths of 5,800 m to 9,533 m in the Kuril–Kamchatka and western Aleutian trenches challenges traditional perspectives on the energy sources...
www.nature.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
An incredible discovery that challenges our assumptions about how complex life can thrive in the deepest and more remote places in the ocean.
Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Want to join our deep-sea ecology team at @icmcsic.bsky.social? We seek a PhD student to study macroecology and effects of climate change in abyssal seascapes. With focus on sea cucumber communities. Please disseminate, and if interested please contact us www.icm.csic.es/en/calls/phd...
June 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Want to join our deep-sea ecology team at @icmcsic.bsky.social? We seek a PhD student to study macroecology and effects of climate change in abyssal seascapes. With focus on sea cucumber communities. Please disseminate, and if interested please contact us www.icm.csic.es/en/calls/phd...
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From tiny worms to giant squid: New global database reveals the hidden power of body size in the ocean phys.org/news/2025-05... #science #ocean #biodiversity #marinelife #invertebrate
From tiny worms to giant squid: New global database reveals the hidden power of body size in the ocean
A new open-access resource, the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) Database, is giving scientists, conservationists, and the public an unprecedented look at the true scale of ocean life—literally.
phys.org
June 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
From tiny worms to giant squid: New global database reveals the hidden power of body size in the ocean phys.org/news/2025-05... #science #ocean #biodiversity #marinelife #invertebrate
Ecological shifts persist decades after a deep-sea mining test in the abyssal Pacific. www.icm.csic.es/en/news/new-...
New study reveals long-term impacts of deep-sea mining | Institut de Ciències del Mar
New study led by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the Natural History Museum has revealed long-term impacts of deep-sea mining and first signs of biological recovery 44-years after deep...
www.icm.csic.es
April 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Ecological shifts persist decades after a deep-sea mining test in the abyssal Pacific. www.icm.csic.es/en/news/new-...
Starting the @oikosfinland.bsky.social Ecology & Evolution Conference in Jyväskylä after a great workshop on HSMC modelling yesterday. Can't think of a better way to start my new job at ICM-CSIC! 🐠🌳🪲🦐
March 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Starting the @oikosfinland.bsky.social Ecology & Evolution Conference in Jyväskylä after a great workshop on HSMC modelling yesterday. Can't think of a better way to start my new job at ICM-CSIC! 🐠🌳🪲🦐
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Hunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest
The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession for heroes and heroic teachers.
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The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession for heroes and heroic teachers.
D&D 5e.
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Hunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest
Welcome to the Warren. Within this tiny Domain of Delight, Rabb
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March 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest
The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession for heroes and heroic teachers.
D&D 5e.
www.dmsguild.com/product/5056...
The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession for heroes and heroic teachers.
D&D 5e.
www.dmsguild.com/product/5056...
After 10 great years at @noc.ac.uk, and 13 in the UK, I am pleased to announce that I will start a new position at ICM-CSIC in Barcelona next month! see: icm.csic.es/en. Excited to continue diving into #deepsea research, with old and new colleagues, now from home..!
February 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
After 10 great years at @noc.ac.uk, and 13 in the UK, I am pleased to announce that I will start a new position at ICM-CSIC in Barcelona next month! see: icm.csic.es/en. Excited to continue diving into #deepsea research, with old and new colleagues, now from home..!
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Our new article out in Science Advances today! 🌊 In Europe we have protected 1% of our deep-sea biodiversity from bottom-contact fishing, but our analysis revealed that 3,500 hours of fishing still occurred within these protected areas. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
January 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Our new article out in Science Advances today! 🌊 In Europe we have protected 1% of our deep-sea biodiversity from bottom-contact fishing, but our analysis revealed that 3,500 hours of fishing still occurred within these protected areas. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Erik presenting his paper at dsbs17. Starting to understand who lives where and why at abyssal planes.
January 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Erik presenting his paper at dsbs17. Starting to understand who lives where and why at abyssal planes.
Do abyssal species that grow on polymetallic nodules have more restricted dispersal than fauna not depending on this resource? Contrasting distance-decay patterns in community similarity across the NE Pacific basin suggest they do! See our new study doi.org/10.1111/geb.... on time for #17DSBS!
January 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Do abyssal species that grow on polymetallic nodules have more restricted dispersal than fauna not depending on this resource? Contrasting distance-decay patterns in community similarity across the NE Pacific basin suggest they do! See our new study doi.org/10.1111/geb.... on time for #17DSBS!
