Megan Nolan
@megannolan.bsky.social
PhD student at KAUST studying and understanding the spatial distribution of mesophotic and deep coral assemblages
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Megan Nolan
@megannolan.bsky.social
· Nov 17
🎊 Published: deep, warm-water coral frameworks of the Red Sea 🎊
We used habitat suitability models to show just how extensive these important biodiversity hotspots are! 🪸🌊
We used habitat suitability models to show just how extensive these important biodiversity hotspots are! 🪸🌊
Our article is out in Ecology and Evolution! We use SDMs to model the habitat distribution of the coral Madracis interjecta in the mesophotic/ deep Red Sea. We also found Madracis bioherms to occur in deeper and cooler waters than the individual colonies 🦑🪸
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
May 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Our article is out in Ecology and Evolution! We use SDMs to model the habitat distribution of the coral Madracis interjecta in the mesophotic/ deep Red Sea. We also found Madracis bioherms to occur in deeper and cooler waters than the individual colonies 🦑🪸
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A nice visual explanation of deep sea mining and the threats it presents!
As countries scramble for minerals, the seabed beckons. Will mining it be a disaster? – visual explainer
Mining companies are poised to mine the deep sea – but opposition is growing. What is the environmental cost, and are these metals actually needed?
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A nice visual explanation of deep sea mining and the threats it presents!
Reposted by Megan Nolan
New Springer book: Coral Reef Microbiome! The most up-to-date summary of microbiomes of corals and how microbiomes can support coral restoration/rehabilitation!
Thanks to Raquel Peixoto, @reefgenomics.bsky.social, and all my coauthors for letting me contribute!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Thanks to Raquel Peixoto, @reefgenomics.bsky.social, and all my coauthors for letting me contribute!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Coral Reef Microbiome
This book focuses on Structure, Function and Ecology of the coral microbiome and associated active interventions to conserve and restore coral reefs.
link.springer.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
New Springer book: Coral Reef Microbiome! The most up-to-date summary of microbiomes of corals and how microbiomes can support coral restoration/rehabilitation!
Thanks to Raquel Peixoto, @reefgenomics.bsky.social, and all my coauthors for letting me contribute!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Thanks to Raquel Peixoto, @reefgenomics.bsky.social, and all my coauthors for letting me contribute!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Reposted by Megan Nolan
Check out our preprint where we discovered a link between bacterial inoculations and epigenome changes in coral, with implications for coral resilience!
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Bacterial inoculation elicits changes to the coral epigenome
Environmental shifts can cause epigenetic modifications in corals, which are associated with changes in gene expression and physiology, though it remains unclear if associated bacteria can also induce...
doi.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Check out our preprint where we discovered a link between bacterial inoculations and epigenome changes in coral, with implications for coral resilience!
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Excited to be at #DSBS17 this week in Hong Kong! If you’re here this week, I’m presenting tomorrow at 3:15 in LT B- come by to find out more about the distribution of a mesophotic and deep coral in the Red Sea 🌊🪸
January 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Excited to be at #DSBS17 this week in Hong Kong! If you’re here this week, I’m presenting tomorrow at 3:15 in LT B- come by to find out more about the distribution of a mesophotic and deep coral in the Red Sea 🌊🪸
Reposted by Megan Nolan
🚨New paper alert! Do you deploy loggers to monitor temperature in coral reefs, or any shallow aquatic environments? Do you shade them from direct sunlight? You should! 🌊🦑 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
Widespread inconsistency in logger deployment methods in coral reef studies may bias perceptions of thermal regimes
Ocean warming is the greatest threat to coral reefs, prompting a need to accurately monitor in situ temperatures. Advancements in sensing technologies have led to a proliferation of temperature logger...
journals.plos.org
December 28, 2024 at 6:37 PM
🚨New paper alert! Do you deploy loggers to monitor temperature in coral reefs, or any shallow aquatic environments? Do you shade them from direct sunlight? You should! 🌊🦑 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
Reposted by Megan Nolan
Courtesy of Meaghan Sorce at the @harvard.bsky.social museum of natural history. 😉
December 15, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Courtesy of Meaghan Sorce at the @harvard.bsky.social museum of natural history. 😉
Some positive news for the deep sea!
Deep sea mining plans blocked in Norway 🇳🇴🚫
Environmental groups described the news as a “historic win” for ocean protection.
Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its waters, an area greater than the UK, for deep-sea minerals.
Environmental groups described the news as a “historic win” for ocean protection.
Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its waters, an area greater than the UK, for deep-sea minerals.
December 2, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Some positive news for the deep sea!
Reposted by Megan Nolan
Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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November 25, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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I wrote a blogpost on our recent paper! 📄 I summarised how we developed MaxEnt models that estimated a high abundance of deep coral frameworks in the northern Red Sea 🪸🌊🧪
Behind the paper: Habitat suitability models reveal extensive distribution of deep warm-water coral frameworks in the Red Sea
communities.springernature.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:25 PM
I wrote a blogpost on our recent paper! 📄 I summarised how we developed MaxEnt models that estimated a high abundance of deep coral frameworks in the northern Red Sea 🪸🌊🧪
🎊 Published: deep, warm-water coral frameworks of the Red Sea 🎊
We used habitat suitability models to show just how extensive these important biodiversity hotspots are! 🪸🌊
We used habitat suitability models to show just how extensive these important biodiversity hotspots are! 🪸🌊
November 17, 2024 at 2:09 PM
🎊 Published: deep, warm-water coral frameworks of the Red Sea 🎊
We used habitat suitability models to show just how extensive these important biodiversity hotspots are! 🪸🌊
We used habitat suitability models to show just how extensive these important biodiversity hotspots are! 🪸🌊
If you see this, please repost with a favourite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently:
November 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
If you see this, please repost with a favourite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently:
Reposted by Megan Nolan
Hey all, please RT this new starter pack for locating our fellow ecological modellers on Blue Sky! And please reply to this post if you'd like to be added to the starter pack!
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go.bsky.app/EfUQaM2
November 13, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Hey all, please RT this new starter pack for locating our fellow ecological modellers on Blue Sky! And please reply to this post if you'd like to be added to the starter pack!
go.bsky.app/EfUQaM2
go.bsky.app/EfUQaM2