Susanne Kortsch
@skortsch.bsky.social
Ecologist, Food webs, Global change, Academy Research Fellow @University of Helsinki @Tvärminne Zoological Station @CoastClim
https://skortsch.github.io/
https://skortsch.github.io/
Reposted by Susanne Kortsch
Call for abstracts!
We are excited to invite contributions to the Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 session ME008: Food Webs in Changing Oceans and Seas
Abstract submission is open until 20 August 2025. Read more and submit here: www.agu.org/ocean-scienc...
Hope to see you in Glasgow!
We are excited to invite contributions to the Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 session ME008: Food Webs in Changing Oceans and Seas
Abstract submission is open until 20 August 2025. Read more and submit here: www.agu.org/ocean-scienc...
Hope to see you in Glasgow!
August 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Call for abstracts!
We are excited to invite contributions to the Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 session ME008: Food Webs in Changing Oceans and Seas
Abstract submission is open until 20 August 2025. Read more and submit here: www.agu.org/ocean-scienc...
Hope to see you in Glasgow!
We are excited to invite contributions to the Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 session ME008: Food Webs in Changing Oceans and Seas
Abstract submission is open until 20 August 2025. Read more and submit here: www.agu.org/ocean-scienc...
Hope to see you in Glasgow!
Reposted by Susanne Kortsch
CoastClim Newsletter:
🌍Field campaign in Ireland comparing BVOC emissions from Baltic and Atlantic plants and algae
🌍 Find interesting sea related events close to you this summer, e.g. Askö open house and the Baltic Sea day
Read and sign up for the newsletter at www.coastclim.org/news/
🌍Field campaign in Ireland comparing BVOC emissions from Baltic and Atlantic plants and algae
🌍 Find interesting sea related events close to you this summer, e.g. Askö open house and the Baltic Sea day
Read and sign up for the newsletter at www.coastclim.org/news/
June 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
CoastClim Newsletter:
🌍Field campaign in Ireland comparing BVOC emissions from Baltic and Atlantic plants and algae
🌍 Find interesting sea related events close to you this summer, e.g. Askö open house and the Baltic Sea day
Read and sign up for the newsletter at www.coastclim.org/news/
🌍Field campaign in Ireland comparing BVOC emissions from Baltic and Atlantic plants and algae
🌍 Find interesting sea related events close to you this summer, e.g. Askö open house and the Baltic Sea day
Read and sign up for the newsletter at www.coastclim.org/news/
Reposted by Susanne Kortsch
📰Published📰 Animals can adaptively change their foraging behaviors, and this can have important community-level consequences💭
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Animals can adaptively change their foraging behaviors, and this can have important community-level consequences
Hsi-Cheng Ho, Chi-Yun Kuo This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology perspective article which can be found here. Animals can adjust their behavior as an adaptive response to the envi…
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June 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📰Published📰 Animals can adaptively change their foraging behaviors, and this can have important community-level consequences💭
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We successfully kicked-off the "Heatwave-driven rewiring of coastal food webs" project last week.
#Warming #FoodWebs #DNAtools
Thanks to all participants and collaborators!
#Warming #FoodWebs #DNAtools
Thanks to all participants and collaborators!
New project:
Heatwave-driven rewiring of coastal food webs, led by @skortsch.bsky.social, had a productive kick-off meeting at @tvarminne.bsky.social.
They examine how marine heatwaves reshape food webs by integrating experiments, molecular tools, and food web modeling.
#Warming #FoodWebs #DNAtools
Heatwave-driven rewiring of coastal food webs, led by @skortsch.bsky.social, had a productive kick-off meeting at @tvarminne.bsky.social.
They examine how marine heatwaves reshape food webs by integrating experiments, molecular tools, and food web modeling.
#Warming #FoodWebs #DNAtools
June 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reposted by Susanne Kortsch
Born on March 29, 125 years ago:
One of the most influential ecologists of the 20th century and the father of animal ecology, who turned natural history into a science: Charles Sutherland Elton (1900-1991).
A birthday thread… 🧵[1/8]
One of the most influential ecologists of the 20th century and the father of animal ecology, who turned natural history into a science: Charles Sutherland Elton (1900-1991).
A birthday thread… 🧵[1/8]
March 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Born on March 29, 125 years ago:
One of the most influential ecologists of the 20th century and the father of animal ecology, who turned natural history into a science: Charles Sutherland Elton (1900-1991).
A birthday thread… 🧵[1/8]
One of the most influential ecologists of the 20th century and the father of animal ecology, who turned natural history into a science: Charles Sutherland Elton (1900-1991).
A birthday thread… 🧵[1/8]
Reposted by Susanne Kortsch
Patrik Ståhl at #OIKOSFin2025 @oikosfinland.bsky.social presenting his paper on how food web robustness depends on the network type and threshold for extinction. Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/oik....
March 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Patrik Ståhl at #OIKOSFin2025 @oikosfinland.bsky.social presenting his paper on how food web robustness depends on the network type and threshold for extinction. Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/oik....
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and another 5-yr (!) postdoctoral position at GEOMAR Kiel on advancing seagrass assisted evolution, see details and link to apply www.geomar.de/en/karriere/.... Omics and pop genetics knowledge required, seagrass and coastal ecology desirable. @geomarkiel.bsky.social DM me for inquiries
February 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
and another 5-yr (!) postdoctoral position at GEOMAR Kiel on advancing seagrass assisted evolution, see details and link to apply www.geomar.de/en/karriere/.... Omics and pop genetics knowledge required, seagrass and coastal ecology desirable. @geomarkiel.bsky.social DM me for inquiries
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Such a great resource by @mrillig.bsky.social 🧪
Happy to share that my paper on creativity in research labs is out in the "Ten Simply Rules" article series.
Ten simple rules for fostering creativity in research labs
I hope you find it to be useful.
#AcademicSky
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten simple rules for fostering creativity in research labs
I hope you find it to be useful.
#AcademicSky
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten simple rules for fostering creativity in research labs
Research lab groups are hotspots for the education of the next generation of scientists, and making these units work as creatively as possible is essential for solving pressing issues in biology, the ...
journals.plos.org
February 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Such a great resource by @mrillig.bsky.social 🧪
Thrilled to see this paper published! 🎉 Huge congratulations to PhD student Patrik Ståhl on his first published paper—what an achievement! 👏
Read it here:
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@marienordstrom.bsky.social @riikkapd.bsky.social
@tvarminne.bsky.social
#foodwebs
Read it here:
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@marienordstrom.bsky.social @riikkapd.bsky.social
@tvarminne.bsky.social
#foodwebs
Food web robustness depends on the network type and threshold for extinction
Species loss in ecological communities can trigger cascading extinctions, the extent of which likely depends on network type and extinction thresholds. Traditionally, network responses to node remova...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Thrilled to see this paper published! 🎉 Huge congratulations to PhD student Patrik Ståhl on his first published paper—what an achievement! 👏
Read it here:
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@marienordstrom.bsky.social @riikkapd.bsky.social
@tvarminne.bsky.social
#foodwebs
Read it here:
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@marienordstrom.bsky.social @riikkapd.bsky.social
@tvarminne.bsky.social
#foodwebs
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Help Denmark Buy California – Because Why Not?
Buy it from Trump, the bigliest crowdsourcing ever
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February 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Get simulating! #Biodiversity / #foodweb dynamics with #julialang. Classic bioenergetic model, consolidation of lots of add-ons & super fast.
Very happy to share this, a result of amazing collaborators and a rich history of model development.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Very happy to share this, a result of amazing collaborators and a rich history of model development.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
EcologicalNetworksDynamics.jl: A Julia package to simulate the temporal dynamics of complex ecological networks
Species interactions play a crucial role in shaping biodiversity, species coexistence, population dynamics, community stability and ecosystem functioning. Our understanding of the role of the dive...
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January 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Get simulating! #Biodiversity / #foodweb dynamics with #julialang. Classic bioenergetic model, consolidation of lots of add-ons & super fast.
Very happy to share this, a result of amazing collaborators and a rich history of model development.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Very happy to share this, a result of amazing collaborators and a rich history of model development.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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📣POSTDOC wanted: We are looking for a marine ecologist to join our #kelp forest team at IMR in Norway 🌊🌿. The position is focused on impacts of harvesting on kelp and kelp forest #biodiversity. Enthusiasm, strong cv and interest in #fieldwork is required.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
January 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
📣POSTDOC wanted: We are looking for a marine ecologist to join our #kelp forest team at IMR in Norway 🌊🌿. The position is focused on impacts of harvesting on kelp and kelp forest #biodiversity. Enthusiasm, strong cv and interest in #fieldwork is required.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Malin Pinsky @ucsantacruz.bsky.social led a cross realm analysis of biodiversity time series, which finds faster turnover when temperature changes faster. Turnover was higher wothout microclimate refugia & in ecosystems already affected by humans.
rdcu.be/d7W2K
@hifmb.de @icbm-uol.bsky.social
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@hifmb.de @icbm-uol.bsky.social
Warming and cooling catalyse widespread temporal turnover in biodiversity
Nature - Global-scale analyses of marine, terrestrial and freshwater assemblages found that temporal rates of species replacement were faster in locations with faster temperature change, including...
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January 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Malin Pinsky @ucsantacruz.bsky.social led a cross realm analysis of biodiversity time series, which finds faster turnover when temperature changes faster. Turnover was higher wothout microclimate refugia & in ecosystems already affected by humans.
rdcu.be/d7W2K
@hifmb.de @icbm-uol.bsky.social
rdcu.be/d7W2K
@hifmb.de @icbm-uol.bsky.social
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Latitudinal differences in thermal response curves across populations demonstrate context-dependent warming effects within species
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10953
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https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10953
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January 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Latitudinal differences in thermal response curves across populations demonstrate context-dependent warming effects within species
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10953
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https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10953
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📢 Don't miss this 3-year Postdoc Opportunity in Food Web Ecology
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📢 Amazing 3-year Postdoc Opportunity in Food Web Ecology
- including mesocosm experiments and molecular techniques
#Foodwebs #Heatwaves
@helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
2 weeks left to apply❗❗
▶️ Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...
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- including mesocosm experiments and molecular techniques
#Foodwebs #Heatwaves
@helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
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January 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
📢 Don't miss this 3-year Postdoc Opportunity in Food Web Ecology
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3 days left to apply❗❗
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January 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Susanne Kortsch
Does technology evolve as biology? In many ways, it does. Is it continuous or occurs in bursts? By analyzing the evolution of programming languages with @svalver.bsky.social, we found the answer. Wrok started at @sfiscience.bsky.social.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
January 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Does technology evolve as biology? In many ways, it does. Is it continuous or occurs in bursts? By analyzing the evolution of programming languages with @svalver.bsky.social, we found the answer. Wrok started at @sfiscience.bsky.social.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
📢 Amazing 3-year Postdoc Opportunity in Food Web Ecology
- including mesocosm experiments and molecular techniques
#Foodwebs #Heatwaves
@helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
2 weeks left to apply❗❗
▶️ Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...
Please share ❗
- including mesocosm experiments and molecular techniques
#Foodwebs #Heatwaves
@helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
2 weeks left to apply❗❗
▶️ Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...
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January 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
📢 Amazing 3-year Postdoc Opportunity in Food Web Ecology
- including mesocosm experiments and molecular techniques
#Foodwebs #Heatwaves
@helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
2 weeks left to apply❗❗
▶️ Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...
Please share ❗
- including mesocosm experiments and molecular techniques
#Foodwebs #Heatwaves
@helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
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▶️ Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...
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📢3-year Postdoc Opportunity in Food Web Ecology
#Foodwebs #Ecosystems #Heatwaves #Experiments #MolecularEcology
3 weeks left to apply❗❗
@helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
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#Foodwebs #Ecosystems #Heatwaves #Experiments #MolecularEcology
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@helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
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📢 3-year Postdoc Opportunity ❗❗ #FoodWebs
I am seeking a postdoc to reconstruct energy fluxes in food webs using gut DNA and eDNA in mesocosms under heatwave scenarios
@tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
📅 31. of Jan. 2025
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I am seeking a postdoc to reconstruct energy fluxes in food webs using gut DNA and eDNA in mesocosms under heatwave scenarios
@tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
📅 31. of Jan. 2025
➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...
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January 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢3-year Postdoc Opportunity in Food Web Ecology
#Foodwebs #Ecosystems #Heatwaves #Experiments #MolecularEcology
3 weeks left to apply❗❗
@helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
Please share post ❗
#Foodwebs #Ecosystems #Heatwaves #Experiments #MolecularEcology
3 weeks left to apply❗❗
@helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
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Looking for a PhD student to join us - focusing on quantifying GHG across coastal seascapes. Please help spread the word!
👉Open PhD position!
in pelagic biogeochemistry @tvarminne.bsky.social @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
Interested in investigating temporal and spatial variability in coastal sea-air GHG fluxes, impacts of heatwaves and links to biodiversity? Check this out!
Apply before 31 January
👉coastclim.org/news
in pelagic biogeochemistry @tvarminne.bsky.social @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
Interested in investigating temporal and spatial variability in coastal sea-air GHG fluxes, impacts of heatwaves and links to biodiversity? Check this out!
Apply before 31 January
👉coastclim.org/news
December 21, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Looking for a PhD student to join us - focusing on quantifying GHG across coastal seascapes. Please help spread the word!
📢 3-year Postdoc Opportunity ❗❗ #FoodWebs
I am seeking a postdoc to reconstruct energy fluxes in food webs using gut DNA and eDNA in mesocosms under heatwave scenarios
@tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
📅 31. of Jan. 2025
➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...
Please share post ❗❗
I am seeking a postdoc to reconstruct energy fluxes in food webs using gut DNA and eDNA in mesocosms under heatwave scenarios
@tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
📅 31. of Jan. 2025
➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...
Please share post ❗❗
December 19, 2024 at 9:21 PM
📢 3-year Postdoc Opportunity ❗❗ #FoodWebs
I am seeking a postdoc to reconstruct energy fluxes in food webs using gut DNA and eDNA in mesocosms under heatwave scenarios
@tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
📅 31. of Jan. 2025
➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...
Please share post ❗❗
I am seeking a postdoc to reconstruct energy fluxes in food webs using gut DNA and eDNA in mesocosms under heatwave scenarios
@tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social
📅 31. of Jan. 2025
➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...
Please share post ❗❗
Reposted by Susanne Kortsch
There's been some healthy debate about which baseline to use when quantifying marine heatwaves (and other extreme climatic events). We summarize the pros/cons, explain why it matters and provide some recommendations in our new ms:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM
There's been some healthy debate about which baseline to use when quantifying marine heatwaves (and other extreme climatic events). We summarize the pros/cons, explain why it matters and provide some recommendations in our new ms:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Susanne Kortsch
🚨 postdoc offer 🚨
There's an opening for a postdoc (starting August 2025-28 months) to join a project about the role of soil fauna in the soil carbon cycling processes.
If you're interested in experimental work with microarthropods, consider applying!
ats.talentadore.com/apply/postdo...
There's an opening for a postdoc (starting August 2025-28 months) to join a project about the role of soil fauna in the soil carbon cycling processes.
If you're interested in experimental work with microarthropods, consider applying!
ats.talentadore.com/apply/postdo...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Soil Ecology
We are seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the [Predictive Community Ecology Group](https://www.jyu.fi/en/research-groups/predictive-community-ecology-group) at the Department of Biol...
ats.talentadore.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:35 PM
🚨 postdoc offer 🚨
There's an opening for a postdoc (starting August 2025-28 months) to join a project about the role of soil fauna in the soil carbon cycling processes.
If you're interested in experimental work with microarthropods, consider applying!
ats.talentadore.com/apply/postdo...
There's an opening for a postdoc (starting August 2025-28 months) to join a project about the role of soil fauna in the soil carbon cycling processes.
If you're interested in experimental work with microarthropods, consider applying!
ats.talentadore.com/apply/postdo...
Reposted by Susanne Kortsch
Newsletter out now: Find out about the contribution of individual species to the stability of ecosystems, our look back at the biodiversity COP, and the role of a modern scientist & the question of whether or not the ivory tower nowadays is a place to be: 241806.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/15774382 🦑
December 10, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Newsletter out now: Find out about the contribution of individual species to the stability of ecosystems, our look back at the biodiversity COP, and the role of a modern scientist & the question of whether or not the ivory tower nowadays is a place to be: 241806.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/15774382 🦑
Reposted by Susanne Kortsch
In the “values and responsibilities of ecologists” workshop at #BES2024 and were asked which values we bring to our ecological practice. Already looking great, with integrity being the top one.
December 11, 2024 at 1:24 PM
In the “values and responsibilities of ecologists” workshop at #BES2024 and were asked which values we bring to our ecological practice. Already looking great, with integrity being the top one.