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Camilla Gustafsson
@cmgustafsson.bsky.social
Academy Research Fellow @Tvärminne Zoological Station, Univ of Helsinki

Macrophyte Biodiversity Research Group
www.helsinki.fi/macrophyte-biodiversity
CoastClim
www.coastclim.org

Marine biodiversity •ecosystem functions •seagrass & macrophyte ecology ❤️🌱
🌱🌱 Within-species variation in #functional traits matter for #SAV community response to environmental gradients. Read more here ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/oik....

#trait-basedapproach #aquaticplants #seagrass #abiotic

@tvarminne.bsky.social @balticseacentre.bsky.social @oikosjournal.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Results from extensive #field work incl. #SCUBA in lush and varying #SAV meadows in a heterogeneous #seascape.
Read more here⬇️
#seagrass #traits #C-storage #functional #marine #biodiversity
🚨 New publication!! 🚨
Roel Lammerant & Jenna Hölttä et al. show how environmental gradients affect functional structure and carbon storage of aquatic plant meadows.
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70327

@roellammerant.bsky.social @jennaholtta.bsky.social @cmgustafsson.bsky.social @alfnorkko.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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🚨 New publication!! 🚨
Read the review paper by Lydia White & @alfnorkko.bsky.social, on how to experimentally assess carbon sequestration potential of macroalgae.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
A path towards appropriate degradation experiments for assessing carbon sequestration potential of macroalgae
We systematically reviewed literature on macroalgal degradation. To date, most degradation experiments are carried out in aquaria or shallow environments, span short timescales or rarely incorporate ...
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Sad I didn't manage to go to there myself this time, but thanks to Mace Head team for hosting these campaigns!
In the middle of hosting two amazing field campaigns! **COAST-VOC** (www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...) and **CARES**: (nerccares.wordpress.com)
Science in action at the land-sea-atmosphere interface! 🌿 @ovadnevaite.bsky.social
#COASTVOC #CARES #ClimateScience #AtmosChem
June 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Spent the month of May on the beautiful Irish west coast quantifying BVOC-emissions from marine algae and seagrass. Fruitful collaboration between @helsinki.fi, @uniofgalway.bsky.social, @coastclim.bsky.social.

@cmgustafsson.bsky.social
@mikaelehn.bsky.social
@ovadnevaite.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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New paper: Marine biodiversity is declining across Finnish coastal waters, with loss driven by eutrophication, climate change & seabed disturbance. Urgent action, better monitoring & bridging knowledge gaps are key to ecosystem recovery. #Biodiversity #BalticSea

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Marine biodiversity loss in Finnish coastal waters: Evidence and implications for management - Ambio
Marine biodiversity loss poses significant ecological and socio-economic challenges. This paper examines how coastal biodiversity loss is expressed and outlines implications for management. Synthesizi...
link.springer.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why

I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That…
Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why
I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That problem is, in a nutshell, how awfully journals are treating both authors and reviewers these days. I regularly hear stories from editors handling my papers, as well as accounts from colleagues, about the ridiculous number of review requests they send with no response.
conservationbytes.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🚨 NEW paper alert!
#Seagrass #functional #traits act as predictors of #biomass, albeit moderately. Study conducted across 1500 km coastline.
Main #biodiversity mechanism driving seagrass #biomass stock is through dominance.

@tvarminne.bsky.social @uwaoceans.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Functional traits are moderate predictors of above‐ and below‐ground biomass in multispecies seagrass habitats
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
doi.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Tune it at 13 EET for @roellammerant.bsky.social PhD-defense on #macrophyte traits snd #carboncycling
Zoom: helsinki.zoom.us/j/68659327422
April 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🚨PhD-defense coming up on #macrophyte #functional traits and links to #carbon cycling! 🌱🌱
@roellammerant.bsky.social will defend his thesis on Fri 4th April at 13 (EET)
Link to Zoom: helsinki.zoom.us/j/68659327422
NEW PhD thesis! Roel Lammerant will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Functional perspective on the role of macrophytes in the coastal carbon cycle across different temporal and spatial scales" on Friday 4.4 at 13:00 at Tvärminne Zoological Station.
Stream: helsinki.zoom.us/j/68659327422
April 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Looking for a PhD position, and interested in in 2nd generation restoration considering genetic factors in seagrasses (aka assisted evolution)? - still 10 days left to apply!
The GEOMAR seagrass team is hiring. Time to make coastal restoration long-term sustainable. A fully funded 4-yr PhD position on eelgrass seascape genomics in the Baltic Sea, further details see here www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... @geomarkiel.bsky.social DM me for inquiries
March 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Latest data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social shows:

January 2025 was the warmest January globally on record

🌡️ 1.75ºC above pre-industrial level

🌊 Second highest global SST, 0.19°C below January 2024

 #ClimateAction 🧪⚒️🌍
February 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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CoastClim researchers are currently on a field campaign in NZ. Preliminary measurements suggest high emissions of #GHG in degraded #coastalecosystems.
This highlights the role of coastal ecosystems in #climatechange mitigation plans.
#collaboration #universityofauckland #helsinkiuni #stockholmuni
January 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Vuosi 2024 oli mittaushistorian lämpimin. Ensimmäistä kertaa lämpeneminen ylitti 1,5 astetta. Vuoteen mahtui mm. historian kuumin, yksittäinen päivä. Hiilidioksidia ja metaania oli ilmakehässä enemmän kuin koskaan mittaushistoriassa.

yle.fi/a/74-20135259
Maailman keski­lämpötilan nousu ylitti 1,5 astetta ensi kertaa mittaus­historiassa, ja se näkyi tulvina ja hirmu­myrskyinä
Vuoden 2024 lämpöennätystä selittää osaltaan luonnollinen sääilmiö El Niño. Ihmisen toiminta eli ilmastopäästöt olivat silti suurin syy lämpenemiseen.
yle.fi
January 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Season’s Greetings from the Baltic Sea! DJ Slow used sounds from the sea to arrange O Holy Night.

Donate to #marine nature protection joululahjaitamerelle.fi so the Baltic Sea doesn’t quiet down

#BalticSeaActionGroup #marinebiodiversity

www.bsag.fi/en/home/

youtu.be/__6pnazRLvc
Itämeren sinfoniaorkesteri esittää: Jouluyö, juhlayö
YouTube video by Baltic Sea Action Group
youtu.be
December 22, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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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
December 21, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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Still some time to apply for this #trait-based #ecology #postdoc
✔️in supportive group within a lively faculty
✔️in beautiful Helsinki with forests🌲, shoreline and islands 🏕️
📢#WeAreHiring! I am looking for a #postdoc (2yr position) either in ecological modelling or experimental trait-based ecology to join us in Northern Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning group at @helsinkiuni.bsky.social

Thanks for reposting!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Modelling or Trait-based Ecology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Modelling or Trait-based Ecology
jobs.helsinki.fi
December 20, 2024 at 2:44 PM
🚨NEW paper by Gillis et al. exploring #macrophyte #trait responses to #marineheatwaves & showing that lag phases between MHWs can having varying effects on macrophyte performance. 🌱
#Zostera #Fucus #AQUACOSM-plus @tvarminne.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/bd68cayk
The role of lag phases between real-term marine heatwaves in the trait responses of two macrophyte species
Coastal marine macrophytes are critical ecosystem engineers providing valuable ecosystem services. However, they experience detrimental impacts from c…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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👉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
December 4, 2024 at 8:04 AM
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Our PhD student, Norman Göbeler, working on marine heatwaves defends his thesis tomorrow with Dan Smale as external examiner. The public examination can be followed online👇
NEW PhD thesis! Norman Göbeler will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "The role of Marine Heatwaves for
#biodiversity and #ecosystem functioning in #coastal
waters" on Wednesday 4.12.2024 at 13PM.
The public examination streamed here: helsinki.zoom.us/j/64509869274

#wearehelsinkiuni #tzs
December 3, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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👉Read the latest Newsletter!

After years of extensive field work and experiments, we are looking forward to combining data and discover new insights during the coming year!

Find all letters and sign up here: coastclim.org/news
News - CoastClim
Read the latest news from CoastClim!
coastclim.org
December 2, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Seminar on Friday 6 November at noon @sosbangor.bsky.social by Roel Lammerant from @coastclim.bsky.social on ‘A functional perspective on the role of coastal plant communities in the C-cycle’. 🌊

teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
December 2, 2024 at 10:10 AM
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NEW PhD thesis! Norman Göbeler will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "The role of Marine Heatwaves for #biodiversity and #ecosystem functioning in #coastal waters" on Wednesday 4.12.2024 at 13 PM.
The public examination streamed here: helsinki.zoom.us/j/64509869274

#wearehelsinkiuni #tzs
December 2, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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Tälle planeetalle kehittynyt elämä on kauneinta ja hämmästyttävintä mitä olemassa on. Samalla se elämä on tällä hetkellä meidän ihmisten tekojen seurauksena vakavasti uhattuna.
luonnonsuojelunsaatio.fi/joululahjala...
Joululahjalahjoitus Suomen Luonnonsuojelun Säätiölle on lahja tulevaisuuden puolesta - Suomen Luonnonsuojelun säätiö
Tälle planeetalle kehittynyt elämä on kauneinta ja hämmästyttävintä mitä olemassa on. Samalla se elämä on tällä hetkellä meidän ihmisten tekojen
luonnonsuojelunsaatio.fi
November 14, 2024 at 12:04 PM