In this SF, published across the @animalecology.bsky.social, @journalofecology.bsky.social y.social and @funecology.bsky.social we present a collection of 13 studies that address some of the most pressing knowledge gaps in MHW ecology. 🌊🔥👇

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Excited to be attending the thesis dissertation of @cgalobart.bsky.social!! She did a great job exploring macroalgal forest restoration techniques and their success! 🌿🪸 @medrecover.bsky.social @marineforests.bsky.social

This work was carried out as part of the COAST Biodiversa+ project and was made possible through the collective effort of the team: #CristinaLinares, @jbaptiste-ledoux.bsky.social , #TeresaAmaro, #AndreaGori, #NuriaViladrich, and #PaulaJiménez.

The studied assemblages were mostly dominated by #gorgonians and #blackcorals. They were structurally complex, functionally diverse and well-preserved, harboring some of the #densest black coral populations reported to date.

Paper alert! 🚨 We provide a first characterization of upper mesophotic coral assemblages in Santo Antão, Cabo Verde (Atlantic Ocean). 👇
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Exciting news! I’m thrilled to share that my MSCA Marie Curie postdoc proposal has been granted! I’ll be joining the macroscopelab.com at MARE/ @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
to study the functional vulnerability of global coral fauna. Looking forward to this new chapter!

Finally, I would like to mention the tremendous scientific and personal opportunity this project provided me to work at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, and to experience life in the beautiful islands of Hawaiʻi. Mahalo🤙💙!

and across all #depth zones.

#Trait observations were compiled across all marine #ecoregions ...

The inaugural dataset, OctocoralTraits v2.2, contains over 97,500 global trait observations across 98 traits and over 3,500 species.

... #Octocorals and their #traits are a crucial piece of the puzzle to understand how coral-dominated ecosystems function, how they are being transformed by global change, and how we can improve their management in the Anthropocene.

#Octocorals play crucial roles in coral ecosystems, providing essential #functions and #services. They also drive reef reconfiguration processes in response to #GlobalChange, often following trajectories distinct from reef-forming corals in many regions. Thus...

#Octocorals are a class of corals that host more than 3,500 nominal species of mainly non-stony corals (e.g., soft corals, sea fans and sea pens). They are distributed across more than 75 families and can be found from the shallow waters to the deep sea and across all marine ecoregions.

🌊 Just wrapped up an amazing trip to Santo Antão, Cabo Verde! 🌴 Our team explored the island's vibrant marine ecosystems to assess coral biodiversity 🪸 #MarineBiology #CaboVerde #Corals #Biodiversity #ProjectCOAST

Is your research centered on the impacts of #GlobalChange on #MarineBiodiversity?🌊 Join us in Pontevedra, Spain, for the III SIBECOL & XVII AEET meeting #AEETSIBECOL2025 (www.sibecol-aeet-meeting2025.org) and present your findings & ideas in session TS(2)2! More details below👇