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deeptimeecology.bsky.social
Deep Time Ecology group
@deeptimeecology.bsky.social
We are based in the Department of Zoology and University Museum of Zoology Cambridge working on how ecology impacts evolution from the first animals to our modern oceans
We have had a fantastic time at University of Zurich for CPEG 2015 discussing ecology, palaeoecology and conservation palaeobiology. Thanks to the wonderful organisers and looking forward to CPEG 2027 😀
August 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
July 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
But we also found that multiple filter feeders were found alongside the dominant soft corals, possibly because these filter feeders can feed in between the times when the soft corals feed, which is aligned with periods of high current.
July 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We found that reproduction and habitat were key factors in influencing the soft corals, and that soft corals become more dominant with depth because of reproductive lability, fast growth rates, and increasing suitable habitat associated with filter-feeding.
July 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We can investigate the ecological processes that influence soft corals by analysing their spatial positions. To understand how depth affected the soft corals, we used our spatial analysis across a depth gradient.
July 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We investigate the population ecology of soft corals on the amazing Great White Wall in Fiji. These amazing animals are common on coral reefs, but some of them are resistant to climate change effects meaning they could become more common in the future, so we wanted to know more about their ecology.
July 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Fantastic to be back in Newfoundland for our research on the early animals of the #Ediacaran
July 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Deep Time Ecology members presenting at #progpal2025 in Edinburgh. @shujie.bsky.social ’s poster on competition in Ediacaran communities, @princessairab.bsky.social ’s talk on Charniodiscus and @yarongliu.bsky.social ’s talk on trace fossils
June 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Congratulations to @princessairab.bsky.social for winning a Presidents talk Prize 🥳
December 12, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Fantastic talk today by @ming-tfk27.bsky.social talking about ecological complexity in the run up to the K-Pg extinction in Seymour Island
December 12, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Next up is @philvixseboxse.bsky.social former DTE member talking about his PhD work @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social with Alex Liu and colleagues
December 11, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Next up from DTE is Euan Furness talking about his work considering ecosystem stability over the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition
December 11, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Super excited to kick off this post coffee session with @princessairab.bsky.social talking about her work on the #Ediacaran fossils
December 11, 2024 at 10:10 AM
The Deep Time Ecology Group have several talks at #PalAss24!
Starting us off early in the morning on Day 1: In Session 2A, at Großer Saal at 11:00, @princessairab.bsky.social will be talking about the "Morphometric analyses of Charniodiscus from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland, Canada."
December 10, 2024 at 9:10 PM
The Deep Time Ecology Group have several talks at #PalAss24! @ming-tfk27.bsky.social will be speaking on Day 2: Session 6B at 14:30 at the Kleiner Saal, about "Metacommunity structural changes of Antarctic invertebrates over the latest Maastrichtian".
December 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM
The Deep Time Ecology Group have several talks at
#PalAss24!
Also in the morning on Day 1: In Session 2A, at Großer Saal at 11:30, postdoc Euan Furness will be talking about "Predators, zooplankton, and the origins of ecosystem stability."
December 10, 2024 at 9:06 PM