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Matt Lemay
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Research Scientist at the Hakai Institute. I use eDNA and other genetic tools to study marine biodiversity.
For #PhycologyFriday we've got a new paper out summarizing 13 years of intensive seaweed surveys on the Central Coast of BC:

cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
October 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Check it out: We have a new paper out that experimentally tests the impact of Ocean Acidification on eDNA shedding and decay.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
August 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New Paper:

We linked DNA in sediment cores with historical accounts from Indigenous community members to reconstruct ecosystem changes that occurred following a landslide event in the 1940s.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
August 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Hakai Institute is hosting a group of international scholars from the Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence.

Some of them got really excited about seaweed, and I wanted to share some of their amazing photos for #PhycologyFriday

More about the program: www.ofi.ca/programs/cen...
May 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The Hakai Institute is hosting a group of international scholars from the Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence.

Today we ran a mini-bioblitz and I wanted so share some of the amazing specimen photos they took!

#invertfest #invertefest

More about the program: www.ofi.ca/programs/cen...
April 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
January 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Here's a Rhodolith from the central coast of BC for #PhycologyFriday !

Photo credit goes to the Hakai Institute, but that is my thumb.
December 6, 2024 at 5:00 PM
yes, there is a pea crab

#Crustmas
December 4, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I just learned about #Nudivember

Here is a great collage that our media team put together....all photos are from a bioblitz that we did on the central coast of British Columbia in 2017
November 22, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Happy #phycologyfriday !

Here's a filamentous red algae I photographed under a scope a few years ago.
November 22, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Check out this great article about our work combining community-science and eDNA to monitor the spread of European green crabs in BC

hakai.org/primed-to-de...
November 20, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I'm excited to share our new paper on hazelnut population genetics:

Genetic differentiation and precolonial Indigenous cultivation of hazelnut (Corylus cornuta, Betulaceae) in Western North America

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

This was a collaborative research project with many great co-authors
November 20, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Font suggestion for #Invertefest
April 26, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Chiton diversity from our Calvert Island bioblitz (in 2017) for #Invertefest
April 26, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Here's a wonderful new blog post about the work we're doing at the Hakai Institute using DNA to study marine biodiversity!

oceandecadenortheastpacific.org/news/the-hak...
April 24, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Check out this great new blog post about our Pacific eDNA Coastal Observatory (PECO) network:

oceandecadenortheastpacific.org/news/the-pac...
March 20, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Check it out...We've just uploaded new photos from our survey of zooplankton at Quadra Island

inaturalist.ca/observations...
November 16, 2023 at 2:39 PM