Brian Timmer
@scuba-timmer.bsky.social
National Geographic Explorer and PhD candidate in the Baum lab researching kelp forests and climate change
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Brian Timmer
@scuba-timmer.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello everybody, my name is Brian and I am a PhD candidate in the Baum Lab studying kelp forests and climate change.
I use a mix of old (historical photos, maps) and new (drones, ROVs) to document change in nearshore ecosystems. Follow along for more kelpy content!
I use a mix of old (historical photos, maps) and new (drones, ROVs) to document change in nearshore ecosystems. Follow along for more kelpy content!
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Last week, Dr. Katie Dobkowski generously gave our team a presentation on the role of #kelp
crabs as bull kelp consumers. A few things we learned: they prefer reproductive tissue (sori) over non-reproductive, they have a wide temp tolerance and can turn bright orange if they eat sargassum!
crabs as bull kelp consumers. A few things we learned: they prefer reproductive tissue (sori) over non-reproductive, they have a wide temp tolerance and can turn bright orange if they eat sargassum!
October 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Last week, Dr. Katie Dobkowski generously gave our team a presentation on the role of #kelp
crabs as bull kelp consumers. A few things we learned: they prefer reproductive tissue (sori) over non-reproductive, they have a wide temp tolerance and can turn bright orange if they eat sargassum!
crabs as bull kelp consumers. A few things we learned: they prefer reproductive tissue (sori) over non-reproductive, they have a wide temp tolerance and can turn bright orange if they eat sargassum!
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Noticing piles of #kelp on the beach? As leaves fall, kelp loosens from the seafloor. Carried ashore, microbes and small creatures break it down, releasing nutrients into the sand and soil. Even after leaving the ocean, kelp supports life on the coast.
#Nature #VancouverIsland
#Nature #VancouverIsland
October 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Noticing piles of #kelp on the beach? As leaves fall, kelp loosens from the seafloor. Carried ashore, microbes and small creatures break it down, releasing nutrients into the sand and soil. Even after leaving the ocean, kelp supports life on the coast.
#Nature #VancouverIsland
#Nature #VancouverIsland
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Spotted in the kelp forest this week, signs of seasonal shift! By early fall, bull kelp slows and softens. Epiphytes and larger opportunistic seaweeds can “hitchhike,” becoming micro-habitats for invertebrates and microbes. Even at the end of its life, bull #kelp supports #biodiversity.
October 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Spotted in the kelp forest this week, signs of seasonal shift! By early fall, bull kelp slows and softens. Epiphytes and larger opportunistic seaweeds can “hitchhike,” becoming micro-habitats for invertebrates and microbes. Even at the end of its life, bull #kelp supports #biodiversity.
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My gardener friend crossbred cauliflower and watermelon and it was the saddest plant I've ever seen
They said it was a meloncauli
They said it was a meloncauli
July 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My gardener friend crossbred cauliflower and watermelon and it was the saddest plant I've ever seen
They said it was a meloncauli
They said it was a meloncauli
Absolutely wild phytoplankton blooms happening in the Baltic Sea right now. This scene was captured with the Sentinel-2 satellite on July 21, 2025.
Zoom in.
Zoom in.
July 23, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Absolutely wild phytoplankton blooms happening in the Baltic Sea right now. This scene was captured with the Sentinel-2 satellite on July 21, 2025.
Zoom in.
Zoom in.
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Kelp Rescue is excited to announce the publication of our 1st ever kelp restoration peer-reviewed paper! 🎉Since our start in 2021, we've been testing scientific approaches to kelp restoration, and this paper is the culmination of a huge team effort.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Kelp Rescue is excited to announce the publication of our 1st ever kelp restoration peer-reviewed paper! 🎉Since our start in 2021, we've been testing scientific approaches to kelp restoration, and this paper is the culmination of a huge team effort.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Happy #PhycologyFriday🌿🌊 Watch how fast our outplanted kelp grows in only one month, providing habitat for fish at Denman Island!
June 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Happy #PhycologyFriday🌿🌊 Watch how fast our outplanted kelp grows in only one month, providing habitat for fish at Denman Island!
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8/ We also found significant differences in kelp standing stocks and productivity across coasts and kelp species.
Although Canada’s Pacific kelp forests really stand out, even lower-productivity Atlantic and Arctic kelp beds showed some potential for deep ocean export which is promising!
Although Canada’s Pacific kelp forests really stand out, even lower-productivity Atlantic and Arctic kelp beds showed some potential for deep ocean export which is promising!
June 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
8/ We also found significant differences in kelp standing stocks and productivity across coasts and kelp species.
Although Canada’s Pacific kelp forests really stand out, even lower-productivity Atlantic and Arctic kelp beds showed some potential for deep ocean export which is promising!
Although Canada’s Pacific kelp forests really stand out, even lower-productivity Atlantic and Arctic kelp beds showed some potential for deep ocean export which is promising!
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2/ Kelp forests are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth. They absorb carbon, support biodiversity, sustain fisheries, and bolster coastal communities.
But unlike terrestrial forests or wetlands, kelps don't store carbon in soils. So how could they offer natural climate solutions?
But unlike terrestrial forests or wetlands, kelps don't store carbon in soils. So how could they offer natural climate solutions?
June 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
2/ Kelp forests are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth. They absorb carbon, support biodiversity, sustain fisheries, and bolster coastal communities.
But unlike terrestrial forests or wetlands, kelps don't store carbon in soils. So how could they offer natural climate solutions?
But unlike terrestrial forests or wetlands, kelps don't store carbon in soils. So how could they offer natural climate solutions?
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Exciting (?) news! #cosewic has finally assessed the state of #pycnopida as #endangered. It’s an important step to getting this species federal status and therefore protection. Pycnos are so important to BC’s marine ecosystems and kelp forests. #conservation #iucnredlist #canada #sara
May 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Exciting (?) news! #cosewic has finally assessed the state of #pycnopida as #endangered. It’s an important step to getting this species federal status and therefore protection. Pycnos are so important to BC’s marine ecosystems and kelp forests. #conservation #iucnredlist #canada #sara
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🌊🧪Job Alert!!! @oceannetworks.ca is looking for a Chief Executive Officer. Come join us at the University of Victoria 🇨🇦
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May 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
🌊🧪Job Alert!!! @oceannetworks.ca is looking for a Chief Executive Officer. Come join us at the University of Victoria 🇨🇦
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Cheers to the rest of the world, it's going to be a NON-conservative government here in Canada!🥳
April 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Cheers to the rest of the world, it's going to be a NON-conservative government here in Canada!🥳
Sort of tough to make out in the satellite imagery, but there is a small late-season herring spawn happening out in Nootka right now. Cool to see!
April 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Sort of tough to make out in the satellite imagery, but there is a small late-season herring spawn happening out in Nootka right now. Cool to see!
Currently taste testing the new kelp/blackberry sour that Herald Street Brew Works has created for the upcoming International Seaweed Symposium student/ECR night. If you haven't signed up yet I highly recommend it!
April 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Currently taste testing the new kelp/blackberry sour that Herald Street Brew Works has created for the upcoming International Seaweed Symposium student/ECR night. If you haven't signed up yet I highly recommend it!
We just got back from the first field trip of the season, checking on the 1000 square meters of bull kelp outplanted in partnership with @kelprescue.bsky.social and Project Watershed.
The kelp babies are still small, but should grow fast in the coming months!
The kelp babies are still small, but should grow fast in the coming months!
April 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We just got back from the first field trip of the season, checking on the 1000 square meters of bull kelp outplanted in partnership with @kelprescue.bsky.social and Project Watershed.
The kelp babies are still small, but should grow fast in the coming months!
The kelp babies are still small, but should grow fast in the coming months!
Always a treat to be back out at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre!
This will be my third field season taking a BMSC boat cross-island to the Salish Sea for our @kelprescue.bsky.social work. Updates coming soon on how our baby kelps are doing!
This will be my third field season taking a BMSC boat cross-island to the Salish Sea for our @kelprescue.bsky.social work. Updates coming soon on how our baby kelps are doing!
April 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Always a treat to be back out at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre!
This will be my third field season taking a BMSC boat cross-island to the Salish Sea for our @kelprescue.bsky.social work. Updates coming soon on how our baby kelps are doing!
This will be my third field season taking a BMSC boat cross-island to the Salish Sea for our @kelprescue.bsky.social work. Updates coming soon on how our baby kelps are doing!
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The Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution @csee-scee.bsky.social stands in solidarity with scientists in the U.S. Science is not a partisan issue. We all rely upon and benefit from it. Read our statement here:
Science benefits humanity in countless ways. CSEE condemns the current U.S. administration’s efforts to dismantle science. Read our full statement in support of U.S. scientists and science here: csee-scee.ca/current-bull...
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April 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution @csee-scee.bsky.social stands in solidarity with scientists in the U.S. Science is not a partisan issue. We all rely upon and benefit from it. Read our statement here:
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Kelp Greenling are common here in the northeast Pacific & easy to take for granted
Every now and then, one will calmly watch you on a dive, allowing some time up close and personal like this, a nice reminder that there's beauty and wonder even in wildlife you've seen a thousand times
Every now and then, one will calmly watch you on a dive, allowing some time up close and personal like this, a nice reminder that there's beauty and wonder even in wildlife you've seen a thousand times
April 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Kelp Greenling are common here in the northeast Pacific & easy to take for granted
Every now and then, one will calmly watch you on a dive, allowing some time up close and personal like this, a nice reminder that there's beauty and wonder even in wildlife you've seen a thousand times
Every now and then, one will calmly watch you on a dive, allowing some time up close and personal like this, a nice reminder that there's beauty and wonder even in wildlife you've seen a thousand times
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Here’s your periodic #PhycologyFriday reminder to like & pin the “Algal Awesomeness” feed. It auto-curates all sorts of great stuff, including hashtags (e.g., #PhycologyFriday) and terms (e.g., seaweed, kelp algae):
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
March 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Here’s your periodic #PhycologyFriday reminder to like & pin the “Algal Awesomeness” feed. It auto-curates all sorts of great stuff, including hashtags (e.g., #PhycologyFriday) and terms (e.g., seaweed, kelp algae):
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Do you want to learn more about the kelp forest? Relax and listen to these talks, including the one from my colleague Eli Rinde from NIVA, talking about restoration of kelp forests in northern Norway.
www.youtube.com/live/rf4T3N4...
www.youtube.com/live/rf4T3N4...
Atlantic & Arctic Lighthouse Weekly Hour on European macroalgae management (S03E10)
YouTube video by BlueMissionAA CSA
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Do you want to learn more about the kelp forest? Relax and listen to these talks, including the one from my colleague Eli Rinde from NIVA, talking about restoration of kelp forests in northern Norway.
www.youtube.com/live/rf4T3N4...
www.youtube.com/live/rf4T3N4...
My early submission for #phycologyfriday, a reproductive Mazzaella splendens found in the intertidal this afternoon.
Spring has hardly sprung and the seaweed is already getting busy!
Spring has hardly sprung and the seaweed is already getting busy!
March 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
My early submission for #phycologyfriday, a reproductive Mazzaella splendens found in the intertidal this afternoon.
Spring has hardly sprung and the seaweed is already getting busy!
Spring has hardly sprung and the seaweed is already getting busy!
It's been a hell of a week, but daytime low tides are back for the summer!
This is my fifth straight year doing monthly intertidal surveys on the shores of the Salish Sea, investigating changes to seaweed phenology over the last half century as part of my PhD thesis.
This is my fifth straight year doing monthly intertidal surveys on the shores of the Salish Sea, investigating changes to seaweed phenology over the last half century as part of my PhD thesis.
March 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
It's been a hell of a week, but daytime low tides are back for the summer!
This is my fifth straight year doing monthly intertidal surveys on the shores of the Salish Sea, investigating changes to seaweed phenology over the last half century as part of my PhD thesis.
This is my fifth straight year doing monthly intertidal surveys on the shores of the Salish Sea, investigating changes to seaweed phenology over the last half century as part of my PhD thesis.
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For #PhycologyFriday, here’s some teeny (but growing) microscopic blades of Giant #Kelp I’m growing for #restoration outplanting with the Kelp Rescue Initiative. With all the snow we had this week, the only algae I’ve seen are our lab cultures! kelprescue.org
February 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
For #PhycologyFriday, here’s some teeny (but growing) microscopic blades of Giant #Kelp I’m growing for #restoration outplanting with the Kelp Rescue Initiative. With all the snow we had this week, the only algae I’ve seen are our lab cultures! kelprescue.org
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Some latest seaweed pressings from San Diego for #PhycologyFriday
February 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Some latest seaweed pressings from San Diego for #PhycologyFriday
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Oregon coast seaweed and driftwood at my favorite beach
#photography
#oceanphotography
#oregoncoast
#pointandclickPDX
#photography
#oceanphotography
#oregoncoast
#pointandclickPDX
February 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Oregon coast seaweed and driftwood at my favorite beach
#photography
#oceanphotography
#oregoncoast
#pointandclickPDX
#photography
#oceanphotography
#oregoncoast
#pointandclickPDX