Brian Timmer
@scuba-timmer.bsky.social
National Geographic Explorer and PhD candidate in the Baum lab researching kelp forests and climate change
Bluesky degraded the image, so here is the zoom in!
July 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Bluesky degraded the image, so here is the zoom in!
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.
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!
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.
Would love to be in this list! I've been building/using underwater timelapse cameras to monitor nearshore biodiversity, lots of fun stuff coming down the pipeline!
February 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Would love to be in this list! I've been building/using underwater timelapse cameras to monitor nearshore biodiversity, lots of fun stuff coming down the pipeline!
Soliciting fun names for these "urchin-proof" kelp outplanting blocks we will be testing next week. Puns and acronyms welcome!
(Echino-berms is the current front runner...)
(Echino-berms is the current front runner...)
February 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Soliciting fun names for these "urchin-proof" kelp outplanting blocks we will be testing next week. Puns and acronyms welcome!
(Echino-berms is the current front runner...)
(Echino-berms is the current front runner...)
Little bit of Sunday dry suit maintenance, aaaaaaand I dropped my inflator valve piston down the lab drain🫠
January 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Little bit of Sunday dry suit maintenance, aaaaaaand I dropped my inflator valve piston down the lab drain🫠
Interesting observation in the lower intertidal: thousands upon thousands of dead barnacles in the last month or so, with intact shells left behind! (Zoom in and see)
Mid/upper barnacles are all fine, so best guess is that the winter tides allow predators to go unchecked? Very curious. 🌊🦑
Mid/upper barnacles are all fine, so best guess is that the winter tides allow predators to go unchecked? Very curious. 🌊🦑
December 31, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Interesting observation in the lower intertidal: thousands upon thousands of dead barnacles in the last month or so, with intact shells left behind! (Zoom in and see)
Mid/upper barnacles are all fine, so best guess is that the winter tides allow predators to go unchecked? Very curious. 🌊🦑
Mid/upper barnacles are all fine, so best guess is that the winter tides allow predators to go unchecked? Very curious. 🌊🦑
Sad news out of Telegraph Cove this morning, apparently the fire went from the restaurant to the fuel dock, and included parts of the whale museum😮💨
December 31, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Sad news out of Telegraph Cove this morning, apparently the fire went from the restaurant to the fuel dock, and included parts of the whale museum😮💨
It's a white(wash) Christmas in the PNW!
December 25, 2024 at 11:41 PM
It's a white(wash) Christmas in the PNW!
Celebrating #phycologyfriday after an absolutely GORGEOUS week on the Salish Sea outplanting over ONE THOUSAND square meters of bull kelp with Kelp Rescue.
We will monitor these kelp over the summer to watch for changes in biodiversity and habitat use!
We will monitor these kelp over the summer to watch for changes in biodiversity and habitat use!
December 7, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Celebrating #phycologyfriday after an absolutely GORGEOUS week on the Salish Sea outplanting over ONE THOUSAND square meters of bull kelp with Kelp Rescue.
We will monitor these kelp over the summer to watch for changes in biodiversity and habitat use!
We will monitor these kelp over the summer to watch for changes in biodiversity and habitat use!
November 23, 2024 at 4:43 PM
#phycology Friday is back babyyyyy!
Checkout the sori on these Hedophyllum sessile, the original foundation species (Dayton, 1972)!
These kelps switch from bullate morph (right photo) to strappy morph (left) mid-summer, and then grow reproductive spore patches (sori) in fall.🌱🧪🌊
Checkout the sori on these Hedophyllum sessile, the original foundation species (Dayton, 1972)!
These kelps switch from bullate morph (right photo) to strappy morph (left) mid-summer, and then grow reproductive spore patches (sori) in fall.🌱🧪🌊
November 22, 2024 at 4:07 PM
#phycology Friday is back babyyyyy!
Checkout the sori on these Hedophyllum sessile, the original foundation species (Dayton, 1972)!
These kelps switch from bullate morph (right photo) to strappy morph (left) mid-summer, and then grow reproductive spore patches (sori) in fall.🌱🧪🌊
Checkout the sori on these Hedophyllum sessile, the original foundation species (Dayton, 1972)!
These kelps switch from bullate morph (right photo) to strappy morph (left) mid-summer, and then grow reproductive spore patches (sori) in fall.🌱🧪🌊
@bridgette.bsky.social and other #kelp people, I am curious to hear your thoughts on these "Laminaria farlowii" in the Beatty museum, collected off Comox and IDd by Louis Druehl back in 1965.
November 20, 2024 at 6:49 PM
@bridgette.bsky.social and other #kelp people, I am curious to hear your thoughts on these "Laminaria farlowii" in the Beatty museum, collected off Comox and IDd by Louis Druehl back in 1965.
I've been watching this clip on repeat. Herring are just so cool.
November 19, 2024 at 5:28 PM
I've been watching this clip on repeat. Herring are just so cool.
This monitoring is all part of our larger kelp restoration plans at the Kelp Rescue Initiative, and we will be outplanting bull kelp at some of these sites next month! Supported by many, including the DFO, Bamfield Marine Sciences center, Deep Bay Marine Field Station, and Project Watershed.
November 13, 2024 at 3:15 PM
This monitoring is all part of our larger kelp restoration plans at the Kelp Rescue Initiative, and we will be outplanting bull kelp at some of these sites next month! Supported by many, including the DFO, Bamfield Marine Sciences center, Deep Bay Marine Field Station, and Project Watershed.
We've been up to some pretty cool stuff in the Baum Lab since my Twitter hiatus.
Last summer I deployed underwater timelapse cameras to capture nearshore biodiversity in the Salish Sea and some of the photos turned out amazing!
Last summer I deployed underwater timelapse cameras to capture nearshore biodiversity in the Salish Sea and some of the photos turned out amazing!
November 13, 2024 at 2:56 PM
We've been up to some pretty cool stuff in the Baum Lab since my Twitter hiatus.
Last summer I deployed underwater timelapse cameras to capture nearshore biodiversity in the Salish Sea and some of the photos turned out amazing!
Last summer I deployed underwater timelapse cameras to capture nearshore biodiversity in the Salish Sea and some of the photos turned out amazing!
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!
November 11, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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!
Exploring the kelp forests of the Salish Sea!
November 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Exploring the kelp forests of the Salish Sea!