Kaitlyn Tonra
@what-a-pisaster.bsky.social
Phycologist, marine ecologist, scientific diver, postdoc, big fan of kelp farms! 🌊
Lubchenco-Menge Lab @ Oregon State Univ.
Lubchenco-Menge Lab @ Oregon State Univ.
It's star season!
June 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's star season!
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An album of over 200 pressed seaweeds collected by an anonymous Victorian collector. A transcribed poem is pasted as title page, it begins: "Oh call us not weeds, we are flowers of the sea."
I saw this at UW-Madison Special Collections 🌊📚
CA 19285
#seaweed #herbarium #naturalhistory
I saw this at UW-Madison Special Collections 🌊📚
CA 19285
#seaweed #herbarium #naturalhistory
March 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An album of over 200 pressed seaweeds collected by an anonymous Victorian collector. A transcribed poem is pasted as title page, it begins: "Oh call us not weeds, we are flowers of the sea."
I saw this at UW-Madison Special Collections 🌊📚
CA 19285
#seaweed #herbarium #naturalhistory
I saw this at UW-Madison Special Collections 🌊📚
CA 19285
#seaweed #herbarium #naturalhistory
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
Reject norms, embrace chaos, liberate science from the structures that wish to control it. Citation Anarchy.
March 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reject norms, embrace chaos, liberate science from the structures that wish to control it. Citation Anarchy.
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
Warming Seawater Temperature and Nutrient Depletion Alters Microbial Community Composition on a Foundational Canopy Kelp Species enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #jcampubs
Warming Seawater Temperature and Nutrient Depletion Alters Microbial Community Composition on a Foundational Canopy Kelp Species
Microbiome composition on the canopy kelp Nereocystis luetkeana in the northeast Pacific Ocean is affected by warming temperatures and nitrogen limitation. Following experimental manipulation of temp...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Warming Seawater Temperature and Nutrient Depletion Alters Microbial Community Composition on a Foundational Canopy Kelp Species enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #jcampubs
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Historian David Cecelski's discovery of photos taken in 1944 of fishermen harvesting seaweed by Beaufort led to a “bit of a deep dive” into the history of agar, seaweed ecology, the wartime crisis that led to seaweed harvesting and the Beaufort agar factory.
coastalreview.org/2025/03/when...
coastalreview.org/2025/03/when...
When fishermen harvested seaweed: Beaufort's agar industry | Coastal Review
The curiosity that sparked when historian David Cecelski came across photos taken in 1944 of fishermen harvesting seaweed near Beaufort inspired a “bit of a deep dive" into topics he never imagined st...
coastalreview.org
March 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Historian David Cecelski's discovery of photos taken in 1944 of fishermen harvesting seaweed by Beaufort led to a “bit of a deep dive” into the history of agar, seaweed ecology, the wartime crisis that led to seaweed harvesting and the Beaufort agar factory.
coastalreview.org/2025/03/when...
coastalreview.org/2025/03/when...
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Dead man’s fingers & live man’s fingers. This seaweed is rad because it is “coenocytic;” the entire individual is one, single, multinucleate cell. #Codium #Seaweed #MarineLife 🦑🌊
March 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Dead man’s fingers & live man’s fingers. This seaweed is rad because it is “coenocytic;” the entire individual is one, single, multinucleate cell. #Codium #Seaweed #MarineLife 🦑🌊
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Good turnout for the Stand Up for Science March in Woods Hole, MA. While a small town on Cape Code, Woods Hole hosts 6 premier science institutions that include @mblscience.bsky.social, @whoi.edu, @noaa.gov fisheries, @woodwellclimate.bsky.social, USGS, and @sea1971.bsky.social
#standupforscience
#standupforscience
March 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Good turnout for the Stand Up for Science March in Woods Hole, MA. While a small town on Cape Code, Woods Hole hosts 6 premier science institutions that include @mblscience.bsky.social, @whoi.edu, @noaa.gov fisheries, @woodwellclimate.bsky.social, USGS, and @sea1971.bsky.social
#standupforscience
#standupforscience
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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!
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says @lkfazio.bsky.social.
“This is direct censorship of scientific research.”
“This is direct censorship of scientific research.”
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says @lkfazio.bsky.social.
“This is direct censorship of scientific research.”
“This is direct censorship of scientific research.”
Yes things are bad but kelp farms are SO amazing!
This is SeaQuester kelp farm in Juneau, Alaska! They're growing super tasty kelp! Supporting local and sustainable food systems! Doing research! Saving the oceans!
Learn more about them (and support their work!) at seaquesterfarms.com!
This is SeaQuester kelp farm in Juneau, Alaska! They're growing super tasty kelp! Supporting local and sustainable food systems! Doing research! Saving the oceans!
Learn more about them (and support their work!) at seaquesterfarms.com!
March 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Yes things are bad but kelp farms are SO amazing!
This is SeaQuester kelp farm in Juneau, Alaska! They're growing super tasty kelp! Supporting local and sustainable food systems! Doing research! Saving the oceans!
Learn more about them (and support their work!) at seaquesterfarms.com!
This is SeaQuester kelp farm in Juneau, Alaska! They're growing super tasty kelp! Supporting local and sustainable food systems! Doing research! Saving the oceans!
Learn more about them (and support their work!) at seaquesterfarms.com!
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.
March 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.
Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau! Famous for being smaller than it used to be :(
February 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau! Famous for being smaller than it used to be :(
(Relatively) blue skies in Sitka! Alaska Mariculture Conference is off to a good start ⛅️
February 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
(Relatively) blue skies in Sitka! Alaska Mariculture Conference is off to a good start ⛅️
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
Only 5 days left to submit an application to this summer's #REU - BLINKS program! We're excited to have so many awesome projects lined up 🎉
🦊🦀🪸🐠🌕🌱♻️🌏🌊🤖🐚☁️
Please pass this along and check out our website for project descriptions and application info: fhl.uw.edu/research/sum... @fishguy.bsky.social
🦊🦀🪸🐠🌕🌱♻️🌏🌊🤖🐚☁️
Please pass this along and check out our website for project descriptions and application info: fhl.uw.edu/research/sum... @fishguy.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Only 5 days left to submit an application to this summer's #REU - BLINKS program! We're excited to have so many awesome projects lined up 🎉
🦊🦀🪸🐠🌕🌱♻️🌏🌊🤖🐚☁️
Please pass this along and check out our website for project descriptions and application info: fhl.uw.edu/research/sum... @fishguy.bsky.social
🦊🦀🪸🐠🌕🌱♻️🌏🌊🤖🐚☁️
Please pass this along and check out our website for project descriptions and application info: fhl.uw.edu/research/sum... @fishguy.bsky.social
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Ecology's February cover is here — with a refreshing shot by Olivia J. Graham from a study examining herbivores' roles in seagrass disease dynamics
Find the issue here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19399170...
Find the issue here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19399170...
February 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ecology's February cover is here — with a refreshing shot by Olivia J. Graham from a study examining herbivores' roles in seagrass disease dynamics
Find the issue here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19399170...
Find the issue here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19399170...
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
Come join us for an exciting deep dive into the world of seaweeds. Priority applications are due February 14, applications submitted after this date will be considered on a rolling basis. #kelp #seaweed #biodiversity #botany
January 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Come join us for an exciting deep dive into the world of seaweeds. Priority applications are due February 14, applications submitted after this date will be considered on a rolling basis. #kelp #seaweed #biodiversity #botany
The good news is: kelp gametophytes‼️
February 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The good news is: kelp gametophytes‼️
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Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Increased resilience and a regime shift reversal through repeat mass coral bleaching
Assessing coral reefs across the inner Seychelles islands, using a 28-year dataset, we document faster coral recovery from the 2016 than the 1998 marine heatwave events. Further, a reef that had regi....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
December 2, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
is #phycologyfriday a thing on here yet? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Either way here is a pic of the golden kelp Laminaria ochroleuca, taken at 12 m depth on a reef near Plymouth Sound, UK. This species is warm-adapted and proliferating in some sites following recent ocean warming 🌱☀️🌊
November 22, 2024 at 10:03 AM
is #phycologyfriday a thing on here yet? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Either way here is a pic of the golden kelp Laminaria ochroleuca, taken at 12 m depth on a reef near Plymouth Sound, UK. This species is warm-adapted and proliferating in some sites following recent ocean warming 🌱☀️🌊
Reposted by Kaitlyn Tonra
NOAA advances efforts to identify Aquaculture Opportunity Areas
NOAA advances efforts to identify Aquaculture Opportunity Areas
Today, NOAA Fisheries released two draft programmatic environmental impact statements (PEIS) to support the identification of proposed Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in Southern California and…
buff.ly
November 20, 2024 at 5:59 PM
NOAA advances efforts to identify Aquaculture Opportunity Areas
Time to repost all of my favorite underwater photos! Starting with some bull kelp from Friday Harbor, WA <3
November 19, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Time to repost all of my favorite underwater photos! Starting with some bull kelp from Friday Harbor, WA <3
Finally made it to Bsky! Here are some photos of what I’ve been up to lately—growing baby kelps!
November 14, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Finally made it to Bsky! Here are some photos of what I’ve been up to lately—growing baby kelps!