Kaitlyn Tonra
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Kaitlyn Tonra
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Phycologist, marine ecologist, scientific diver, postdoc, big fan of kelp farms! 🌊

Lubchenco-Menge Lab @ Oregon State Univ.
It's star season!
June 17, 2025 at 8:43 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!
March 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
February 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau! Famous for being smaller than it used to be :(
February 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
(Relatively) blue skies in Sitka! Alaska Mariculture Conference is off to a good start ⛅️
February 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The good news is: kelp gametophytes‼️
February 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
These are pretty minimal but layers are there! The black lines are watershed basins and Ellicott Creek (hopefully) is bold blue
February 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I have (easy to edit) R code for this kind of map if you wanted something similar!
February 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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
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