Check out our new paper #OA in Journal of Vegetation Science
on foredune recovery along 500km of SE-US coastline following Hurricane Irma. Plant diversity and key engineers showed opposing latitudinal gradients. FL dunes more dependent on plant diversity than assumed. tinyurl.com/33cxzk6b

Thinking about formulating some evidence based best practices for COVID-safe academic conferences/meetings. Anybody interested in joining me? Please RT

‘Twas a year ago today that the fantastic ITRS13 🇦🇺 was kicking off! Only 18m to go until ITRS14 🇫🇷 🙌 Check out the splash page 👉 itrs-home.org 🦀 🦪 🌱 please save to faves, sign up to the newsletter and repost 🦋 Ⓜ️ photo(c) Ifremer/O.Dugornay

As someone who is primarily interested in #coastal plants and algae, I've never really been 'in' to birds much. Yet, I realise that I've had a very #bird -y year after getting a #telephoto lens, and have loved watching and #photographing their beauty and vibrant #personalities !

An incredible interaction caught on camera. It always amazes me how massive bluefin tuna are (next to the second largest shark species for scale!), and that we are seeing recovery of these fascinating fish in UK waters!

Check out our pre-print manuscript, demonstrating the importance of topographic heterogeneity on multifunctionality! We show how multiple cascading interactions (direct, & indirect through foundation species) lead to enhancement of multifunctionality.
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As UK Unis under increasing financial pressure, seeing more & more papers unavailable as they drop journal subs to save money. Apparently no longer sub to NatureEcoEvo... Part broken HE system🏚️, but bolsters my commitment to never publish in paywall journals 💸💸 w/limit access

What a year! It's been a huge year on the BEF-Scale project - observational studies *almost* complete & huge disturbance-recovery #experiment across NE #atlantic area. So proud of our whole team, and our collabs! John Griffin Dan Smale Pippa Moore Michael Burrows Ruby George

Seaweed surveys! #PhycologyFriday Dr. Robin J. Fales

Had another good day on #survey in #looe looking at the canopy-forming #seaweed assemblages as part of BEF-Scale. Even had a surprise visit from a #slithering #snek friend! 🌊🐍🌊 Fabulous effort from all of the #team again! #coastal #biodiversity #Science #adder #Snake

I've had quite an emotionally challenging month, but man did it feel good to get back out on the water (for fun rather than work)! A good dose of #vitaminsea #boating #swansea 🚤🌊

What a productive #summer it has been so far (And it's only June!) 💪🤟 Spending a frantic May setting up #coastal #experiments and #surveys in the #Orkney isles and June across South #Wales , I couldn't be more proud of the BEF-Scale #team ! 🌊🪸🌊 #team seaweed #kelp Swansea University

Everyone has worked so hard getting this going, but I'm really excited to see how recovery occurs over exposure, temperature and latitudinal gradients! #Science #ecology #biodiversity #experiments 🙌

I love this 😍😂

After 9 straight days of #work (due to spring #tides ) we have our first full day off today! I'm #excited to get out and see the #wildlife #orkney has to offer (and not just from working on the #shore like the #smorgasbird of photos below 😉🐦🏝️ #birdphotography #nature #WildIsles

Fab first week on the Orkney Isles for BEF-Scale fieldwork 🤩 Setting up the disturbance-recovery plots and surveying seaweed 🌱

We had a great week setting up the BEF-Scale disturbance recovery exp in South Wales. 48 plots across 4 #shores - we smashed it out of the park! Can't wait to see some results coming in from our region, and 6 other partner regions - from #Orkney to #Portugal ! 💪 #ecology #science

Just been into Swansea for a film this evening, parked in a council P&D for 3hr 5 mins, and horror it cost £10. On Friday (& every day before) it cost £2. Absolute gouge and likely kill business. Haven't lessons been learned from the death of town centres Swansea Council?