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The postprint of this paper is now available via the @uam.es institutional repository.
You can access the PDF of the accepted version here π
February's Funk Biogeography seminar is on the horizon! This month's speaker is Juan Pablo Quimbayo, who will talk about the role of traits in shaping marine biodiversity. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/fe...
π₯ After a week of 1000s of name suggestions - the newly found #chiton finally has a name! πMeet ππ¦π³π³π¦πͺπ³π’π¦πππ’ π±π°π±πΆππͺ!
The "chiton of the people" is now officially described in @bdj.pensoft.net!
π Many thanks to everyone who participated, @zefrank.bsky.social, @oceanspecies.bsky.social, & @sgn.one
A postdoc position in Biogeography and Macroecology is available at Palacky University, Czech Republic, with an application deadline of March 15, 2026. For details, contact prof. Vladimir Remes at vladimir.remes@upol.cz. More info: https://vladremes.github.io #postdoc
Starting the year at #TIBS2026 in Aarhus π©π° next week. Excited to see so many interesting works and meet great people there.
If youβre interested in #marine macroecology, knowledge shortfalls, or data mobilization, come say hi! π
Book cover for Reproducible Code guide. The cover has a red background with a large yellow-bodied black-headed stag beetle.
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope itβs useful!
ΒΏSabes cuΓ‘nto ignoramos de la #biodiversidad en los ocΓ©anos? Nuevos hallazgos con vehΓculo submarinos controlados a distancia y #metagenΓ³mica muestran que gran parte de la vida marina sigue sin describir: desde arrecifes profundos hasta microbiomas desconocidos:
π theconversation.com/queda-mucho-...
But surprisingly, in a large dataset of marine species names, I found the opposite: more epithets are shared across different species than genera.
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Exploring the universe of species names has been really fun.
I always assumed that genera would be shared across species more often than epithets. It makes sense, right? A genus can include many species, while the epithet is supposed to be more, well, βspecific.β π
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Front view of the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid.
Starting a 6-month secondment at @mncn-csic.bsky.social (πͺπΈ).
Super glad to be joining @jhortal.bsky.social and his amazing team to advance our project #MarineGaps.
That is great, Ritinha! Thanks!
Dear ecologists π
Which journals in ecology (or related fields) offer editor mentoring programs? I know about Journal of Applied Ecology, ESA Editorial Fellow, and ASLO Editorial Fellow. Any others that early-career researchers should track for future calls?
Finished off this year's conference season at #BESMacro2025. What an amazing experience! Great talks, incredible people, and plenty of networking opportunities. If you're into macroecology and get the chance, don't miss it next year!
I'll also be presenting a poster on July 8th, sharing results from our collaborative study with PGSISCO (@ufpr.bsky.socialβ¬) on the climate-driven shifts in the distribution of the harmful microalga ππ΄π΅π³π¦π°π±π΄πͺπ΄ cf. π°π·π’π΅π’.
#microalga #Ostreopsis #ClimateChange
Continuing the conference season, I'm in BodΓΈ π³π΄ for the 58th European Marine Biology Symposium #EMBS2025.
If you're into large-scale marine diversity patterns, come say hi! π
A man stands in the bottom left corner of the image, looking and pointing toward a projection screen in the upper right corner.
Had a great time at the @lifewatcheric.bsky.social #BEeS2025 conference! It was a pleasure to present the L.A.N.A. framework and receive such positive feedback. Looking forward to sharing more details officially soon.
Thanks to everyone involved in making it happen!
βπ T H A N K Y O U ! πͺΈ
To all the #BEeS2025 participants for joining this year's eScience Conference on Biodiversity and Ecosystem.
An intense week of inspiring presentations!
π₯ Stay tuned for upcoming post-event activities! π₯
Special thanks to HCMR-IMBBC for hosting us so warmly in Heraklion!
Excited for the LifeWatch Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference starting tomorrow!
If you're into biodiversity data standardization and taxonomic harmonization, come check out my talk on July 1st in the ππ’π±π±πͺπ―π¨ ππͺπ§π¦ π°π― π±ππ’π―π¦π΅: ππͺπ°π¨π¦π°π¨π³π’π±π©πΊ πͺπ― π’ π€π©π’π―π¨πͺπ―π¨ πΈπ°π³ππ₯ session.
#BEeS
That moment of consternation when you read the abstract of a just-published paper and realize it's strikingly similar to your current project.
Photo taken from the back of a classroom showing a man in glasses and a red shirt giving a seminar. A slide is projected onto a retractable screen beside him.
Last week I visited the Center for Marine Studies (UFPR), Brazil π§π·, to share recent works on marine LDG, sampling bias and some ongoing projects.
It was so nice to return to this place full of good memories and catch up with old friends π.
A man wearing sunglasses stands in front of a dark rocky cliff touching the sea, under a clear blue sky.
A fun fact about Torres (RS): These cliffs are made of basalt from the Serra Geral Group, ancient lava flows that covered parts of South America and Africa when Gondwana began to break apart.
Two hands holding a large syringe filled with beach sediment, with a calm sea in the background. A vegetated cliff and light blue sky are visible behind.
Tall rocky formation with vegetation on top, surrounded by light-colored sandy beach and calm sea. Low vegetation in the foreground and a blue sky with some clouds.
A vast, empty beach with tire tracks on the sand. Lifeguard towers can be seen in the distance, aligned along the coast. The sky is clear and blue.
View of a cliff covered with green vegetation, with waves breaking below. The seawater near the shore appears brownish, due to an algal bloom. Clear blue sky in the background.
Heading south: sampling in Torres (RS), where the last rocky shores of Brazilβs southern coast can be seen. From there, itβs hundreds of kilometres of almost continuous sandy beach all the way to Uruguay.
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Also note the strong algal bloom in the water.
Four fishers stand waist-deep in the water, facing a bottlenose dolphin in the distance, with a green hillside and houses in the background.
A group of fishers spread out in shallow coastal waters, standing waist-deep, with a green hillside and houses in the background. Two are casting nets while others wait.
Quick stop in Laguna (SC), my hometown, to watch the traditional mullet fishing done with the help of local bottlenose dolphins.
Sandy beach with a forested hill in the background under a clear blue sky.
Golden sunrise over the ocean, casting a warm glow across the water and wet sand. A small island is visible in the distance on the horizon.
Man collecting sediment with a syringe in the intertidal zone of a sandy beach, with a rocky island in the background.
Hand holding a Falcon tube in the foreground, with a woman collecting a sediment sample on a sandy beach in the blurred background.
Fieldwork is underway in southern Brazil, where I'm sampling eDNA with @marciakurtz.bsky.social for the πΊπππππ πππππ¦ π΅πππβ πππππππ’ππ π·ππ£πππ ππ‘π¦ survey, an international effort led by @jnmscience.bsky.social.
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During the first week, we worked along the stunning Santa Catarina coast.
If you're interested in developing a proposal to come and work here in Sheffield on any aspect of marine biodiversity data science or macroecology, I'm happy to discuss. @andremenegotto.bsky.social is living proof that we have had some success with this scheme!
50 priority questions to guide research of global #meiofauna: standardized sampling and improved taxonomic methods are urgently needed to enhance #biodiversity assessments. Genomic approaches and international collaborations should be leveraged to overcome data bias. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
[New paper] Fundamental questions in meiofauna research.
Stimulating to see growing interest in macroecological questions in the meiofaunal field, especially in strategies to improve data quality for large-scale studies.
Check it out π
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
Taking the pulse of meiofauna research in 2025. My biggest take-home message as the head of one panel: evolutionary genomics is not (yet) anywhere near reaching its potential in this field, partly because of a lack of visibility/interdisciplinary education. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
