Reina Veenhof

We found that the gametophytes had low survival with an altered microbial community, which got worse as temperature screwed up. Also, they did not reproduce at all without their orignial, unaltered community present. No #microbes, no #kelpsex? Stay tuned for more microbe-gametophyte projects!

The role of microbiota in kelp gametophyte development and resilience to thermal stress Ocean warming is driving profound changes in the ecology of marine habitat formers such as kelps, with negative implications for the biodiversity and ecosystem services they support. Thermal stress c...

Hello bluesky! Happy to transition here and kick it off with a new publication and alltogether great collaboration with @a-h-mcgrath.bsky.social: microbes may increase kelp gametophyte thermal resilience and help them have sex 🦠🌊🌿!

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