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Yanis Zentner @yzentner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Happy to share our new paper in Global Change Biology! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Can marine protected areas buffer red gorgonian populations against recurrent marine heatwaves? 👇

Two decades of monitoring across the north-western Mediterranean reveal a 45% regional biomass loss of the foundation gorgonian Paramuricea clavata, driven by increasingly frequent marine heatwaves. Protection sustained higher biomass but could not halt decline, underscoring the urgent need to pair conservation with climate action to preserve red gorgonian forests.

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Daniel Bruno @apetijo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

📢Nuestro nuevo colaborador @danigomezgras.bsky.social Gras nos trae una historia fascinante ¿Sabías que el origen de los corales se esconde entre mitos griegos y cantos hawaianos? 🌊🏛️. Los primeros corales aparecieron en los océanos hace 770 millones de años❗️ ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2026/07/16/p...

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Perseo, Medusa, Polinesia y el origen de los corales

Aprovechando su reciente incorporación al equipo de colaboradores, Daniel Gómez Gras ha preparado otra serie de entradas donde nos volverá a hablar de corales (ver entradas anteriores aquí y aquí),…

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Daniel Gómez-Gras @danigomezgras.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Very excited to join MARE/ @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow! I will be carrying out the @futvrecor.bsky.social project on how expected global change-driven species losses may affect coral reef functioning 🪸🌊 More about the project soon 😉

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🚨 our August issue is now live! buff.ly/HzYBKQL 🪸 it includes papers from our latest cross-journal Special Feature, "Marine Heatwaves". You can read the full list of papers in the feature, including papers from @funecology.bsky.social & @journalofecology.bsky.social, here: buff.ly/qXHEMjS

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Daniel Gómez-Gras @danigomezgras.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

In this SF, published across the @animalecology.bsky.social, @journalofecology.bsky.social y.social and @funecology.bsky.social we present a collection of 13 studies that address some of the most pressing knowledge gaps in MHW ecology. 🌊🔥👇 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

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Daniel Bruno @apetijo.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Tras hablar del impacto de los incendios submarinos, hoy viajamos con @danigomezgras.bsky.social a mares más lejanos🌊, para visitar impresionantes arrecifes tropicales y conocer la amenaza del blanqueamiento de corales, que pone en riesgo su supervivencia 🌡️ ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/o...

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Olas de calor marinas y su impacto en arrecifes: el blanqueamiento de los corales

La semana pasada, Daniel Gómez Gras (Universidad de Barcelona) nos contaba el impacto de las cada vez más frecuentes olas de calor marinas en el coralígeno Mediterráneo. Lamentablemente, este fenóm…

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Claudia Campanini (aka Balt) @claubaltcampanini.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

My research stay at @biologiaub.bsky.social is over and I could not be more satisfied and grateful for these 5 months. Thanks to the great mentorship of @danigomezgras.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social, and the warm welcome of @medrecover.bsky.social's team. Fins a la pròxima, Barna!

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Group picture of the MedRecover research group

Underwater picture By Yanis Zentner of a coralligenous wall dominated by the sea fan Paramuricea clavata shot in Medes Islands

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Daniel Bruno @apetijo.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

¿Has oído alguna vez hablar de los #incendios submarinos?🔥🌊 Hoy, @danigomezgras.bsky.social de @medrecover.bsky.social nos explica las consecuencias ecológicas y el impacto de este fenómeno, cada vez más intenso y frecuente, en los corales mediterráneos 🌡️ ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/i...

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Incendios submarinos: las olas de calor son un infierno para los corales mediterráneos

Cantaba Mecano en los años 90 que «Hawaii y Bombay son dos paraísos». Lo que no podía imaginar Ana Torroja en aquel entonces es que, en el contexto actual de crisis climática, hasta el paraíso pued…

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MedRecover @medrecover.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Comenzamos este taller sobre el coralígeno recordando a Kike Ballesteros y su gran labor en el estudio de este ecosistema emblemático. Su trabajo siempre será una inspiración para todos.

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MedRecover @medrecover.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

🌊🔬¡Recuerda, este jueves tenemos el taller online sobre la conservación del coralígeno en el Mediterráneo! 📅 [24/04/2025] ⌚[10:00](CET) 📄 Consulta la agenda: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🔗 Regístrate: docs.google.com/forms/d/11Xn... @icmcsic.bsky.social @ub.edu @irbio-ub.bsky.social

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MedRecover @medrecover.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🌊¡No te pierdas el próximo taller online sobre la conservación del coralígeno en el Mediterráneo! 📅 24/04/2025 🕒 10h (CET) 📍 Acceso como bajo registro 📄 Agenda: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🔗 Regístrate: docs.google.com/forms/d/11Xn... @icmcsic.bsky.social @ub.edu @irbio-ub.bsky.social

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Yanis Zentner @yzentner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

🧵Can marine restoration lead to ecological recovery? 🌊Success is often assessed by short-term survival of transplants, but what about long-term changes in community (trait) composition? We studied this for a key Mediterranean octocoral. 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Active restoration of a long-lived octocoral drives rapid functional recovery in a temperate reef

After a decade, a community with restored red coral nears the functional structure of natural ones.

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Dan Smale @dansmale1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Summertime marine heatwaves (MHWs) in 2023/2024 were unprecedented and had wide-ranging biological, physical and societal impacts. Need to develop better response plans and adaptation/intervention approaches as MHWs intensify under climate change. New ms in Nat CC: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Ocean extremes as a stress test for marine ecosystems and society - Nature Climate Change

In 2023–2024, widespread marine heatwaves associated with record ocean temperatures impacted ocean processes, marine species, ecosystems and coastal communities, with economic consequences. Despite wa...

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Daniel Gómez-Gras @danigomezgras.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Excited to be attending the thesis dissertation of @cgalobart.bsky.social!! She did a great job exploring macroalgal forest restoration techniques and their success! 🌿🪸 @medrecover.bsky.social @marineforests.bsky.social

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Claudia Campanini (aka Balt) @claubaltcampanini.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Professional update: I am now a visiting PhD student within @medrecover.bsky.social research group at Universidad de Barcelona @ub.edu Thanks to Prof. Cristina Linares, @danigomezgras.bsky.social, & @polcapdevila.bsky.social who believed in my proposal and all lab members for their warm welcome! /2🧵

Photoof the entrance of the "Edifici Margalef" (Margalef building) of the University of Barcelona.

Top view from the last floor of the Margalef building of the hall in the groundfloor

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Jérémy Carlot @jerem-carlot.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Our last article on Vulnerability of benthic trait diversity across the Mediterranean Sea following mass mortality events is out in @NatureComms ! 🪸🌱🐚🌡️🌊 A thread 👇🧵 nature.com/articles/s41...

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Daniel Gómez-Gras @danigomezgras.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Paper alert! 🚨 We provide a first characterization of upper mesophotic coral assemblages in Santo Antão, Cabo Verde (Atlantic Ocean). 👇 authors.elsevier.com/a/1kbenI7ED3...

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Daniel Gómez-Gras @danigomezgras.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Exciting news! I’m thrilled to share that my MSCA Marie Curie postdoc proposal has been granted! I’ll be joining the macroscopelab.com at MARE/ @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social to study the functional vulnerability of global coral fauna. Looking forward to this new chapter!

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

FULLY FUNDED PHD on using #AI to explore the effects of global change on ecological functions of biological colour. Only 6 days left to apply! www.exageo.org/apply/ With me, Chris Cooney (Sheff Uni) @chris-nemeth.bsky.social & David Roy (UKCEH) based at @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social

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Instituto de Investigación en Cambio Global @iicg-urjc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

👀¡No te pierdas el semanario del ciclo de @biodiversosurjc.bsky.social de esta semana! Por @danigomezgras.bsky.social 🪸“Corals on the edge! Integrating approaches to explore coral ecosystem’s vulnerability to global change” 🗓️31 de enero ⏰12:00 📍Salón de grados Departamental II (URJC Móstoles)

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Daniel Gómez-Gras @danigomezgras.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Since 2016, the Coral Trait Database (www.coraltraits.org) has contributed to the advancement of coral reef science globally. However, data on #octocorals —key components of many coral ecosystems— was missing... until NOW. 🎉 The Octocoral Trait Database is here! 👇 rdcu.be/d6qpy

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The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species

Scientific Data - The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species

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Daniel Gómez-Gras @danigomezgras.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

🌊 Just wrapped up an amazing trip to Santo Antão, Cabo Verde! 🌴 Our team explored the island's vibrant marine ecosystems to assess coral biodiversity 🪸 #MarineBiology #CaboVerde #Corals #Biodiversity #ProjectCOAST

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Daniel Gómez-Gras @danigomezgras.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Is your research centered on the impacts of #GlobalChange on #MarineBiodiversity?🌊 Join us in Pontevedra, Spain, for the III SIBECOL & XVII AEET meeting #AEETSIBECOL2025 (www.sibecol-aeet-meeting2025.org) and present your findings & ideas in session TS(2)2! More details below👇

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