Megan Nolan @megannolan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Our article is out in Ecology and Evolution! We use SDMs to model the habitat distribution of the coral Madracis interjecta in the mesophotic/ deep Red Sea. We also found Madracis bioherms to occur in deeper and cooler waters than the individual colonies 🦑🪸 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 031
Megan Nolan @megannolan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025A nice visual explanation of deep sea mining and the threats it presents!theguardian.comAs countries scramble for minerals, the seabed beckons. Will mining it be a disaster? – visual explainerMining companies are poised to mine the deep sea – but opposition is growing. What is the environmental cost, and are these metals actually needed? 020
Reposted by Megan NolanAdam R Barno @arbarno.bsky.social · 02/03/2025New Springer book: Coral Reef Microbiome! The most up-to-date summary of microbiomes of corals and how microbiomes can support coral restoration/rehabilitation! Thanks to Raquel Peixoto, @reefgenomics.bsky.social, and all my coauthors for letting me contribute! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comCoral Reef MicrobiomeThis book focuses on Structure, Function and Ecology of the coral microbiome and associated active interventions to conserve and restore coral reefs. 192
Reposted by Megan NolanAdam R Barno @arbarno.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Check out our preprint where we discovered a link between bacterial inoculations and epigenome changes in coral, with implications for coral resilience! doi.org/10.1101/2024...doi.orgBacterial inoculation elicits changes to the coral epigenomeEnvironmental shifts can cause epigenetic modifications in corals, which are associated with changes in gene expression and physiology, though it remains unclear if associated bacteria can also induce... 061
Megan Nolan @megannolan.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Excited to be at #DSBS17 this week in Hong Kong! If you’re here this week, I’m presenting tomorrow at 3:15 in LT B- come by to find out more about the distribution of a mesophotic and deep coral in the Red Sea 🌊🪸 0111
Reposted by Megan NolanWally Rich @reefwally.bsky.social · 28/12/2024🚨New paper alert! Do you deploy loggers to monitor temperature in coral reefs, or any shallow aquatic environments? Do you shade them from direct sunlight? You should! 🌊🦑 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...journals.plos.orgWidespread inconsistency in logger deployment methods in coral reef studies may bias perceptions of thermal regimesOcean warming is the greatest threat to coral reefs, prompting a need to accurately monitor in situ temperatures. Advancements in sensing technologies have led to a proliferation of temperature logger... 35120
Reposted by Megan NolanPeter Girguis @pgirguis.bsky.social · 15/12/2023Courtesy of Meaghan Sorce at the @harvard.bsky.social museum of natural history. 😉 6460174
Reposted by Megan NolanJohanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/ 361192596
Megan Nolan @megannolan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I wrote a blogpost on our recent paper! 📄 I summarised how we developed MaxEnt models that estimated a high abundance of deep coral frameworks in the northern Red Sea 🪸🌊🧪communities.springernature.comBehind the paper: Habitat suitability models reveal extensive distribution of deep warm-water coral frameworks in the Red Sea 2111
Megan Nolan @megannolan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024🎊 Published: deep, warm-water coral frameworks of the Red Sea 🎊 We used habitat suitability models to show just how extensive these important biodiversity hotspots are! 🪸🌊 1294
Megan Nolan @megannolan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024If you see this, please repost with a favourite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently: 110
Reposted by Megan NolanKevin Bairos-Novak @ecolology.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Hey all, please RT this new starter pack for locating our fellow ecological modellers on Blue Sky! And please reply to this post if you'd like to be added to the starter pack! go.bsky.app/EfUQaM2 10810080