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Miranda Andersen

@mirandandersen.bsky.social
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Marine taxonomist at Biologica 🇨🇦 (she/her) enthusiastic about #bioinvasions management and sea anemones 🌊🪼 posts/views are my own

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Miranda Andersen @mirandandersen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
So happy to see the first paper from my MSc out in the world! This anemone went misidentified in a South African MPA for over 20 years. That has changed thanks to sea anemone expert @megdaly.bsky.social and marine invasion pro @tbrresearch.bsky.social. Read it here: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
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Corrected identity of the alien sea anemone Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777) (Actiniaria: Sagartiidae) in South Africa | Zootaxa
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Miranda Andersen @mirandandersen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
4am alarm. Virtual defence. MSc = DONE 🎉 Had to bridge a massive time zone gap between South Africa and Vancouver, BC, but having friends, family, and colleagues show up online made it a fantastic experience. Thanks to my supervisor @tbrresearch.bsky.social and lab mates for getting me here 🤗
Friends tuning into my MSc defence from the field.Final thank you slide in my MSc defence.
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Miranda Andersen @mirandandersen.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
So exciting to see this work from @mad-abbott.bsky.social! Not captured in this publication are the countless midnight low tides and gruelling Vancouver weather that they endured to sample 4,221 hermit crabs 🦀 Well done!
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Miranda Andersen @mirandandersen.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Findings from the first-ever marine #bioinvasions Rapid Assessment Survey along the Mid-Atlantic USA doi.org/10.1007/s105... 🌊 29 non-indigenous species 🌡️ 7 climate-driven range expansions Thanks to the amazing lead authors for steering this work — and to everyone for the fun in the field!
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Caribbean Creep meets Chesapeake Creep: marine bioinvasions and community shifts along the Mid-Atlantic Coast, USA - Biological Invasions
The Mid-Atlantic waters of North America are warming faster than > 90% of other global oceans, leading to significant increases in bottom water temperatures and influencing shifts in marine community ...
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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 04/08/2025
After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf
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Dr. Deah Lieurance @drdeahlieurance.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Check out our new paper published in @neobiota.pensoft.net presenting results of a global survey of risk assessment practitioners to identify where information is sourced, the experience of assessors, and how results are accessed and implemented. neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1530...
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Invasive species risk assessment in practice: Insights from a survey of practitioners
Risk assessment is an important tool in invasive species prevention and management, providing a structured approach to identify and evaluate the risks posed by non-native species. Despite the widespre...
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Miranda Andersen @mirandandersen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Delighted to finally see the work from my honours thesis out in the world! Thanks, Chris Harley @zoology.ubc.ca, for supporting the ambitious amount of fieldwork that went into studying this tiny non-native anemone. Read it here: doi.org/10.71161/ivb...
Research paper entitled "Assessing the ecological relationships of the orange-striped green sea anemone, Diadumene lineata, as a non-indigenous species in British Columbia, CanadaSeveral orange-striped green sea anemones surrounded by a pink sponge and detritus
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NeoBiota @neobiota.pensoft.net · 16/06/2025
Effectively managing invasive alien species in protected areas requires addressing multiple Global Biodiversity Framework targets, not just Target 6, highlighting the need for integrated conservation strategies. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob... @tbrresearch.bsky.social @drdeahlieurance.bsky.social
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Multiple targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework must be addressed to manage invasive alien species in protected areas
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets out ambitious global targets to reduce biodiversity loss by 2030 and will determine the conservation agenda for the next decade. Invasive ...
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Miranda Andersen @mirandandersen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Just finished another round of fieldwork in the stunning Langebaan Lagoon MPA—always a privilege to work in such a unique ecosystem. Bonus: my first South African #octopus, spotted in the shallows!
Researchers walking to the shore at sunriseAn octopus in the shallows
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Tammy Robinson @tbrresearch.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS) moves us one step closer to understanding global patterns in alien species impacts. With its roots in the latest IPBES report, this is an important resource #bioinvasions www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS) - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS)
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Our new paper just out in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social Typology of the ecological impacts of biological invasions 🌏🧪 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... led by @laiscarneiro03.bsky.social @franckcourchamp.bsky.social #invasivespecies #biologicalinvasions #ecologicalimpacts
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Typology of the ecological impacts of biological invasions
Biological invasions alter ecosystems by disrupting ecological processes that can degrade biodiversity, harm human health, and cause massive economic burdens. Existing frameworks to classify the ecolo...
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Alison Kock @urbanedgesharks.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Invasive species are a real threat to our oceans. A strange bryozoan that looks like glass noodles (likely from the Caribbean) has turned up in #WestCoastNationalPark. We teamed up with #StellenboschUniversity to assess how widespread it is.
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New marine alien species Amathia verticillata discovered in Langebaan Lagoon MPA – Stories – Scientific Services – SANParks
Alien species are organisms not native to an area, often out-compete indigenous species, for food and space, and usually have no natural predators. Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area (MPA), locate...
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Ocean Tracking Network @oceantracking.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Sponges: nature’s biodiversity monitors 🌊🧽 In partnership with DFO & @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, we're using biofouling on moorings off NS to develop a cutting-edge biodiversity tool. Glass sponges capture environmental DNA (eDNA), revealing species like basking sharks & pilot whales.
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Miranda Andersen @mirandandersen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Back in Langebaan Lagoon MPA with @zeanenel.bsky.social and @tbrresearch.bsky.social to sample the alien daisy anemone—native to Europe but thriving in South Africa. Alarming to find it in such high densities within regionally endangered seagrass beds. #Bioinvasions
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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The idea of reciprocity between humans and the rest of the living world is receiving increasing attention. Sandra Díaz and myself have long discussed about it in the context of the conceptual framing underpinning IPBES assessments. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Reciprocity towards nature in the biodiversity science–policy interface
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Miranda Andersen @mirandandersen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Excited to share this collaborative work with SANParks—though less thrilled to report another marine bioinvasion in a South African MPA. Huge thanks to lead author @sjackland.bsky.social. Read our paper here: doi.org/10.3391/bir....
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