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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger

@nsilbiger.bsky.social
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Associate Prof @ UH Manoa, Marine Ecologist, NOAA Foster Scholar Alum, #rstats nerd. Study climate change + eco functioning she/her silbigerlab.com

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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New paper! 🪸🌊 As reefs shift, the communities that replace corals can reshape the chemical environment around them. Laurel shows how community metabolism creates “chemical legacies” that alter coral physiology. @aslo.org aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Community metabolism generates chemical legacies that alter coral physiology
Coral reefs are among the world's most diverse ecosystems and contribute substantially to ocean productivity and the carbon budget. Disturbances are shifting reefs to altered community states, yet ho...
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New paper! 🌊🌿🐌 Warming ⬆️ herb metabolic demand without a corresponding ⬆️ in algal productivity & responses shifted with season. Imbalance btwn consumer demand & primary production could reshape food webs as oceans warm & acidify. Led by T Dhayalan @jexpbiol.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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Asymmetric metabolic responses of rockweed and herbivores reveal seasonal vulnerabilities to warming and acidification
Summary: Seasonal oceanographic processes and environmental history are important in determining climate change effects on intertidal macroalgae–herbivore interactions.
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
When community comes together amazing things can happen www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
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Citizen scientists collect hundreds of ocean samples to test storm runoff effects
A group of researchers has tapped into the community to get extensive water quality data after the storms. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote talked to the researchers about the effort.
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Coalition to Illuminate and Address Animal Methods Bias @thecolaab.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Zimmer also cited a survey by @nsilbiger.bsky.social & Stubler showing that unprofessional reviewer comments can be especially demoralizing for women, non‑binary scientists, & people of color, harming confidence, productivity, & career progress. In @peerj.bsky.social: peerj.com/articles/8247/
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Unprofessional peer reviews disproportionately harm underrepresented groups in STEM
Background Peer reviewed research is paramount to the advancement of science. Ideally, the peer review process is an unbiased, fair assessment of the scientific merit and credibility of a study; howev...
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Our last paper of 2025 and I’m so excited about this one! We show that rocky intertidal foundation species are important to benthic-pelagic coupling by fueling pelagic bacteria production #EcologyLetters. 🦠 🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
This was such a cool project to be a part of! We used ML models to build a high-res (1.4m) land cover map, and combined terrain+weather data w/ algae+water samples from >200 lagoon sites over 4 years to understand connections between land use, precipitation, water quality, and microbial communities.
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
On behalf of the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, we are excited to invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling at the rank of assistant professor. www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa... position number 0082726
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Keishu Asada @cephwarden.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Okinawa had its hottest September at 1.6C above the average. I filmed this mass coral bleaching last year, but didn't have the heart to share. Total annihilation of the first few meters of depth. This stuff happens before our eyes, and yet people who think it isn't real keep gaining power.
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Nature @nature.com · 15/09/2025
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews go.nature.com/4mXJjn6
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‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews.
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Have you ever experienced an unprofessional peer review? This feature in @nature.com describes the consequences of bullying reviews with personal examples from Yours Truly. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews.
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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Check out recent research from our journals with our new media tip sheet! Including: 🪸How nutrients from land shape life in the sea 🪻Biocontrol of a widespread wetland weed 🦌Whether wildlife take a hike when humans are around and more! Read it here esa.org/blog/2025/09... @esajournals.bsky.social
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ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Thanks for the terrific cover shot!📸
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Our article made the cover of @esajournals.bsky.social Ecological Monographs! 🤩
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ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
New research examining impacts of terrestrial nutrients on coral reefs, in our journal "Ecological Monographs"👇
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Submarine groundwater discharge leads to “biogeochemical cascades”! Check out our newest paper showing the direct and indirect effects of SGD on organic and inorganic carbon fluxes on coral reefs! dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
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Terrestrial nutrient inputs restructure coral reef dissolved carbon fluxes via direct and indirect effects
The addition of terrestrial inputs to the ocean can have cascading impacts on coastal biogeochemistry by directly altering the water chemistry and indirectly changing ecosystem metabolism, which also...
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
A few more days to get your applications in! Join us as a postdoc in coral reef ecology/ecosystem metabolism 🌊🧪
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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Sea Grant is a powerhouse for coastal communities! Through research, education, and outreach, it helps protect marine ecosystems, support sustainable fisheries, and boost coastal economies. Sea Grant keeps our waters and communities thriving. We need sea grant! www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/m...
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Maine Sea Grant in jeopardy after Trump administration terminates $4.5 million grant program
The move to discontinue the four-year agreement — which comes amid the White House's efforts to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget — leaves the fishery organization’s p...
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Congrats @mixotrophe.bsky.social !!!! So well deserved!!!!! Happy Tenure Celebration day!!!
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Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
What an honor to get to celebrate this team tomorrow. (at noon in the MSI Auditorium, if you're on campus) #figaday 2.265/n #year3
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
🤿 HIRING POSTDOC 🤿 🌊 We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A few more days to get your applications in! Come join our team :) 🌊
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
📣 JOB ALERT📣 The Silbiger Lab is hiring a full time research tech @ University of Hawai’i at Mānoa to support research on intertidal ecology in Hawai’i & coral reef/coastal oceanography in Okinawa, Japan. RCUH ID: 225085 application link below. 1 year to start, but have several years of funding.
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Are you interested in land-sea connections and how they influence coral reefs? We’ve got two new papers for you this week on submarine groundwater discharge and how it affects coral physiology, species interactions, and community metabolism. Links below!
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
One of our amazing grad students lost everything in the LA fires. She is so kind & compassionate & always 1st to help out a friend. She is also a champion of protecting coral reefs through research & action. If you have any capacity to help her it would be so appreciated. ❤️https://gofund.me/27c354ef
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Donate to Support friend who lost their home to LA fire, organized by Hannah Merges
Please consider donating if you are able, to help support one of the most … Hannah Merges needs your support for Support friend who lost their home to LA fire
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
One of our amazing grad students lost everything in the LA fires. She is so kind & compassionate & always 1st to help out a friend. She is also a champion of protecting coral reefs through research & action. If you have any capacity to help her it would be so appreciated. ❤️https://gofund.me/27c354ef
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Donate to Support friend who lost their home to LA fire, organized by Hannah Merges
Please consider donating if you are able, to help support one of the most … Hannah Merges needs your support for Support friend who lost their home to LA fire
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Seth Bushinsky @sethbushinsky.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Two postdoc positions in my group are opening: First is part of SOCCOM3 (3 years, NSF funded, S. Ocean carbon/oxygen/nutrient budgets), Second is part of InMOS (4.25 yrs, Schmidt Sciences / OBVI funded, long-term oxygen/carbon flux and inventory constraints). More info: bushinskyoceanlab.org/people/
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Looking for two postdocs (SOCCOM and InMOS), details below. I am not currently planning to take on new students in Fall 2025. HI Cycles group at the 10th annual SOCCOM meeting at Princeton Universi…
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Proud lab mom today watching my student, Hannah, successfully defend her MS on the effects of submarine groundwater discharge on multiple life stages of a pocilloporid coral! 🧪🪸
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Elsie Jacobson @elsieyoulater.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Happy to see the best #rstats trend has also migrated here 📊
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Ben 🔔🧑🏻‍💻 @beninquiring.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I found it, the chart specifically tailored to my pet peeves, its perfect 🥺
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Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
This is a work of art and an incredible thread
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DB Krupp @dbkrupp.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I can’t unsee some of these.
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Riinu Pius @pius.cloud · 11/11/2024
Pie charts are a popular choice here 😉
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Eliot McKinley @eliotmckinley.com · 11/11/2024
The most wonderful time of the year.
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it was probably dylan @dylanejohns.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
This is a fantastic assignment
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Oscar Baruffa @oscarbaruffa.com · 12/11/2024
Some of the most engaging dataviz I've seen ages ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Have you ever thought to yourself… how can I make my #rstats plot UGLIER? Well, look no further, cuz it’s good plot-bad plot time! My students made plots that will make you want to laugh, cry, and throw your computer out the window. Which one do you think is the worst? 🧵🧪
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 10/07/2024
If anyone is interested in applying for a Smith postdoctoral fellowship to work in Hawaii I’d be happy to talk about sponsoring your application. conbio.org/mini-sites/s...
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Proposal Guidelines
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Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
Thank you @nsilbiger.bsky.social for letting me celebrate your new position as an #UehiroProfessor with you this weekend! I'm so proud to be your friend! #figaday 2.108/n #year2
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
The University of Hawaii at Manoa has FOUR tenure track faculty positions in Sustainable Fisheries in Tropical Island & Ocean Systems. Join us! Posts below with link for each position. #AcademicChatter
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 11/09/2023
I’m very excited to join the Uehiro Center for the Advancement of Oceanography at @uhmanoa in Jan 2024! It is a bittersweet move as I’m also sad to leave CSUN Biology, an incredible department at that has created a home for me these last several years. www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography...
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Uehiro Associate Professors - University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Oceanography
UC•AO associate professors & researcher The Uehiro Center for the Advancement of Oceanography (UC•OA) Associate Professors and Researcher bring with them a wealth of experience and knowledge. They...
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
We are starting to review applications in two weeks for these positions in marine biology/ecology! 🌊🐟🦀🐙
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
I’ve joined more than 200 scientists in an open letter calling for the need to prioritize and accelerate ocean-based #carbonremoval research to help determine which methods could be safe to deploy to help restore our #climate & #ocean health. www.oceancdrscience.org
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
💥Job💥 We are excited to share that CSUN Biology is advertising for 2 (!!) marine biology/ecology Asst Professors! You'll get to teach awesome unique field courses, connect with a thriving research program, & work with amazing students. Please share widely! www.csun.edu/hr/career-op...
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