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Stephanie I. Anderson

@stephanieianderson.bsky.social
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Research Ecologist at EPA Office of Water | Traits, phytoplankton, HABs, mCDR | sianderson.github.io

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Stephanie I. Anderson @stephanieianderson.bsky.social · 2h
Presenting at the U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae this month? Realllly wish I could be there too... Since I can't, please take some of my plankton with you. A new downloadable collection of my hand-drawn marine HAB species icons: github.com/sianderson/P... Free to use with attribution. Enjoy!
Marine harmful algal bloom species
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Colin Kremer @quant-ecology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Cool” new NSF postdoc position available in my lab at UConn, studying our unique Arctic phytoplankton collection and the interactive effects of temperature, light, and photoperiod. 3 years of funding, detailed job ad here: s.uconn.edu/q1o0itl62l.
Picture of centric Arctic diatom
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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Interested in doing a postdoc in plankton ecology, on topics of community assembly, trait-based ecological resilience, stressor interactions, harmful algal blooms and others? Contact me to discuss developing a proposal for MSU's EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship (Nov 1 application deadline).
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Stephanie I. Anderson @stephanieianderson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
*New* publication on marine HABs! We used observational data and species distribution models to assess the thermal conditions that contribute to marine HABs, leading to the characterization of thermal traits for 18 HAB species. authors.elsevier.com/a/1nUdi5aloF...
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Stephanie I. Anderson @stephanieianderson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Dr. Schwemmer’s quahogs in action! This was so fun to see in the lab.
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Biochemical remodelling of phytoplankton cell composition under climate change www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
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Biochemical remodelling of phytoplankton cell composition under climate change - Nature Climate Change
The authors simulate phytoplankton macromolecular composition—proteins, carbohydrates and lipids—under present and future scenarios. They show increased protein allocation in subtropical phytoplankton...
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Dan Killam @dantheclamman.blog · 21/02/2026
New paper out @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social ! We used toxin measurements in mussels to identify a threshold of abundance for a harmful plankton, Alexandrium. We then used that threshold to look at other harmful algae in SF Bay and what seasons they grow! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Graphical abstract from the paper. We used mussels as a biomonitor of their food, including Alexandrium, a harmful plankton. We related that to genetic measures of their abundance to see what level the toxin, saxitoxin was accumulating in mussel tissue. We identified a threshold when the toxin was above baseline and then used that threshold to investigate a bunch of other plankton that cause harmful algal blooms, finding other types like Dinophysis (that gives people diarrhea), Heterocapsa (kills fish) and Heterosigma (caused a huge bloom that killed fish in 2022) increase above their baseline abundance at higher chlorophyll levels in fall
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sineadcollins.bsky.social @sineadcollins.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Sian Henley and I have just had a NERC grant funded, looking at variation in Souther Ocean diatom traits under fluctuating light regimes. If you are a fearless experimentalist interested in working with us as a postdoc on this 3 year project, come chat with me at Ocean Sciences in Glasgow next week!
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Stephanie I. Anderson @stephanieianderson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Do nutrient pulses alter phytoplankton communities? Yes. What about short-term shifts in temperature? Well, it depends. New insights from a repeat microcosm experiment. doi.org/10.1002/lno....
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Nutrient availability modulates impacts of short‐term shifts in temperature and grazing on phytoplankton composition and size structure
The significant contribution of phytoplankton to global primary production is regulated by several abiotic and biotic factors, which are often difficult to account for in natural systems. To address ...
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Susanne Menden-Deuer @drplankton.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Plankton make Earth habitable. Here a number of plankton experts, led by an early career colleague show (incl. in high quality images), why and how. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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The immeasurable value of plankton to humanity
Abstract. Plankton, a diverse group of aquatic organisms, make Earth livable, regulate aquatic life, and provide benefits to human societies such as access
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Stephanie I. Anderson @stephanieianderson.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Cool work showing latitudinal changes in phytoplankton biomass, with temperature as a principal driver: Greener green and bluer blue: Ocean poleward greening over the past two decades | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Greener green and bluer blue: Ocean poleward greening over the past two decades
Although the global greening associated with climate change is well documented on land, similar trends in the ocean have not been thoroughly identified. Using satellite observations of ocean chlorophy...
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