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Nick Kamenos @nickkamenos.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thrilled to see this out in #CommsEarthEnv - great job by our #PhD student Beth Langley! We show that the #Baltic, #Barents & #Chuchki Seas are hotspots #Arctic and #SubArctic marine #OrganicCarbon with high global stock BUT low protection!! 🧪🦑🌍https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03720-8

Map of the Arctic and sub-Arctic showing organic carbon concentrations in marine sediments

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Nick Kamenos @nickkamenos.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

With # Beth Langley #Alexandra Rouillard @hlburdett.bsky.social #Thomas Juul-Pedersen #Karen Cameron #Charlotte Slaymark

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Inspiring seminar with Laura Fuchs, marine biologist at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW). We explored how biogenic reefs may mitigate rising CO₂ levels! Thanks for the great talk, Laura! 🌊🦑🧪 @ostseeforschung.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #ClimateScience #IOW

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Two 2-year postdoc scholarships in AI-driven marine biology at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre! 🤖 Apply now—applications reviewed from 16 March 2026 until the positions are filled. 🧪🦑🌊 www.umu.se/en/umea-mari... #postdoc #AI #MarineScience

Northern Lights. Image: Johnér Bildbyrå AB, Matilda Holmqvist

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Heidi Burdett @hlburdett.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Feb issue of #AquaticConservation 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 📸 Settlement tiles in Isfjorden, see Sowa et al. Photo credit: P Balazy / IO PAN Diving Team Also: frogs, corals, seaweed, whales, turtles, fishing, eels, crabs, seals, (e)DNA, dolphins, pike, crayfish, sturgeon #AQC 🦑🧪🌎

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IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

LUNCH PITCH // 3 talks, 3 clear collaboration calls. This week’s IceLab Lunch Pitch brought together modelling, materials analysis, and human physiology — each looking for different expertise: play.umu.se/media/t/0_g5...

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Lunch Pitch: 2026-03-11: Amin Saremi, Anna Strandberg and Katharina Wulff

To encourage cross pollination of ideas between researchers from different disciplines, IceLab hosts interdisciplinary research lunches with the vision of allowing ideas to meet and mate. During the L...

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Heidi Burdett @hlburdett.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Editorial: Valuing Impact in Aquatic Conservation Research It's often not $$$ but that doesn't diminish it's importance. Let's embrace the challenge, & value research impact in all it's forms! 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 📸 Word cloud of available abstracts for 2025 AQC publications 🦑🧪🌎

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🌍 3rd Open Call for Access – now open! 🌊🦑🧪 Apply for sponsored physical, remote, or hybrid access to leading European research facilities through the #IRISCC consortium. 📆 Closes: 26 Apr 2026 📍 Scope: Climate change–related risks More info here: www.iriscc.eu/article/3rd-... #ClimateResearch

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3rd Open Call for Access - IRISCC

📆 Opens: 26 February 2026 📆 Closes: 26 April 2026 📍 Scope: Climate Change-Related Risks - integrating hazard, exposure, and vulnerability

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Heidi Burdett @hlburdett.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

**Join us!** Two postdocs currently available in AI-driven marine biology at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social, advancing understanding of ecosystem function, sustainability & conservation! 🔗 www.umu.se/en/umea-mari... 📆Applications considered from March 16 until filled 🦑🧪🌎 #OSM26 @nickkamenos.bsky.social

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Nick Kamenos @nickkamenos.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

From #Arctic sea ice to #OSM26 in Glasgow! Come and visit our booth #17 and find out about our 2x #AI-driven #MarineBiology post doc positions, Borealis #Fellowships & #Internships and funded access to our infrastructures @umeaunimarine.bsky.social in Sweden 🌊🌞❄️ 🦑🧪🌍

Scientists at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre booth

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Curious about #OrganicCarbon in #Arctic fjord sediments as glaciers retreat and transition from marine- to land-terminating systems? ❄️❄️❄️ 👉Chat with Beth during session CC14C in Hall 4 at Monday, 23 February 2026, 16:00 - 18:00 GMT. #OSM26 #OceanSciencesMeeting🧪🦑🌊 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

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Heidi Burdett @hlburdett.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

First talk of the day - and by @seabedhabitats.bsky.social from @umeaunimarine.bsky.social! Presenting a year of work in just 3 minutes (!) - where we have predicted loss in blue carbon habitats and carbon stock this century in SE Asia #osm26 🧪🦑🌏

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IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

New researchers in IceLab are often encouraged to become one with ice. Become little ice cubes. In the river. Don't worry, it is entirely voluntary! Two new members took advantage of health on campus day to try it out today! Well done to Master's student June and PhD student Luis!

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Exciting first days of the #ArcticMarine-course at #UMF!❄️ With sea ice and sun on our doorstep, students have had safety training, drilling ice holes for sediment sampling and exploring the world of ice algae! 🌊🦑🧪 Joining next year? Full course details here: lnkd.in/dJTGvpt5 #ClimateChange

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Heidi Burdett @hlburdett.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I'll have a few hats at #OSM26! 🎤Session chair: Resilience in a Changing Ocean: Bridging Nature-Based Approaches, Conservation Strategies and Maritime Governance 📋Poster 0307: Persistence of extreme low pH conditions in coralline algae habitats 🌊 @umeaunimarine.bsky.social Exhibit Stand 17 🦑🌎🧪

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IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Exciting new project from IceLab affiliate Olivier Keech - harnessing heat to grow shrimp and fish up here in Umeå!

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IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

New @science.org paper shows early-2020s methane spike driven mostly by a temporary slowdown in the atmosphere’s methane removal and climate-boosted natural emissions. IceLab’s @grocherros.bsky.social helped quantify methane from running waters, improving understanding of the global methane budget.

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Microalgae + municipal wastewater = biodegradable plastic?! Exciting seminar by Prof. Christiane Funk at #UMF. Still some challenges ahead, but important science! 🧪🦑🌊 #Sustainability #EnvironmentalScience #Bioplastics @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Prof. Christiane Funk talking at seminar at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre.

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Cold day with bright sunshine — perfect for a bit of winter joy on the break at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social! ❄️🌞 #ColdClimate #UMF @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Master’s student Linnéa Sonehag came by to give us her thesis presentation! Fascinating insights into how the invasive aquatic plant Elodea nuttallii may affect native macrophyte communities in the northern #BothnianBay 🌿🦑🌊 Thanks Linnéa! 👏 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #InvasiveSpecies #UMF

The invasive Elodea nuttallii. Photo credit: Christian Fischer (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

19–23 January 2026 we held the Arctic Meeting for Adaptive Mechanisms in Biological Systems and featured talks in physics, biology, math + ecology. It was the close of a Swedish–Korean STINT collaboration but opens new research in the Stress Response Modelling center. www.umu.se/en/icelab/ne...

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Heidi Burdett @hlburdett.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Very nice to have our recent paper in JGR:Biogeosciences featured as an Editor highlight in #Eos! 🔗 eos.org/editor-highl... Coastal Coralline Algae Naturally Survive Persistent, Extreme Low pH 🦑🧪🌎 📸Coralline algae in Scotland. Credit: N Kamenos @nickkamenos.bsky.social @umeaunimarine.bsky.social

underwater image of the coralline algae habitat. red spiky seaweeds surrounded by other seaweeds, tunicates and brittlestars

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Meet Dr. Wei Xu (Texas A&M Univ)! ⭐ Wei has been approved for TA funding from AQUASERV. Here at #UMF, he will study how #EnvironmentalChange affects microbes and marine organism development. 🌊🔬🦑 Welcome, Wei! @tamu.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social @aquaserv.bsky.social

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

📣 Funded access! The #AQUASERV challenge-driven call for TA-projects is now open! Focus: Sustainable aquaculture research 🧪🦑🌊 🗓 Deadline: 31 Mar 2026 Find us in the catalogue: www.aquaserv-ri.eu/transnationa... How to apply: www.aquaserv-ri.eu/aquaculture-... @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Staff doing experiments on ice covered mesocosms.

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

What a year! 2025 has been packed with activity and exciting research 🌊🧪🦑 Huge thanks to everyone who’s been part of the journey. From all of us at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre — Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to our friends and colleagues! 🎄✨ @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #UMF

Christmas greeting from Umeå Marine Sciences Centre

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Arctic Centre at Umeå University @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The second Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic took place in Stockholm, 10-11 November 2025. It had a varied program with sessions from both early- and senior-career researchers, funding agencies, and other organisations, aiming to discuss future needs and directions for Swedish polar research.

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Thinner ice and heavier politics – Swedish polar research gathers for the future

Between 10 and 11 November, the second Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic took place in Stockholm.

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Meet Tanguy Soulié, postdoc at the Uni. of Montpellier! Funded via AQUASERV Transnational Access call, he'll use our #mesocosms to explore how macrophyte–plankton interactions shape Baltic coastal ecosystem responses to marine heatwaves! 🧪🦑🌊 @aquaserv.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Post doc Tanguy Soulié, University of Montpellier.

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Soon wrapping up the joint monitoring cruise with SMHI and UMF aboard R/V Svea. 🚢 Huge thanks to everyone for a superb expedition! 🌊🦑🧪 #EnvironmentalMonitoring #SMHI #SLU #ResearchVessel @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Laboratory onboard research vessel Svea.

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Heidi Burdett @hlburdett.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Nov issue of #AquaticConservation! 📸Dam removal in Sweden; Watz et al. Credit: Johan Watz Also: eels, seahorses, turtles, catfish, sharks, urbanisation, seaweeds, management, oysters, reef fish, mangar, tilapia, microplastics, riverscapes 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🦑🧪🌎 #AQC

journal front cover with the AQC title at the top, and an image below of a digger removing a stone dam at a lake edge, surrounded by swedish pine forest

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Fantastic! 24 talks in one day! 👏 UMF Symposium 2025 really highlighted the full diversity of what UMF has to offer—science, education, and services all showcased in one place. Huge thanks to everyone who made it such a great day! 🧪🦑🌊 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #MarineScience

Person talking about biodiversity in the Gulf and Bothnia across space and time.

Person speaking about experiment focusing on deposits of volcanic ash as a fertilization agent.

Person talking about long-term changes in the Bothian Sea food webb.

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Arctic Centre at Umeå University @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Are you planning to apply for seed funding, grants, a fellowship, or a targeted call in the near future? This workshop will help make your next application align with the call, persuade reviewers, and present a clear plan rather than a collection of good intentions. 19 December at Umeå University

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Writing Workshop for early career researchers

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Heidi Burdett @hlburdett.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

*Join us!* 2 year #postdoc in #AI driven #ComputationalBiology! Use AI-driven image analysis to investigate decades of coralline algae growth, in collaboration with colleagues in S Korea 🔗 www.umu.se/en/work-with... 📆7 January 2026 📍 Umeå University, Sweden @umeaunimarine.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎

Join us! postdoc in AI driven computational biology. images behind of red seaweeds and CT scans of those seaweeds

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Want to go BIG?🧪 Our mesocosm facility offers precise control of light, temperature, and water conditions for large-scale aquatic experiments. One of Europe’s top setups! And yes, it can make ice... ❄️❄️❄️ 👉Check it out: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari... #ArcticResearch @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 🦑🌊

Mesocosm facility at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre.

Performing experiment in ice covered mesocosm. Photo: Mattias Pettersson

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

A great opportunity to level up your research! 🧪🦑🌊 If you’re interested, our advanced mesocosm facility is listed in the AQUASERV catalogue: 👉 www.aquaserv-ri.eu/transnationa...

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AQUASERV @aquaserv.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

OPEN CALL — still accepting submissions! Have a research idea that needs access to top EU facilities? AQUASERV’s 2nd call is open until 5 Dec (for March eval). 60+ infrastructures. Free access. Academic & industry welcome. 👉 www.aquaserv-ri.eu/transnationa...

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Wow! Caught this sunset from the office at 3:30 PM at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social. Winter really knows how to steal the daylight! 🌊🦑🧪 #WinterIsComing #ColdClimate

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🌋Exciting! Cornelia Jansson & Morgan Jones run week-long #mesocosm experiments to see how volcanic ash (tephra) from Icelandic eruptions might add nutrients—or block light—in Baltic shallow marine ecosystems. 🌊🦑🧪 #BalticSea #Ecosystems @geomorganjones.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Doing experiments in green light. Photo: Regina Kolzenburg

Teo people working at mesocosms at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre. Photo: Regina Kolzenburg

Pouring material into mesocosm. Photo: Morgan Jones

Working at lower section of mesocosms. Photo: Regina Kolzenburg

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

⏳10 days left to apply for 𝟐𝐧𝐝 #IRISCC 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 ⏳ Don't miss your chance to conduct research at world-class facilties, get expert support, and up to €2000 for travel and subsistence. 🧪🦑🌊 Check out our facility: catalog.isia.cnrs.fr/catalog/20/i... 👉 Apply now: www.iriscc.eu/article/2nd-...

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Heidi Burdett @hlburdett.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

A bit late, but October issue of #AquaticConservation #AQC 💙 📸Seagrass surveys in Zanzibar. Photo credit: @researchlina.bsky.social Also: Whale sharks, crocodiles, turtle hatchlings, freshwater mussels, coralline algae and seagrass restoration 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🦑🧪🌎

journal front cover with the AQC title at the top and an image below of a person crouching in shallow water with a quadrat and tape doing a seagrass survey

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We’re at the KBC Days at Umeå University today! 🎉 Great to meet colleagues, students, and researchers — and to show off our fantastic research facilities.🧪🦑🌊 Curious about how UMF can support your research? 👇 www.umu.se/en/umea-mari... #KBCDays @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #ResearchInfrastructure

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🌊 Exciting and highly important research! #UMF seminar with Francisco Nascimento and Markus Olsson (SU) on the ecological consequences of seabed mineral extraction. Many thanks for the great insights! 💡🦑🧪 #PolymetallicNodules #DeepSeaMining @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Researchers Francisco Nascimento and Markus Olsson from Stockholm University speaking at seminar.

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Send-off party for Kristina Viklund! 🥲 After 30+ years as Comms Officer at #UMF, she’s retiring. Her passion for the ocean and dedication to spreading knowledge about marine research have inspired so many! 🌊🧪🦑 Couldn’t ask for a better coworker! 💖💖💖 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #MarineResearch

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🌊 So exciting! This week we’re hosting German silk expert Katrin Kronenberger, who’s here to explore our local silk-producing amphipods. She’s searching for clues on how to make underwater glue even stickier! 🔎💡 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #MarineBiology #BioAdhesives #SilkScience 🦑🧪

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

🌊 A truly interesting seminar by Johnny Berglund — and a wonderful reunion at #UMF! Many thanks for coming and sharing Pelagia’s ongoing work on assessing the environmental impact of offshore wind power and aquaculture. 🐟🧪🦑 #environmentalresearch #offshorewind #aquaculture #Pelagia

Gina Kolzenburg (UMF) and Johnny Berglund (Pelagia).

Johnny Berglund speaking at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre.

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Arctic Centre at Umeå University @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Arctic Connect 24 October, 12:00, Umeå University Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and partnerships, and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and connected within our network!

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

#ClimateChange may increase the spread of neurotoxin in the oceans — just as it did thousends of years ago! New study published in #NatureWater, led by @ericcapo12.bsky.social from Umeå University! 🌊🦑🧪 www.umu.se/en/news/clim... @umeauniversitet.bsky.social @nature.com #Methylmercury

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Climate change may increase the spread of neurotoxin in the oceans

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

A real pleasure to host Johan Eklöf of Stockholm University! A fantastic seminar covering the complex top-down and bottom-up controls on #BalticSea coastal food webs! 🌿➡️🦐➡️🐟➡️🎣 Thanks, Johan! 🧪🦑🌊 Semianar abstract: www.umu.se/en/events/ca... @eklof.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

Johan Eklöf holding up a fishnet with caught fishes.

Johan Eklöf talks at seminar at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre.

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