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Shelby E. Gantt @xestysponge.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Excited to have attended #ICRS2026 🪸! I'm inspired by how far coral research has come, there's lots of hope for their future. I also got to share my work on coral reproductive ecology & environmental responses! Funding: NSF-OCE PRF & BU Biology Oboh-Weilke Award Photos: Emily Trytten & Misha Matz

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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

So excited to announce our search for 4 postdocs (funded by the Simons Foundation) who will use genomics to "test how ecological interactions, natural selection, natural enemies, hybridization & environmental gradients shape...tropical tree communities" in Panama: stri.si.edu/story/bci-ev... ...1

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ICRS-SECC @icrsreefstudent.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Join us for the 2026 ICRS Mentorship Lunch on Wednesday July 22nd! Come network with amazing mentors from across disciplines and career types to get advice and discuss career-related topics over lunch Sign up as a mentee here by July 3rd ➡️ tinyurl.com/icrslunch

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Shelby E. Gantt @xestysponge.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

‼️Financial Support Needed for STEM Initiative!‼️ Hi friends! GROW is a six-week immersive STEM program for high school students that allows these students to gain scientific skills while contributing to ongoing research. (1/4) give.bu.edu/grow-stem-ou...

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GROW: STEM Outreach

Join me in opening the lab door to future scientists!

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Shelby E. Gantt @xestysponge.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

A little late, but thrilled to share our latest paper! 🌊🪸 This study explores how environmental conditions shape reproductive traits in two cryptic lineages of a common Caribbean reef-building coral. 📄 PDF: rdcu.be/eR0Re 🔗 Full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Sex ratios and gamete production vary across cryptic coral lineages and thermal environments - Coral Reefs

Corals exhibit diverse sexual strategies that can shape their reproductive ecology and responses to environmental challenges. Meanwhile, thermal anomalies can impair coral reproduction, having broad i...

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Shelby E. Gantt @xestysponge.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Just got back from a 3 week field expedition in Bocas del Toro, Panama🌴🌊🦥. We had hard days, a lot of fun, and some truly beautiful views. Excited to see what the data shows for these projects!

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Dr. Caleb C. Butler 🦠🪸 @calebcbutler.com · 27/01/2025

Interestingly, last time I was in the field, one of my collaborators (@xestysponge.bsky.social) snapped an image of many Fungiid's aggregated together. I am uncertain if this is a monospecific pairing (and wouldn't trust without genetic evidence first), but it's a very fascinating behavior.

A top-down image of a very crowded reef in Palau. There are lots of smaller colonies of branching corals of various shapes, sizes, and genera-species (notably, some Pocillopora, Seriatopora, Acropora, likely others). There are also some green grass-like sprouts here and there of kelp, but not much. The focal point of this image are a large number of disc-shaped Fungiids in multiple aggregations. They are all uniform in shape and size however, but do differ greatly in color. Some are light brown, dark brown, orange-ish brown, and there is one very unique one that is green. Some of them have pretty purple splotches on them as well. It is diffuclt to tell for certain as there's a branching coral on top of it, but there may also be a dark red one. There are a couple small (1-2 inch) long bright blue fish around in the image as well.

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Shelby E. Gantt @xestysponge.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

What great views during field work in Bocas del Toro, Panama!

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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Hot off the presses at Global Change Bio - Yingqi Zhang's 3rd chapter - Performance of Orbicella faveolata larval cohorts does not align with previously observed thermal tolerance of adult source populations doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Shelby E. Gantt @xestysponge.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

So excited to be on BlueSky! Follow me for cool posts about climate impacts on cnidarian symbioses! 🪸🌊🐠

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