OConnorLab

We are so proud of @eadamczyk8! She is delivering a beautiful exit seminar right now for @UBCBiodiversity BLISS. Three chapters of multisite, multiyear subtidal field surveys and an experiment to understand seagrass associated biodiversity in BC. Congrats Emily!!

A year of heatwaves, flooding & wildfires is making it clear that humanity is interconnected to natural systems. New work from #UBC’s Dr. Mary O'Connor & colleagues calls for more explicitly incorporating feedbacks into #biodiversity research & policies bit.ly/3FMXG8I

New paper frm a great collaboration: Grand challenges in biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research in the era of science–policy platforms require explicit consideration of feedbacks @nceas @UBCBiodiversity @bio_diverse @LauraEllenDee @AkiraSMori @USLTER royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Welcome to two new PHD students - @callarayy and @sleinma! We're very happy to have you! @UBCBiodiversity @ZoologyUBC

@UBCBiodiversity @ZoologyUBC Ever wondered if seagrass meadows support biodiversity and marine life just by being there? They probably need their neighbors! Animals move among meadows, but not all over the place - likely in regional neighborhoods! protecting a meadow can benefiit a region!

So excited to see this article out! A first step (more to come!) of John Cristiani’s thesis work to model connectivity of seagrass-associated animal communities that ‘Reveals Regional Patterns of Seagrass Habitat Connectivity' frontiersin.org/article/10.338… @UBCBiodiversity @ZoologyUBC

@CanHealthyOcean @DFO_Pacific @UBC with beautiful figures by the wonderful Sylvia Heredia sylviaheredia.com @ZoologyUBC

A Biophysical Model and Network Analysis of Invertebrate Community Dispersal Reveals Regional Patterns of Seagrass Habitat Connectivity frontiersin.org/article/10.338… Super team led by John Cristiani w/ Emily Rubidge, Coreen Forbes & Ben Moore-Maley @CanHealthyOcean @DFO_Pacific @UBC

@SarahELester @JennMcHenry this looks great! Can’t wait to read this! @OConnorLab

Excited about our new paper that develops a spatial model of the biodiversity enhancement benefits of seagrass beds along the Florida Gulf Coast, led by the amazing @JennMcHenry. Check out this 🧵👇

Congrats to my fellow Pew 2021 marine fellows! I'm honored to be a part of a group of 9 researchers selected this year to join Pew’s community of global experts working to sustain healthy oceans for future generations. #PewMarineFellow pew.org/3lQ7pla

Please RT and spread the word @ProjectSeagrass we're looking to get more evidence of the links between seagrass and #seabirds documented in seagrassspotter.org #herons #shorebirds #waterbirds #cormorants #waterbird #seagullsofinstagram #cormorant

Seize the day, Canada! Let's make a big move on biodiversity observation now. @UBCBiodiversity @ZoologyUBC @bio_diverse @sarperotto Harmonizing, co-ordinating scientific initiatives key to filling gaps in knowledge of Canada’s biodiversity @globeandmail tinyurl.com/vn7epubm

We have an open position for a research technician to help with experiments & general lab operations. If you are motivated to participate in research on temperature and biodiversity in aquatic systems, please check it out! (~20 hours / week) oconnorlab.weebly.com/opportunities

@KieranCx @KyleDoesScience @Reynolds_JohnD @sea_en_emily @BamfieldMSC @giacomo_fish @OceanWise @eatkinso @fionatfrancis Yes!! i agree.

@KyleDoesScience @Reynolds_JohnD @sea_en_emily @BamfieldMSC @giacomo_fish @OceanWise @eatkinso @fionatfrancis Seconded. That 10th spine looks pretty long so maybe Cancer gracilis or Cancer magister

Hey divers, any thoughts on what this loon is eating? From the Nicomeckl Estuary in Vancouver. Photos by Johan Fick.

@Reynolds_JohnD @sea_en_emily @KieranCx @BamfieldMSC @giacomo_fish @OceanWise @eatkinso @fionatfrancis i'm guessing mollusc with siphons (the sucker-like things) but i can't think what... dying to know! @eadamczyk8 @alyssamina @KillerWhalen13

So very exciting to see this paper in @PNASNews @brenucsb . A global network of marine protected areas for food pnas.org/content/117/45…

If @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris are serious about #science they will nominate a stellar (and diverse) Science Team -- soon. @BarackObama nominated his team in mid Dec 2008 (as depicted by @TheEconomist )

@awegalloway @mioconnor i love it!! wish i could see it in person, but just knowing you’re out there bringin the spirit makes my day! Thanks!

@mioconnor LOL, yeah:

So proud of this talk by our own @EvgeniyaYangel! An outstanding talk based on her Master’s research - an experimental test of the spatial insurance hypothesis for microbes in a warming environment. Part of an excellent collaboration w/ @JoeyBernhardt @thompson_pl & Laura Parfrey