Cascade Sorte

Our kitties' brother Julius -1 of the litter's 7-is still available for adoption: lifelineforpets.org/teen--young-ad… Lifeline for Pets will be at Pasadena Pet Fair this Sunday, Sept. 10. Julius was fostered w/ Elo and Sephy and so sweet - here he is when we met him. #adoptable #kittylove

Reproduction in 2 range-shifting species Mexacanthina lugubris (dark unicorn whelk) & Acanthinucella spirata (angular unicorn whelk) showed higher vital rates at leading edges which could allow persistence under climate change #RangeShiftNSF bit.ly/meps_SHIFT_av6

Today: construction of #RangeShiftNSF Acanthinucella cage experiment (cage in background); destruction of Mecacanthina cage experiment. Holes filled, zspar (in container) removed. Looks pretty pristine! @UCI_OCEANS

Beautiful morning to deploy #RangeShiftNSF predator cages at La Jolla. Welcome to new lab member Edward Nguyen & thanks to current & past 199 students Kyle Suen & Safa Sherzai. Experiment led by PhD student Ryan Beshai. @UCIEEB

Back in SoCal, we are starting 2nd round of #RangeShiftNSF predator caging experiments, this time for the local native whelk Acanthinucella spirata. Tides are v. early so waves are lapping at our ankles as we rush to finish. Dana Pt complete; next stop La Jolla @UCIEEB @UCIBioSci

Didn't plan for this when I added 1 night in Denver on the end of this summer's trip to Sitka (for fieldwork) & Fort Collins (for an invasions working group at the Powell Center). So amazing!!

Sitka AK wildflowers

@mle425 @BrackenLab @UCIEEB I’m having a great time with it bc I’ve never had a project that looks at intertidal assemblages at this micro level. It’s giving me a lot more insight into this ecosystem after working in it for quite a while!

.@BrackenLab & I are in #Sitka AK 3 wks working on 2 projects. 1st: a global study led by Mads Thomsen in NZ(we’ll provide 2 case studies)of facilitation cascades. Mine is Fucus growing on Semibalanus. Do these cascades increase diversity?So far max=23 spp on 1 barnacle! @UCIEEB

@ecophyte @BrackenLab Good thought - thanks! Bruno Pernet & Eric Sanford suggested they might be ciliates. Will be searching for more & trying to get better pix!

@BrackenLab @CascadeJBS Red Cyanobacteria?

Congratulations to members of the @UCIBioSci Sorte Lab that graduated this past weekend: @UCIEEB PhD students @racine_rangel & Heidi @waiteh13 and @UciUrop students James, Jonah, Safa & Vanessa. It has been wonderful to work with you all! #SitkaNSF #RangeShiftNSF

The #RangeShiftNSF team is in NorCal this week conducting field surveys & setting up whelk predation experiments. Thanks to PhD students Ryan & Courtney for leading and to new team members, NorCal lead Bailey, UCI 199 student Kyle & CPH student Olivia!

This story highlights our @NSF supported work on marine range shifts #RangeShiftNSF

@racine_rangel @BrackenLab @dgermanuci

Congratulations to Dr. Racine Rangel for successfully defending her Ph.D. & giving a great talk about super cool results showing mechanisms of multiple climate stressor impacts on coastal ecosystems. She heads to a postdoc in the Kroeker Lab at @ucsantacruz #SitkaNSF

At 2pm PST, @racine_rangel will present her PhD research at @UCIBioSci and via Zoom. This work was conducted in Sitka AK in collaboration with the #SitkaNSF project. 2 of 3 chapters are as yet unpublished (but stay tuned!), so come see for 1st view of these fascinating results!

This Weds, @racine_rangel will defend her dissertation on acidification and #ClimateChange impacts on coastal marine invertebrates - join us! May 31, 2-3pm, 4201 Nat Sci 2 @UCIrvine

@manuellayassa @BrunoMars So fun! We are headed there for our 1st time as a family soon (to see Cirque du soleil). Will check with you for any recommendations!

We took the girls to @BrunoMars in Vegas this weekend. He took our phones so all we have are the memories ❤️ Our 10 year old cried the whole time - she was overwhelmed with joy. Incredible 1st concert experience for them. Thank you @BrunoMars!

A long wait for post-fieldwork lunch at #CarolinesSeasideCafe provides the perfect opportunity to start planning summer fieldwork. @BrackenLab & I will be in Sitka AK collecting pilot data on heat wave impacts on culturally important coastal species w/ support from @UCIBioSci

SoCal whelk predation experiment site 2 is up in La Jolla in record time. Thanks all for being a great @UCIEEB #RangeShiftNSF team! In 2 wks we will have our 1st data on feeding rates & community impacts of this range shifting species