SERC Marine Invasions Research Lab

We're baaaaack... After a very busy field season, we're back to posting! And.... We're now on Instagram instagram.com/sercinvasions & Facebook facebook.com/profile.php?id… as well. Give us a follow and we promise to keep posting all year! #GuessWhosBack #BackAgain #NewPlatforms #FollowUs

Today is the LAST DAY to apply for summer #internships at @SmithsonianEnv! If you're passionate about science & eager to be part of a research team that can shape the future of our planet, apply TODAY! serc.si.edu/internships. 📷SERC Staff

It's International Day of Women & Girls in Science! Today we honor all the amazing women and girls, like those in our lab, that have made significant contributions to the scientific world and continue to do so. 🤗🔬🌊❤️ #WomenInScience #BiologicalResearch #WomenInMarineScience

LAST WEEK to apply for summer #internships at @SmithsonianEnv! If you're passionate about science & eager to be part of a research team that can shape the future of our planet, apply TODAY! serc.si.edu/internships. 📷Jessica Wolfrom

Passionate about science & eager to be part of a research team that can shape the future of our planet? Interested in #MarineInvasions? @SmithsonianEnv is accepting applications to join its team of summer #interns until Feb 15! #ApplyNow serc.si.edu/internships. 📷N. Hitchcock

#MeetAnInvader Meet Corryn Knapp, one of our technicians at #SERCWest! 🤗 She studies shoreline restoration & intertidal communities for our #LivingSeawall team. She also does surveys on our #Fouling & #OceanTravelers teams. She enjoys tide pooling, hiking, & camping! 📷C. Knapp

🌊✨ Happy Black History Month! BIMS isn’t just a community—we ARE Black history in the making. Despite what’s happening in the world, BIMS remains a welcoming space where everyone has access to healthy oceans. 🌍🐠 Your support keeps us going: givebutter.com/fortheocean

#PlateWatch Regional Coordinator Linda McCann was asked to attend the AKISP Meeting in Fairbanks, AK. SURPRISE! They gave her a lifetime achievement award for decades of work on marine invasives in Alaska! CONGRATULATIONS!!! 🎉🎉🎉 platewatch.nisbase.org alaskainvasives.org

Passionate about science & eager to be part of a research team that can shape the future of our planet? Interested in #MarineInvasions? @SmithsonianEnv is accepting applications to join its team of paid summer interns until Feb 15! #ApplyNow serc.si.edu/internships. 📷J. de Jesus

#ProjectDeepDive Since the OT-II project started in April 2024, there have been 3 successful sampling events. Preliminary results from the 1st & 2nd events show that over 19k items of litter have been removed from 120 beaches around the world, 2k of them with epibionts!

#ProjectDeepDive There are currently 120 beaches being sampled worldwide by OT-II volunteers. Sampling is done every 3 months with a total of four sampling events per beach site. Volunteers collect litter, classify the items by material type, & look for epibionts. 📷 J. de Jesus

@priapulus It sure is! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@SERCinvasions Is this published?

#ProjectDeepDive #FoulingProject communities show trends from the poles to the equator: 1) Marine Invertebrate Biomass ⬆️ 2) Biodiversity ⬆️ 3) Non-Native Species ⬆️. With @SmithsonianPanama we have created a #marineinvasions biosecurity network along every Americas coast.

#ProjectDeepDive We're taking a closer look at our #OceanTravelersII project. Goals: 1) quantify proportion of floating litter w/ epibionts, 2) quantify occurrence of functional groups on floating/sinking litter, 3) compare sizes/diversity of species of barnacles on litter items.

𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟑 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 until #abstract submissions, including travel awards, close! Submit your abstract for #ICMB and apply for travel awards here: marinebioinvasions.info/participate/ab… 💡 Deadline: 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓. #AbstractCall #MarineBioinvasions #ICMBXII

#ProjectDeepDive #FoulingProject uses sanded PVC settlement panels at sites where salinities >20. These passive collectors are suspended 1m below MLLW from fixed or floating docks for 3 months. This standardized methodology is now used around the world. s.si.edu/4hpy8jY

#FoulingProject, part of our Large-Scale Surveys, detects non-indigenous species and their patterns of distribution & diversity on multiple scales. Near large commercial hubs, we survey over multiple years to detect new invasions and track changes over time. #ProjectDeepDive

#Internship Info Session TODAY!

Passionate about science & eager to be part of a research team that can shape the future of our planet? Interested in #MarineInvasions? @SmithsonianEnv is accepting applications to join its team of paid summer #interns until Feb 15! #ApplyNow serc.si.edu/internships. 📷M. Noble

Passionate about science & eager to be part of a research team that can shape the future of our planet? Interested in #MarineInvasions? @SmithsonianEnv is accepting applications to join its team of paid summer #interns until Feb 15! #ApplyNow serc.si.edu/internships. 📷M. Noble

#ProjectDeepDive What do we see on our #LivingSeawall tiles? While data analysis is not yet complete, our team has observed seasonal changes in community structure at each site as well as higher abundances of key native species like the Olympia oyster on our complex tiles!