Coral Reef Algae Lab
@Reef_Algae_Lab
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Coral Reef Algae Research Lab. Led by Dr. Diaz-Pulido, our research team is interested in research questions related to tropical marine algae and coral reefs!
Queensland, Australia
Joined April 2014
🧫What do baby Crown-of-Thorns Sea stars (CoTS) eat? Before becoming aggressive coral eaters, CoTS spend ~5–6 months post-settlement grazing algae. Researchers at @aims_gov_au + @jcu found they grow 38× faster on one CCA: Melyvonnea cf. madagascariensis🔗 https://t.co/diPkkQ4EAm
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🌍🚀 Registration is now open for the 13th International Phycological Congress! 👉 Secure your spot: https://t.co/zGFRuhlVIL Before paying, please be reminded that your registration will be INVALID without pertinent verifications. #Phycology #Seaweed #Microalgae
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We’ve just doubled our capacity to accelerate tropical marine research with this week’s opening of our $42.7 million @SeaSim_AIMS expansion by @tanya_plibersek. More: https://t.co/4Mg63LS9o6
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Did you know that SeaSim's facility holds a whopping 3.5 million litres of seawater? That's enough to fill about 1.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools! Dive into the world of marine research with us at SeaSim. 🌊 #FunFactFriday #MarineScience
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Our new paper just published in Coral Reefs compared the effectiveness of different material types and surface roughness of settlement tiles on promoting coral larval settlement and spat survivorship. 1/ https://t.co/Wx4oIO6kkU
@Reef_Algae_Lab @aims_gov_au @SeaSim_AIMS
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🌊🪸 Our aquarists from @aims_gov_au have successfully induced #coralspawning "out-of-season" for 3 years in a row, culturing > 2.2million larvae. This research increases chances to study coral life cycles & enhance reef resilience. 🔗 https://t.co/hhEOvjWayT
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Recordamos a la comunidad del Archipiélago que este fenómeno natural de las algas de zargazo, se registra cada año en las islas y el Caribe. Conoce detalles en la siguiente nota: https://t.co/FvttMJSfJg
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This is an extraordinary find. The blue carbon benefits are one thing, but the #biodiversity that a maerl bed this size must support is even more significant. I hope its future protection is assured. 'Cornwall researchers discover huge ancient seaweed bed' https://t.co/V9Ryl779Fj
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👏 Shoutout to an unsung coral reef architect - crustose coralline algae! This bubblegum pink crusty algae cements reefs, prevents fleshy algae growth, and offers vital habitat for baby corals! Now that's a #coralhero
https://t.co/Aj9Z6xdUwe
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We're recruiting for lots of positions across all our sites! In health safety & environment, Government relations, Indigenous knowledge broker, operations, supply & procurement, finance, ecology & science. Check out the opportunities ▶️ https://t.co/Q6QFdOmfmz
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Delighted to share our new study uncovering the diversity of crustose coralline algae from the Great Barrier Reef #GBR, Coral Sea and Lord Howe Island. https://t.co/fFfBHA9TAU
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#JPhycol Vol 59 Issue 5 Pulecio-Plaza et al. (2023) Seasonal upwelling conditions promote growth and calcification in reef-building coralline algae https://t.co/VI1TyOOYqu
@wileyplantsci @WileyEcolEvol @PSAAlgae
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This year we have placed tiles at 15 sites across Woppaburra sea Country. I'm interested to see whether the macro-algae dominated sites are receiving low inputs of coral larvae ? 🪸 Read more about the project below:
Getting ahead of the annual coral #spawning event was our Woppaburra Coral Project team, who placed terracotta tiles on reefs around Konomie 1 month ago, giving them time to develop a layer of biofilm, which attract coral larvae to settle. #ACRRI @bhp @WeAreWoppaburr1 (1/2)
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First spawn of the summer goes to.. Acropora millepora! We got >2 million eggs last night 🤩 #coralspawning
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This study indicates that calcified #CorallineAlgae is not as #calorically poor as previously thought, indicating that another mechanism must be responsible for the preference of fleshy macroalgae over coralline algae by many marine herbivores! https://t.co/bcEgglS7Az
@habanereo
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Paine et al. show that seaweed farming (with Macrocystis) for CO2 sequestration (#OceanAfforestation) requires much more iron nutrients than available in the open ocean. Thus, offshore Ocean Afforestation would potentially require Ocean Iron Fertilization https://t.co/s4uae9kxaV
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Congratulations @_elliepaine @CatrionaHurd! fantastic work!
Growing seaweed in the open ocean is seen as a viable way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. But a new IMAS PhD study reveals the ocean's iron levels are too low to sustain seaweed growth–a fact scientists say should be part of the ocean afforest'n debate: https://t.co/u56g2ieeQo
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RLimnologia: RT @MicroscopePicsx: Tardigrade enjoying some volvox algae
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That would be my best bet! Lobophora.
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📢📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED!! Join us in Umeå for the 7th International Coralline Algae Meeting You now have until 21 April to submit your abstracts - don't miss out! Details here: https://t.co/htcvjEF9L7
#ICAM2023 @Umea_Uni_Marine @umeauniversitet @umeauniversity
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