Brian Silliman
@sillimanlab
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Marine ecologist at Duke University Marine Lab
Beaufort, North Carolina
Joined October 2014
Good news for coral reef mangers fighting the impacts of climate change locally. Check out new research showing their efforts matter! @LenfestOcean @elizshaver @UNCims @DukeMarineLab #oceanoptimism #coralreef.
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RT @DABoysSoccer: GOAL!!!! SILLIMAN!! Parker with an incredible one on one effort down the right side. Beats his defender and gets his o….
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RT @DABoysSoccer: A huge road win for the Cavs at Jordan tonight!! Two Menjivar goals and the game winner from Silliman are the difference….
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Key to restoring wetlands is changing the restoration paradigm so that outplanting designs harness biological partnerships between organisms and ecosystems.@aznfusion,@LenfestOcean ,
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Restoration has been elevated as an important strategy to reverse the decline of coastal wetlands worldwide. Current practice in restoration scienc...
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Climate Solutions: our paper in Science ( reveals wetlands as carbon hotspots! They hold 20% of the earth's surface carbon. Stopping wetland loss can reduce global C02 emissions by up to 5%/yr!, @DukeNews,@LenfestOcean, @DukeEnvironment.
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A review explains that restoring plant-landform linkages is critical to harnessing the carbon sequestration potential of wetlands.
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Looking for solutions to help combat climate change? Our review just out highlights how conserving and restoring wetlands can reduce global emissions by ~5%!
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RT @OceanSewage: Check out Our Shared Seas' interview with @BSHalpern on his team’s new study showing that wastewater nitrogen may be half….
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RT @OceanSewage: "The thing about wastewater is that it’s generally invisible. A lot of the pollution occurs unseen.” Check out the global….
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Prodigious quantities of nitrogen from human waste flow into coastal waters, a study of nearly 135,000 watersheds reveals.
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RT @Pippa_J_Moore: Fancy a PhD working with @DanSmale1 @wwf_uk & myself at @newcastlemarine @thembauk on quantifying the contribution of ke….
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RT @T_A_Worthington: Mangrove forests sequester disproportionally large amounts of CO2 & thus there is considerable interest in restoration….
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Congratulations to Junlin Ren and Qiang He for being featured on the cover of Science Advances! These are among the prettiest marshes in the world. It was great working with you on this project! @DukeMarineLab @DukeEnvironment @UNCims @SeaGrant @LenfestOcean @pewenvironment.
A new study in @ScienceAdvances finds invasions from exotic plant species risk unraveling progress toward protecting wetlands and critical shorebird habitats in the seven largest coastal protected areas in China.
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Did you know lions, sea otters, hippos, elephants and other amazing beasts live in salt marshes? This new paper shows our idea that marshes are reserved for small creatures is myopic! @DukeMarineLab @UNCims @leogaskins.
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Megafauna shape ecosystems globally through trophic interactions, ecology of fear, and ecosystem engineering. Highly productive salt marshes at the interface...
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Mega Bama-Georgia preview: A nearly perfect offense vs. a nearly perfect defense, and much more
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Georgia's No. 1 defense will look to slow down Alabama's No. 1 offense in the most intriguing matchup of the season, even without Nick Saban on the sideline.
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Great suggestion!! This book and one of the nice graduate level text books on community ecology are what I recommend.
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Check out this new pub on cashing in on biological partnerships to enhance kelp restoration.
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RT @hhillebr1: #365FemaleEcologists 33/365 Miriam Gerhard (#notonTwitter) defended her PhD thesis today in what turned out to be one of the….
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RT @MarineUAS: While our classroom might look a little different, we can’t wait for our @DukeU Block D drone class to start. .
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