KELPER Project

Kelp Ecosystems in Latin America: Pathways to Ecological Resilience
Led By: @ibers_aber @AberUni
Funded By: @NERCscience @NewtonFund @ConcytecPeru & CONICYT

[KELPER Project @KELPER_Project]

Ahead of a @KELPER_project catch-up #meeting we wanted to highlight our #research #objectives & who is involved investigating the structure, function & #resilience of exploited #kelp forests to aid #sustainable #fisheries #management

Thread & #bilingual illustrations to come!

[D Smale @DanSmale1]

Day 5 of @KELPER_Project field trip in Peru. Really nice site with extensive forests. Plus the fisherman/skipper cooked the most incredible fresh cerviche and fish/rice lunch. Topped off with lush sunset. Absolute scenes 🇵🇪 🌞 🌊

[D Smale @DanSmale1]

After 2 years of covid-related delays the @KELPER_Project gang have finally made it to Peru to work together to better understand Peruvian kelp forests and improve management. Very exciting and great 🇵🇪 + 🇬🇧 collaboration ☀️🌱🐠🤛🇵🇪🇵🇪🇬🇧😍😎

[D Smale @DanSmale1]

Day 2 of @KELPER_Project . Great to catch up with collaborators and head north into deepest darkest Peru 🇵🇪. Can’t wait to start surveys and experimental collections 🧬 🌱 💧 🌞

[Pippa Moore @Pippa_J_Moore]

Day 5 ⁦@KELPER_Project⁩ fieldwork more kelp counted and measured with samples for microbiome and genetics collected. A bit scorchio for those recently landed from the UK, while our Peru colleagues are more than comfortable ⁦@NERCscience⁩ ⁦@NewtonFund⁩ 🇵🇪 🌞 🌱

[Pippa Moore @Pippa_J_Moore]

An amazing fieldwork day for ⁦@KELPER_Project⁩ - seabirds, sea lions, otters, sea urchin barrens and of course Eisenia kelp forests. 2 sites nailed. Also the best freshest seafood meal ever created by the great Peruvian fishermen who are assisting us 🇵🇪 🐟 🦭 🦦

[D Smale @DanSmale1]

Day 4 @KELPER_Project field trip in Peru. Two new sites, lots of Eisenia forests but also common urchin barrens. Samples collected and processed in our pop-up weed lab 🤣🤣🤣 🇵🇪 ☀️ 🌊 🌱 🧬 🥼

[Pippa Moore @Pippa_J_Moore]

Day 5 @KELPER_Project lunch update. Today the freshest #ceviche ever eaten - 30 mins from sea to plate. Huarmey fisherman Jaka deserves his own cooking channel - here he provides the best ceviche recipe - secret is making sure fish and hands are covered in lemon 🇵🇪🦀🌊🌱

[D Smale @DanSmale1]

Day 3 of @KELPER_Project - amazing to dive in the pacific and see the lush Eisenia kelp beds. Sweet surveys and data collected. Latitude only 10 deg South but water temp chilly 13 deg C. Uw viz 3 m and air temp 27deg. Beautiful but harsh coastline 💥 🌱 🌊 🌞 🐠 🍻

[Pippa Moore @Pippa_J_Moore]

Lima - ⁦@ImarpePeru⁩ - Huarmey - excited about diving Eisenia cockeri forests tomorrow ⁦@KELPER_Project⁩

[Pippa Moore @Pippa_J_Moore]

Filling tanks at 11pm - not sure the locals will be that happy, but ⁦@RobertoUribeA⁩ & ⁦@degohm⁩ feeling quite chilled about it all 🇵🇪 🤿 🌱

[Hannah Earp @hannahsearp]

Its been busy few days in Newcastle hunting for our #greengravel and monitoring our field / aquarium controls! Thanks @Pippa_J_Moore & @HJNCatherall for helping me flail around in 20cms of very cold seawater!
#kelp #restoration

[Pippa Moore @Pippa_J_Moore]

This paper shows that kelp harvesting in Chile alters the population structure of Lessonia trabeculata leading to smaller more juvenilised populations. Hopefully our experimental work will provide advise on how kelp can be more sustainably harvested @NERCscience @NewtonFund

[Italo F🦈🐟 @italotfdez]

@Pippa_J_Moore @ifop_periodista @KELPER_Project @hannahsearp @OceanaChile @InvestigacionUC

[D Smale @DanSmale1]

Delighted to see the first paper from our @KELPER_Project out in @Mar_Biology. We show that harvesting intensity influences kelp population structure in Chile, with implications for management https://t.co/hASWg8Qwnb

[KELPER Project @KELPER_Project]

@ibers_aber @AberUni @NCLDoveMarine @newcastlemarine @SAMSoceannews @thembauk @ucatolica_chile

[KELPER Project @KELPER_Project]

The first @KELPER_Project paper is out😀 Our researchers investigated the impact of kelp management/harvesting regimes in Chile and their influence the density and morphology of the kelp Lessonia trabeculata 🌱

https://t.co/v6EAkD29mt

[KELPER Project @KELPER_Project]

Congratulations @Pippa_J_Moore @michaeltburrows @subelab @DanSmale1 @italotfdez

[Hannah Earp @hannahsearp]

Writing up methods whilst hoping my baby kelp have survived the stormy seas in Newcastle! Big thank you to the awesome people who helped me deploy my #greengravel experiment @Pippa_J_Moore @HJNCatherall Liz, Ellie & Sphaggy! #kelp #restoration

[D Smale @DanSmale1]

In our @KELPER_Project team meeting today @hannahsearp presented some meta-analysis results with the best use of emojis I've seen in a scientific context 🤣🤣🤣

[Instituto del Mar del Perú - IMARPE @ImarpePeru]

#ProyectoFondecyt | 🔎 El Imarpe evaluó el estado actual de la macroalga parda Eisenia cokeri y su biodiversidad asociada en la provincia de Huarmey en Áncash, en el marco del proyecto #KELPER que es financiado por el #NewtonFund a través del @FondecytPeru.