Samuel Bedgood

Postdoc in the @WeisLab @OSUIB (previously @BrackenLab) studying symbiosis in cnidarians and algal symbionts | sea anemone obsessed | equestrian on the weekends

[Samuel Bedgood @SymbiontSam]

Our paper on sea anemone microhabitats is out today! Here is a summary of what we found.

TL;DR Sea anemones create unique habitats that increase the richness and biomass of intertidal animals!

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[Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS) @MEPS_IR]

#RockyIntertidal #SeaAnemones provide a unique #microhabitat to various other animals on the California Coast. We found that mobile invertebrate richness and biomass are higher when sea anemones Anthopleura spp. are present
https://t.co/qU0OAVbJ3V

[Samuel Bedgood @SymbiontSam]

@jackycoriolis They do produce mucus, but the majority of this is water.

[Samuel Bedgood @SymbiontSam]

Our paper on sea anemone microhabitats is out today! Here is a summary of what we found.

TL;DR Sea anemones create unique habitats that increase the richness and biomass of intertidal animals!

1/n

[Samuel Bedgood @SymbiontSam]

Check out the paper for more details, and thanks for reading!

https://t.co/HtJhWVCi1E

[Samuel Bedgood @SymbiontSam]

Why are anemones in open habitats to begin with? These anemones host algae that require lots of light to photosynthesize, so being out in the open is important. We hypothesize that the mutualism between anemones and algae may be in part responsible for the resulting habitat.

[Liv (Williamson) Liberman, Ph.D. @LivLiberman]

Mix of good & bad from yesterday’s dive in the Upper #Florida Keys. Good: plenty of #corals looked mostly normal and healthy. Bad: lots of paling, #bleaching, tissue loss, & recent mortality in staghorn especially but also elkhorn, fire #coral totally bleached. It was 31.2-32C.

[Carly Kenkel @DrCarlsHorn]

WHY is the water getting so hot in the Florida Keys and threatening FL's coral reef? It's the Florida Bay problem. FL Bay is shallow so when temps are hot, water is calm, and sun is out, FL bay gets extra hot - think puddle in the sun

[Dr. Emily H. DuVal @EmilyHDuVal]

Now hiring! Project manager for NSF-funded project investigating long-term effects of sexual selection over time in the lance-tailed manakin. Includes all the things: travel, danger, tedium, amazing animal behavior, health insurance... Details: https://t.co/WYGw5DW1ob

[Samuel Bedgood @SymbiontSam]

So much coral spawning and amazing science happening! Thanks @Harii_Lab!

[Harii Lab @Harii_Lab]

This year we had awesome collaborators from @WeisLab @DavyLabNZ @BowdenLab @heatshok lab and Motai Lab for some great coral research.

[Dr. Solomon David @SolomonRDavid]

Behold the baby Paddlefish!

They’re yet to grow their “paddles,” zoom in to see how amusingly cool these 10-day-old fish are! https://t.co/EIjRYur9Vh
📸@GavinsPointNFH

[Samuel Bedgood @SymbiontSam]

@Anemone_Padawan Are those mutabilis?

[Guse Lab @Guse_Lab]

The #Aiptasia life cycle is closed! A prerequisite to settlement of larvae is actively hunting prey, not #symbiosis. Thus, carnivory likely is an ancestral feature in the cnidarian gastrula life stage: https://t.co/h5nyLDASwY

[Samuel Bedgood @SymbiontSam]

Our paper on maternal effects is out!

[Samantha Levell, PhD @PlacentalFish]

Check out our study on maternal effects on fitness in Heterandria formosa! Maternal fitness is affected by both the current and the mother's social density environment, and vary by population https://t.co/6TuUypWlME

[Carly Kenkel @DrCarlsHorn]

It's happening - @Maria_Ruggeri55 is defending her dissertation next Tuesday, May 2 at 10a PST! DM me for the link to tune in to an absolute smorgasbord of symbiotic anthozoan datasets

[Sandra Loesgen (loesgenlab.bsky.social) @LoesgenLab]

Still time to apply for an NSF supported, postdoctoral position in marine microbiome analyses and Cnidarian symbiosis - pls apply to join our multidisciplinary Team with @VirginiaMWeis/ @WeisLab and Mark Martindale. @Whitney_Lab @UF in St. Augustine FL - Pls RT. #postdoc #corals