Fredrik found that we didn't have a mathematical description of how salinity affects growth rate. We came up with two and show they accurately capture the salinity response of hundreds of phytoplankton strains - and other taxa as well. We can now model how salinity shapes population dynamics! 🌊

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It's always satisfying when you can visually see the results of an experiment as it happens - the photo above shows populations exposed to a 15-day heatwave at the top, then going down it's a 10-day, 5-day, and the bottom line of boxes are controls (no heatwave).

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New paper out today! A beautifully simple experiment led by awesome undergrad Emma Gruntz showing how a single heatwave event can have long-lasting effects on population dynamics, caused first by reduced fecundity and then by increased mortality. @royalsocietypublishing.org doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

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Just doing my bit to hasten the ascension of the Kingdom of Fungi. (These puffballs don’t have gills; they create trillions of spores inside the ball, which are released when the ball splits open and raindrops or animals brush against them.)

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Phew! With a lot of blood, sweat, and tears over the years, we introduce a new way of thinking about thermal performance curves in endotherms. We propose that thermal imbalance, quantified using net sensible heat flux, provides a helpful axis for predicting performance. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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