🌍 Happy International Mother #EarthDay! 🌊
In the #BioEcoOcean project, we believe that protecting our oceans begins with a deeper understanding and smarter action
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The BioEcoOcean project is funded by the European Union 🇪🇺
#HorizonEU

From barrier to gateway: Climate‐facilitated expansion of thaliaceans in the Arctic Ocean Thaliaceans (doliolids, pyrosomes, salps) play fundamental roles in global carbon cycling and pelagic food webs through high filtration rates and rapid reproduction. Despite their prevalence, they ar...

RESEARCH: From barrier to gateway: Climate-facilitated expansion of thaliaceans in the Arctic Ocean. Co-authored by Dr. @fluskow.bsky.social and Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov @eoas.ubc.ca aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... via @aslo.org

We are excited to share that Dr. Florian Lüskow (Uppsala University) has left the Baltic behind for a month to join an expedition with the Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology aboard the Walther Herwig III. @fluskow.bsky.social, @uu.se , @thuenen.de Read more: www.thuenen.de/en/topics/se...

Brazil's Invisible Invaders: Are Craspedacusta Jellyfish a Ticking Ecological Bomb? The invasive freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii, likely of Asian origin, is globally distributed, yet its invasion history in South America remains poorly understood. Following a mass mortal....

RESEARCH: Brazil's Invisible Invaders: Are Craspedacusta #Jellyfish a Ticking Ecological Bomb?. Co-authored by @fluskow.bsky.social and Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov @eoas.ubc.ca
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We are happy to share that the European Commission has approved the first five project deliverables.
👉 All deliverables and other project outputs are accessible from the project repository on Zenodo: lnkd.in/dd6CXeAf
#BioEcoOcean #HorizonEU project is funded by the European Union 🇪🇺

BioEcoOcean Workshop on Model Validation Protocols YouTube video by BioEcoOcean

🌊 Want to learn about Model Validation Protocols?
We are excited to share that the video recording of the insightful Workshop on Model Validation Protocols held on 26 November 2025 is now available on our YouTube channel!
👉 Watch the video: youtu.be/RBnpAtdXw74?...
#BioEcoOcean is funded by the EU

Master's Programme in Sustainable Development of Coastal Areas - Uppsala University

🌊New master's programme in Sustainable Development of Coastal Areas 🐟🌍👫

Application for international students open until 15 January 2026. The semester starts on Aug 2026.

Exciting 2 year program with inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to coastal sustainability.

www.uu.se/en/study/pro...

📣 Join the next webinar of the GOOS BioEco EOVs webinar series!
🗓️ November 21st | 1:00 PM UTC
🔗 Please register here: aircent.re/3JcRM7v
👉 For more information, please visit the webinar page: aircent.re/4nASfhV
The BioEcoOcean project is funded by the European Union 🇪🇺
#HorizonEU

Online Mini-symposium: Towards a better understanding of marine life YouTube video by BioEcoOcean

We are excited to share the recording of the online mini-symposium "Towards a better understanding of marine life" that we held yesterday! If you missed the chance to attend the event online, please watch it on the #BioEcoOcean #HorizonEU
🎥 YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cftMeLeElyo

📣 Join us tomorrow for our online mini-symposium! There is still time to register. We hope to see you there!
🗓️ 5 November 2025 | 9:00 - 12:00 CET
👉 Please register here: uu-se.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Read more: bioecoocean.org/webinars/tow...
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We are delighted to present, in a series of posts, our fantastic speakers who will deliver talks during the upcoming online mini-symposium. Today, meet Sarah Albernhe & Florian Lüskow.
🗓️ 5 November 2025 | 9:00-12:00 CET
👉 Please read more and register here: bioecoocean.org/webinars/tow...
#HorizonEU

We are delighted to present, in a series of posts, our fantastic speakers who will deliver talks during the upcoming online mini-symposium. Today, meet Ana Lara Lopez and Andre Visser!
🗓️ 5 November 2025 | 9:00 - 12:00 CET
👉 Please read more and register here: bit.ly/3Jk1CV2
#BioEcoOcean #HorizonEU

📣 We are excited to reveal our fantastic speakers who will give insightful talks on the research conducted within #BioEcoOcean's Living Labs during the upcoming mini-symposium. 🗓️ 5 November 2025 | 9:00 - 12:00 CET
🔗 Please register here: bit.ly/3Jk1CV2
Stay tuned for more details!
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We are thrilled to invite you to the online mini-symposium titled "Towards a Better Understanding of Marine Life." This webinar will highlight the innovative research conducted by #BioEcoOcean. Save the date and register now!
🗓️ 5 November 2025 | 9:00 - 12:00 CET
🔗 Registration link: bit.ly/3Jk1CV2

🌊 We have another fantastic video from the field season on #Gotland taken by the Uppsala University team 🐟 This time, PhD students Mathilda Karlsson, Valentina Montesano, and postdoc Florian Lüskow headed to Gotland’s northern shore near Uppsala University’s research station Ar.
#BalticSeaLivingLab

🌊 Help shape the future of ocean observation 🪸
Join us at the #WIOMSA 13th Scientific Symposium to co-create a Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science.
📌 Special Session: SS038: Ocean Observations of Marine Life
🗓️Thursday 2nd October, 2025 / 14:00-17:30
🔗 More info: bioecoocean.org/events/wioms...

🌊✨ #BioEcoOcean at #ICYMARE 2025! ✨🌊
This week, a team from Uppsala University joined the International Conference for YOUNG Marine Researchers @icymare.bsky.social Read more: bioecoocean.org/news/bioecoo...

Transparent jellyfish with long tentacles floating in greenish ocean water near underwater vegetation.

Discover how comb jellies, jellyfish, and salps impact ecosystems in this new blog post! Read more on the #CSPBlog 💡▶️ buff.ly/TKq99Sj

#MarineScience #Zooplankton #Jellyfish @fluskow.bsky.social @wishartae.bsky.social

Transparent jellyfish with long tentacles floating in greenish ocean water near underwater vegetation.

Discover how comb jellies, jellyfish, and salps impact ecosystems in this new CJZ blog post! Read more on the #CSPBlog 💡▶️ buff.ly/0chRZRW

#MarineScience #Zooplankton #Jellyfish @fluskow.bsky.social @wishartae.bsky.social

It was great to work with @fluskow.bsky.social to share his research story for the latest CSP blog entry! Make sure you check out his recent review on ctenophores published earlier this year in @canjzoology.bsky.social 🌍🦑 #inverts

Insights into the gelatinous world of comb jellies | Canadian Science Publishing

I am very flattered and proud to be in the spotlight of the Canadian Science Publishing Blog as an ECR exploring the “jelly web”: blog.cdnsciencepub.com/insights-int...

Ctenophores Beroe cucumis and newly discovered Beroe pseudocucumis: global distribution and background abiotic conditions Geographical aspects of the global distribution of ctenophores Beroe cucumis and newly discovered Beroe pseudocucumis in the World Ocean along with ba…

We are pleased to share our newest milestone paper that explored distribution patterns and environmental envelopes of two closely related ctenophore species www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Light increases surface occurrence of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii via positive phototaxis - Hydrobiologia Jellyfish have become a crucial functional group in marine and freshwater pelagic ecosystems in recent decades. The freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii has also been observed more frequently g...

You’re interested in freshwater jellyfish: today is your lucky day. Two new studies in Hydrobiologia explore detection methods and autecology link.springer.com/article/10.1... and link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Collaborator Spotlight: Florian Lüskow on Marine Biodiversity, Jellyfish, and the Power of Open… When marine biologist and biological oceanographer Florian Lüskow first encountered FishBase and SeaLifeBase during a 2019 class at the…

I am very impressed and proud to be featured in a spotlight article of the @FishBase and @SeaLifeBase blog as a collaborator: sealifebaseblog.medium.com/collaborator...

#BioEcoOcean is present at the One Ocean Science Congress #OOSC2025
👉Our project lead Lina Mtwana Nordlund (Uppsala University) gave a presentation on "Co-Creating a Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science: Fostering Collaboration for a Sustainable Future" Read more: www.linkedin.com/posts/bioeco...

Series of diverse jellyfish with letter labels. This is Figure 2 in the linked article.

⭐ Editor's Choice ⭐

Ctenophore diversity of Atlantic Canada: a synthesis

A new review by Lüskow and Stevens buff.ly/xF2hKc1 Free access while featured @fluskow.bsky.social‬ #marine #invertebrates #jellyfish 🪼

Ancient Humans Hunted 20-Foot-Tall Sloths and Likely Caused the Mammal's Extinction Sloth size and habitat shifted multiple times over the past 35 million years, but human hunting likely drove the slower, larger species to extinction.

Big new study on sloth diversity and evolution just out in Science conclude that the unique, massive loss of big, terrestrial and semi-arboreal sloth species within 15-5 thousands years ago was casued by people, not climate www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences... #extinction #megafauna #sloths

📢 New paper 🌊🪼
Brilliantly led by @fluskow.bsky.social

A review of benthic cnidarians as underappreciated predators in the gelatinous ocean - Marine Biology Elucidating predatory interactions between benthic cnidarians (represented by scleractinian corals and sea anemones) and gelatinous zooplankton (GZ) is fundamental for understanding energy transfer pa...

RESEARCH: A review of benthic cnidarians as underappreciated predators in the gelatinous ocean. Co-authored by @fluskow.bsky.social and Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov. link.springer.com/article/10.1... via @springernature.com #MarineBiology @eoas.ubc.ca