How do #marine #snails 🐚 cope with extreme #temperature gradients at the scale of just a few meters? Bingqian is making very interesting contributions to finding out! Here she's talking at #OikosNorway2025.
#Littorina #genomics #RNA #adaptation #evolution

Photograph of a group of empty barnacle shells, two of which are filled with a snails with coiled shells.

What happens to periwinkles that squeeze into vacant barnacle shells, grow just a tiny bit, and then can't get out? This was a very frequent sight during my visit to Prince Edward Island. I worry about them. #littorina #barnacles #snails #molluscs

Spuren der Eiszeitjäger in der Ostsee entdeckt Interdisziplinäres Forscherteam unter Beteiligung der CAU entdeckt archäologisch bedeutsame Steinreihe auf dem Grund der Mecklenburger Bucht

Mehr zu dem beim #OpenShip auf dem Forschungskutter #Littorina vorgestellten Projekt: www.uni-kiel.de/de/universit...

Snails & seaweed! 🐌🌊🌱#Littorina #Fucus #PhycologyFriday @PSAAlgae