We are so proud of @eadamczyk8! She is delivering a beautiful exit seminar right now for @UBCBiodiversity BLISS. Three chapters of multisite, multiyear subtidal field surveys and an experiment to understand seagrass associated biodiversity in BC. Congrats Emily!!

Ever wondered if seagrass meadows support biodiversity and marine life just by being there? They probably need their neighbors! Animals move among meadows, but not all over the place - likely in regional neighborhoods! protecting a meadow can benefiit a region!

with beautiful figures by the wonderful Sylvia Heredia sylviaheredia.com @ZoologyUBC

Our amazing lab group, 2016!

A few seagrass shoots are home to so many little critter (= fish food)

Patrick Martone shares his kickass seaweed #diversity work: 150 sp monitored over time #hakai2015 @UBCBiodiversity

Coreen & Gwen present their seagrass biodiversity research! #hakai2015 @HakaiInstitute @UBCBiodiversity

Coreen Forbes ('Pinky') collects a seagrass epifaunal diversity sample. Go Coreen!

Big science this week in the lab: our new respirometer fired up and measuring oxygen! Go team R*! @JennSunday

O'Connor labbies taking a break from #sciencing to run 10K! #sunrun2015 #worklifebalance #sundayrunday

Art + science = unhealthy obsession with your study organisms

Fantastic and artistic short piece on eelgrass (#Zostera) ecology and conservation youtu.be/ceWNoOQgMNY

Even at the presidential banquet we're drawing graphs and talking science!

Biol402 Students sample glacial-fed Joffre Lake on our field trip this weekend. A great group of aquatic ecologists!

Collecting seagrass samples at Boundary Bay with the world's cutest field assistant

Zooplankton hunting at the glacier-fed Duffey Lake, preparing for biol 402 field trip! @michelletseng53 @JennSunday

Isopods in the wild... idotea resecata on Phyllospadix #HBI

Sand dollar in seagrass at White Rock, BC.