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Margot Hessing-Lewis @HessingLewis

Marine Scientist. Nearshore Ecology. Hakai Institute. UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries. Eelgrass, kelp, herring..

Joined October 2012
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And more locally from our global study on the value of of kelp, led by @EgerAaron vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/s…

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Julie Packard@juliepackard
21 Apr 2023
New recognition of the major contribution of healthy kelp forests to the global economy and as part of any climate solution. (Not to mention, they're gorgeous!) nature.com/articles/d41586-0… @NatureComms @UNSW @EgerAaron @KelpAlliance @gvconroy #EarthDay2023 #OceanClimateAction

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Luba Reshitnyk 🇺🇦@LubaReshitnyk
30 Mar 2023
Thursday #herring highlights with Planet satellite imagery captured across #BC yesterday. North of Prince Rupert, West Coast Vancouver Island and around Cumshewa Inlet in Haida Gwaii just glowing yesterday.
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Aaron W. E. Galloway, Ph.D.@awegalloway
5 Mar 2023
Our paper on Pycnopodia #SunflowerSeaStar consumption of purple sea urchins is featured in @nytimes today! Coauthors @sarahgravem @DanielKOkamoto and others from @uoregon @OregonState @Conserve_CA @floridastate @UW #PycoNomNom nytimes.com/2023/03/05/scien… royalsocietypublishing.org/d…

The Missing 24-Limbed Animals That Could Help Rescue the Ocean’s Forest (Published 2023)

Scientists say that reintroducing the fast-moving predators to the West Coast could help control the spread of sea urchins that are devouring kelp.

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A habitat mapping and modeling get-together too!
Luba Reshitnyk 🇺🇦@LubaReshitnyk
2 Mar 2023
Replying to @LubaReshitnyk
Also it will be my birthday and maybe Northern Lights will be on display 🤞
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And thanks to the Kuu / Ku modeling community forum hosts
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Hakai Institute@HakaiInstitute
6 Mar 2023
Join ocean scientist Vienna Saccomanno on a mission to map kelp strongholds in California with the help of Hakai's @LubaReshitnyk, a drone, and the Kelp-O-Matic youtube.com/watch?v=bq7FfpnL… Video made in collaboration with our friends @Conserve_CA

Mapping Kelp with Drones

This video was made in collaboration with our friends at the Nature...

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#WorldSeagrassDay 🌱 I enjoy every opportunity I get to work in these beautiful ecosystems! And enjoy seeing all the work being done in meadows around the world 🌎 #zosteramarina #eelgrass
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OceanDecadeNEP@OceanDecadeNEP
16 Feb 2023
📅Join us online: Mar 1, 12pm PST A conversation on how we can predict the rate of glacier change, how ecosystems adapt to these changes and how coastal communities are mitigating and planning for resilience to change now, and into the future. icefields_to_oceans.eventbri…
From icefields to the ocean: predicting deglaciation for coastal resilience. Join the conversation: March 1, 2023, 12pm PST Image is of snow and ice covered mountains in the distance and an inlet with mountains on either side in the foreground.

ALT From icefields to the ocean: predicting deglaciation for coastal resilience. Join the conversation: March 1, 2023, 12pm PST Image is of snow and ice covered mountains in the distance and an inlet with mountains on either side in the foreground.

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Luba Reshitnyk 🇺🇦@LubaReshitnyk
16 Feb 2023
Always so rewarding to see our @HakaiInstitute habitat mapping time series data incorporated in research that will help inform monitoring and conservation of important coastal ecosystems like #seagrass! Huge shout out to @StuMunsch for leading this work!
Fiona Beaty@fionabeaty
16 Feb 2023
New paper! #Eelgrass #MarineConservation 📰✨ So excited 2 share this piece that quantifies dynamic changes in eelgrass habitat across 23 sites along the #NorthEastPacific Led by @StuMunsch, co-authors include @HessingLewis @LubaReshitnyk & more! doi.org/10.3354/meps14248 1/3
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Johanna Wagstaffe@JWagstaffe
15 Feb 2023
What does the snow know about climate change? Turns out... quite a lot. Episode 4 of #PlanetWonder is out! Thanks to research hydrologist Bill Floyd @VIUniversity for being our amazing guide (and teaching me how to ski) gem.cbc.ca/media/planet-wond…
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Ian Giesbrecht@IanGiesbrecht
10 Feb 2023
Easily explore the projected loss of #glacier area & volume from watersheds of western Canada. New tool by @brianmenounos, @mountainmap, and @HakaiGeospatial based on recent Science paper by @DaveRounce et al. hakai.maps.arcgis.com/apps/i… science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
Brian@brianmenounos
5 Jan 2023
How will glaciers change in western Canada's watersheds? See output of @DaveRounce Science study put together with some @ThePSF hack code (me) and great input from Will McInnes of @HakaiGeospatial @HakaiInstitute Follow-link hakai.maps.arcgis.com/apps/i…
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CPAWS BC@CPAWSbc
8 Feb 2023
Good news for the #DeepseaOasis with the Tang.ɢwan — ḥačxʷiqak — Tsig̱is Marine Protected Area from @CHN_HaidaNation, Nuu-chah-nulth Triabal Council, Pacheedaaht First Nation Quatsino First Nation and @FishOceansCAN. cpawsbc.org/cpaws-bc-celebra…
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And finally! Bring on the kelp (monitoring, by MaPP) w Danielle Denley Province of BC) and Genevieve (CCIRA)
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And now. Thinking big ecosystem picture Emily Rubidge @DFO_Pacific on plans for collaborative MPA monitoring on out coast
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Sarah Dudas @DFO_Pacific talks RCA (rockfish conservation areas) on the BC coast
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@JennWalkus and Jennifer Carpenter are live. Speak about the Central Coast Indigenous-led marine planning process.
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‘Speaking’!
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Olivia J. Graham, PhD@o_jgraham
6 Feb 2023
Beyond excited to share this #seagrass disease paper after 6 yrs in the making!! 🌊🌱 Some of our takeaways (a 🧵): (1/n)
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Dr. Tiff Stephens@ecophyte
7 Feb 2023
An article about a recent paper that I published with Schery Umanzor (@UAFcfos). We found distinct differences between sugar and ribbon kelps when thinking about the total carbon that might be directly removed from the system due to harvest. anthropocenemagazine.org/202…

An overlooked opportunity for kelp farms to double as pollution cleanup sites 

Macroalgae get a lot of attention for absorbing carbon. But a new study shows that select species are better at cleaning up nitrogen than carbon.

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