Siobhan Schenk
@siobhanschenk.bsky.social
Trying to grow nori in Northern BC
PhD in Botany
PhD in Botany
July 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Halosaccion glandiforme at Whiffin Spit. This red algae fills with water, likely to prevent desiccation.
🦑 #PhycologyFriday #Intertidal #tidepools
🦑 #PhycologyFriday #Intertidal #tidepools
July 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Halosaccion glandiforme at Whiffin Spit. This red algae fills with water, likely to prevent desiccation.
🦑 #PhycologyFriday #Intertidal #tidepools
🦑 #PhycologyFriday #Intertidal #tidepools
July 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A more accurate sentence would be: "UBC botanists describe "pink-spot disease" in kelp nurseries."
Please fix this on Twitter as well.
You can contact the corresponding author and/or UBC researcher listed on the manuscript by email before posting to avoid this in the future.
Please fix this on Twitter as well.
You can contact the corresponding author and/or UBC researcher listed on the manuscript by email before posting to avoid this in the future.
July 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A more accurate sentence would be: "UBC botanists describe "pink-spot disease" in kelp nurseries."
Please fix this on Twitter as well.
You can contact the corresponding author and/or UBC researcher listed on the manuscript by email before posting to avoid this in the future.
Please fix this on Twitter as well.
You can contact the corresponding author and/or UBC researcher listed on the manuscript by email before posting to avoid this in the future.
For this #PhycologyFriday I'm happy to share my ✨new paper✨ about #kelp disease -> rdcu.be/ets28
Pink-spot disease occurs in kelp nurseries across North America and Europe according to our survey and we identified a bacteria (Algicola sp.) as the likely causative agent.
🦑 #aquaculture
Pink-spot disease occurs in kelp nurseries across North America and Europe according to our survey and we identified a bacteria (Algicola sp.) as the likely causative agent.
🦑 #aquaculture
June 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For this #PhycologyFriday I'm happy to share my ✨new paper✨ about #kelp disease -> rdcu.be/ets28
Pink-spot disease occurs in kelp nurseries across North America and Europe according to our survey and we identified a bacteria (Algicola sp.) as the likely causative agent.
🦑 #aquaculture
Pink-spot disease occurs in kelp nurseries across North America and Europe according to our survey and we identified a bacteria (Algicola sp.) as the likely causative agent.
🦑 #aquaculture
My ✨new paper✨ looking at how low salinity and high temperatures alter the bacterial community of sugar #kelp was just published!
Lab and field results agree: the overall changes are small, but core taxa decrease under abiotic stress
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PhycologyFriday 🦑
Lab and field results agree: the overall changes are small, but core taxa decrease under abiotic stress
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PhycologyFriday 🦑
May 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My ✨new paper✨ looking at how low salinity and high temperatures alter the bacterial community of sugar #kelp was just published!
Lab and field results agree: the overall changes are small, but core taxa decrease under abiotic stress
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PhycologyFriday 🦑
Lab and field results agree: the overall changes are small, but core taxa decrease under abiotic stress
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PhycologyFriday 🦑
May 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For #PhycologyFriday this week let's celebrate #ISS25 and #tidepools. Although tidepools are a harsh environment, I love them because the still water makes it easier to see critters and algae 🦑
May 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
For #PhycologyFriday this week let's celebrate #ISS25 and #tidepools. Although tidepools are a harsh environment, I love them because the still water makes it easier to see critters and algae 🦑
For #PhycologyFriday I'm promoting my #ISS2025 presentations
Talk) How bacteria colonize the #Kelp Saccharina latissima throughout the farming cycle
P1) Low-salinity destabilizes the bacterial community of sugar kelp
P2) Kelp pink-spot disease is widespread and associated with the bacteria Algicola
Talk) How bacteria colonize the #Kelp Saccharina latissima throughout the farming cycle
P1) Low-salinity destabilizes the bacterial community of sugar kelp
P2) Kelp pink-spot disease is widespread and associated with the bacteria Algicola
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For #PhycologyFriday I'm promoting my #ISS2025 presentations
Talk) How bacteria colonize the #Kelp Saccharina latissima throughout the farming cycle
P1) Low-salinity destabilizes the bacterial community of sugar kelp
P2) Kelp pink-spot disease is widespread and associated with the bacteria Algicola
Talk) How bacteria colonize the #Kelp Saccharina latissima throughout the farming cycle
P1) Low-salinity destabilizes the bacterial community of sugar kelp
P2) Kelp pink-spot disease is widespread and associated with the bacteria Algicola
April 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
April 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
April 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
@varoon-supratya.bsky.social and I re-used #bunny litter to grow oyster mushrooms and it worked really well.
*We did not feed the #bunnies mushrooms
#fungifriends #rabbit
*We did not feed the #bunnies mushrooms
#fungifriends #rabbit
April 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@varoon-supratya.bsky.social and I re-used #bunny litter to grow oyster mushrooms and it worked really well.
*We did not feed the #bunnies mushrooms
#fungifriends #rabbit
*We did not feed the #bunnies mushrooms
#fungifriends #rabbit
April 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Bluesky #birder community, do you know what #bird this feather is from? I found it today in Pacific Spirit Park (BC, Canada).
#ornithology #birdwatching
#ornithology #birdwatching
April 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Bluesky #birder community, do you know what #bird this feather is from? I found it today in Pacific Spirit Park (BC, Canada).
#ornithology #birdwatching
#ornithology #birdwatching
Drift Lessoniopsis for #PhycologyFriday.
Lessoniopsis lives in very wave exposed areas. If you look closely at the stipes, you will find holes made by burrowing amphipods
🦑🧪🌊
Lessoniopsis lives in very wave exposed areas. If you look closely at the stipes, you will find holes made by burrowing amphipods
🦑🧪🌊
April 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Drift Lessoniopsis for #PhycologyFriday.
Lessoniopsis lives in very wave exposed areas. If you look closely at the stipes, you will find holes made by burrowing amphipods
🦑🧪🌊
Lessoniopsis lives in very wave exposed areas. If you look closely at the stipes, you will find holes made by burrowing amphipods
🦑🧪🌊
#PhycologyFriday
I really like the distinct surfgrass and red algae bands, with the macro at the surface a bit further down.
I really like the distinct surfgrass and red algae bands, with the macro at the surface a bit further down.
April 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#PhycologyFriday
I really like the distinct surfgrass and red algae bands, with the macro at the surface a bit further down.
I really like the distinct surfgrass and red algae bands, with the macro at the surface a bit further down.
Some snow algae for #PhycologyFriday. Snow algae has a big effect on the refractive index of snow in the mountains.
March 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Some snow algae for #PhycologyFriday. Snow algae has a big effect on the refractive index of snow in the mountains.
March 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
March 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Some Codium setchellii on a drift Pterygophora californica holdfast for #PhycologyFriday
March 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some Codium setchellii on a drift Pterygophora californica holdfast for #PhycologyFriday
A purple sea urchin munching on some Hedophyllum sessile for #PhycologyFriday . This was on Calvert Island.
#seaurchin #kelp 🦑
#seaurchin #kelp 🦑
February 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A purple sea urchin munching on some Hedophyllum sessile for #PhycologyFriday . This was on Calvert Island.
#seaurchin #kelp 🦑
#seaurchin #kelp 🦑
Tiny Polyneura latissima baldes and crustose coralline algae for #PhycologyFriday from a night time fieldwork expedition.
There are also 2 #nudibranchs doing nothing of note and multiple #chitons if you look closely!
🦑🧪
There are also 2 #nudibranchs doing nothing of note and multiple #chitons if you look closely!
🦑🧪
February 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Tiny Polyneura latissima baldes and crustose coralline algae for #PhycologyFriday from a night time fieldwork expedition.
There are also 2 #nudibranchs doing nothing of note and multiple #chitons if you look closely!
🦑🧪
There are also 2 #nudibranchs doing nothing of note and multiple #chitons if you look closely!
🦑🧪
Here is a "deflated" photo of the grey one
February 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Here is a "deflated" photo of the grey one