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An appropriate term that might have broader usage: ‘kleptosomes’
"‘Solar-powered’ sea slugs (Elysia crispata) steal photosynthetic equipment from algae and stockpile it to use as an energy source on a rainy day. The slugs store these stolen tools, called chloroplasts, in specialized depots in their cells — dubbed ‘kleptosomes’."
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‘Wildest thing’: solar-powered slug steals chloroplasts and stores them for emergencies
Marine creatures house contraband structures in special organelles, which the animal raids for food in times of need.

An appropriate term that might have broader usage: ‘kleptosomes’
"‘Solar-powered’ sea slugs (Elysia crispata) steal photosynthetic equipment from algae and stockpile it to use as an energy source on a rainy day. The slugs store these stolen tools, called chloroplasts, in specialized depots in their cells — dubbed ‘kleptosomes’."
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‘Wildest thing’: solar-powered slug steals chloroplasts and stores them for emergencies
Marine creatures house contraband structures in special organelles, which the animal raids for food in times of need.

Our partners at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory have found cyanobacteria microcystin toxins in the western basin of Lake Erie April 28, far earlier this year than ever before. The season starts earlier and lasts longer due to #ClimateChange.

fresh_webs: Freshwater stream webs
A set of 26 networks of trophic-level species interactions in streams in New Zealand, Maine and North Carolina. Networks include the identities of aquatic insect, algae and fish species and their trophic interactions. Excel and plain text adjacency matrices available; webs can be downloaded individually or as a group.
This network has 71 nodes and 148 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Unweighted, Metadata

fresh_webs: Freshwater stream webs
A set of 26 networks of trophic-level species interactions in streams in New Zealand, Maine and North Carolina. Networks include the identities of aquatic insect, algae and fish species and their trophic interactions. Excel and plain text adjacency matrices available; webs can be downloaded individually or as a group.
This network has 105 nodes and 343 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Unweighted, Metadata

"Antarctica’s sea ice is changing, and so is a vital part of the marine food web that lives within it"
#Antarctica #Climate #ClimateChange

Antarctica’s sea ice is changing, and so is a vital part of the marine food web that lives within it
When sea ice forms later, the communities of tiny algae that live within it change too. Detecting these early signals now could help us adapt to a changing world.

fresh_webs: Freshwater stream webs
A set of 26 networks of trophic-level species interactions in streams in New Zealand, Maine and North Carolina. Networks include the identities of aquatic insect, algae and fish species and their trophic interactions. Excel and plain text adjacency matrices available; webs can be downloaded individually or as a group.
This network has 71 nodes and 155 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Unweighted, Metadata

It is so nice how the #pandemicpond is maturing now. This is its 5th summer! Can't believe it. The bog filter has made a massive difference for the water clarity and keeping down the algae. The first pic below is from this time last year and you can see the algae clouding and sliming everything.
Two years ago I started planting some moss around rocks in the stream and it has filled in really nicely and naturally. It also served to trap seeds I think and grass and other "weeds" but I like that it just looks more and more like a normal stream. We even have a marsh marigold at the top of the stream (last pic) that we did not plant that came from one that was in the top pond and was eaten by deer. 🦌
#diy #ponds #gardening #fish #ecosystem #portalberni