World Oceans Day 2020
On this year's World Oceans Day, we reflect upon the oceans that connect us all and the many challenges they face today. To celebrate the currents propelling us toward conservation action, our editors have rounded up a collection of the ocean-related articles at Communications Biology. For more information about World Oceans Day please visit these resources here and here.
Communications Biology is an open access journal from Nature Research publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary in all areas of the biological sciences. Research papers published by the journal represent significant advances bringing new biological insight to a specialized area of research. Read more about the journal on our website.
Caitlin Karniski
Dr. Caitlin Karniski is a full-time editor at Communications Biology, where she predominately handles manuscripts in the areas of ecology, evolution, and marine biology. Caitlin received her PhD in Biology from Georgetown University, where she studied the evolution of menopause in mammals and the effects of senescence on reproduction and behavior in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops aduncus. She also has research experience in anthropogenic impacts on behavior and physiology. Caitlin joined the editorial team of Communications Biology in January 2020 and is based in the New York office.
Linn Hoffmann
Dr. Linn Hoffmann is an external Editorial Board Member at Communications Biology, where she handles manuscripts across marine ecology, biogeochemistry, and other areas of ecology. Linn is a Lecturer for Marine Botany at the University of Otago New Zealand. She completed her PhD in marine biogeochemistry at the University of Kiel (Germany). After postdoctoral stays in Gothenburg (Sweden) and Dunedin (New Zealand), Linn became the head of an Emmy Noether Young investigator group in Kiel (Germany) in 2013. In 2014 she became a Lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand. In the same year Linn was awarded the Feodor Lynen Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt foundation. Linn’s work concentrates on the implications of environmental stressors on marine phytoplankton ecology and physiology. She has a special interest in the effects of ocean acidification and trace metal release from volcanic eruptions on marine phytoplankton communities.
