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Herculean collation of >12K megafauna tracks, >100 species, reveals 75% overlap of critical habitats with shipping, fishing, pollution or warming. Protection targets not enough to safeguard megafauna. New paper in @science.org, led by @anammsequeira.bsky.social 👇 📸silvana-palacios,daniel-torobekov

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🪸 Announcing RCUK 2025! 🪸 📅 Saturday December 6th 2025 (With workshops Friday 5th @ 1 pm) 📍 Bangor University’s main campus Main Arts Lecture Theatre & Prichard-Jones Hall Call for abstracts opens in July – further details over the coming months. More info: www.reefconservationuk.org #RCUK2025

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Out now in Coral Reefs: 'Active and passive pathways of nutrient transfer in coral reef ecosystems' doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚 Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊

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🚨 Our new paper is out now in Ethology. Here we show that #lionfish show social attraction to conspecifics when selecting shelters. doi.org/10.1111/eth....

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We are starting May with a fascinating talk from @jenniferappoo.bsky.social on the impacts of seabird-derived nutrients on mangrove ecosystems! Follow this link and set a reminder now! www.youtube.com/live/muPejoo... 🌏🪶 #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky

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Very much looking forward to talking about everything fishy and nutritious in Oxford on Wednesday. Many thanks for the invitation @petescarbs.bsky.social

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🐟 My PhD's 2nd chapter is now published! Here I show how industrial overfishing in Ghanaian waters exacerbates inequalities in the post-harvest sector, impacting fish processing and trading livelihoods, as well as Ghanaian aquatic food systems more broadly. 🐟 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Great week with the @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social team at Dale Fort supporting their Marine Science Camp. Students spent time learning about seabirds, rockpools, plankton and even let me ramble on about coral reefs. Thank you @thembauk.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity. Anemones are so cool!

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PhD Scholarship to work on ecosystem modelling of the Central Arctic Ocean as part of the @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social Polar Station Project Co-supervised by Maxime Geoffroy @marineinstitute.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social static1.squarespace.com/static/5d780... #PhD #ecopath

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Three year Plant Molecular Physiologist postdoc w/ Doug Orr in Lancaster on Rubisco engineering and biochemistry as part of a BBSRC project looking at novel approaches to improving Rubisco activity, in collaboration w/ Martin Cann at Durham. Please share 🧪 🌱 hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Been waiting on this one 🙌🏻 will be using this like a bible for the next few years to come. Fantastic effort from all involved!

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Excellent week, with wonderful people, thinking about behaviour at macroecological scales at iDiv Leipzig #sMacrobehaviour

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FULLY FUNDED PHD on using #AI to explore the effects of global change on ecological functions of biological colour. Only 6 days left to apply! www.exageo.org/apply/ With me, Chris Cooney (Sheff Uni) @chris-nemeth.bsky.social & David Roy (UKCEH) based at @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social

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2 weeks left to apply - come join me and @lec-reefs.bsky.social at Lancaster University.

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Calling coral reef scientists, oceanographers, isotope ecologists: new post-doc at Lancaster Environment Centre with me @lec-reefs.bsky.social @renatoamorais.bsky.social @remotereefs.bsky.social @drmanateena.bsky.social Deadline 28 Feb | Apply👇 | 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍 hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Huge congratulations to James Boon for passing his viva today with flying colours! James' thesis is titled 'The role of refuges in coral reef ecosystems and biological invasions'. You can read one of his chapters here: doi.org/10.1111/geb...., with more to come soon! @jamesboon.bsky.social 🪸🤖🐟👁️

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🚨Exciting new #coralreef postdoc!🚨 Apply to explore reef-pelagic connectivity with the @lec-reefs.bsky.social team! I’m thrilled to be partnering on this – we'll be tackling some fascinating research questions. Full details & how to apply on original thread. Deadline: 28th Feb 🐟 Don’t miss out!

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Congratulations to newly minted DR JAMES BOON @jamesboon.bsky.social aka “robot James”. Amazing thesis on behaviour, community ecology + eyeball lense peeling skillz! Absolute pleasure to supervise w Richard Field & Dan Exton @opwallscience.bsky.social @envisiondtp.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social

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<1 month to apply! Want to learn how to make the most of ecological data using supercomputers? Check out the projects. Our is especially cool ;) "Decoding biological colour: leveraging AI to analyse big data on animal images in a changing world" www.exageo.org/phd-student-... @lec-reefs.bsky.social

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📣 Postdoc Alert Any interest in: 🖥️ deep learning, 🌍 societal challenges, 🐟 natural resource management? Please apply or contact me! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/310424

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PhD opportunity: I am looking for a PhD student to study taxonomy and systematics of labrid fishes and other coral reef taxa. Successful applicants will be jointly based at the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum Research Institute.

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Check out this FANTASTIC postdoc opportunity below. Calling all folks interested in coral reef ecology/oceanography/trophic ecology to better understand pelagic~reef pathways.

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NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans? 2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍

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Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese.... Scholarship Ad: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

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Just out in early view @Conbiology we show how to assess the sustainability of data poor reef fisheries leveraging information from global models! @joshuacinner.bsky.social @mikemihalitsis.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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If you're looking for an illustrator to bring your research to life, I can't recommend @maninibansal.bsky.social enough! Her work is stunning—transforming concepts into vibrant visuals rooted in local iconography. Checkout the project we worked on together 🐠🎣🪸 #SciComm #Natureillustrations

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Fish diversity has changed dramatically on the Great Barrier Reef @earthdotcom.bsky.social www.earth.com/news/fish-di...

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Hot off the press! This week's research 🦑🧪🌍🌊 🎣 Global small-scale fisheries www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪸 Diversity shifts on Great Barrier Reef www.nature.com/articles/s41... 💎 Artisanal mining impacts doi.org/10.1016/j.ex... 🏝️ Reef indicators for island restoration doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

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Small-scale fisheries account for 40% of global catch, providing 20% of micronutrient intakes for up to 2.3 billion people and livelihoods for 1 in 12 people. Huge effort involving @fao.org & 800 experts, out now in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Another coveage by oceanographic magazine: "Life in the '90s: Barrier Reef biodiversity has 'shifted significantly'" oceanographicmagazine.com/news/life-in...

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Excited to share our new paper: we reveal that artisanal miners making the transition from the mines to other forms of livelihoods in Sierra Leone are often “stuck in transition”, as they are neither gainfully engaged in mining, nor in agriculture www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Big paper drop by @reefjav.bsky.social ! Reef fish communities are undergoing substantial change on the Great Barrier Reef, with latitude and through time. Changing coral composition, not simply coral cover, a major driver. @lec-reefs.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Congrats @reefjav.bsky.social on a beast of a paper showing that coral composition, not cover, drives reef fish assemblage change over space & time. 28yrs of #AIMS data over entire #GBR www.nature.com/articles/s41... Not bad for 1st paper of PhD 🤯 @lec-reefs.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social

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Great Barrier Reef fish reveal that large-scale macroecological patterns have changed significantly 🐟🐠 We found that changes in latitudinal diversity gradient & rising species turnover were strongly correlated with shifts in coral composition Out now in Nature Comms www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Check out our new paper! We compare indicators for monitoring the impacts of island restoration on coral reefs. Massive thanks to our huge list of collaborators, which enabled us to look at seabirds, nutrients, microbes, algae, corals, and fish! 🐦🦠🌱🪸🐠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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You can keep up with the whole LEC REEFS gang via our starter pack! 🐟🪸🎣🏝️ go.bsky.app/3m4FFzH 🦑🧪🌍

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A bit late but excited to share our new paper exploring how seabird nutrient inputs influence mangrove food webs! 🐦🌿 @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social Open access: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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It is finally out! Being a lead author has been an incredible work and social adventure #NexusAssessment #Chapter2

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#PhD opportunity on "Decoding biological colour: leveraging AI to analyse big data on animal images in a changing world" with me, @chris-nemeth.bsky.social Chris Cooney (U Sheff) & David Roy (UKCEH) thru new @exageo-dla.bsky.social based at Lancaster Uni www.exageo.org/phd-student-...

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🚨New postdoc positions available: we are looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join a large, collaborative effort to document, describe, and investigate the biodiversity of tiny, cryptobenthic fishes in the Indo-Pacific 🤏🐠🧪. More details: fishandfunctions.com/join%F0%9F%9... Please repost 🦑🧪

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We're thrilled to welcome you to #BES2024! 🎉 Connect with fellow ecologists, and celebrate the innovations that come out of this week 🌿 Don’t forget to tag us and share your favourite moments from the Annual Meeting. We can't wait to see what inspires you! ✨

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Four PhD scholarships to work on the Transforming Climate Action Project in collaboration with Dal, Laval, UQAR. Students will be based @marineinstitute.bsky.social, Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland 🇨🇦 Apply by Jan. 31, 2025 #PhD static1.squarespace.com/static/5d780...

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You can keep up with the whole LEC REEFS gang via our starter pack! 🐟🪸🎣🏝️ go.bsky.app/3m4FFzH 🦑🧪🌍

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Reaching out to the community on here. I’m in the process of assessing antibiotic impacts on a strain of denitrifying bacteria but first need to dissolve my antibiotics in solvent. Anyone got recommendations on which solvent is best to use that won’t have an impact on my bacteria?! (will be <1% v/v)

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📢New Paper Alert📢 (and first chapter of my PhD!) We show that scale matters when quantifying motile cryptofauna on tropical coral reefs 🦀 Paper in MEPS: www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

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It has been great to host Joe Roman and discuss nutrient subsidies, invasive species, and whale pee! Excellent seminar today, covering his whale research and his superb new book - Eat, Poop , Die!

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Great audience in the Lancaster Environment Centre for Joe Roman (joeroman.com) explaining role of birds and seals in fertilizing the new volcanic island of Surtsey, and plugging his book Eat Poop Die. @lec-reefs.bsky.social

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