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📢New blog is out! Joshua Coste shares details about his research on Red-footed Booby homing behaviour in the Indian Ocean 🌊 ➡️ tinyurl.com/RFB-navigation Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.an... @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social

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Call for proposals! 🎉 We are inviting proposals for our cross-journal special feature (between @funecology.bsky.social and @animalecology.bsky.social): "Energy trade-offs under changing environments" Guest edited by myself, @amandapettersen.bsky.social, and @nealdawson.bsky.social!

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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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Obituary in IBIS Mike Harris (1939 - 2023) doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... One of the world's best known, most loved and most outstanding seabird biologists #ornithology

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New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies doi.org/10.1016/j.an... Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social

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New #seabird paper by @gannetguy.bsky.social et al. finds "...discrete areas of co-occurring prey consumption by seabirds and fishing effort..." academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

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Listen up anyone working in the Irish Sea this summer! We tagged a bunch of kitts in Liverpool Bay and want to gather as many resightings as we can. If you spot these yellow colour rings please give me a shout ([email protected]) 🐦💍💛 (Modelled by our very own VIP 😌👑) #Seabirds #IrishSea

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We're pleased to announce our shortlist for the 2024 Georgina Mace Prize! Our award for early career researchers 🏆 See the full list below! 👇 buff.ly/EgrKGrx 🌎🧪

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Such beautiful illustrations too! 🐋

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Standing up for science, CNRS Campus in Montpellier France🧪. #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience_Montpellier

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cool paper in Science about bioenergetics and polar bear declines 🧪🌍 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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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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Marine heatwaves imperil emblematic reef fishes by altering the energetic landscape of coral reefs New paper from @thecaseylab.bsky.social in @animalecology.bsky.social #science #ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Looking for a PhD? We're looking to expand our understanding of biodiversity chage over time using AI, language models and predictive modelling: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Come join us - deadline is soon! 27th Jan!

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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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New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social on seabird wind use and foraging decisions! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas @sosbangor.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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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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Recognise how #communities are central to #island restoration? Keen to understand more about their socioeconomic and ecological motivations? PhD opportunity through the @netgain.bsky.social focal award with @DrFlurina and @environ_kat and myself tinyurl.com/3xzdxn7a

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Feather stable isotopes & dive data reveal links between habitat use & foraging behaviour across 3 populations of red-throated diver during their moult 🪶🌊 Out now in Ecology & Evolution: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Common Guillemots suffered catastrophic losses following a marine heat wave in 2015 and 2016, and may have permanently altered northern Pacific ecosystem www.science.org/content/arti... #ornithology #seabirds

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Latest work on Atlantic bluefin #tuna tagged off the coast of Norway showing their extensive annual migrations, high site-fidelity and dynamic vertical diving behaviour in the Atlantic #Ocean & Mediterranean Sea: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #fisheries #oceanography #movementecology

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Old fish boxes set up for kittiwakes to nest, Vardo, Norway. #birds

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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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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

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Had a blast at #RCUK2024!! Always a pleasure talking about seabirds and small fishes (and inverts this time too! 🦐) So amazing to be part of a group as vibrant and supportive as @lec-reefs.bsky.social 🐠🌊

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Grateful to be invited to share insights on slow, immersive science and place-based ecology at #RCUK2024 Thrilled to see the audience captivated by Manini Bansal’s portrayal of #spawningaggregations and life in #Lakshadweep, showcasing the deep ties between community & reefs. 🌿 🪸🎣🏝️🦑

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New PhD project, based at ZSL, on the migration strategies of Trindade petrels from Round Island, Mauritius! Fab opportunity to work on an amazing long-term ecological dataset, supervised by Malc Nicol, Emily Sheppard and Ken Norris 🔗⬇️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #seabirds 🪶

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New paper alert! Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution! In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets. Link to paper here: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Excited to be speaking at this COP29 Virtual Ocean Pavilion event tomorrow. I'll be chatting about @lec-reefs.bsky.social research into marine ecosystem connectivity 🪶🪸🌊 You can register to attend here: cop29oceanpavilion.vfairs.com

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Watch a little Guillemot chick fledge at only 20 days old, still completely flightless, seeking the safety of the open sea with its dad following behind - one of those iconic wildlife behaviour moments #wildlifephotography #ukbirding

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I already know this will be excellent! 🐟🪸🌍🦑 #fisheries

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'Temporal and spatial variability in availability bias has consequences for marine bird abundance estimates during the non-breeding season'. We present new availability bias correction factors for non-breeding #seabirds in NW Europe: doi.org/10.1002/2688.... #ornithology 📸 Sam Langlois Lopez

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🦈 Tropical #sharks hang out less on stressed coral reefs. New from our own David Jacoby, study led by Michael Williamson: www.nature.com/articles/s42... www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🌍🧪🦑

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NEW PAPER! A feathered past: Colonial influences on bird naming practices, and a new common name for Ardenna carneipes (Gould 1844) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Why does A. carneipes need a new English common name? well... #BirdNamesForBirds 🧵🧪

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I’ve loved #CoimbraSeabirds! It’s been so lovely to reconnect with old friends, hear about all sorts of exciting seabird research, and spend (probably too much) time working on perfecting our various seabird impressions. Thank you, to the ECOTOP research group and @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social 🩵

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“Prospecting behaviour in a tropical #seabird, the red-footed booby." @alicetrevail.bsky.social examines the factors driving immature dispersal in Red-footed Boobies in the Chagos Archipelago, highlighting its role in population recovery. 🏝️ #CoimbraSeabirds

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A great turn-out for the 16th International #Seabird Group Conference! 🥳 #CoimbraSeabirds We’re only halfway through, and already had lots of fantastic seabird presentations! Huge thanks to the ECOTOP team at the University of Coimbra for putting on such an excellent event 🤩

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With more people arriving to the Bluesky birding and wildlife community, time for a little push of the seabird feed 🪶 Use #seabirds for your posts to appear in the feed! Already some great people and content on there daily 🐦 Happy seabirding 🌊 bsky.app/profile/did:...

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