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News and the latest research from the Indian Ocean. Supported by the Bertarelli Foundation's marine science programme.
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🚨 Final chance to apply! 🚨 Are you 18-35 & passionate about our ocean? This is your sign to apply for the Sustainable Ocean Alliance x Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy Ocean Leaders Fellowship! πŸ“… Apply by Feb 23: bit.ly/olf-25 @donabertarelli.bsky.social #OceanLeadersFellowship #OLF

Maintaining and rebuilding herbivorous fish populations through MPAs is important to promote coral reef recovery, as fish regulate algal cover and benthic community structure Paper: https://buff.ly/41hU7nT #IOMarineScience πŸ¦‘

WE ARE HIRING! Come join our #iomarinescience management team at ZSL as Programme Coordinator (maternity cover) For details and to apply please visit: https://buff.ly/4gMOPVU Deadline to apply: 7 March

Today we celebrate International Women and Girls in Science day. We are grateful for the incredible contribution women make to science every day and are lucky to work with a wonderful group of women in #iomarinescience who are driving forward our knowledge and progress in protecting our ocean

The latest edition of the #ChagosNews from the Chagos Conservation Trust is available to read online here: https://buff.ly/40Fmn25 Featuring #iomarinescience updates from the #turtle, #cetacean and #seabird teams

Find some of the team including scientists, conservationists and experts working on our #iomarinescience programme go.bsky.app/Tq835v

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....

Wishing @corettagberry.bsky.social the best of luck as she goes off on her next adventure! Thank you for all your hard work and help with the #iomarinescience programme over the last two years. It’s been fantastic to have you on the team!

Wishing you all happy holidays and a happy new year from our Marine Science Management Team! See you in 2025! #loggingoff #outofoffice

Congratulations to Dr Nicole Esteban (Swansea University) who was awarded the ZSL Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation this week! The award recognises her amazing research and the significant impact it has had on marine and freshwater conservation https://buff.ly/4fdY5kY

Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean! With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project πŸ“University of La Reunion Apply by Jan 15th #jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology

New Science! πŸ¦‘ New #MarineBiology publication out this week led by Malc Nicoll looks at 'Sub-colony variation in foraging behaviour and at-sea distribution of a breeding tropical seabird and consequences for marine spatial planning' #openaccess Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Another fantastic year at #RCUK2024 talking all things reef! Already looking forward to next year. If you wanna help organise it by joining the committee, let us know! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Excited to see so many new and familiar faces here at #RCUK2024! Looking forward to an exciting day of hearing about the latest #reef science and conservation work by an inspiring group of people

Join us at #RCUK2024 at ZSL London on 30th November! Last tickets still available, for details and how to register see www.reefconservationuk.org/rcuk-2024.html Hope to see some of you there!

Oh! Is for Oceans Join us at Messums West on Saturday 5 October where Heather Koldewey will be presenting at this event bringing together science and art. "By working together, ripples of Ocean awareness turn into waves" Messums West Info & Booking here: buff.ly/4eFDq9z

New paper out this week! πŸ¦ˆπŸ¦‘ Using a combination of satellite remote sensing and a network of acoustic receivers on the seabed, scientists have discovered sharks are deserting coral reefs at times of environmental stress Read here: buff.ly/3Xx6iLq

Indonesian Throughflow waters condition the extent of the surface plankton bloom of the Seychelles Chagos Thermocline Ridge. Find out more in recent paper led by Matt Carr: buff.ly/3yuyQMd #sciencepaper #science #oceanography

New tropical seabird paper! Brown boobies use similar habitats and foraging strategies across colonies, seasons and breeding stages Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetercec.bsky.social

We are delighted to share our 2023 Marine Science Programme report which celebrates a wonderful year of high quality and high impact research across the Indian Ocean region. Available to read here: buff.ly/4cbVIhD

Out now in Marine Biology: "From route to dive: multi-scale habitat selection in a foraging tropical seabird" 🐦🐟 doi.org/10.1007/s002... We found that red-footed booby habitat selection varied between their foraging routes in comparison to their dive locations 🌊🌞

New paper led by Jennifer Appoo shows that seabird nutrient subsidies in mangroves can be substantial, improving the nutrient status and health of mangroves and adjacent coastal habitats #openaccess πŸ¦‘ doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

Preparations underway for our first in person #IOMarineScience programme meeting since 2019! We're excited to get lots of the team together in person to share research, experience and better enable collaboration across teams #TeamMeeting

New Science paper led by Tom Letessier out now! πŸ¦‘πŸ¦ˆπŸŸ They show that midwater fishes and sharks are more impacted by human pressure than their seabed-dwelling counterparts πŸ“„https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi7562 πŸ“Έ ZSL

Western Indian Ocean Green turtles are generally not overgrazing seagrass meadows on which they forage. New #OpenAccess paper looks at home-range across ocean basin & links to habitat quality & management πŸ“„ tinyurl.com/2rrp63zc ✍️ G Hays, N Esteban et al πŸ¦‘

Women and girls play a critical role in science and technology #STEM Led by @heatherkoldewey.bsky.social #WomenInLeadership, we’re very pleased to share that 62% of our programme team are #WomenInScience, with an incredible 70% of our students being #WomenInScience!

Job Alert! Our Marine Science Programme is looking for a data consultant to identify & commission a suitable data platform to make our data accessible for all Are you an experienced data manager? Or know someone that might be interested? More info & to apply: www.marine.science/2024/01/23/j...

New year, new platform! We're looking forward to sharing some of the great science and awesome scientists from our Marine Science Programme! p.s. hints and tips for how to best use BlueSky are very welcome!

New-ish paper! Published last month (I was on holiday!) alongside Hannah Wood, @ruthedunn.bsky.social, @robinfreeman.bsky.social, and others πŸͺΆπŸ¦‘ Red-footed boobies showed colony segregation in foraging range, space use, and timing DOI: doi.org/10.3354/meps... / let us know if you want the pdf!