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mollylouisefowkes.bsky.social
PhD Researcher at Lancaster University tracking the social networks for critically endangered European Eels 🐠 Interested in all things movement ecology, social networks, applied conservation and animal behaviour! https://lec-reefs.org/team/molly-fowkes/
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🚨 More than 2 oil & chemical spills per day. That’s what Big Oil is dumping into UK seas – unchecked, until now. We dug through complex, opaque government data & built a public map so everyone can see the truth. Read coverage by The ENDS Report: www.endsreport.com/article/1907...

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New research from @thesimslab.bsky.social in @ecol-evol.bsky.social - 🦈🌊 Unlocking the mystery of baby #whaleshark birthing grounds - Extreme environments like #OMZs provide safety from predators & a rich food supply, crucial for neonate survival. doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @thembauk.bsky.social

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Underwater Mountains Are Teeming With 41 Times More Sharks Than The Open Ocean | IFLScience

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Sea ice in the Arctic and around Antarctica cool our climate, drive ocean circulation across the planet, and provide a unique habitat for polar ecosystems. Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good. 🌊🥼❄️🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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A thread explaining our new discovery about humpback whale song published today in Science... We found key statistical properties that characterise all human languages in another species for the first time. We have more in common with whales than we previously thought! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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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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🦭🔍 New paper alert in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! I'm excited to share my 1st first author paper, showing how seals avoid tidal turbines when they're operating! doi.org/10.1111/1365... 🧵 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

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#DYK nearly 75% of major marine fish stocks have been depleted/overexploited & 50% of live coral cover on reefs destroyed? - @ipbes.bsky.social #GlobalAssessment Let’s restore our ocean's vitality & ensure a more sustainable future. 🪸🌍🧪🦈

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Plastic Pollution Sounds Just Like Food to Deep-Diving Whales | Duke Today https://buff.ly/3Yjhquv 🌎🦑🧪

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Frontiers | Novel approach to studying marine fauna: using long-life remote underwater video cameras to assess occurrence and behaviour of threatened and data-deficient elasmobranch species in southern Mozambique https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.151871…

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🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 We put decades of effort in collecting this massive dataset on movement and diving behaviour of northern elephant seals and now we make it available! 🦭🦑🌎 Check it out here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Beautiful paper about the global danger of ship strikes for large #whales and the value of slowing down shipping. @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social focussed on more local #SalishSea dangers for whales and shipping. kudos anna nisi, @trevorabranch.bsky.social, team. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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#SciAdvent Dec6 🐋🎄🐋🎄🐋 Some #whales can communicate at long distances using the SOFAR! The SOund Fixing And Ranging channel is a deep region of the sea where temperature and pressure change rapidly, creating a "tunnel" for sounds 🔊 to travel through. (1/2)

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Hey #FishTrackers! This is the account of the 7th International Conference on Fish Telemetry that will be hosted by the @glatos-fish.bsky.social in Traverse City, Michigan in USA in June 8-13, 2025. Follow for updates!

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New paper! We use telemetry to identify behaviors of goliath grouper while they are in a seasonal spawning aggregation. Behaviors will vary based on lunar phase, water temperature and current strengths. 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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#Climatechange #orca With less Arctic ice than b4, #orca have moved in, altering the ecosystem & affecting people "killer whales adding top-down pressure on Arctic food webs crucial to northern communities' social and economic well-being." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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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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Had a great weekend at #RCUK2024 with Lancaster University! It was an amazing first conference experience and I was able to engage with the latest research in reef science and conservation. Looking forward to applying what I’ve learnt to my own work!

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The amazing @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social presents her work on squaretail grouper in Lakshadweep archipelago. 🐟First recorded aggregation in India 🐟Highest densities in the world 🐟 Emerging fisheries & fish trade 🐟 80% population decline 🐟 Less aggression, more fear #RCUK2024

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Frontiers | Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunt, kill and consume the largest fish on Earth, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) https://buff.ly/4gaWL3q

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments

Movements and behavior of satellite-tagged yellownose skate (Dipturus chilensis) and roughskin skate (Dipturus trachyderma) in southern Chile

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Maybe too optimistic, but with first 🌊 funders joining... Please let me know if I am missing some. #OceanOptimism go.bsky.app/QPepXsG

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

Updating the #IUCN status of marine fish using AI shows that x5 more species are threatened with extinction than previously thought! see our study in Plos Biol with @nloiseau.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🔑 This silent extinction affects 12,7% of marine fishes (1337 species) ! 🧪🌐🌍🦤🦑

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments