Interesting story. The picture, however, is of a Sand Tiger shark, which despite the similar common name is in a different family from the Tiger Shark.
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Our study (w/ @terincox.bsky.social ) examining temporal patterns of biological sounds on the shallow continental shelf off Louisiana has been published in Marine Environmental Research.
Check it out here:
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New paper in Mar. Poll. Bull. from our lab (w/ @terincox.bsky.social, A. Kirkland, B. Price, Univ of New Orleans) predicting vessel noise impacts on Silver Perch (Bairdiella chyrsoura) and seatrout (Cynoscion spp.) spawning choruses in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Happy I got to be part of this!
New paper out with Kelly Boyle, Mark Albins, Sean Powers, and Just Cebrian. Carbon production at artificial reefs in northern Gulf of Mexico! aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@aslo.org @kellysboyle.bsky.social
My family knows the pain of Alzheimer’s. It’s devastating. And now we learn Trump’s NIH cuts led to the firing of top researchers working on it --Infuriating. This isn’t “cutting waste”—it’s cutting and gutting life-saving research.
Mussel Blenny (Hypsoblennius jenkinsi)
An Orange-Dotted Tuskfish (Choerodon anchorago) in Palau
an email from the society for integrative and comparative biology that reads "Attn SICB Members: The past few weeks have been a stressful time in our scientific community, and we want to make our position clear: The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology unequivocally condemns recent attacks on scientific integrity, funding for scientific research, and the importance of broadening participation in science."
This is how you do it.
Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social
Read their whole email to membership here
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Dragon Moray Eel (Enchelycore pardalis)
semi-melanistic Longnose Butterflyfish (Forcipiger longirostris)
the Giant Damselfish (Microspathodon dorsalis)
Thanks!
Blue Dartfish (Pteleotris calliura), top, and a Dwarf Sand Perch (Diplectrum bivittatum). Some of the fishes of the northern Gulf of Mexico.
And if you want to see the wave heights in real time before you head out onto the lake, I have two wave buoys in the water presently. 8 more to be deployed soon!
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Greater Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) doing their thing
Spotted Boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) - spotted like a Meleagris gallopavo
Guineafowl Puffer (Arothron meleagris). Pretty spots like a Meleagris gallopavo.
Gratitude for the Whitemouth Moray (Gymnothorax meleagris). Meleagris like the turkey!
Hawaiian Turkeyfish (Pterois sphex).
Something to be thankful for :)
Awesome. Thanks!
Estuarine Halfbeak (Zenarchopterus dispar)
Kelp Perch (Brachyistius frenatus)
They are winners! Graduate students winning at Innovate Uno conference and 3 minute thesis!
Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus) and friends
Beautiful NOLA morning
Guachanche, Sphyraena guachancho
Fishy folks are here
