The Role of Live and Dead Corals in Shaping Fish Assemblages Across Life Stages We assessed the effects of experimental patches of live and dead corals on reef fish assemblages in different live stages. While dead and live corals provided equal shelter for mobile recruits, only ....

Check out our new paper “The Role of Live and Dead Corals in Shaping Fish Assemblages Across Life Stages”

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Pioneer generation shapes long-term recovery of coral populations - Coral Reefs Reef recovery following a disturbance largely depends on successful coral recruitment and the absence of chronic stressors. However, recent recovery events show increasing homogenization, with dominan...

NEW PAPER “Pioneer generation shapes long-term recovery of coral populations"

Here we challenge what a reef recovery looks like and show:

🪸 Early recruits drive long-term recovery
🪸Later recruits failed to survive
🪸 Apparent recovery masks declining diversity

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Our interconnected planet is all we have 🌍❤️

First day back teaching of a new semester after a wonderful, science-filled 4 days in the Lerin Islands with new MSc students!

Environmental and acoustic drivers of fish recruitment along degraded coral reefs The global degradation of coral reefs threatens the persistence of fish assemblages, and protection-based management strategies alone may be insuffici…

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Fantastic opportunity in beautiful Taiwan with a great PI!

Apply ASAP!

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#WorldOceansDay

It was also a privilege to meet and talk to Sylvia Earle outside the opera. This coming week at #UNOC3 calls for the most experienced and recognised voices of our ocean!

Was a real honour to speak at the #OOSC #UNOC3 last week about our inherent relationship between the terrestrial and marine, corals and seaweeds and how we can effectively apply science in restoration efforts

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If you're attending the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice this coming week, come discuss corals, seaweeds and everything marine forest recovery on Thursday 5th June at 2pm in Room 7! #OOSC #UNOC

We managed to speak to people from all around the world, from French NGOs to Indian scientists to Madagascan MPA Managers to coral reef ecologists in Taiwan to polar engineers in Canada to experts in marine conservation in the Mediterranean...now its over to those in power to listen and make change!

As an official affiliated event of UNOC (United Nations Ocean Conference) 2025, we set out on a 24-hour live relay, following the Sun across all time zones, speaking to professionals in all fields of marine science across 24 sessions.

Catch up with all sessions here: lnkd.in/gn75BhT3

Join us LIVE on Youtube for 24 hours of #MarineScience as we welcome the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference #UNOC3 to Nice, France!

Use this link to access the entire schedule: univ-cotedazur.eu/msc/marres/u...

And this link to watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x07A...

Check out our new pre-print

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Beautiful Cladocora caespitosa, forms the only true coral reef in the Mediterranean 🪸

Field work à Île Sainte-Marguerite with those special people from Taiwan 🇹🇼❤️

I was lucky enough to receive a grant from @britishecologicalsociety.org this year! Would definitely recommend applying! 🤿 🪸 🌊 🇬🇧 🇫🇷

A little hope in all the doom from @nancyknowlton.bsky.social

- Resilience through change
- New ecological balances
- Long-term perspective is important

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Excited to present at the UN One Ocean Science Congress next year in our beautiful home that is Nice 🇫🇷 looking forward to meeting lots of new people too! #OOSC2025

Final couple of weeks leading up to Christmas and we are lucky enough to have a quick getaway along the coast from all the rush to Sanary-sur-Mer. Extra beautiful at this time of year 🎄✨

(It might be 12° but it’s still cold for the south of France and we’re in training for the U.K!!)

Of all the concepts that humankind needs to absorb + act on with extreme urgency, this tops the list.

What a life, what achievements right until the end. We truly stand on the shoulders of giants and Kike Ballesteros was one big one.

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Diving under full moon conditions like this for coral reproduction means you don’t really need your torch! #CoralReefs 🪸

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Is there a robust effect of mainland mutualism rates on species richness of oceanic islands? In island biogeography, it is widely accepted that species richness on island depends on the area and isolation of the island as well as the species pool on the mainland. Delavaux et al. (2024) sugges...

In Nature, Delavaux et al., 2024 suggest that species richness on oceanic islands is reduced by mutualism rates on the mainland. In arxiv.org/abs/2411.15105, @maximilianpichler.bsky.social and I had another look at this question and conclude that this effect is likely a statistical artefact.

Aziz J Mulla ‪Postdoctoral Researcher, Université Côte d'Azur, France‬ - ‪‪Cited by 100‬‬ - ‪Ecology‬ - ‪Non-Indigenous Species‬ - ‪Recovery‬ - ‪Resilience‬ - ‪Coral Reefs‬

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Marine folk, you’re needed! 👇

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This week has been one paper rejection and one grant approval. I’ll take the balanced approach 💪

Aziz here! Currently between tropical coral reefs in Taiwan and Mediterranean marine forests in the south of France! Looking forward to more science-focused discussions on here! Will be sharing beautiful pics, great papers and updates from our underwater world!