New paper out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ece3....
The total size of the body’s fat stores is a crucial factor in understanding animal health, life history and conservation biology, but no established method exists to measure it in large marine animals without capturing them.
Recording now available for anyone who missed it :) Check out also the webinar outline for the various papers and resources that we sign-posted during the presentation dosits.org/decision-mak...
Looking forward to discussing risk assessment frameworks with Brandon Southall today (4pm UK time, 12 noon eastern) as part of the DOSITS (Discovery of Sound in the Sea) webinar series. More info & registration: dosits.org/decision-mak...
This could be useful. ECODATA an #OpenSource tool to visualize and analyze #AnimalTracking data with custom geospatial layers to create powerful animations 🌍
#Wildlife #Ecology #GeospatialData #Conservation
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🐋 New PhD opportunity: Fully-funded MASTS PhD with SMASS investigating cetacean energetics & thermogenesis - a critical knowledge gap in marine mammal physiology.
Excellent opportunity to advance our mechanistic understanding of thermoregulatory strategies in marine megafauna tinyurl.com/2s3udwd3
🚨Our cross-journal special feature with @animalecology.bsky.social, "Energy trade-offs under changing environments," is open to proposals until the 15th of June!
💡This feature aims to understand essential energy processes in the context of environmental change
👉Find out more: buff.ly/4KbG6ZC
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🔊 Paper alert! 🐬🎧
Noise of high-speed vessels 🚤 impairs the #biosonar ability of #harbourporpoises 🐬 - making it more difficult for them to
🤯 sense surroundings,
🧭 navigate and
🐟 hunt prey
within several hundred meters.
🥳Huge contribution to understanding masking effects!
🌐 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Grey seal in the water
Ever wondered why seals don't drown? New groundbreaking research from @smruecophys.bsky.social led by @chrismcknight.bsky.social published in @science.org reveals that, unlike other mammals, seals can sense blood oxygen levels.
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
BirdTrack data shows that the big arrival of Chiffchaff in the last week is around two weeks earlier than the long term average. Many summer migrants to the UK are now arriving earlier as a response to climate change
www.bto.org/our-science/...
📢 Calling all marine & offshore energy experts!
The 7th ScotMER Symposium covers:
🐋 Marine Mammals
🦅 Seabirds
🎣 Fisheries
🦀 Benthic Ecology
🌊ECOWind & more!
Join us Feb 25-28 (online & in Stirling on Feb 26). 🔗 Register for free now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/7th-scotme...
#ScotMER
Check out @smruecophys.bsky.social for the latest #ecophysiology research happening at SMRU 🤩, led by @chrismcknight.bsky.social and @jlkershaw.bsky.social
📢 Webinar alert! I'll be presenting my PhD research as part of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Winter Webinar series on Weds 22th Jan.
Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...
Great to see coverage of the important work by Finnish colleagues on Saimaa seal conservation. Direct hands on effort by small dedicated teams can have real conservation impact. 🧪🌍🦭🦑
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Graphic for Marine Research Plymouth PhD studentship, including an AUV with sensors (such as acoustic scattering), a satellite, an offshore floating windfarm and seabirds.
🌊 Exciting #PhD opportunity using autonomous platforms, sensors & sensing. Our studentship explores #ocean physics & key ecosystem drivers in light of floating offshore #wind in the #CelticSea using #AUVs & #satellite remote sensing. Join me, Peter Miller & @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social 🧬🛰️🤖
PhDone! 🎓 Huge thank you to everyone who contributed to #ECOPredS and helped this research come to fruition, it's been a whale of a journey 🐋 Stay tuned for subsequent publications! In the meantime, thesis available here: research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023...
Geat idea! I would like to join, please
@promoteshetland.bsky.social
Looking forward to this workshop in #Shetland next week - open to all interested! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/underwater...
When eight became nine...NEW #ORCA CALF!
Over the moon to watch and film the new addition to the Northern Isles Community '27s' pod off Lunna, #Shetland today alongside first-time mum '152'. 🖤🤍
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK
Hi everyone! Good to see lots of familiar faces here.
For everyone else:
Research profile: research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/persons/a...
PhD abstract: doi.org/10.17630/sta...
If that seems like your kind of thing, consider giving me a follow
Hello Bluesky!👋 I'm Julia, a Research Fellow at the University of St. Andrews investigating predator-prey interactions of killer whales and seals in Scotland #ECOPredS. Follow for all things behavioural, big, and blubbery 🐳🤍🖤
Proud to work with @jcqsutherland.bsky.social and many collaborators to understand inshore-feeding killer whales & their interactions with prey in Scotland, as part of the #ECOPredS project and supporting community-led monitoring efforts. More on the photo-id catalogue bsky.app/profile/hugh... (4/4)
I'm passionate about understanding species risks with respect to their sensory and behavioural ecology, and how individuals manage risks & resources in changing and unpredictable environments more broadly. Striving to make a difference through accessible, open, and inclusive science (3/4)
I work on assessing risks to marine wildlife (mostly marine mammals, seabirds) from human activities at sea, using various monitoring data, ranging from individual tracking to passive acoustic monitoring and aerial surveys; and various statistical methods, from time series to spatial analysis (2/4)
Hello world! Here on Bluesky looking to learn and share interesting wildlife science and conservation stories, and make connections. I will more than likely have a marine bias to my feed, and may occasionally slip and repost about my other interests like surfing and horses. Science bio 🧵👇 #FirstPost
hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
First post here.
I’ll unpack our new paper @science.org highlighting the loss of old animals and calling for ‘longevity conservation’
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What can turtles tell us about noise in the ocean? In our new paper in Biological Conservation, leatherback 🐢 collect underwater sound data to map natural and human noise in the soundscape facing critical nesting beaches 🚢🔊
authors.elsevier.com/c/1k2~j1R~eW...
@exetermarine.bsky.social
