New PhD project available here at @lancasteruni.bsky.social! Come and research coral reefs, MPAs, and climate impacts 🪸 www.exageo.org/phd-student-...

We're hiring! 🥳 Come and join our team in Lancaster - we're looking for two senior postdocs to work on corporate sustainability and restoration ecology. 🌳 🪸 ♻️ (1 of 2) @lec-reefs.bsky.social @pentlandcentre.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

New in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com: our review of the influence of #seabirds, via their nutrient transfer, on islands & adjacent marine ecosystems 🐦🏝️🪸 We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨ "The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...

Sun-dried and smoked fish are the overlooked yet vital nutrient-packed superfood providing much needed nutrition across tropical Africa, according to a new study 🐠 📰: https://tinyurl.com/yveejt7u 📸: Christina Hicks, Tane Sinclair-Taylor, James Robinson @lec-reefs.bsky.social

If you're looking for an illustrator to bring your research to life, I can't recommend @maninibansal.bsky.social enough! Her work is stunning—transforming concepts into vibrant visuals rooted in local iconography. Checkout the project we worked on together 🐠🎣🪸 #SciComm #Natureillustrations

Just out in early view @Conbiology we show how to assess the sustainability of data poor reef fisheries leveraging information from global models! @joshuacinner.bsky.social @mikemihalitsis.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese.... Scholarship Ad: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans? 2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍

Calling coral reef scientists, oceanographers, isotope ecologists: new post-doc at Lancaster Environment Centre with me @lec-reefs.bsky.social @renatoamorais.bsky.social @remotereefs.bsky.social @drmanateena.bsky.social Deadline 28 Feb | Apply👇 | 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍 hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Hot off the press! This week's research 🦑🧪🌍🌊 🎣 Global small-scale fisheries www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪸 Diversity shifts on Great Barrier Reef www.nature.com/articles/s41... 💎 Artisanal mining impacts doi.org/10.1016/j.ex... 🏝️ Reef indicators for island restoration doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

Small-scale fisheries account for 40% of global catch, providing 20% of micronutrient intakes for up to 2.3 billion people and livelihoods for 1 in 12 people. Huge effort involving @fao.org & 800 experts, out now in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Calling all artists & creatives - Help shape the face of Conservation Letters! We're seeking iconic, stylized art that captures the beauty & diversity of #conservation science for the new cover of @consletters.bsky.social. 🌍🦑 Submit by 31 January, 2025 #SciArt conbio.org/publications...

What’s in a name? @ricardonature.bsky.social speaks on a Nature podcast about eponymous scientific names - the practice of naming species after people. From 24:30 👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

You can keep up with the whole LEC REEFS gang via our starter pack! 🐟🪸🎣🏝️ go.bsky.app/3m4FFzH 🦑🧪🌍

#MarSocSci alert! All presentations from MSEAS 2024 - the 2nd Marine Social-Ecological Systems symposium - in Yokohama, June 2024, are now available online. 🔽 meetings.pices.int/publications...

Climate Change Affects Multiple Coral Reef Fisheries Ecosystem Services: doi.org/10.1111/fme.... We examined catch rates, affordability & nutritional content on bleached coral reefs. Led by Dr Sarah Martin, w @james-robinson.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social Seychelles Fishing Authority

Honoured to be a plenary speaker at #ReefConsUK this year! Excited to share insights from a decade of studying & conserving fish #spawningaggregations in #India in my talk titled: "Site-fidelity: place-based ecology and the case of the squaretail groupers"

On #worldfisheriesday we celebrate the diverse ways in which people are connected to nature through fisheries. 🐟🐠🎣🪸🍱🍤 @lec-reefs.bsky.social Illustration: Manini Bansal