🐬 New paper on empirical and theoretical #modeling shows that long-term trends of epibionts reflect #dolphin abundance shifts caused by #morbillivirus #epidemics. 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/skud6lQ

New paper on empirical and theoretical #modeling shows that long-term trends of epibionts reflect #dolphin abundance shifts caused by #morbillivirus #epidemics. A @UV_EG & @Princeton collaboration - @ten_seas, @gatesdupont, @Andy2Dobson buff.ly/tfzVXhD

🚨 First PhD chapter is out! My work thus far, with @andy2dobson.bsky.social We found that formerly common species have declined the fastest, on average. 📄 North American bird declines are driven by reductions in common species | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Check this new post on the whale louse Cyamus boopis, typical of #humpback #whales 🐋: biodb.com/species/whal...

There are constant interactions of marine megafauna with fisheries of different scope, depending on the metier/fishing gear, the ocean area, the season, etc. Some ETP species can be caught incidentally becoming “bycatch”. #bycatch, #ETPmarinemegafauna, #ETPBycatchReduction, #MarineETPBycatch

Coordinated by the University of Barceloned REDUCED is formed by 13 partners from 5 different countries, from Europe and Africa. Our aim is to mitigate bycatch of endangered marine megafauna in the Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean (ECAO) by working cooperatively with relevant stakeholders in the area

#cetacean and #fish dispersal between oceanic basins can impact parasite genetics - check our latest publication in Parasitology: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#cetacean #swimming was investigated using barnacle distribution as an indicator of water flow dynamics 🌊 - check our latest publication in Marine Biology: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#TBT May 2024, when I had the pleasure to talk about epibiotic #crustaceans living on #cetacean and #seaturtles at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, @harvard.edu, while visiting The Giribet Lab - great PhD wrap-up!

Other examples of epibionts as inditaros of sea turtle and cetacean biology in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Hj... (Spanish) [UCC+i UV]

#Epibionts are living beings living on other organisms, and useful indicators too! #Barnacles are a nice example, indicating e.g., sea turtle habitat use and fisheries interaction: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 📷 Chelonibia testudinaria on loggerhead sea turtle [University of Valencia].

#TBT our #systematicreview on the macrofauna found on #cetaceans 🐬🐳 in Frontiers in Marine Science: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...