My first research paper, "Can Hematological Biomarkers Indicate Diagnoses and Prognosis in Stranded Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina)?", has been published! Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/mms.... #publishedarticle #marinebiology #marinemammals #research @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

New #OA paper in Landscape Ecology led by SMRU researchers @mattidcarter.bsky.social and @djfrussell.bsky.social reveals scale-dependent foraging behaviour and habitat associations of grey and harbour seals across the North Sea 🦭🧭 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Great talk by @izzylangley.bsky.social of @seamammalresearch.bsky.social at #BES2025 on intraguild predation and UK seal population trends. Check the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

More interesting SMRU research being presented at #BES2025 by Georgina Whittome! 🐋

SMRU PhD student Mia Goldman is presenting research on grey seal breeding phenology at #BES2025. Check out her poster 🦭

Another great SMRU poster at #BES2025 by Dr Faye Moyes. Check out the paper ok UK marine mammal bycatch here: academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

Thanks @mattidcarter.bsky.social for the fantastic effort in bringing together data from all over the North Sea. This will bring the distribution and habitat use of harbour and grey seals to a whole new level!🦭 + our Jonas Teilmann, Anders Galatius, Rune Dietz & Jacob Nabe-Nielson contributed 🧪🌐🌱🌊

If you are attending the @britishecologicalsociety.org conference #BES2025 in Edinburgh, look out for exciting seal research from SMRU folk @izzylangley.bsky.social @mattidcarter.bsky.social @eva-mariab.bsky.social and Mia Goldman

New @jappliedecology.bsky.social paper: SMRU researchers @mattidcarter.bsky.social & @djfrussell.bsky.social led a large collaborative team to map the distribution of grey and harbour seals at sea across the Northwest European Shelf 🦭 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My first PhD paper is now out! We calculate overlap intensity between African penguins and the local purse seine fishery 🐧🐟 Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/s...

NEW PAPER: Survival and recovery of three shark species in North-East Atlantic recreational fisheries. academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social 🦑🐟🧪🌐🌊🎣

New study, collab with @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social: reduced adult survival for harbour seals in areas of pop. decline in Scotland. tinyurl.com/ys4hc3jw Mark-recapture models applied to photo-ID data from 3 sites with contrasting pop. trajectories to generate concurrent survival and fecundity rates.

Great Masters by Research opportunity working with Prof @darrencroft.bsky.social and collaborative team on killer whales! More info in Darren's original post. ⬇️ 🦑🌍🐬🧪🦤🌐 #AcademicSky

Our new publication with @strandings.bsky.social & #SMRUsealpred contributors. A first attempt at quantifying grey seal predation of marine mammals and the potential impact on declining harbour seal populatons. Check it out! doi.org/10.1111/1365...

New study led by SMRU's @izzylangley.bsky.social in collaboration with @strandings.bsky.social: evidence for grey seal predation of grey seals, harbour seals and harbour porpoises across Scotland, at levels that could prevent recovery of depleted populations. tinyurl.com/4r3wka6a

What can strandings of cetaceans tell us about the impact of marine pollution? 🐬 This @zslofficial.bsky.social and CSIP event, brings together experts (including our @sarahenelms.bsky.social) to explore major forms of marine pollution in our waters. Free, online/in-person - lnkd.in/eEUiEbdH 🦑🐬🌊🌍🧪🌐

NEW RESEARCH Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌍🐟

New @seamammalresearch.bsky.social & @smruinstrument.bsky.social research out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, using #NIRS integrated into SMRU phone tags to measure the diving behaviour and physiology of the most incredible human divers - the all-female Haenyeo www.cell.com/current-biol...

New research led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social combines tracking data to show the value of large marine protected areas in encompassing diverse megafauna movements 🐢 doi.org/10.1111/1365... @jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social

Immersion patterns alone can predict vessel following by albatrosses 📊🧪 Albatrosses show distinct landing and takeoff patterns when following fishing vessels. Even when vessel data are lacking, these patterns can predict vessel following 🦅🌎 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

🚀 Just launched: SealMAP A web application for exploring the latest seal distribution maps for Scotland that I’ve been working on for @seamammalresearch.bsky.social is now live! 🛠️ Built with shiny.posit.co 🌐 Try it here: arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/shiny/smru/s... #WebDev #Launch #SMRU #Shiny

📣Announcing the launch of SealMAP: Seal Mapping & Analysis Platform. This SMRU app allows you to explore & download the latest grey & harbour seal distribution maps for Scotland. You can also get estimates of density for your area of interest. Happy mapping! arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/shiny/smru/s... 🦭🗺️

Another great day full of seal chat at the #SCOS25 Science Day 🤓 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

New #OA paper in Movement Ecology using a combination of statistical models (HMMs & GAMMs) to understand environmental drivers of behaviour in Saimaa ringed seals. Very pleased to be invited to collaborate on this research! 🤓🦭 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniuef.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2uhxez5x

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/...

Check out this podcast from @science.org covering new research from @chrismcknight.bsky.social and the @smruecophys.bsky.social team on why seals don't drown: www.science.org/content/podc...

More coverage from @bbcnewsofficial.bsky.social of SMRU research into seal diving physiology. @chrismcknight.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social @smruecophys.bsky.social Article here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Introducing Dr Glencross! Viva done ✅ 3 hours of penguin chat with my wonderful examiners 🐧🐧

Excited to have contributed to this study where we tracked 29 sperm whales in the North Atlantic! 🐳 Some traveled nearly 8000km and dove deeper then 1000m! 🛰️🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41... This is one of my favorite photos taken during this fieldwork of a 🐳 diving under the midnight sun 🌞

More exciting findings on humpback whale song this week! 🐋🎵 This time on the complexity and evolution of humpback whale song off Okinawa, Japan - a now published thesis by #MSc_MMS_St_A graduate @emarwood.bsky.social under the supervision of @ellengarland.bsky.social , @lrendell.bsky.social &myself.

Our new paper on fine-scale effects of offshore wind turbine foundations on demersal fish is OA in Marine Environmental Research. Part of the #OWEC #PrePARED project @drmjwitt.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @thecrownestate.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our new paper in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews is online today. The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of OWFs on fish. Open access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @drmjwitt.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social #MarineDirectorate

Check out @smruecophys.bsky.social for the latest #ecophysiology research happening at SMRU 🤩, led by @chrismcknight.bsky.social and @jlkershaw.bsky.social

🌬🌊Join ICES Workshop to compile evidence on the impacts of offshore renewable energy on fisheries & marine ecosystems #WKCOMPORE 📅3-7 February 2025 ❗Experts in social sciences, economics, fisheries, spatial planning & cumulative impacts needed - register by 24 January www.ices.dk/community/gr...

📢 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...

Accessible summary of @francae.bsky.social latest paper @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 🦑🐋🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🦭🔍 New paper alert in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! I'm excited to share my 1st first author paper, showing how seals avoid tidal turbines when they're operating! doi.org/10.1111/1365... 🧵 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

Exciting PhD opportunity with @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social , @padpadpadpad.bsky.social (Exeter) and myself (Bristol) on gulls, their microbiomes, and role in transmitting disease. Details below - deadline 13 January!

📖Published📖 In our new Application article, Papadopoulou et al. present the swaRmverse package, an R package for the comparative analysis of collective motion 🌎 🧪 Find out more here👇 https://buff.ly/3CSAEQW

🚨 New research! 🚨 Seal-fishery interactions in the #Falklands Islands have surged since 2017 🦭 Using 5 years of observer data 👀, we found fur #seals interact with 1/3 of trawls, mostly in high-yield & productive areas 🦑 📊 Graphical abstract & @icesmarine.bsky.social link: tinyurl.com/5fcrkju7 🧵1/3

Winter strandings of juvenile hardshell #turtles in UK have started! This one still alive! on a beach near Blackpool. Less than 30cm long. Keep an eye out. Contact numbers can be found here: www.ukturtles.online/Graphics%20a... 🐢🌍🧪🦑 #seaturtles #marineturtles

New paper alert! Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution! In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets. Link to paper here: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...