PAPER hints at ecological traps for damselfish settlement - dead corals chosen for settlement if an adult is present, could cascade to bad ends! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Led by @lisabe.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social

Field of view affects damselfish anti-predator responses BUT other metrics of structural complexity do not. Implications for how we measure structure & predict its effects academic.oup.com/beheco/advan... @jamesboon.bsky.social is on fire today! @lec-reefs.bsky.social @envisiondtp.bsky.social

New PAPER shows greater depths NOT correlated with more stable communities on Caribbean reefs, contrary to expectations. Led by @jamesboon.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... @lec-reefs.bsky.social @envisiondtp.bsky.social @opwallscience.bsky.social

Third paper from my PhD at @lancasteruni.bsky.social out now. Territorial farming damselfish are more aggressive to smaller neighbours than strangers @envisiondtp.bsky.social #fishinbottles #angrydamsels #nastyneighbours link.springer.com/article/10.1...

PAPER: Territorial damselfish are more aggressive to neighbours if their neighbour is larger, but this weakens If they don't know each other link.springer.com/article/10.1... Led by my awesome former PhD student @sheppardcat.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social @envisiondtp.bsky.social #FishInBottles

This essay reflects on my experience traveling for research across West Africa. “As a West African seeking to move freely within my own region, I was subjected to extortion, while non-Africans enjoyed the very freedom that should inherently be ours”. @ecowas.bsky.social rpublc.com/august-septe...

"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟 New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social 🧪🌍🪶

Using lightweight bird-borne cameras, scientists have captured unique footage of Indian Ocean seabirds speeding just above the waves to catch flying fish. Dr Ruth Dunn (@ruthedunn.bsky.social) of @lec-reefs.bsky.social is lead author of the study. 📰: https://tinyurl.com/yezeyxu2

Important article on dealing with grief & anxiety in environmental science, with lots of input from Tim Lamont @lec-reefs.bsky.social cosmosmagazine.com/people/socia... includes tips on coping with climate distress

How did farmed salmon take over? We explored how big industry and retail shape consumer perceptions, putting UK salmon top of the Big 5 So what? Market-making helps #salmon to expand, raising environmental impacts and squeezing out other #seafood from UK diets 🦑 doi.org/10.1088/1748...

How can beauty be measured? Find out how a team of marine scientists have devised a way to measure the beauty of coral reefs in order to aid restoration and sustainable tourism practices in this new article, co-authored by Dr Tim Lamont of @lec-reefs.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com 👇

Thrilled to be part of this new paper led by Mayukh Dey & Nature Conservation Foundation, summarizing 25 yrs of 🪸 reef resilience monitoring in Lakshadweep 🏝️ 🇮🇳 We find distinct recovery archetypes shaped by atoll location & coral assemblages onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#Angelsharks may be more vulnerable to #ClimateChange than we thought! Out today in @globalchangebio.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... @lancasteruni.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @ulpgc.es @qmul.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de @lec-reefs.bsky.social 📸 @nuno_vasco_rodrigues

The study was published in @plosbiology.org - you can find out more by following the link below Follow @lec-reefs.bsky.social to stay updated on our researchers’ work www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/seychel...

Cross-ecosystem nutrient fluxes can influence recipient food webs. @cbenkwitt.bsky.social &co's study of #NutrientSubsidies shows that dynamic metrics better revealed flow & effects of #seabird derived nutrients through #CoralReef food chains @lec-reefs.bsky.social @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44RFyJk

Great first six weeks on Utila completing my divemaster and the first two weeks of my PhD fieldwork, officially half way through! @opwall.bsky.social @envisiondtp.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend my first international conference, MARE,at the University of Amsterdam!I had an incredible time attending lots of insightful talks as well as getting the opportunity to pitch the first chapter of my PhD, and presenting a poster about my research! #Mare2025

Our Bright Spots 2.0 workshop team @christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social

Big thanks to the @lec-reefs.bsky.social crew for hosting the Thriving Oceans team in Lancaster. Workshops in castles and walks in the woods made for an amazing collaboration.

New paper 📢 Coral reef depth zonation patterns are not 'universal' and may be disrupted by local human impacts. We show evidence of spatially dependent effects of depth on benthic community structure across the Pacific Ocean. 🌊🧵⬇️

We've had a blast at the Indo-Pacific Fish Conference in Taipei. Thanks to the organisers for a fantastic week! 🐟🐠🦈 Ft. talks from @cbenkwitt.bsky.social @lljeannot.bsky.social @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social @james-robinson.bsky.social

Nice little overview of my research direction these days www.lancaster.ac.uk/sci-tech/abo... @lec-reefs.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social

Herculean collation of >12K megafauna tracks, >100 species, reveals 75% overlap of critical habitats with shipping, fishing, pollution or warming. Protection targets not enough to safeguard megafauna. New paper in @science.org, led by @anammsequeira.bsky.social 👇 📸silvana-palacios,daniel-torobekov

🪸 Announcing RCUK 2025! 🪸 📅 Saturday December 6th 2025 (With workshops Friday 5th @ 1 pm) 📍 Bangor University’s main campus Main Arts Lecture Theatre & Prichard-Jones Hall Call for abstracts opens in July – further details over the coming months. More info: www.reefconservationuk.org #RCUK2025

Out now in Coral Reefs: 'Active and passive pathways of nutrient transfer in coral reef ecosystems' doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚 Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊

🚨 Our new paper is out now in Ethology. Here we show that #lionfish show social attraction to conspecifics when selecting shelters. doi.org/10.1111/eth....

We are starting May with a fascinating talk from @jenniferappoo.bsky.social on the impacts of seabird-derived nutrients on mangrove ecosystems! Follow this link and set a reminder now! www.youtube.com/live/muPejoo... 🌏🪶 #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky

Very much looking forward to talking about everything fishy and nutritious in Oxford on Wednesday. Many thanks for the invitation @petescarbs.bsky.social

🐟 My PhD's 2nd chapter is now published! Here I show how industrial overfishing in Ghanaian waters exacerbates inequalities in the post-harvest sector, impacting fish processing and trading livelihoods, as well as Ghanaian aquatic food systems more broadly. 🐟 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Great week with the @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social team at Dale Fort supporting their Marine Science Camp. Students spent time learning about seabirds, rockpools, plankton and even let me ramble on about coral reefs. Thank you @thembauk.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity. Anemones are so cool!

PhD Scholarship to work on ecosystem modelling of the Central Arctic Ocean as part of the @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social Polar Station Project Co-supervised by Maxime Geoffroy @marineinstitute.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social static1.squarespace.com/static/5d780... #PhD #ecopath

Three year *Plant Molecular Physiologist postdoc* w/ Doug Orr in Lancaster on Rubisco engineering and biochemistry as part of a BBSRC project looking at novel approaches to improving Rubisco activity, in collaboration w/ Martin Cann at Durham. Please share 🧪 🌱 hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Been waiting on this one 🙌🏻 will be using this like a bible for the next few years to come. Fantastic effort from all involved!

Excellent week, with wonderful people, thinking about behaviour at macroecological scales at iDiv Leipzig #sMacrobehaviour

FULLY FUNDED PHD on using #AI to explore the effects of global change on ecological functions of biological colour. Only 6 days left to apply! www.exageo.org/apply/ With me, Chris Cooney (Sheff Uni) @chris-nemeth.bsky.social & David Roy (UKCEH) based at @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social

**2 weeks** left to apply - come join me and @lec-reefs.bsky.social at Lancaster University.

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...

Huge congratulations to James Boon for passing his viva today with flying colours! James' thesis is titled 'The role of refuges in coral reef ecosystems and biological invasions'. You can read one of his chapters here: doi.org/10.1111/geb...., with more to come soon! @jamesboon.bsky.social 🪸🤖🐟👁️

🚨Exciting new #coralreef postdoc!🚨 Apply to explore reef-pelagic connectivity with the @lec-reefs.bsky.social team! I’m thrilled to be partnering on this – we'll be tackling some fascinating research questions. Full details & how to apply on original thread. Deadline: 28th Feb 🐟 Don’t miss out!

Congratulations to newly minted DR JAMES BOON @jamesboon.bsky.social aka “robot James”. Amazing thesis on behaviour, community ecology + eyeball lense peeling skillz! Absolute pleasure to supervise w Richard Field & Dan Exton @opwallscience.bsky.social @envisiondtp.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social

<1 month to apply! Want to learn how to make the most of ecological data using supercomputers? Check out the projects. Our is especially cool ;) "Decoding biological colour: leveraging AI to analyse big data on animal images in a changing world" www.exageo.org/phd-student-... @lec-reefs.bsky.social

📣 Postdoc Alert Any interest in: 🖥️ deep learning, 🌍 societal challenges, 🐟 natural resource management? Please apply or contact me! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/310424

PhD opportunity: I am looking for a PhD student to study taxonomy and systematics of labrid fishes and other coral reef taxa. Successful applicants will be jointly based at the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum Research Institute.

Check out this FANTASTIC postdoc opportunity below. Calling all folks interested in coral reef ecology/oceanography/trophic ecology to better understand pelagic~reef pathways.

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 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍

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...

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/...

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

Fish diversity has changed dramatically on the Great Barrier Reef @earthdotcom.bsky.social www.earth.com/news/fish-di...

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...