New paper-size matters! Our team showed even though highly mobile, turtles, mantas & seabirds all protected by very large #MPA around Chagos Archipelago. Led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social, @ruthedunn.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

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

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

"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 🧪🌍🪶

New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies doi.org/10.1016/j.an... Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social

JOB OPPORTUNITY! I am hiring a postdoc for 18 months to investigate the links between temperature and antibiotic resistance. Ecoevo microbiology, plasmids, and some super fun stats, modelling, and bioinformatics. To starts in Feb 2025. Please share! #exetercec jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean! With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project 📍University of La Reunion Apply by Jan 15th #jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology

Check out our latest Exeter Marine starter pack! 🐟🐠🐡 This will get you connected with all of faculty who are currently on BlueSky. 🦑🧪🌍🌐🐢🦤 go.bsky.app/6nvmb3h marine conservation | marine science | marine academics

Exciting PhD opportunity to investigate tropical seabird migration strategies with Malcolm Nicoll at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity

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...

Excellent week at #CoimbraSeabirds! Lots of exciting science and great scientists! Well done to fellow @exetercec.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social on fantastic presentations & thanks to ECOTOP and @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social for organising!

“Prospecting behaviour in a tropical #seabird, the red-footed booby." @alicetrevail.bsky.social examines the factors driving immature dispersal in Red-footed Boobies in the Chagos Archipelago, highlighting its role in population recovery. 🏝️ #CoimbraSeabirds

Atolls are vital for seabirds - and vice versa! 🐦🏝️💞 Check out my Nature Ecology & Evolution News & Views article: nature.com/articles/s41... 📸 Nathan Hudson-Peacock; sooty terns on an atoll island.

Recently out in Conservation Biology: "Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning" doi.org/10.1111/cobi... 🐀🌳 Eradicating rats & restoring vegetation could help to bring back thousands of seabirds and restore nutrient flows to coral reefs 🪽🪸

New tropical seabird paper! Brown boobies use similar habitats and foraging strategies across colonies, seasons and breeding stages Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetercec.bsky.social

Really proud of our new guide to processing and exploring animal tracking data in R which has just been published in @animalecology.bsky.social! If you work with animal tracking data or have a student that does then please read and share! Lots of useful code and a shiny app for data vis!

New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you! Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u

New insight into tropical seabird foraging ecology led by @ruthedunn.bsky.social Red-footed boobies select foraging habitat at different scales, responding to environments available at sea & encountered on route Out now & open access: doi.org/10.1007/s002...

Out now in Marine Biology: "From route to dive: multi-scale habitat selection in a foraging tropical seabird" 🐦🐟 doi.org/10.1007/s002... We found that red-footed booby habitat selection varied between their foraging routes in comparison to their dive locations 🌊🌞

⚠️Just a week remaining to nominate⚠️ 🚨 Deadline: 30 April We're seeking nominations for keynotes for #BOU2025 Frontiers in ornithology 📅 1-3 April 2025 Nottingham and on X / Twitter Anyone can nominate here: bou.org.uk/event/fro...#BOU2025 #ornithology | please reshare! 🐦

Struggling seabirds thrown a lifeline by new commercial fishing ban in the North Sea – but it may not be enough theconversation.com/struggling-s... Excellent article by @ruthedunn.bsky.social in The Conversation

New-ish paper! Published last month (I was on holiday!) alongside Hannah Wood, @ruthedunn.bsky.social, @robinfreeman.bsky.social, and others 🪶🦑 Red-footed boobies showed colony segregation in foraging range, space use, and timing DOI: doi.org/10.3354/meps... / let us know if you want the pdf!

New paper: Tracking seabird migration in the tropical Indian Ocean reveals basin-scale conservation need Available open access in @currentbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Announcing the joining of Dr @alicetrevail.bsky.social Excellent seabird ecologist, particularly movement ecology, working at #ExeterESI and part of @exetermarine.bsky.social 🌏🦑🧪🐧