
PhD student with @TheFSBI at @BristolUni🐠 I like spying on the secret nightlife of coral reef fish 🌜🕵️♀️
Bristol, England
Joined September 2010
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Coral reef nightlife becomes more predatory with light pollution 💡🐠
My first publication from my @TheFSBI PhD at @BristolBioSci is out today in @GlobalChangeBio! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Perhaps the deepest deep-dive on WTF (What's that fact?) ever... What is the biggest animal in the sea? Why are deep sea animals so BIG? 🐋 What is DEEP SEA GIGANTISM? 🦑 Always love a chat with BBC Hereford & Worcester concerning fishy facts 🐟
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How it started 🐠 ➡️ how it's going 🎓
Dead proud of us 🥹
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I’m very happy to share my first paper, and the first from my Masters, is out in @RsocPublishing #OpenScince 🤩 w/ coauthor and supervisor @C_C_Ioannou
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ALT Diagram illustrating the method from the paper “quantifying animal social behaviour using ecological field methods”. It includes three main steps: (a) determining trap locations for sampling sites and collecting count data from individuals, (b) measuring phenotypic data from individuals such as size, coloration, and parasite load, and (c) recording environmental parameters like turbidity, temperature, and light intensity. The diagram features a map with marked sampling sites, grouped data points represented by fish, and icons for environmental measurements.
My mate, the creative prodigy @brooktatearts, has imagined a new vibrant method for learning maths to help those who usually struggle🧮Tune in to @BBCBreakfast tomorrow morning to hear all about it, or read it in the @BBC article:
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NEW RESEARCH
Artificial Light Increases Nighttime Prevalence of Predatory Fishes, Altering Community Composition on #CoralReefs
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@EmmaFishGal @jules_schligler @helyyy_i @SuzanneCMills @r_beldade @DrSteveSimpson @TheFSBI @BristolBioSci @BristolUni
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral Investigator – Soundscape and Larval Ecology of Coral Reefs (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
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The Biology Department is searching for a Postdoctoral Investigator to join the Sensory Ecology and Bioacoustics Lab to study soundscape and larval ecology of coral reefs. This is a full-time, exempt position eligible for benefits. Sea duty is required.
The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for helping design bioacoustic and soundscape experiments. Thus, it is desired to have experience in acoustic experiments with marine animals, analysis of bioacoustic and behavior data, SCUBA diving research, field research, laboratory studies, hearing studies (physiology and behavior), and acoustic measurements, particularly with particle motion. Candidate should also be able to code in Matlab and troubleshoot data analyses code as needed to improve data quality through assessment and modifications of the collected data and its analyses and be able to handle field situations appropriately.
#coralreefs #coraljobs #coralreefjobs #coralcareers #coralreefecology #careeropportunities #bioacoustics #sensoryecology #marinebiology
🚨Do not watch if eating a #noodle based dish 🍜
Is there a #marine #invertebrate #biologist who can explain what is happening here? 🪱
We weren't anticipating our #anemonefish to fend off a nighttime attack from the #spaghetti kingdom🍝
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An ethical and healthy addition to your diet, courtesy of #UKfisheries. theguardian.com/environment/…
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🚨When the sun sets, coral reefs transform - but artificial light is disrupting this delicate balance by waking sleeping #fish and attracting predators - exposing these communities to danger. 🐟🐡🔦
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🚨NEW paper🚨 out TODAY - the 1st from the brilliant #PhD of @EmmaFishGal 👏🍾🥇
Field #experiment showing coral reef nightlife becomes more predatory with light #pollution
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doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70002
w/ @SuzanneCMills @r_beldade @jules_schligler @DrSteveSimpson
5/ Some species were nocturnal predators that had been attracted to the artificially illuminated reef.
Other were diurnal (day-active) species that had been roused from sleep ⏰
6/ 25 nights of light had community-scale impacts on coral reef nightlife, but only three nights was too short to elicit changes. This suggests that there could be low-cost solutions to reduce impacts of artificial light on coral reef inhabitants🏝️
📷: @jules_schligler
The grass might not be greener, but the sky is bluer 💙🦋
Catch you on the flip. @bluesky
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Our very own @DrSteveSimpson was the Series Scientific Advisor on new @netflix documentary #OurOceans - out today! 🌊
This epic journey, narrated by @BarackObama, tells the stories beneath the surface of our five oceans and is not to be missed.🐬🐙
@BristolBioSci
The return of Bluefin Tuna to UK seas is likely due to decades of stringent fishing restrictions paired with warmer waters from both AMO (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation) and Climate Change. Looks like they will be here for a while IF we don't start exploiting their stocks🐟
2 fantastic PhD opportunities to work on zoo animal hormones or fish brains and cognition with an excellent supervisor, @TrikiZegni, at @UniNeuchatel in Switzerland! 🐺🐒🐠🧠
Excited to share I will be joining @UniNeuchatel as an assistant professor early 2025.
OFFER: 2 #PhDposition in the new lab. #1 is on zoo animals🐺🐒🦧 and saliva hormones, and #2 is on 🐠 cognition and brains 🧠
Deadline 20 Nov 2024 shorturl.at/NYvVd
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