We study coral Reef Environments, their Ecology, Function & connections with Society, based @LancsUniLEC in the UK 🪸

Lancaster, UK
Joined December 2023
We’re very proud to have seven of our researchers listed among the world’s most influential academics! #HighlyCited2024, released today by @ClarivateAG, is a ‘who’s who’ of highly influential academics based on data and qualitative analysis lancaster.ac.uk/news/world-l…
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Climate Change Affects Multiple Coral Reef Fisheries Ecosystem Services: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… We examined catch rates, affordability & nutritional content on bleached coral reefs. Led by Dr Sarah Martin, w @jamespwr @naj_graham Shaun Wilson & Seychelles Fishing Authority
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Enjoy a @PentlandCentre #TransformingTomorrow podcast double-header this week, starting with @LancsUniLEC's @TimACLamont discussing his work on #NatureRestoration and #CoralReefs Link in comments, or listen and subscribe on all the usual podcast platforms.
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Distinct management units for the Critically Endangered angelshark (Squatina squatina) revealed in the Canary Islands buff.ly/4fgK0US
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Huge congratulations, @rindahvida and @gitaal_! 🪸🎓
Congratulations to @rindahvida and @gitaal_, both graduating Cum Laude from @ipbofficial today! 🥳🥳 @rindahvida dissertation published in @SERestoration at doi.org/10.1111/rec.14263, @gitaal_ dissertation will be published soon! 🙌
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Honoured to be a plenary speaker at @ReefConsUK this year! Excited to share insights from a decade of studying & conserving fish spawning aggregations in #India "Site-fidelity: place-based ecology and the case of the squaretail groupers" @LancsUniLEC @lecreefs @InsideNatGeo
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We welcome 6 new PhD students to @LancsUniLEC this semester. Meet our new colleagues 🧵👇 🐟 Molly Fowkes (@MollyFowkesx) 🐟 Nadia Hamilton (@Nadia_Hamilton_) 🐟 Stella Xingchen Liu 🐟 Victoria Marchment 🐟 Anastasia Smith (@spannastasia) 🐟 Beth Woodhead (@BWoodhead01)
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Xingchen Liu (Stella) has a Masters in Environmental Engineering, and research background in Cyprinid reproductive behaviour. Stella is working with @DJacoby_Marine, Adam Piper, and @SteveThackeray to understand physiology and behaviour of European eels lec-reefs.org/team/xingchen-…
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Victoria Marchment joins us to study behavioural macroecology, after a @LancasterUni MSc in Conservation & Biodiversity, which explored dolphin behaviour biogeography. lec-reefs.org/team/victoria-… Victoria is supervised by @Sal_Keith, Duncan Whyatt, and @Carsten_Rahbek
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Replying to @CoralReefFish
Can anyone help ID this reef fish? I think it's a snapper, another thinks its a sparid. Taken at 7 meters on a rocky kelp reef near Cape Town.
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Reminder! Our petition for safe, segregated cycle lanes along the A6 in Lancaster will close soon. We already have over 950 signatures and need at least 1250 by mid-November. Please sign and share the below petition! council.lancashire.gov.uk/mg…
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Registration is now open for #RCUK2024! Join us on Saturday Nov 30th at @ZSL, more details on our website 🐠🪸 reefconservationuk.org/rcuk-…
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🎉 NEW PAPER 🤩 Short and sweet story of how seabird nutrients can increase calcification of several coral genera and thereby boost reef carbonate budgets 🐦↗️🪸 Always fun to work with @cbenkwitt nature.com/articles/s41598-0… @Marine_Science @ExeterMarine @UniofExeterNews
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Nice edit from Newcastle uni on our recent paper in Nature comms @jr_guest @adriana_humanes
Our researchers in @Coralassist_Lab have achieved a world's first in coral preservation. Through selective breeding they've been able to improve adult corals' ability to survive intense marine heatwaves. Find out more 👇 ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/lat… #WeAreNCL #ClimateEmergency
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👀 Want to learn more about the parrotfish paradigm, coral reef resilience and herbivory - erosion tradeoffs? 🐦🐟 Then you should have a look at this awesome paper led by @ANAMLHZ and @LAlvarezFilip published today in @ConLetters 👉 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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