@ScottDLing

Marine Biologist seeking to understand reef collapse & recovery-A/Prof @ARC_gov_au Future Fellow, Ecology & Biodiversity Centre @IMASUTAS @Sciences_utas @utas_

 Hobart, Tasmania
utas.edu.au/profiles/staff/imas/scott-ling
Joined January 2017
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IMAS @utas surveys off Tasmania's East Coast reveal rise in invasive urchin numbers from 11 million to 18m since 2001/02. Urchin barrens created by overgrazing kelp now cover 15 per cent of reefs 4-40m, up from 3 per cent bit.ly/2Uo23zb imas.utas.edu.au/urchins
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#GreatSouthernReef Delegation visited Parliament House to speak with politicians about the $55M Centro Task Force Business Plan. Aim: Protect the reef, boost urchin industry & ensure a sustainable future. It’s time for policymakers to act and invest in solutions #UrchinTaskForce
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Megan Davies@M_Davies5 Apr 2024
🚀 Attention all #EarlyCareerResearchers! 🚀 Check out our latest (my personal debut) publication on tackling the infamous #ImposterSyndrome and how to make meaningful contributions to scientific working groups! 🌟 sciencedirect.com/science/ar… – at Victoria, British Columbia
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Great Southern Reef delegation to Canberra visiting parliament today to discuss a unified approach to tackling the longspined sea urchin issue, industry solutions and coordinated management strategies. #CentroTaskForce – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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🌟 What an incredible weekend of fieldwork! 🌿 Our dedicated team and I successfully deployed a series of conditioning experiments across Tasmania. 🚀 Excited to compare results with sites along the East Coast of Australia. @ScottDLing @IMASUTAS 🌏 #Fieldwork #teamwork – at Tasmania, Australia
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Happy to share our new paper in @NatureComms showing how #MPAs can buffer the impact of @marineheatwaves on the stability of reef fish communities. Read here: rdcu.be/dzRPH @RicercaUnipi @Dip_Bio_Unipi
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Great work by ⁦@nature_org⁩ & ⁦@IMASUTAS⁩, spearheaded by our valued collaborator ⁦@ScottDLing⁩! youtu.be/SfmP0aP1hNQ?si=1sTx…

The Kelp Chronicles: Forests of the Sea

Tasmania has lost over 95% of its canopy forming Giant kelp over th...

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One of the many ‘Sheriffs’ patrolling the #greatsouthernreef. Awesome to see healthy numbers of these fish along so much of the south coast.
Great Southern Reef Foundation@GSR_Australia25 Jan 2024
After a 1500 nautical mile @ReefLifeSurvey expedition from Perth to Adelaide, GSRF's @SBennett_131 highlights the blue groper, a remarkable #GreatSouthernReef. These massive, curious fish can live up to 70 years, but their slow maturity & small ranges make them vulnerable.
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Climate-driven invasion and incipient warnings of kelp ecosystem collapse. Our @NatureComms paper highlights the critical need for early detection of range-shifting keystone species capable of transforming and collapsing ecosystems. nature.com/articles/s41467-0… @ScottDLing
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Incipient spatial pattern formations provide #early-warning of #climate-driven ecosystem #collapse. “Look Up” towards the equator for what to expect as cooler ecosystems progressively warm beyond #tippingpoints, and act before it’s too late! @IMASUTAS nature.com/articles/s41467-0… – at Tasmania, Australia
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Huge continental-scale comparison of #reef #biodiversity day vs night using SCUBA! Great work @TysonRobJones @IMASUTAS @ReefLifeSurvey @CSIRO – at Hobart, Tasmania
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IMAS@IMASUTAS28 Nov 2023
21 red handfish hatchlings have arrived at IMAS in the 2nd-ever conservation breeding event in captivity – and it’s an essential part of protecting this critically endangered species from extinction 🫶 Get more handfish baby love: bit.ly/Handfish-babies-have-… 📷Andrea Williamson
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▶️ In case you missed it last night on 7:30 report: Giant kelp restoration & urchin interventions in Tassie feat. @SBennett_131, @ScottDLing, @JPK_III #greatsouthernreef #climatechange #kelpforests abc.net.au/news/2023-11-20/d…

Attempting to revive the giant kelp forests of Tasmania

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Scientists from GSR Research Partnership are monitoring the eastern #GreatSouthernReef, anticipating this summer's marine heatwave 🌊🔥 Data on shallow water species in NSW, Vic, Tas are being collected as a baseline to help understand potential impacts. #marineheatwave
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Our @IMASUTAS researches @JPK_III and @ScottDLing ask the question: can we eat our way through an exploding sea urchin problem? Find out: utas.au/bu
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Exciting new crown-of-thorns starfish research led by @ChandlerJosie out now, featuring a novel sampling method, a renewed population irruption in the northern GBR & much more! Link to OA paper: rdcu.be/dqCHi @burn_deborah @PeterCDoll @SarahKwong4 @bethan_blue @KaiPacey – at Townsville, Queensland
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Early Warning Signs ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Image taken 2-days ago shows the overgrazing urchin #Centrostephanus present at Actaeon Is. in southern Tasmania where a quarter of the world’s annual wild caught #abalone catch was once harvested 📸@SBennett_131 @IMASUTAS – at Hobart, Tasmania
Great Southern Reef Foundation@GSR_Australia8 Nov 2023
The Senate Inquiry urges immediate national funding for Centro Urchin management, backing the Centro Task Force's $55m, 5-year plan. Key goals: research, sustainable removal, processing & policy for #GreatSouthernReef's health. 📸 @SBennett_131
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IMAS@IMASUTAS8 Nov 2023
Longspined sea urchins are native to temperate waters around New South Wales. But as oceans heat up, their range has expanded more than 650km, through eastern Victoria and south to Tasmania. Dive into the prickly details in this @ConversationEDU article👉theconversation.com/can-we-e…
Urchin barren (Photo: John Keane)

ALT Urchin barren (Photo: John Keane)

Research divers assessing sea urchin spread off St Helens in Tasmania’s northeast. (Photo: Matt Testoni)

ALT Research divers assessing sea urchin spread off St Helens in Tasmania’s northeast. (Photo: Matt Testoni)

A commercial diver removes a haul of sea urchins destined for international markets. (Photo: Matt Testoni)

ALT A commercial diver removes a haul of sea urchins destined for international markets. (Photo: Matt Testoni)

Healthy kelp ecosystems are vital for abalone. (Photo: Matt Testoni)

ALT Healthy kelp ecosystems are vital for abalone. (Photo: Matt Testoni)

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Looks to be a big #redtide #Noctiluca bloom happening off Maria Island Tasmania! Noctiluca scintillans is a range-extending #dinoflagellate driven south on the strengthening East Australian Current #EAC 🎥 Geoff Swan 🔴🌊 @IMASUTAS academic.oup.com/plankt/arti… – at Tasmania, Australia
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Urchin #SenateInquiry recommends federal govt. work with states to support and develop urchun fisheries. This pilot in Fortescue Bay is showing promising results. After 5 days of intense harvest, over 70K urchins landed representing ~30% of estimated biomass. @IMASUTAS @JPK_III
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Urgent Senate inquiry highlights the threat of the longspined sea urchin (Centro) to the #GreatSouthernReef. With a range expanded due to warmer seas, over 2,000 km of coastline is now impacted by Centro overgrazing. Read the report: aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Bus…
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