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Zoe Doubleday

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Scientist 🐙🇦🇺 Marine ecology, fisheries, bluefoods, geochemistry, science communication, writing, media, education www.marislab.org

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thank @euanritchie.bsky.social!

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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · Jul 31

In case you missed it, here’s what to know about the giant cuttlefish mating migration, the risk SA’s algal bloom poses to the population, and what the SA government must consider when investigating safeguards for the species.

@zoedoubleday.bsky.social @aunz.theconversation.com

The giant cuttlefish’s technicolour mating display is globally unique. The SA algal bloom could kill them all

The SA government has convened an emergency meeting today to discuss taking cuttlefish eggs from the wild, due to the impending threat of the algal bloom which could wipe them out forever.

theconversation.com

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thank you, @zoedoubleday.bsky.social. May we save this wonderful animal and nature spectacle. All power to all involved! theconversation.com/the-giant-cu...

The giant cuttlefish’s technicolour mating display is globally unique. The SA algal bloom could kill them all

The SA government has convened an emergency meeting today to discuss taking cuttlefish eggs from the wild, due to the impending threat of the algal bloom which could wipe them out forever.

theconversation.com

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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · Jul 29

As the SA Government convenes an emergency meeting to discuss the threat of the toxic algal bloom to the Giant Australian Cuttlefish in the Spencer Gulf today, we asked cuttlefish expert @zoedoubleday.bsky.social about the population and why it is so special.

#oceans #nature #cuttlefish #marine

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Jul 17

Let me introduce you to @louisehosking.bsky.social, a new PhD student in my lab and an ATSE Elevate Scholar. Here she is undergoing shark dissection training with her wonderful co-supervisor Bonnie Holmes. Lou will be developing geochemical methods to better understand #sharks.

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Ocean Acidification Research Center @uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · Jun 18

@alaskapublic.org with #KUCB reports on the "the first documented case of harmful algal blooms #HABs leading to a marine mammal die-off in Alaska". #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑

Harmful algal blooms linked to die-off of fur seals in the Bering Sea

Ten fur seals and hundreds of fish washed up dead on a Pribilof beach last year. New research links the die-off to warming oceans.

alaskapublic.org

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Mar 24

A harmful algal bloom of Karenia mikimotoi made dozens of surfers sick and killed seadragons, fish and octopuses on two South Australian beaches.

Mystery solved: our tests reveal the tiny algae killing fish and harming surfers on SA beaches

theconversation.com

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Mar 19

Sea foam is a health hazard. These bacterial smoothies can contain more harmful pathogens than a sewage treatment plant – and you wouldn’t go swimming in sewage.

Dozens of surfers fell ill after swimming in seas that turned into a ‘bacterial smoothie’ of sea foam. What was in it?

theconversation.com

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Mar 18

It’s my love of recycling that drew me into the world of sclerochronology…

Excerpt from my blog curated by South Australian Science Teachers Association.

Taking the recycling ethos into the lab to collect much needed data on our aquatic environments

Zoë Doubleday – Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of South Australia As an environmental scientist, I’m an avid recycler at home. But I also apply the “reduce, reuse, and recycle” etho...

www.sasta.asn.au

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The Onion @theonion.com · Mar 8

"Abortion was made legal underwater nearly 50 years ago in Salmon Roe v. Wave, yet there is still a stigma attached to what is no more serious a procedure than allowing a goby fish to clean the parasites from my gills."
theonion.com/if-fema...

If Females Could Get Pregnant, There’d Be An Abortion Clinic On Every Coral

Despite the tide of aquatic opinion flowing in favor of reproductive rights for all, marine society still gives male seahorses very little say over what happens to their own bodies. Instead, we are treated as passive baby-making machines. Meanwhile, if it were the female seahorses who could get pregnant, there’d probably be an abortion clinic […]

theonion.com

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Feb 17

Congrats Erica Durante for publishing amazing research (+ your 4th PhD paper!). Erica developed methods to extract estrogen & progesterone from cephalopod beaks. Now we can get lifetime reproductive data from species we know little about! @aslo.org
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Zoe (author of post) is holding a beak of a giant octopus squid, a mysterious species we know little about.

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Joy @joeofthedeep.bsky.social · Feb 4

🦑 It's #Crinoids Day! (plus a sneak little shrimp.) Crinoids should be much more popular what the variety of colors and entirely extraneous number of legs. #Bohol #Philippines

array of crinoid legs, the feet are black with yellow tips

array of crinoid legs, the feet are red with tiny blue tips

array of crinoid legs, the entire thing is a pale yellow. In the middle of the shot there is a shirmp that has the exact same color of yellow.

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Jan 28

Swanning around on a sticky-hot long weekend. #birdlife #wildoz

Black swans looking at themselves in a mirror in an urban landscape

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Cell Reports Sustainability @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social · Jan 27

Our one-year anniversary issue is here!

As we celebrate our first year as a journal, we reflect on the incredible multidisciplinary research we've had the privilege to publish, all striving to tackle today's grand challenges #sustainability

www.cell.com/cell-reports...

On the cover: Cell Reports Sustainability is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Sustainability covers a wide array of disciplines that are collectively needed to tackle the grand challenges we face today. Cover art by Julie Sung.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jan 24

Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Jan 16

Congratulations @arielitristao.bsky.social for winning our Institute’s student award for your leadership as President of the PhD student association and stellar research on radiogenic isotopes (for biological applications)!

Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Jan 13

You can find out more by visiting www.marislab.org. Drop us a line if you would like to know more about what we do, or explore new and creative ideas with us. Happy 2025!

MARIS Lab

www.marislab.org

Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Jan 13

4. Our mission at MARIS is to ensure science is not hidden behind closed doors but rather communicated to the media and public. We not only undertake research on how to boost the readability and readership of what scientists write, we also do alot of sci comm! elifesciences.org/articles/60080

Meta-Research: The growth of acronyms in the scientific literature

A study of 24 million articles has revealed that scientists have created more than 1 million acronyms since 1950, most of which have been used fewer than 10 times.

elifesciences.org

Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Jan 13

Research that supports the sustainable development and production of health blue(sea)foods. Here's an example of how geochemical tools can be used to universally trace seafood: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The universal imprint of oxygen isotopes can track the origins of seafood

Identifying the source of seafood is critical for combatting seafood fraud, but current tools are predominantly developed and applied on a species-specific basis. This study investigates how multiple....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Jan 13

2. Using geochemistry and sclerochronology methods as a smart, cost-effective way to collect data on environment and aquatic species. Here's our latest review on the topic: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Capitalizing on the wealth of chemical data in the accretionary structures of aquatic taxa: Opportunities from across the tree of life

Aquatic organisms are natural data loggers and record chemical variations within hardened accretionary structures like shells and teeth. Chemical sclerochronology is the study of these chemical varia...

aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Jan 13

1. Everything cephalopod ecology, we love these smart, short-lived animals that bend all the rules. Here's our new octopus ageing guide to give you a taster: www.publish.csiro.au/mf/mf23159

A step-by-step guide to ageing octopus

Global octopus catch has doubled over the past four decades and is likely to grow in importance as many key fisheries continue to decline. Lack of age data is a critical limitation in assessing the re...

www.publish.csiro.au

Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Jan 13

I'm loving my new @bsky.app community, so here's a little about me: science, history, culture, and travel feed my curiosity; nature and gardening give me peace; and effective writing and communication always keeps me thinking.

I run a marine science lab in Australia and this is what we do:

A tote bag sitting on the beach with the inscription "University of South Australia"

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Jan 10

I concur!

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Jan 1

The more we learn about parasites the more we’re amazed. I wrote about them. theconversation.com/mind-bending...

Mind-bending, body-snatching, blood-sucking: parasites are bizarre yet vital for life on Earth

An ecologist shares his passion for parasites. From their vital roles in nature, to strange super powers and extraordinarily complex life cycles, parasites are natural wonders worthy of protection.

theconversation.com

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · Dec 20

I've somehow made it onto @crikey.com.au's "2024 Shitstirrers Index Honourable Mentions"!

Thanks for the nominations – what a Xmas pressie! 💩🥄

"For giving researchers across Australia info that the ARC could totally tell them, but chooses not to."

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www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/20/r...

Rex Patrick, Rick Morton, Jacqui Lambie: Who were readers' picks for shitstirrer of the year?

Some fan favourites did not make our esteemed list of shitstirrers this year. There will be no recount!

www.crikey.com.au

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Dec 6

Hi Jessica - you could add @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social. Our local society, new to blue sky, who do all things fish, fisheries, and seafood!

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · Dec 5

Brand new review paper that sums up the thing I do. In short, there is a whole lot of overlooked chemical data ready and waiting inside aquatic taxa that can be used to monitor the environment and support species and ecosystem health.

aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Stylized tree of life diagram that demonstrates the range of useful chemical data that can be extracted from 19 classes of organisms.

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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · Dec 4

I'll go back to the early 1990's to a paper that showed that a small species of Australian shark fertilize their eggs and then pause embryonic development for 7+ months. The picture is a section through the resting blastodisc stage embryo. First time every reported in a shark doi.org/10.1071/MF99...

This is a histological section through a preserved egg of an Australian sharpnose shark. The granular material at the bottom of the picture is yolk. The plain material at the top is the egg case and egg membrane. And sandwiched between the two is the embryo at the blastodisc stage. It is shaped like a section through a shallow bowl. The embryo stays at this stage for 7.5 months.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Dec 4

Science friends 🧪🌎🦑, @altmetric.com tracks Bluesky posts now! Quote or reply to this post with a link to the paper you’re best known for or most proud of, and a brief plain-language summary of what you found and why it matters!

Let’s fill Bluesky with SCIENCE!

a man with glasses and suspenders is standing in front of a group of people and says science !!

ALT: a man with glasses and suspenders is standing in front of a group of people and says science !!

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