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Luciana Ferreira
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Research Scientist studying marine megafauna spatial ecology
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Matias Braccini @matiasbraccini.bsky.social · Jul 19
Amazing, never seen such a specific calling! Sounds like a dream job!
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Corey Garza @profcgarza.bsky.social · Jul 18
The Biology Department at CSU Long Beach is now advertising for an Assistant Professor of Elasmobranch Biology. Refer to the attached flyer for details. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social
Flyer from CSU Long Beach advertising for the position of Assistant Professor of Elasmobranch Biology. The flyer has a picture of a white shark in the banner. Application deadline is September 03, 2025. Christine Whitcraft can be contacted for details at Christine.whitcraft@csulb.edu Full job description can be found here: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/lb/en-us/job/549205/assistant-professor-of-biological-sciences-elasmobranch-biologist
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Rob Harcourt @robharcourt.bsky.social · May 31
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... 🦑🦈🌏
‘Gut punch’: top shark expert quits Queensland advisory panel after LNP expands cull program
Exclusive: Colin Simpfendorfer’s resignation comes as other members of working group members say state government went against their advice against expanding lethal controls
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Ben D’Antonio @bendantonio.bsky.social · Jan 20
New #Shark Pub available #OpenAccess in the journal Diversity and Distributions 📝

Here we show that both natural and artificial seafloor structures influence the movement and habitat connectivity of Whale Sharks across seascapes 🦈
🔗: tinyurl.com/ca9pzycv
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Luciana Ferreira @drlucianaferreira.bsky.social · Jan 18
Exciting new paper led by @bendantonio.bsky.social looking at the influence of natural and artificial seafloor features on the movement and connectivity of whale sharks

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Natural and Artificial Structures Influence the Movement and Habitat Connectivity of Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus) Across Seascapes
Aim To understand how natural geomorphological features and oil and gas platforms (OG platforms) influence the habitat use and seascape connectivity of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus). Location ...
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Luciana Ferreira @drlucianaferreira.bsky.social · Jan 7
Our paper just out on pygmy blue whale diving and using dive data to validate foraging areas identified using movement data

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Tracking pygmy blue whale diving behaviour and validation of foraging areas defined from horizontal movement data
Foraging in large vertebrates is often inferred from horizontal movement behaviour from satellite tracking data, but the strength of this inference ha…
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Christine Barry @christine-barry.bsky.social · Jan 3
🚨🦈 New shark science! 🦈🚨 We observed a sexually mature male whale shark biting the caudal fin of a (likely juvenile) female whale shark. Biting is a pre-copulatory behaviour for many shark species, so this observation provides possible insights into the mating behaviours of this endangered species 🌊
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