Kristen McSpadden
@krisfish.bsky.social
Marine Scientist | PhD Candidate @uni_newcastle 🥒 🪸 Researching tropical sea cucumber fisheries in Australia [email protected] 📍Darkinjung land (she/her)
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The concept makes the most of the surface vessel available to the ROV to provide the advantages of towed cameras with the versatility of ROVs.
Team @krisfish.bsky.social @drkjoyce.bsky.social #JaneWilliamson #JoanLi
Funded by #MQ and #GreatBarrierReefFoundation
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Team @krisfish.bsky.social @drkjoyce.bsky.social #JaneWilliamson #JoanLi
Funded by #MQ and #GreatBarrierReefFoundation
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March 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The concept makes the most of the surface vessel available to the ROV to provide the advantages of towed cameras with the versatility of ROVs.
Team @krisfish.bsky.social @drkjoyce.bsky.social #JaneWilliamson #JoanLi
Funded by #MQ and #GreatBarrierReefFoundation
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Team @krisfish.bsky.social @drkjoyce.bsky.social #JaneWilliamson #JoanLi
Funded by #MQ and #GreatBarrierReefFoundation
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A new method of aquatic surveying based on an affordable @bluerobotics.bsky.social ROV that lets scientists run > 2km long underwater transects at depths of 2 to 60 m! 🧵 #OA 🦑🧪
@griffith.edu.au #MQUni @uni-newcastle.bsky.social @geonadir.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@griffith.edu.au #MQUni @uni-newcastle.bsky.social @geonadir.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
A new method of aquatic surveying based on an affordable @bluerobotics.bsky.social ROV that lets scientists run > 2km long underwater transects at depths of 2 to 60 m! 🧵 #OA 🦑🧪
@griffith.edu.au #MQUni @uni-newcastle.bsky.social @geonadir.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@griffith.edu.au #MQUni @uni-newcastle.bsky.social @geonadir.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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So excited to be in the Torres Strait. Dodging bad weather but a perfect start to the fieldwork! Let's find some sea cucumbers! @griffithuniversity.bsky.social #MQ #JCU
January 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
So excited to be in the Torres Strait. Dodging bad weather but a perfect start to the fieldwork! Let's find some sea cucumbers! @griffithuniversity.bsky.social #MQ #JCU
‼️ New Paper ‼️
This collaborative paper presents length-weight data for 6 species of sea cucumber harvested in the QLD Sea Cucumber Fishery. These data were collected on the GBR, from 2,421 individuals, across 9 degrees of latitude, from 89 reefs 🥒🪸
www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16...
This collaborative paper presents length-weight data for 6 species of sea cucumber harvested in the QLD Sea Cucumber Fishery. These data were collected on the GBR, from 2,421 individuals, across 9 degrees of latitude, from 89 reefs 🥒🪸
www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16...
Length–Weight Relationships of Commercial Species in the Eastern Australian Sea Cucumber Fishery
Biological data, such as length–weight relationships, are essential for the management and stewardship of harvested individuals. Sea cucumbers are a lucrative industry globally but many of the associa...
www.mdpi.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:50 AM
‼️ New Paper ‼️
This collaborative paper presents length-weight data for 6 species of sea cucumber harvested in the QLD Sea Cucumber Fishery. These data were collected on the GBR, from 2,421 individuals, across 9 degrees of latitude, from 89 reefs 🥒🪸
www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16...
This collaborative paper presents length-weight data for 6 species of sea cucumber harvested in the QLD Sea Cucumber Fishery. These data were collected on the GBR, from 2,421 individuals, across 9 degrees of latitude, from 89 reefs 🥒🪸
www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16...
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New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk
👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
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👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
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December 5, 2024 at 10:05 PM
New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk
👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
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👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
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Thanks @asfbc.bsky.social for having me! #ASFB2024
@krisfish.bsky.social introducing the million dollar question about long term trends in sea cucumber fisheries in the great barrier reef. @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social #asfb2024.
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Thanks @asfbc.bsky.social for having me! #ASFB2024
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Hello new followers! I study a lot of things, but at the moment I'm deep diving into Sea Cucumbers. These animals related to sea urchins and starfish are everywhere, but while they might look like a log (uhum), research is finding they're important for our oceans 🧪🦑🧵
Pics by @krisfish.bsky.social
Pics by @krisfish.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Hello new followers! I study a lot of things, but at the moment I'm deep diving into Sea Cucumbers. These animals related to sea urchins and starfish are everywhere, but while they might look like a log (uhum), research is finding they're important for our oceans 🧪🦑🧵
Pics by @krisfish.bsky.social
Pics by @krisfish.bsky.social
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I haven't had a chance to be part of #30DayMapChallenge this year, and am a few days behind... but Day 11 "Time and space" is too good to resist:
Here's one week of ocean tides animated across Australasia (🔵= high tide, 🔴 = low tide). 🌊 Pretty incredible how complex (and hypnotic!) they are!
Here's one week of ocean tides animated across Australasia (🔵= high tide, 🔴 = low tide). 🌊 Pretty incredible how complex (and hypnotic!) they are!
November 14, 2024 at 6:09 AM
I haven't had a chance to be part of #30DayMapChallenge this year, and am a few days behind... but Day 11 "Time and space" is too good to resist:
Here's one week of ocean tides animated across Australasia (🔵= high tide, 🔴 = low tide). 🌊 Pretty incredible how complex (and hypnotic!) they are!
Here's one week of ocean tides animated across Australasia (🔵= high tide, 🔴 = low tide). 🌊 Pretty incredible how complex (and hypnotic!) they are!
Reposted by Kristen McSpadden
During my many museum visits-you see some CRAZY stuff! Here's a goniasterid starfish, Ceramaster patagonicus-but with only FOUR ARMS! SEA SQUARE? Ocean RAVIOLI? ha! #echinoday (specimen at California Academy of Sceinces)
November 14, 2024 at 4:43 AM
During my many museum visits-you see some CRAZY stuff! Here's a goniasterid starfish, Ceramaster patagonicus-but with only FOUR ARMS! SEA SQUARE? Ocean RAVIOLI? ha! #echinoday (specimen at California Academy of Sceinces)
Read about my Honours research from 2021 here 👇 🐠🐟
If you're a bit tired of bad news (like I am), know this:
Imaging sonar has shown almost 50 TONS of fish moving in an out of an estuary, every HOUR. They do this more at night during the day, probably to hide from predators.
Your regular fish highways...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Imaging sonar has shown almost 50 TONS of fish moving in an out of an estuary, every HOUR. They do this more at night during the day, probably to hide from predators.
Your regular fish highways...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Imaging Sonar Reveals Diel Movement of Fish Throughout a Developed Australian Estuary - Estuaries and Coasts
Estuaries present a unique interface between ocean and freshwater systems and support key fish habitats. While the role of estuaries for juvenile fish has been studied extensively, the daily movement ...
link.springer.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Read about my Honours research from 2021 here 👇 🐠🐟
Reposted by Kristen McSpadden
If you're a bit tired of bad news (like I am), know this:
Imaging sonar has shown almost 50 TONS of fish moving in an out of an estuary, every HOUR. They do this more at night during the day, probably to hide from predators.
Your regular fish highways...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Imaging sonar has shown almost 50 TONS of fish moving in an out of an estuary, every HOUR. They do this more at night during the day, probably to hide from predators.
Your regular fish highways...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Imaging Sonar Reveals Diel Movement of Fish Throughout a Developed Australian Estuary - Estuaries and Coasts
Estuaries present a unique interface between ocean and freshwater systems and support key fish habitats. While the role of estuaries for juvenile fish has been studied extensively, the daily movement ...
link.springer.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:20 PM
If you're a bit tired of bad news (like I am), know this:
Imaging sonar has shown almost 50 TONS of fish moving in an out of an estuary, every HOUR. They do this more at night during the day, probably to hide from predators.
Your regular fish highways...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Imaging sonar has shown almost 50 TONS of fish moving in an out of an estuary, every HOUR. They do this more at night during the day, probably to hide from predators.
Your regular fish highways...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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What an epic research trip on the Great Barrier Reef! Many hundreds of sea cucumbers were surveyed, over 60km of ROV transects, and I even got to sneak in some shark time. Thanks to Great Barrier Reef Foundation, the MEG lab, JCU, and UoN.
Epic photo of me by @krisfish.bsky.social
Epic photo of me by @krisfish.bsky.social
October 19, 2023 at 12:32 AM
What an epic research trip on the Great Barrier Reef! Many hundreds of sea cucumbers were surveyed, over 60km of ROV transects, and I even got to sneak in some shark time. Thanks to Great Barrier Reef Foundation, the MEG lab, JCU, and UoN.
Epic photo of me by @krisfish.bsky.social
Epic photo of me by @krisfish.bsky.social
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Stoked to be back on Kalinda for more #seacukescience! Going to conduct ROV and drone surveys from Townsville to Cairns over the next two weeks, fingers crossed for some nice weather. Thanks to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation
October 4, 2023 at 2:08 AM
Stoked to be back on Kalinda for more #seacukescience! Going to conduct ROV and drone surveys from Townsville to Cairns over the next two weeks, fingers crossed for some nice weather. Thanks to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation