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Laura-Li Jeannot @lljeannot.bsky.social · 1d

It's apparently #WorldOctopusDay, so here's a tiny little fellow we unfortunately captured in our last fieldtrip in Chagos while looking for small fishes and other invertebrates. Hope all other three-hearted creatures have a better fate than his!

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OneOcean Flotilla @oceanflotilla.bsky.social · Aug 8

🗞️ New Ocean Science Roundup is live!

Head to our website to read all the latest studies on ocean and climate.

Looking for more? Check out past summaries of scientific reports on a broad range of ocean topics. #OneOceanOnePlanet www.oceanprotect.org/2025/08/06/m...

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 6

"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟

New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social

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Composite image of the Proceedings B journal title, the manuscript title and the author list, alongside an image of a red-footed booby flying amongst palm trees. Some text reads: "Winds shape the behavioural decisions of red-footed boobies, impacting their foraging commutes and feeding behaviour".

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 7

Nice little thread on some of our recent red-footed booby work 💨👇

ZSL @zslofficial.bsky.social · Aug 6

🐦 The true meaning of a birds-eye view! Scientists use lightweight cameras fitted to the wing of red-footed boobies to capture feeding behaviour for the first time

📽️ @ruthedunn.bsky.social

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 7

New research led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social combines tracking data to show the value of large marine protected areas in encompassing diverse megafauna movements 🐢

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

@jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social

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Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · Jun 6

Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️...

Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong...

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David Jacoby @netlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

#Angelsharks may be more vulnerable to #ClimateChange than we thought!

Out today in @globalchangebio.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

@lancasteruni.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @ulpgc.es @qmul.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de @lec-reefs.bsky.social

📸 @nuno_vasco_rodrigues

@sharkconservationfund @canbiocanarias @saveourseasfoundation @oceantrackingnetwork @wwfnederland @nercscience @deutsche_elasmobrancier_ges

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KokkaChammam @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thrilled to be part of this new paper led by Mayukh Dey & Nature Conservation Foundation, summarizing 25 yrs of 🪸 reef resilience monitoring in Lakshadweep 🏝️ 🇮🇳

We find distinct recovery archetypes shaped by atoll location & coral assemblages

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Laura-Li Jeannot @lljeannot.bsky.social · Jul 11

New paper out in Proceedings B! 🔊

Seabirds' impacts on reefs extends even to some of its tiniest inhabitants - cryptobenthic reef fishes 🐠
Near colonies, these fishes assimilate seabird nutrients (💩), grow larger 📈 & more at: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

@royalsocietypublishing.org

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Bex Turner @bexturner.bsky.social · Jun 11

New paper 📢 Coral reef depth zonation patterns are not 'universal' and may be disrupted by local human impacts.

We show evidence of spatially dependent effects of depth on benthic community structure across the Pacific Ocean.

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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · Jun 13

We've had a blast at the Indo-Pacific Fish Conference in Taipei. Thanks to the organisers for a fantastic week! 🐟🐠🦈

Ft. talks from
@cbenkwitt.bsky.social
@lljeannot.bsky.social
@ruchakarkarey.bsky.social
@james-robinson.bsky.social

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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · Apr 4

Eeek! Here my new paper where we predicted the distribution of #mesophotic #coral ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago, using #Maxent onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... I can now say that MY ENTIRE PHD IS PUBLISHED! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social

Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago

This study aims to map and predict the distribution of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, using high- and low-resolution bathymetry data. The models, develope...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · Feb 11

🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗

fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...

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marineronan.bsky.social @marineronan.bsky.social · Jan 27

🚨Our paper now out and Open Access in Conservation Biology🚨

🦈Urgent conservation action needed for WIO’s large-bodied fish. Sharks, giant groupers & green humphead parrotfishes face alarming declines in the WIO due to overfishing & climate change. 🦈
@sosbangor.bsky.social

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https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14430

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Javier González @reefjav.bsky.social · Jan 13

Great Barrier Reef fish reveal that large-scale macroecological patterns have changed significantly 🐟🐠

We found that changes in latitudinal diversity gradient & rising species turnover were strongly correlated with shifts in coral composition

Out now in Nature Comms www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity correlate with coral assemblage shifts along the Great Barrier Reef - Nature Communications

Coral reefs have been severely affected by anthropogenic stress. Using long term data from the Great Barrier Reef, this study found temporal changes in the latitudinal diversity gradient, and stronger...

www.nature.com

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James Robinson @james-robinson.bsky.social · Jan 7

Marine heatwaves are getting hotter and more frequent. This incredible underwater time-series from Seychelles has taught us how coral reefs can respond to bleaching - including regime shifts, boom-bust cycles, and now, a regime reversal from algae -> coral.

Out now in Ecology Letters! 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍

Nick Graham @nickajgraham.bsky.social · Jan 2

Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Increased resilience and a regime shift reversal through repeat mass coral bleaching

Assessing coral reefs across the inner Seychelles islands, using a 28-year dataset, we document faster coral recovery from the 2016 than the 1998 marine heatwave events. Further, a reef that had regi....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Casey Benkwitt @cbenkwitt.bsky.social · Jan 6

Check out our new paper!

We compare indicators for monitoring the impacts of island restoration on coral reefs. Massive thanks to our huge list of collaborators, which enabled us to look at seabirds, nutrients, microbes, algae, corals, and fish! 🐦🦠🌱🪸🐠

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Diagram showing links between seabirds and various coral-reef monitoring outcomes.

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Jan 2

Feather stable isotopes & dive data reveal links between habitat use & foraging behaviour across 3 populations of red-throated diver during their moult 🪶🌊

Out now in Ecology & Evolution: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Linking Foraging Behaviour and Habitat Preferences During Moult Across Multiple Populations of Red‐Throated Diver

We demonstrate a link between foraging habitat and behaviour in an elusive aquatic bird, the red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) across three populations (Finland, Iceland and Scotland) during their ....

dx.doi.org

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Jennifer Appoo @jenniferappoo.bsky.social · Jan 5

A bit late but excited to share our new paper exploring how seabird nutrient inputs influence mangrove food webs! 🐦🌿 @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social
Open access: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Lisa Goberdhan @lisagoberdhan.bsky.social · Dec 5

📢New Paper Alert📢 (and first chapter of my PhD!)

We show that scale matters when quantifying motile cryptofauna on tropical coral reefs 🦀

Paper in MEPS: www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · Dec 9

You can keep up with the whole LEC REEFS gang via our starter pack! 🐟🪸🎣🏝️

go.bsky.app/3m4FFzH

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Roxy Holmes @roxybholmes.bsky.social · Dec 4

🚨Excited that the first chapter from my PhD is now out in Marine Biology. Here we show that #lionfish do not show any directional preferences for ambient #soundscapes during diurnal hours.
🔗link.springer.com/article/10.100…
🧵A thread to find out more:

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Laura-Li Jeannot @lljeannot.bsky.social · Dec 2

Had a blast at #RCUK2024!! Always a pleasure talking about seabirds and small fishes (and inverts this time too! 🦐)
So amazing to be part of a group as vibrant and supportive as @lec-reefs.bsky.social 🐠🌊

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KokkaChammam @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social · Dec 1

Grateful to be invited to share insights on slow, immersive science and place-based ecology at #RCUK2024

Thrilled to see the audience captivated by Manini Bansal’s portrayal of #spawningaggregations and life in #Lakshadweep, showcasing the deep ties between community & reefs.

🌿 🪸🎣🏝️🦑

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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · Nov 30

We're at #RCUK2024! Ft.

@ruchakarkarey.bsky.social plenary on spawning grouper

@netlab.bsky.social on reef shark residency in El Nino

@lljeannot.bsky.social seabird nutrients and cryptobenthic fish

Visiting researchers Anish Paul on fish predation, Jane Sudrajat & Maserati on coral restoration

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