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Brendan Godley

@brendangodley.bsky.social

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Conservation Scientist, U of Exeter, Cornwall (UK). Biodiversity, ecology & conservation (research, practice & education). Esp. marine realm- sea turtles, fisheries, and ocean plastic. Academic Lead at @exetermarine.bsky.social & @exetergses.bsky.social .. more

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · Mar 15

Second Call: We made a starter pack for those interesed in sea turtle ecology and conservation. Add a comment if you would like to be added. 🐢🌍🧪🦑 #seaturtles #marineturtles
bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · 10d

🌐🧪🦤 A population assessment and ecological study confirmed that Sulcaria isidiifera is a critically endangered lichen that only occurs on the central coast of California. Translocation was also tested as a potential conservation measure to protect this rare lichen. bit.ly/esr_58_103

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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · 14d

🌐🧪🦤 Automated cameras in remote field sites captured breeding data for at-risk #doublecrestedcormorant in #StraitofGeorgia #BritishColumbia. Multievent capture-recapture models were used to understand negative effects on nest success across entire breeding season. bit.ly/esr_58_85

Photo of a double crested cormorant.

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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · 14d

🌐🧪🦤 Using DNA from skin samples, age (1–45 yr) and sex of Lahille’s bottlenose #dolphins in Brazil were estimated. With <600 left, this non-invasive #epigenetic tool aids survival predictions and #conservation 🧬🐬. bit.ly/esr_58_137

Three bottlenose dolphins in the water.

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Oryx @oryxthejournal.bsky.social · 22d

New issue!🏝
The unique challenges and rewards of island conservation🦎

This theme highlights the importance of protecting island biodiversity, which is particularly vulnerable to extinction🦇🌋

You can read our new Island Conservation issue (🔓fully Open Access) here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Oryx @oryxthejournal.bsky.social · 23d

🪂Species reintroductions have a radical history; in the UK, where official rewilding remains tightly regulated, a covert counterculture has emerged🐗

🦅Glentworth et al. explore guerilla rewilding: unlicensed releases reshaping landscapes and challenging norms🦫

📰 lnkd.in/dw7EVA5n
🖥️ lnkd.in/dxJK4Wy6

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Daniel Padfield @padpadpadpad.bsky.social · 24d

I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky

Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.

A teal flyer for a PhD opportunity to investigate how warming may change antimicrobial resistance. The project will use experiments on Klebsiella bacteria to answer questions about how temperature affects their response to antibiotics, plasmid transfer, and fitness costs. The research involves microbiology lab work, bioinformatics, and mathematical modeling. The flyer includes contact details for Dr. Daniel Padfield and the logos of the sponsoring institutions.

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 27d

NEW RESEARCH
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas

Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
🦑🧪🌍🐟

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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · 28d

🌐🧪🦤 Considering prey availability has the exciting potential to improve marine conservation efforts, as evidenced in this case study modeling the habitat of critically endangered North Atlantic #RightWhales. #OceanScience #Maine #ProtectOurOceans #BluePlanet. bit.ly/esr_58_67

North Atlantic right whales “Arpeggio” (Catalog #2753) and Catalog #4617 pass by each other while skim feeding in the Great South Channel in February 2024

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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · 28d

🌐🧪🦤 We reveal that #AtlanticSturgeon #Acipenseroxyrinchus produce low frequency thunder-like sounds associated with #spawning, similar to #lakesturgeon #Acipenserfulvescens. This finding lays the groundwork for passive acoustic monitoring of this endangered species. bit.ly/esr_58_1

An Atlantic sturgeon lying caught on a boat in the water next to a wooden jetty.

Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 28d

A small step forward.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
🐢🌎🦑🐟🦐🌊🦈🐢🐋🐳🐬 🦜 🐧

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our September jobs round-up has arrived (early), with lots of great UK marine roles.

Please share this thread widely with your network of ECRs/marine conservationists.

🦑🌍🌐🧪🌊🐟
#PhDsky #academiasky #conservationjobs #sciencejobs

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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · Aug 29

More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries

Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social

Study tracks UK’s journey from seafood self-sufficiency to dependence on imports

More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries. University of Exeter researcher...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌐🧪🦤 Various aspects of biology of the #olm #Proteus anguinus, an endangered cave #salamander, including its reproductive biology remain a mystery. Our study explores ways to identify their sex, a key step towards establishing captive reproduction and conserving the species. bit.ly/esr_57_453

A European blind cave salamander resting on limestone in subterranean waters.

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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌐🧪🦤 New paper finds the globally important populations of wandering, black-browed and grey-headed albatrosses at South Georgia have decreased by 39-66% in just 32-40 years, caused mainly by bycatch in fisheries or climate change. bit.ly/esr_57_437

Three photos of South Georgia Albatrosses. Two of the images show an albatross standing behind their chick in a nest and the middle image shows a standing albatross with a red ring on one leg and a yellow ring on the other.

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University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Brilliant to see our research featured in this Scientific American article: Microplastics Could Be Turning Bacteria into Drug-Resistant Superbugs
www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...

@pml.ac.uk @hls.exeter.ac.uk @ecehh.org @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our latest blog post explores the Anguilla Shark Conservation (ASC) project, which aimed to develop a science-based understanding of shark and ray populations in Anguilla through meaningful community engagement.

Read it here - sites.exeter.ac.uk/exetermarine...

🦑🌍🦤🧪🌐

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Prof Ceri Lewis @cezzalew.bsky.social · Aug 28

What a fun day. So honoured to be included in this list of incredible women! @exetermarine.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social www.womanandhome.com/life/inspira...

Meet Britain's most amazing women

Introducing the woman&home Amazing Women Awards 2025, in association with NHS Charities Together

www.womanandhome.com

Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · Aug 28

Definitely on my bucket list. Would love to witness an arribada of olive ridley #seaturtles

Nature Is Fucking Lit @cudanammy.com · Aug 28

thousands of Olive ridley sea turtles arrive on the beaches of Odisha India in synchronized nesting event. #nature Source: freudian_nipps

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Nature Is Fucking Lit @cudanammy.com · Aug 28

thousands of Olive ridley sea turtles arrive on the beaches of Odisha India in synchronized nesting event. #nature Source: freudian_nipps

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OneOcean Flotilla @oceanflotilla.bsky.social · Aug 26

New study by @exetermarine.bsky.social
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@zslofficial.bsky.social underscores the critical importance of Very Large Marine Protected Areas for safeguarding wide-ranging marine species. #MPAs
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

Chagos study highlights value of vast Marine Protected Areas

Large ocean animals can be protected throughout much of their lifecycle by huge Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), new research shows. Scientists tracked sea turtles, manta rays and seabirds – all of whic...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Aug 22

We've been cited as 3rd in the world (and 1st in the UK!) for publishing sea turtle publications!

A recent, global review in Ocean and Coastal Management has cited @exeter.ac.uk as a top institution for publishing research on sea turtles conservation.

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

🦑🌍🐢🧪

background is a male hawksbill turtle. overlayed text reads 'we're 3rd in the world for sea turtle publications'. a bar chart style figure is below, highlighting the university of exeter

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Aug 21

We wanted to take a moment to share some positive news this week - some recent promotions for some of our amazing Exeter Marine academics. 🎉

Please join us in giving a huge congratulations to them all!

@uniexecec.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

🌍🦑🧪

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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · Aug 15

@brendangodley.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social
@exetergses.bsky.social

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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · Aug 15

🌐🧪🦤 Citizen science data shows humans are responsible for most #SeaTurtle deaths and injuries in the #RedSea. Large cities and the nesting season are more dangerous for sea turtles. bit.ly/esr_57_313

A sea turtle on a beach.

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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · Aug 15

@brendangodley.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social
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Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · Aug 15

🌐🧪🦤 The #ArabianBustard of Africa’s #Sahel has collapsed in range and numbers, and is now moderately common only in #Chad, #Eritrea, #Djibouti and #Ethiopia. Hunting for sport and habitat loss to livestock and agriculture are major threats.

An Arabian bustard among grasses in a field.

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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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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Aug 6

Our latest blog post focuses on the Caribbean Spiny Lobster Project, talking about aquaculture, fisheries and the importance of community engagement.

Read the full story here - sites.exeter.ac.uk/exetermarine...

🦑🌍🦤🧪🌐🐟

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lisettebrodey @lisettebrodey.bsky.social · Mar 9

Inside the Herculean Effort to Study and Save the World’s Smallest Sea Turtle 🐢 🐢

After years of steady gains, a decades-long conservation program dedicated to the Kemp’s ridley hits rough seas

bit.ly/3DhcRe2

Inside the Herculean Effort to Study and Save the World's Smallest Sea Turtle

After years of steady gains, a decades-long conservation program dedicated to the Kemp's ridley hits rough seas

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Mar 9

🐢 Warmer seas, earlier turtle nests

A 31-year study finds green turtles in Cyprus are laying eggs earlier as ocean temperatures rise.

At the moment their flexibility helps - but can they keep up?

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

#SciComm 🧪 #ClimateChange #Turtles

Individual plasticity in response to rising sea temperatures contributes to an advancement in green turtle nesting phenology | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Phenological changes (i.e. shifts in the timing of biological events) are among the most frequently reported population-level responses to climate change and are often assumed to be adaptive and incre...