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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Aug 13

New paper-size matters! Our team showed even though highly mobile, turtles, mantas & seabirds all protected by very large #MPA around Chagos Archipelago.

Led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social, @ruthedunn.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social

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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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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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Aug 6

Using lightweight bird-borne cameras, scientists have captured unique footage of Indian Ocean seabirds speeding just above the waves to catch flying fish.

Dr Ruth Dunn (@ruthedunn.bsky.social) of @lec-reefs.bsky.social is lead author of the study.

📰: https://tinyurl.com/yezeyxu2

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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

🧪🌍🪶

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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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Feb 27

New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste

Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social

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Daniel Padfield @padpadpadpad.bsky.social · Dec 12

JOB OPPORTUNITY! I am hiring a postdoc for 18 months to investigate the links between temperature and antibiotic resistance. Ecoevo microbiology, plasmids, and some super fun stats, modelling, and bioinformatics. To starts in Feb 2025. Please share!
#exetercec

jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Dec 13

Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean!

With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project

📍University of La Reunion
Apply by Jan 15th

#jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Nov 28

Check out our latest Exeter Marine starter pack! 🐟🐠🐡

This will get you connected with all of faculty who are currently on BlueSky. 🦑🧪🌍🌐🐢🦤

go.bsky.app/6nvmb3h

marine conservation | marine science | marine academics

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Nov 28

Exciting PhD opportunity to investigate tropical seabird migration strategies with Malcolm Nicoll at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity

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Liam Langley @liamlangley1.bsky.social · Nov 25

New paper alert!

Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution!
In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets.

Link to paper here:

dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Competition and Facilitation Influence Central Place Foraging Ecology in a Colonial Marine Predator

Analysis of combined deployments of GPS loggers with cameras or temperature–depth recorders reveals that despite experiencing intraspecific competition for food, northern gannets engage in dynamic, c...

dx.doi.org

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Sep 6

Excellent week at #CoimbraSeabirds! Lots of exciting science and great scientists! Well done to fellow @exetercec.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social on fantastic presentations & thanks to ECOTOP and @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social for organising!

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Prospecting behaviour in a tropical #seabird, the red-footed booby."

@alicetrevail.bsky.social examines the factors driving immature dispersal in Red-footed Boobies in the Chagos Archipelago, highlighting its role in population recovery. 🏝️

#CoimbraSeabirds

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 15

Atolls are vital for seabirds - and vice versa! 🐦🏝️💞

Check out my Nature Ecology & Evolution News & Views article:

nature.com/articles/s41...

📸 Nathan Hudson-Peacock; sooty terns on an atoll island.

Atolls are vital for seabirds and vice versa - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Predictive modelling based on a global dataset reveals that atolls sustain 31.2 million breeding tropical seabirds. This vast assemblage of birds probably acts as a major nutrient pump, which highligh...

nature.com

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Jul 23

Recently out in Conservation Biology:

"Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning"
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

🐀🌳 Eradicating rats & restoring vegetation could help to bring back thousands of seabirds and restore nutrient flows to coral reefs 🪽🪸

One photo showing seabirds flying over an atoll island and one photo showing a coral reef with fish swimming by

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Jul 15

New tropical seabird paper!

Brown boobies use similar habitats and foraging strategies across colonies, seasons and breeding stages

Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetercec.bsky.social

Comparable foraging effort and habitat use between two geographically proximate tropical seabird colonies - Marine Biology

Effective seabird conservation requires understanding their marine spatial ecology. Tracking can reveal details of their foraging ecology and habitat use, as well as the suitability of marine protecte...

link.springer.com

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Liam Langley @liamlangley1.bsky.social · Jun 14

Really proud of our new guide to processing and exploring animal tracking data in R which has just been published in @animalecology.bsky.social!

If you work with animal tracking data or have a student that does then please read and share! Lots of useful code and a shiny app for data vis!

Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Jun 11

New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!

Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging

Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Jun 11

Check out more resources on the ExMove website, including links to the code repository and a helpful user guide: exmove.github.io

ExMove

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Jun 11

ExMove can help you:
- Process raw tracking data files into a standardised format for archive & analyses
- Determine appropriate filters for removing erroneous data
- Identify central-place foraging trips in your data
- Calculate useful summary metrics for publications

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Jun 11

New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!

Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging

Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · May 7

New insight into tropical seabird foraging ecology led by @ruthedunn.bsky.social

Red-footed boobies select foraging habitat at different scales, responding to environments available at sea & encountered on route

Out now & open access: doi.org/10.1007/s002...

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · May 2

Out now in Marine Biology: "From route to dive: multi-scale habitat selection in a foraging tropical seabird" 🐦🐟

doi.org/10.1007/s002...

We found that red-footed booby habitat selection varied between their foraging routes in comparison to their dive locations 🌊🌞

Image shows the journal title 'Marine Biology' as well as the paper title 'From route to dive: multi-scale habitat selection in a foraging tropical seabird', the author list (Ruth Dunn, Robin Freeman, Malcolm Nicoll, Julia Ramsden, Alice Trevail, Hannah Wood and Steve Votier), a map of red-footed booby foraging tracks and dive bout locations, a photo of a red-footed booby and some text that reads 'Red-footed booby dive bout dynamics vary across their foraging journeys and are impacted by environmental conditions and the diurnal cycle'

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 23

⚠️Just a week remaining to nominate⚠️

🚨 Deadline: 30 April

We're seeking nominations for keynotes for #BOU2025 Frontiers in ornithology

📅 1-3 April 2025 Nottingham and on X / Twitter

Anyone can nominate here: bou.org.uk/event/fro...

#ornithology | please reshare! 🐦

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Feb 13

Struggling seabirds thrown a lifeline by new commercial fishing ban in the North Sea – but it may not be enough

theconversation.com/struggling-s...

Excellent article by @ruthedunn.bsky.social in The Conversation

Struggling seabirds thrown a lifeline by new commercial fishing ban in the North Sea – but it may not be enough

Many seabird colonies around UK coastlines struggle to breed because the sandeels they feed on have been overfished. The upcoming closure of sandeel fisheries will be good news for marine wildlife.

theconversation.com

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · Jan 12

This work is part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social programme, and is a collaboration between @exetercec.bsky.social, Institute of Zoology ZSL, and Herriot Watt University

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