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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · 9d

Our interconnected planet is all we have 🌍❤️

Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · 23d

First day back teaching of a new semester after a wonderful, science-filled 4 days in the Lerin Islands with new MSc students!

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Aug 24

Check out our new paper:

🐠 🪸 🔈 🌊

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

Environmental and acoustic drivers of fish recruitment along degraded coral reefs

The global degradation of coral reefs threatens the persistence of fish assemblages, and protection-based management strategies alone may be insuffici…

www.sciencedirect.com

Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Jul 3

Fantastic opportunity in beautiful Taiwan with a great PI!

Apply ASAP!

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Crystal McRae @crystaljmcrae.bsky.social · Jul 3

📢Research Assistant Job Opportunity! Come join my lab at National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan). One-year full-time contract (responsibilities: administrative work, tank maintenance, lab work/field assistance)

Start date: Aug 1. See link for details: mcraemarinelab.weebly.com/opportunitie...

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Jun 8

#WorldOceansDay

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Jun 8

It was also a privilege to meet and talk to Sylvia Earle outside the opera. This coming week at #UNOC3 calls for the most experienced and recognised voices of our ocean!

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Jun 8

Was a real honour to speak at the #OOSC #UNOC3 last week about our inherent relationship between the terrestrial and marine, corals and seaweeds and how we can effectively apply science in restoration efforts

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Jun 1

If you're attending the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice this coming week, come discuss corals, seaweeds and everything marine forest recovery on Thursday 5th June at 2pm in Room 7! #OOSC #UNOC

Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · May 30

We managed to speak to people from all around the world, from French NGOs to Indian scientists to Madagascan MPA Managers to coral reef ecologists in Taiwan to polar engineers in Canada to experts in marine conservation in the Mediterranean...now its over to those in power to listen and make change!

Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · May 30

As an official affiliated event of UNOC (United Nations Ocean Conference) 2025, we set out on a 24-hour live relay, following the Sun across all time zones, speaking to professionals in all fields of marine science across 24 sessions.

Catch up with all sessions here: lnkd.in/gn75BhT3

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · May 23

Join us LIVE on Youtube for 24 hours of #MarineScience as we welcome the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference #UNOC3 to Nice, France!

Use this link to access the entire schedule: univ-cotedazur.eu/msc/marres/u...

And this link to watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x07A...

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · May 17

Check out our new pre-print

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

Pioneer generation shapes long-term recovery of coral populations

Reef recovery following a disturbance largely depends on successful coral recruitment and the absence of chronic stressors. However, recent recovery events show increasing homogenization, with dominan...

www.researchsquare.com

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Apr 11

Beautiful Cladocora caespitosa, forms the only true coral reef in the Mediterranean 🪸

Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Mar 25

Field work à Île Sainte-Marguerite with those special people from Taiwan 🇹🇼❤️

Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Mar 6

I was lucky enough to receive a grant from @britishecologicalsociety.org this year! Would definitely recommend applying! 🤿 🪸 🌊 🇬🇧 🇫🇷

British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · Feb 20

Round 1 of applications closes on 10 March.

Find out more about BES grants here:

What grants can I apply for? - British Ecological Society

We invest half a million every year in projects through our member-only grants. Find out more about and how you can apply.

s.mtrbio.com

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Dec 13

A little hope in all the doom from @nancyknowlton.bsky.social

- Resilience through change
- New ecological balances
- Long-term perspective is important

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

www.pnas.org

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Dec 12

Excited to present at the UN One Ocean Science Congress next year in our beautiful home that is Nice 🇫🇷 looking forward to meeting lots of new people too! #OOSC2025

Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Dec 6

Final couple of weeks leading up to Christmas and we are lucky enough to have a quick getaway along the coast from all the rush to Sanary-sur-Mer. Extra beautiful at this time of year 🎄✨

(It might be 12° but it’s still cold for the south of France and we’re in training for the U.K!!)

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Dec 6

Of all the concepts that humankind needs to absorb + act on with extreme urgency, this tops the list.

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Nov 28

What a life, what achievements right until the end. We truly stand on the shoulders of giants and Kike Ballesteros was one big one.

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informemarbalear.bsky.social @informemarbalear.bsky.social · Nov 28

Ahir ens va deixar en Kike Ballesteros. 🖤
No tenim paraules per descriure el gran buit que deixa. Segurament la persona que millor coneixia la biodiversitat marina de Balears. Una pèrdua inestimable per la ciència i la conservació marina.
Que la mar li sigui lleu 💙

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Nov 26

Diving under full moon conditions like this for coral reproduction means you don’t really need your torch! #CoralReefs 🪸

Moon 🌙 @moonpic.bsky.social · Nov 26

Moon light

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Dr Margaux Steyaert 🪸 @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social · Nov 25

A list of #marinebiology starter packs! 🌊

go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I
go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II
go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science
go.bsky.app/E8vrnd6 LGBTQIA+ Grads
go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women
go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Ocean Women II

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Florian Hartig @florianhartig.bsky.social · Nov 25

In Nature, Delavaux et al., 2024 suggest that species richness on oceanic islands is reduced by mutualism rates on the mainland. In arxiv.org/abs/2411.15105, @maximilianpichler.bsky.social and I had another look at this question and conclude that this effect is likely a statistical artefact.

Is there a robust effect of mainland mutualism rates on species richness of oceanic islands?

In island biogeography, it is widely accepted that species richness on island depends on the area and isolation of the island as well as the species pool on the mainland. Delavaux et al. (2024) sugges...

arxiv.org

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Nov 23

scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Aziz J Mulla

‪Postdoctoral Researcher, Université Côte d'Azur, France‬ - ‪‪Cited by 100‬‬ - ‪Ecology‬ - ‪Non-Indigenous Species‬ - ‪Recovery‬ - ‪Resilience‬ - ‪Coral Reefs‬

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Aziz J Mulla @azizjmulla.bsky.social · Nov 23

Marine folk, you’re needed! 👇

Rodrigo Granjel @granjel.bsky.social · Nov 19

I hope this starter pack helps bring our community together on this platform. If you identify as an ECR, work in community ecology, and would like to be added, please reply! 🌱 It's currently too land-centric, but I'd love to see folks from marine and freshwater systems join! 🌊
go.bsky.app/5XJXVyX

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