Mara Fischer
@marafischer.bsky.social
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PhD student on the Convex Seascape Survey at the University of Exeter 🐟
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aquaben.bsky.social
Did you know @thefsbi.bsky.social fund up to 2 PhD studentships each year?

These include:
🐟 4 years of PhD funding.
🦈 A stipend higher than UKRI (on average).
🐠 Annual research budget of £3500.
🎣 +other benefits.

See fsbi.org.uk/phd-students... for full details or grab Melanie or me at #FSBI2025
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otolithgirl.bsky.social
Absolutely brilliant #FSBI2025 banquet. I'm so grateful to Sarah and her team for organising such an amazing meeting, and to our past and current presidents & ian winfield for their incredible stewardship of this v special society...And all the young 'uns for bringing their fresh ideas/dance moves!
marafischer.bsky.social
And that’s a wrap! Leaving Belfast after a fin-tastic week at the #FSBI2025 symposium with not one but two awards 😯 - the Green Travel and Best Poster Award! ✨ Wonderful meeting so many new fellow fish nerds 🐠🤓 and to hear about all the amazing research going on in this field 🦈
@thefsbi.bsky.social
marafischer.bsky.social
Fantastic keynote on #FSBI2025 Day 4 by @nickdulvy.bsky.social - highlighting how equitable and collaborative big data approaches can help advance management and conservation of threatened fish species 🦈
marafischer.bsky.social
Great way to start day 3 of #FSBI2025! 🏃‍♀️🐠
otolithgirl.bsky.social
#FSBI2025 Spawning Run Selfies!
marafischer.bsky.social
Had a great time presenting my work on fish bioturbation in the #FSBI25 poster session today! Lots of great chats and new connections! 🦈🐠
@thefsbi.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social
marafischer.bsky.social
Multiple trains, an overnight ferry and many steps later, I’ve made it from Cornwall to Belfast for the #FSBI2025 symposium! #FSBIGreenTravel Excited for this week! 🐟🐡🐠🦈
marafischer.bsky.social
En route to Belfast ⛴️ for a week of all things fish at the FSBI symposium 🐟🐡🐠🦈 @thefsbi.bsky.social
#FSBIGreenTravel
marafischer.bsky.social
Last chance to come and see our poster tonight! We’ll be in the Green Zone (La Baleine) at board 349 from 6-8 pm 🌊🌊🌊
#oosc @exetermarine.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @tarracuda.bsky.social
marafischer.bsky.social
Great talk by @ciaranmc.bsky.social at #OOSC about his ongoing Convex Seascape Survey work on mapping the expansion of trawling and associated sediment disturbance 🌊🌊 @exetermarine.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social
marafischer.bsky.social
Day 1 of the #UN One Ocean Science Congress in beautiful Nice! ☀️ We’ll be presenting some of our findings from our work on the Convex Seascape Survey in the poster sessions over the next three days, so come find us at board 337! 🌊
@exetermarine.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social #oosc #unoc
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ciaranmc.bsky.social
Cool new study from Sophie Ward on the Convex Seascape Survey Project - the team used a paleotidal model to trace the formation of carbon-rich seabed sediment deposits over thousands of years.

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Mapping the Ocean Floor with Ancient Tides - Eos
A new study uses a paleotidal model to trace the formation of carbon-rich mud deposits over thousands of years.
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