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Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones (Plastic pollution scientist) @winniecj.bsky.social · Aug 4

For the next 2 wks I'll be attending & supporting (with scientific evidence) the #UNPlasticTreaty

👀 All eyes will be on negotiators to deliver an effective treaty which will protect future generations & our planet

@bangoruniversity.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @scientistscoa.bsky.social

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Jun 26

Check out our most recent blog post by Marianna Chimienti! 🚨

In the blog, ‪@marikimient.bsky.social‬ explains the idea behind their new review paper on advance Image-Based bio-logging in marine ecosystems 🌊

Read the blog post here 👉 buff.ly/Bdf3oxu
Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/Uac74yI

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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · Jun 25

Please share.
We have a fully-funded PhD position on animal migration. If interested, please apply by 27 July. More about us: shawanchowdhury.com. @idiv-research.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social

#PhDposition #Ecology #Conservation #Migration #Rstats #AcademicTwitter

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marikimient.bsky.social @marikimient.bsky.social · Jun 24

@bangoruniversity.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social

marikimient.bsky.social @marikimient.bsky.social · Jun 24

📣 New paper alert ! 📣
Image-based bio-logging offers unique insights into marine predator behaviour 🦭 🦈 🐧 🐢 and ecosystem functioning, but demands advanced analytical tools. #MarineConservation #AI #ComputerVision #BioLogging

Grateful to the global inter-disciplinary collaborative effort! 🙏 😊

CEBC Predateurs Marins team @predateursmarins.bsky.social · Jun 23

Out in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Chimienti et al. Reviewing seas of data: Integrating image-based bio-logging and artificial intelligence to enhance marine conservation
dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041...

#ecology #seabirds #ai #biologging @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

Examples of challenges encountered in image-based bio-logging (both camera and microsonar tags): Imbalanced light conditions, low contrast, blur, overexposure, small and clustered targets, scalability and target size

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Cara A Gallagher @caragallagher.bsky.social · Jun 23

Excited to share our new paper on how empirical research can better support mechanistic models—through realistic, interdisciplinary data and by embracing complex, individual-level mechanisms. Born from a @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social symposium!
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

Graphical abstract illustrating four recommendations for ecological modeling with aquatic animals.

Be interdisciplinary and across levels: Includes icons for population biology (a bar chart of age structure) and behavioral ecology (a pie chart showing habitat use), plus a zoomed-in illustration of individual porpoises within a group.

Use mechanistic modeling instead of statistics as a conceptual framework: A curved line plot shows respiration increasing with temperature, with data points color-coded by temperature and a shaded area indicating stressful conditions.

Emphasize realism over precision: Shows a fish in a naturalistic habitat with plants and conspecifics, contrasted with a lone fish in a bare tank.

Include stressful conditions: Reiterated through both the curved plot and a separate graph with three treatments, where respiration increases across treatments and with temperature, with the highest temperature range shaded in red.

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Alec BM Moore @alecbmmoore.bsky.social · May 30

Fascinating demonstration of the application of alternative data sources - poetry - in marine historical ecology - to inform conservation & management @oceanspast.bsky.social @projectfishistory.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social

www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

Ancient Poems Reveal the History of the Endangered Yangtze Porpoise

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise

www.scientificamerican.com

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Virginia Morera-Pujol @crittermapper.bsky.social · Mar 23

So many years in the making, and finally it's out! Enjoy the second baby of my (now ancient) PhD, a labour of love and... well labour of so many people!

Diversity and Distributions @consbiog.bsky.social · Mar 21

Exciting new research by @crittermapper.bsky.social and researchers from @seabirdecology.bsky.social studies the migratory connectivity and non-breeding distributions of Calonectris shearwaters, and their implications for species differentiation and population structure

doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

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marikimient.bsky.social @marikimient.bsky.social · Mar 20

📣new paper! led by Ana Machado-Gaye 👏. Female Adélie penguins 🐧increase daily energy expenditure by 40% in low food conditions 🦐. No changes in breeding success or trophic niche! #movementecology #energetics @sosbangor.bsky.social @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social

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

Energy expenditure of Adélie penguins during the breeding season: females pay the cost in years of low food availability

Changes in prey availability can lead to mismatches between consumers and resources, decreasing the fitness of consumers, especially during periods of…

www.sciencedirect.com

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marikimient.bsky.social @marikimient.bsky.social · Mar 19

📢📢 The website of the Marine Top Predator group (School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University) is now live!

Discover our activities, know our study species, our papers, meet lab members and collaborate with us!
@alecbmmoore.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social

Marine Top Predator Ecology

www.bangor.ac.uk

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marikimient.bsky.social @marikimient.bsky.social · Mar 18

same here :)

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · Mar 17

Join us at the 3rd Annual North Wales Marine Conservation Conference to learn about our local marine life and celebrate 10 years of NWSRO!
26th April in Menai Bridge
@bangoruniversity.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/north-wale...

North Wales Marine Conservation Conference

Join us at the 3rd Annual North Wales Marine Conservation Conference to learn about our local marine life and celebrate 10 years of NWSRO!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Paolo Salvador @paolosalva.bsky.social · Mar 11

Last month at @sosbangor.bsky.social was so inspiring. I had the opportunity to elaborate and present my first preliminary #PhD results. Thanks to the great supervision of @marikimient.bsky.social, all professors and students interested in my research on #GreatCormorant. See you soon!

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Feb 26

10 days left to submit your abstract for @sebiology.bsky.social Annual Conference in Antwerp. Join our session on biologging in conservation physiology and hear about the exciting work @emilyschoy.bsky.social has been doing with kittiwakes! And much more, from seals to reindeer to lizards and fish!

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Feb 10

Less than 4 weeks left to submit an abstract to join our session in Antwerp (deadline 7 March). Oral and poster presentation slots available. @sebiology.bsky.social

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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · Feb 3

✳️ #SpecialIssue call for papers ✳️

We are accepting submissions for a new special issue on #BioLogging in Conservation Physiology

Edited by @andreafuller.bsky.social & Erika Eliason

Full info and submission instructions ➡️ https://buff.ly/3WLtZz0
🌍🦑🌾🦤

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marikimient.bsky.social @marikimient.bsky.social · Jan 30

Excited to share a new publication, just off the press!! This time back to the terrestrial ecosystem, 📣 led by PhD student Charlie, @thecharlieroger.bsky.social , on using machine learning 🤖〽️ to identify wolf behaviours from accelerometer data #biologging, #movementecology. Congrats!! 👏

A supervised model to identify wolf behavior from tri-axial acceleration - Animal Biotelemetry

Background In wildlife studies, animal behavior serves as a key indicator of the impact of environmental changes and anthropogenic disturbances. However, wild animals are elusive and traditional GPS s...

link.springer.com

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · Jan 2

Check our two open PhD positions in #ecology at @econovoau.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/svenni... (note - as always in #Denmark - these positions come w/ full academic salaries) 🐎🍃🌎🌤️ #megafauna #vegetation #wildhorse #modelling

Jens-Christian Svenning on LinkedIn: #modeling #wildhorses #wilderness #herbivores #ecosystems #ecology…

📢 Exciting PhD Opportunities in Ecology & Biodiversity! 🌍 Are you passionate about understanding and shaping the future of ecosystems? At Center for…

www.linkedin.com

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