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Matt Carter
@mattidcarter.bsky.social
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Marine mammal. Also a research fellow @seamammalresearch.bsky.social working on seal ecology. Interested in marine predators, juvenile behaviour, biologging, spatial stuff 🤙🏼🦭 he/him
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 8d
What can strandings of cetaceans tell us about the impact of marine pollution? 🐬

This @zslofficial.bsky.social and CSIP event, brings together experts (including our @sarahenelms.bsky.social) to explore major forms of marine pollution in our waters.

Free, online/in-person - lnkd.in/eEUiEbdH
🦑🐬🌊🌍🧪🌐
an event poster. the main image is a black and white photograph of a stranded, deceased killer whale, laying on its side on the sand of a beach setting. overlay text reads ' signals from the shore: what cetacean strandings reveal about pollution. weds 15th oct, huxley lecture theatre, zsl, 6-7.30pm, FREE.' there are logos for ZSL and CSIP at the top.
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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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SMRU Ecophysiology Lab @smruecophys.bsky.social · Aug 18
New @seamammalresearch.bsky.social & @smruinstrument.bsky.social research out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, using #NIRS integrated into SMRU phone tags to measure the diving behaviour and physiology of the most incredible human divers - the all-female Haenyeo

www.cell.com/current-biol...
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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
Photos of a reef manta ray, red-footed booby, and a hawsbill turtles with biologging devices attached to them. The journal logo is also featured, alongside the article title and author list. Some text reads: "Tracking data reveal that very large marine protected areas offer protection for mobile marine megafauna including benthic foragers (turtles), pelagic planktivores (manta ray), and oceanic predators (seabirds)".
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Jul 22
Immersion patterns alone can predict vessel following by albatrosses 📊🧪

Albatrosses show distinct landing and takeoff patterns when following fishing vessels. Even when vessel data are lacking, these patterns can predict vessel following 🦅🌎

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Hannah Wyles @hannahwyles.bsky.social · Jun 24
🚀 Just launched: SealMAP

A web application for exploring the latest seal distribution maps for Scotland that I’ve been working on for @seamammalresearch.bsky.social is now live!

🛠️ Built with shiny.posit.co
🌐 Try it here: arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/shiny/smru/s...

#WebDev #Launch #SMRU #Shiny
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · Jun 20
📣Announcing the launch of SealMAP: Seal Mapping & Analysis Platform. This SMRU app allows you to explore & download the latest grey & harbour seal distribution maps for Scotland. You can also get estimates of density for your area of interest. Happy mapping! arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/shiny/smru/s... 🦭🗺️
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Izzy Langley @izzylangley.bsky.social · Jun 18
Another great day full of seal chat at the #SCOS25 Science Day 🤓 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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Matt Carter @mattidcarter.bsky.social · Apr 25
New #OA paper in Movement Ecology using a combination of statistical models (HMMs & GAMMs) to understand environmental drivers of behaviour in Saimaa ringed seals. Very pleased to be invited to collaborate on this research! 🤓🦭 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniuef.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2uhxez5x
Linking ringed seal foraging behaviour to environmental variability - Movement Ecology
Background Foraging rates directly influence animals’ energetic intake and expenditure and are thus linked to body condition and the ability to survive and reproduce. Further, understanding the underl...
movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · Mar 21
Ever wondered why seals don't drown? New groundbreaking research from @smruecophys.bsky.social led by @chrismcknight.bsky.social published in @science.org reveals that, unlike other mammals, seals can sense blood oxygen levels.
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Grey seal in the water
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · Mar 21
Check out this podcast from @science.org covering new research from @chrismcknight.bsky.social and the @smruecophys.bsky.social team on why seals don't drown:
www.science.org/content/podc...
www.science.org
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · Mar 21
More coverage from @bbcnewsofficial.bsky.social of SMRU research into seal diving physiology. @chrismcknight.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social @smruecophys.bsky.social
Article here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientist discovers why seals do not drown while diving
Dr Chris McKnight has been researching how seals can hold their breath as part of his work at the University of St Andrews.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Matt Carter @mattidcarter.bsky.social · Mar 19
Massive congratulations!!!
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · Mar 19
Introducing Dr Glencross! Viva done ✅ 3 hours of penguin chat with my wonderful examiners 🐧🐧
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Emma Vogel @efvogel.bsky.social · Mar 6
Excited to have contributed to this study where we tracked 29 sperm whales in the North Atlantic! 🐳

Some traveled nearly 8000km and dove deeper then 1000m! 🛰️🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is one of my favorite photos taken during this fieldwork of a 🐳 diving under the midnight sun 🌞
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Franca Eichenberger @francae.bsky.social · Feb 13
More exciting findings on humpback whale song this week! 🐋🎵 This time on the complexity and evolution of humpback whale song off Okinawa, Japan - a now published thesis by #MSc_MMS_St_A graduate @emarwood.bsky.social under the supervision of @ellengarland.bsky.social , @lrendell.bsky.social &myself.
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Ellen Garland @ellengarland.bsky.social · Feb 12
Proud supervisor moment!

Ella's masters thesis paper on Okinawa humpback #whale #song complexity and evolution is out today in RSOS.

Awesome collaboration with Nozomi Kobayashi et al.

@francae.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Tony Bicknell @tonybicknell.bsky.social · Jan 30
Our new paper on fine-scale effects of offshore wind turbine foundations on demersal fish is OA in Marine Environmental Research. Part of the #OWEC #PrePARED project
@drmjwitt.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @thecrownestate.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Site and species dependent effects of offshore wind farms on fish populations
The expansion of offshore wind energy capacity is changing the seascape with the large-scale introduction of turbines and associated infrastructure. S…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Tony Bicknell @tonybicknell.bsky.social · Jan 20
Our new paper in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews is online today. The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of OWFs on fish. Open access
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@drmjwitt.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social #MarineDirectorate
The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish behaviour, populations and predation
Inshore and offshore coastal regions are becoming increasingly occupied by anthropogenic infrastructure. This trend will continue with the drive for o…
www.sciencedirect.com
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · Jan 10
Check out @smruecophys.bsky.social for the latest #ecophysiology research happening at SMRU 🤩, led by @chrismcknight.bsky.social and @jlkershaw.bsky.social
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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · Jan 10

🌬🌊Join ICES Workshop to compile evidence on the impacts of offshore renewable energy on fisheries & marine ecosystems #WKCOMPORE
📅3-7 February 2025

❗Experts in social sciences, economics, fisheries, spatial planning & cumulative impacts needed - register by 24 January
www.ices.dk/community/gr...
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Dr Julia Sutherland @jcqsutherland.bsky.social · Jan 8
📢 Webinar alert! I'll be presenting my PhD research as part of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Winter Webinar series on Weds 22th Jan.

Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...
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Luke Rendell @lrendell.bsky.social · Jan 9
Accessible summary of @francae.bsky.social latest paper @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 🦑🐋🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Jessica Montabaranom @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social · Jan 8
🦭🔍 New paper alert in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! I'm excited to share my 1st first author paper, showing how seals avoid tidal turbines when they're operating! doi.org/10.1111/1365... 🧵

@seamammalresearch.bsky.social
Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines
The result showing that seals exhibit avoidance of the turbine during operation is important for industry developers and regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine reduces the potenti...
doi.org
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Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · Jan 6
Exciting PhD opportunity with @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social , @padpadpadpad.bsky.social (Exeter) and myself (Bristol) on gulls, their microbiomes, and role in transmitting disease.

Details below - deadline 13 January!
Poster of PhD advert about role gulls play in spreading disease and antimicrobial resistance. More info: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/what-role-do-gulls-play-in-spreading-disease-and-anti-microbial-resistance-nerc-gw4-dtp-phd-studentship-for-september-2025-entry-ref-5431/?p178297
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Dec 8
📖Published📖

In our new Application article, Papadopoulou et al. present the swaRmverse package, an R package for the comparative analysis of collective motion 🌎 🧪 Find out more here👇

https://buff.ly/3CSAEQW
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