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Marine Mammal Research at Aarhus University, Ecoscience @marinemammalsau.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New paper! 🐬🔊🌐🧪🌱🇩🇰 6 Danish marine protected areas showed stable or increasing harbour porpoise density, despite an overall population decline. Sveegaard et al., 2026. Passive acoustic monitoring: optimising power to detect temporal changes in relative density of Phocoena phocoena. Read 📷 caption

My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of the following paper in MEPS:

Sveegaard S, Owen K, Kyhn LA, Galatius A, Jørgensen PB, Mikkelsen L, Teilmann J, van Beest FM (2026) Passive acoustic monitoring: optimising power to detect temporal changes in relative density of Phocoena phocoena. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 787:meps15155 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15155

Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) in 6 Danish marine protected areas showed stable or increasing harbour porpoise density, despite an overall population decline. The setup had sufficient power (>80%) in 4 of 6 areas and can detect ~30% changes in density. Detecting smaller changes (20%) would require more stations (+40%) or longer monitoring (+111%). Key factors affecting reliability are number of stations, monitoring duration, and variation in density.

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Morten Frederiksen @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Happy to announce a postdoc position with me and Jakob Strand, to work on data from the revamped Danish beached bird survey organised by DOF BirdLife Denmark. How many seabirds end up on Danish beached, where do they come from, and why did they die? #seabirds ecos.au.dk/en/about-us/...

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Postdoc in seabird ecology - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Ecoscience - Arctic Ecosystem Ecology, Aarhus University

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Floris M van Beest @beestfloris.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Very excited to have this paper out in @animalecology.bsky.social Little is known about how Arctic wildlife responds behaviourally to windspeed. Therefore, we tracked GPS-collared muskoxen to quantify how wind speed and storm events shape their movement and habitat use. Read all about it here!

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Floris M van Beest @beestfloris.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🔍 Postdoc opportunity! We’re looking for one (or two) postdoctoral researchers to join our Arctic Ecology team to work on: 🛰️ Muskox movement ecology 🌍 Ecosystem & carbon modelling 📄 Details in the attached flyer. #Postdoc #ArcticEcology #MovementEcology #CarbonModelling #WildlifeResearch

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Emily T Griffiths @emilytgriffiths.com · 23/05/2025

The prevalence of ultra short baseline acoustic position systems, also known as USBLs 🔊, is understudied in #EuropeanWaters and its effect on marine mammals 🐋, such as the #harbourPorpoise, is mostly unknown. These systems are used in #geophysicalSurveys and during #trawling fishing activities. 🧵1/6

Harbour porpoise surfacing in calm, northern water.

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APECS DENMARK @apecs-denmark.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Hello Everyone! We are so excited to now be on BlueSky! We are the Danish 🇩🇰 Chapter of APECS - The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists ❄️. We are a dedicated team of ECRs striving to create a representative & supportive community of students & colleagues passionate about our polar systems.

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Floris M van Beest @beestfloris.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

New study out!! 25 years of harbour porpoise tracking data shows a decline in overlap between habitat suitability and the location of MPAs across the North Sea–Baltic Sea transition zone. Relevant info for the design of future MPAs under the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030! shorturl.at/scIGB

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Shifts in habitat suitability for harbour porpoises leads to reduced importance of marine protected areas

Marine ecosystems across the globe are under pressure requiring evaluations of whether marine protected areas (MPAs) remain effective in safeguarding …

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Jeppe A. Kristensen @jeep4x4.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Are you still unsure where to join the discussion with people in #biogeoscience on how #animals affect the #Earth system?🦬 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio... See you in Vienna at #EGU2025! Submission deadline is 15th Jan, 1300 CET @eurogeosciences.bsky.social

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Niels Martin Schmidt @nmschmidt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

The #Arctic flora and fauna are not only responding to #climate change - they also modulate the way ecosystems feed back to the climate system. Read more about how here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/env... @beestfloris.bsky.social @larsholst.bsky.social @jeep4x4.bsky.social @nordborn.bsky.social

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Holly English @hollyenglish.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Save the date! The next BES Movement Ecology SIG annual meeting is taking place on the 2nd-3rd of September 2025 in Norwich. More details to come in the new year! 🌍🧪👩‍🔬 @britishecolsoc.bsky.social

A photo of buildings under a greyish blue sky. The text reads:
"Movement Ecology Annual Meeting
2-3 September 2025
Norwich
Organisers: Aldina Franco, Charlie Russell, Marcus Somveille, Luca Börger"

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Sara Emery @saraemery.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

as we advance further into data aggregation methods for pushing scientific questions forward, it’s important we wrestle with the development of structures that support transparent, accessible and reliable data. 🧪👩‍🔬🌎

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏 go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u

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Floris M van Beest @beestfloris.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

New to this Blue thing but here goes: Paper out from our DEER-HEALTH project showing variation in trace element concentrations in multiple tissues of red- and fallow deer and linkages to short/ long-term health indicators. With @nmschmidt.bsky.social Access here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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