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Daniel Montgomery, PhD

@danwmont.bsky.social
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Fish biologist/ecophysiologist currently working for Zoological Society of London to investigate movements of tope sharks in Cardigan Bay, Wales. Views my own. He/Him

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Save Our Seas Foundation @saveourseas.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Introducing @danwmont.bsky.social, a recipient of our Small Grant. We look forward to following along as Daniel works to define key reproductive habitats for Critically Endangered tope sharks. More info here: saveourseas.com/project/wher... Photos by Jake Davies #SOSF2025Projects
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Daniel Montgomery, PhD @danwmont.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
In my degree I remember being inspired by projects funded by @saveourseas.bsky.social so its a mini full-circle moment to see myself listed as a project leader (complete with sketch portrait) for them this year! Read about our 2025 small grant here: tinyurl.com/45fj3yj8 🐟🧪🦑 @zslofficial.bsky.social
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Daniel Montgomery, PhD @danwmont.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A nice mix of female #farmlandbirds during yesterday's ringing session. Cirl bunting (1), stone chat (2), and linnet (3)! #birds @btobirds.bsky.social 🧪
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Daniel Montgomery, PhD @danwmont.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
📢 New 🧪 from Project SIARC using eDNA to investigate 🦈 distributions in Wales. 🔍 9 species + Critically Endangered angelshark and tope detected 📅 Detections peaked in spring 🌍 Predicted that animals were within 15 km of sampling locations 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🐟🦑 #marinelife
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Revealing Elasmobranch Distributions in Turbid Coastal Waters: Insights From Environmental DNA and Particle Tracking
Many sharks, rays and skates are highly threatened and vulnerable to overexploitation, as such reliable monitoring of elasmobranchs is key to effective management and conservation. The mobile and elu...
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Daniel Montgomery, PhD @danwmont.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Fascinating to join a #CSIoftheSea with the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme team on two Angelsharks that were found on a North Wales beach in 2023. 🔎 Samples from the sharks will provide vital data on health, diet, reproductive patterns, and connectivity across the East Atlantic. 🐟🧪🦑
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Lots of people told me "I can't arrange a whole group, but if you can make it so individuals can get a spot on a shark research trip, I'd love to come!" Now is your chance! If this works, we'll do it again.
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Daniel Montgomery, PhD @danwmont.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
After a few weeks off, I've returned to the news that 2 of our #tope have been recorded on a telemetry array in South Wales/England! Fantastic to get 1st detections of our animals and insight into #connectivity between MPA's in Wales + England. Where will our sharks go next? #ProjectSIARC #ZSL 🐟🦑🧪
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Daniel Montgomery, PhD @danwmont.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
My day job is more fish orientated! I'm leading research for #ProjectSIARC, the #OceanPredatorLab, and #ZSL to investigate movements of Critically Endangered tope (soupfin) sharks in North Wales, UK - a seasonal hot-spot! 🧪🐟🦈🐙 #trackingnotslacking #sharkscience
A licenced researcher fitting an ID tag to a tope shark which is held in a custom tagging cradle. Tagging typically takes less than 10 minutes, during which a pump is used to supply water to the sharks gills at all times. All tagging is conducted under home office licence.
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Daniel Montgomery, PhD @danwmont.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
I'm slowly working towards my @btobirds.bsky.social ringing permit in my spare time. Much more arduous task than my Home Office licence for fish tagging! Thrilled to have rung my first kingfisher a few weeks ago, though. What a beauty #birds #ringing #kingfisher
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Daniel Montgomery, PhD @danwmont.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Got to get the hang of bluesky! Boosting this post to relevant feeds! 🐟🧪🐙🌎
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Daniel Montgomery, PhD @danwmont.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Great to see two more papers from postdoc work at UBC Zoology published over the last few weeks addressing smolt physiology! #fishsci #aquaculture #atlanticsalmon #smoltification Open access articles can be found here: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15957 doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741699
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Acute freshwater CO2 exposure does not impair seawater transfer in three different sizes of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) subjected to different photoperiod manipulations
There is a growing interest in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture to extend the time fish are reared in freshwater (FW) recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), producing larger FW salmon that...
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