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Camille Magneville @cmlmagneville.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just arrive in Odense for the @nordicoikos.bsky.social conference 🇩🇰 Are you interested in intraspecific trait variability? Come to our session (Wednesday morning)🌿I will present links between FD metrics & ecosystem functioning & how to include ITV into their computation using the mFD R package!📦👨‍💻

Title slide of the presentation "What FD metrics tell us about Ecosystem Functioning" - Session on Harnessing ITV led by Thomas Williams and Jasmin Godbold.

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Imagine being filmed alive in your own home for the first time in scientific history and the headline is “very ugly.” The goblin shark survives a kilometer down, ambushes prey with a jaw that fires like a slingshot, and predates most “cute” animals. Thankfully, it can’t hear you down there.

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This (very ugly) shark has finally been caught on camera in its natural habitat | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Known for its massive retractable jaw, the spooky footage shows the goblin shark lurking deep in the Pacific Ocean.

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Christina Hicks @christinahicks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Immensely proud of @nickajgraham.bsky.social on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. His work connecting seabirds, reefs, fisheries & people has been inspiring and influential & his thoughtful, unassuming leadership has shaped many excellent careers www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast...

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Lancaster marine ecologist elected to become Royal Society Fellow - Lancaster University

Lancaster University’s Distinguished Professor Nick Graham has been elected to become a Fellow of the Royal Society, one of the world’s most prestigious learned societies.

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Michalis Mihalitsis @mikemihalitsis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Would you like to work right next to a tropical coral reef? The University of Guam, Marine Laboratory is looking for a new Lab Manager. See ad below: www.uog.edu/_resources/f...

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Nick Graham @nickajgraham.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas. One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome. Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

New in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com: our review of the influence of #seabirds, via their nutrient transfer, on islands & adjacent marine ecosystems 🐦🏝️🪸 We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨ "The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...

Schematic diagram of the influence of seabirds on temperate and tropical near-shore marine systems.
Temperatre systems:
- Nutrient enrichment and predation on herbivorous invertebrates can lead to increased algal production
- Phytoplankton communities change, featuring more large-celled species
- Intertidal organisms incorporate seabird-enriched material by grazing on detritus and biofilm in tidepools
- Macroalgae biodiversity and primary production are boosted
Tropical systems:
- Mangrove leaf nutritional quality increases
- Corals recover faster after bleaching events
- Fish biomass increases across different trophic groups
- Pelagic and benthic consumers' foraging behaviour shifts
- Parrotfish grazing and bioerosion rates increase
- Fish grow larger

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Aaron B. Judah🔱 @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

WOW!!! Congratulations to the authors on a timely and important perspective on how we move forward in coral reef conservation. A must read 🪸🐠

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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

"Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimaeras" www.cell.com/current-biol... @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social & colleagues @currentbiology.bsky.social

Schematic of two potential impact pathways (direct benthic impacts and midwater impacts) of deep-sea mining for polymetallic nodules, polymetallic sulphides, and cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts.

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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

A huge field of hydrothermal vents - driven by serpentinization and formed by a massive hydrogen explosion - recently discovered in the western Pacific! www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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A large intraplate hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system driven by serpentinization in the western Pacific: Kunlun

A hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system in the western Pacific reveals potential for hydrogen resources and early life.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

First observation of a leucistic false catshark Pseudotriakis microdon link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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First observation of a leucistic false catshark Pseudotriakis microdon - Marine Biodiversity

Marine Biodiversity -

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Infopoint #Klimawandel #Artensterben @infopointa.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

"Overfishing the largest species in nearshore and pelagic habitats risks loss of ecomorphotypes and a 5 to 22% erosion of functional diversity." Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social et al 2024

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Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays

The true state of ocean biodiversity is difficult to assess, and there are few global indicators to track the primary threat of overfishing. We calculated a 50-year Red List Index of extinction risk a...

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Chris Mull @cgmull.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

New paper led by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social looking at the threats deep sea mining poses for sharks, rays, and chimaeras. We found 30 species are threatened via various pathways including collector impact and plumes at depth and pelagic discharge plumes.

Figure 1: highlighting various pathways through which mining can impact sharks, rays, and chimaeras including collector impact and plumes, and discharge plumes.

Figure 2: The diversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras impacted by deep sea mining operations. Nearly 2/3 of these species are already at an elevated risk of extinction.

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Aaron B. Judah🔱 @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, we found that 30 species of #sharks, #rays, and #chimaeras overlap with proposed #deepseamining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction #ABNJ - over 60% are already #threatened with #extinction 🦈 📸 Blue Planet Archive / Masa Ushioda

The Pygmy Shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the world’s second smallest shark species and one of the species with a high overlap with proposed deep sea mining. Credit: Blue Planet Archive / Masa Ushioda.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🧪🌏🦑🌊🦈 New paper alert #deepseamining #sharks

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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Fantastic biography from Dr. Bruce Robison, a midwater researcher and one of the founding scientists of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

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What's down there?

Abstract. My career has been a series of adventures and occasional misadventures that have been both physically and intellectually challenging. I suspect t

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida! www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...

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Drag Queens Tag Sharks in Annual Florida Science Celebration

The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation

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Aaron B. Judah🔱 @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

First first-author paper just got accepted!!!! New deep-sea shark, ray, and chimaera science inbound 👻🦈

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Shark National Geographic GIF

ALT: Shark National Geographic GIF

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Outlasting the Heat: Collapse of Herbivorous Fish Control of Invasive Algae During Marine Heatwaves 🔗 buff.ly/YrXrJfn @jeroenbrijs.bsky.social

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Helen Yan @helenyan.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🚨New PhD paper out today in @natcomms.nature.com with @renatoamorais.bsky.social and Dave Bellwood! 🚨 Marine fishes exhibit extraordinary patterns of diversity, but how does this diversity relate to their productivity? 🐟🐠🐡 🌐 🦑🧪 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41...

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Corey Garza @profcgarza.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The Biology Department at CSU Long Beach is now advertising for an Assistant Professor of Elasmobranch Biology. Refer to the attached flyer for details. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social

Flyer from CSU Long Beach advertising for the position of Assistant Professor of Elasmobranch Biology. The flyer has a picture of a white shark in the banner. Application deadline is September 03, 2025. Christine Whitcraft can be contacted for details at Christine.whitcraft@csulb.edu Full job description can be found here: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/lb/en-us/job/549205/assistant-professor-of-biological-sciences-elasmobranch-biologist

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Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative @deepstewardship.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🌊 This week, DOSI is in Kingston, Jamaica for Part II of the 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) #ISA30 The focus? Continuing negotiations on #DeepSeaMining regulations—a pivotal moment for the future of the #DeepOcean.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Enough of you asked me about this that I wrote some brief thoughts on Ocean Ramsey's particular brand of pseudoscientific nonsense. I believe this addresses almost all of the frequently asked questions I receive, but as always I am happy to answer serious questions asked in good faith. 🧪🦑🌎🦈

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What Ocean Ramsey does is not shark science or conservation: some brief thoughts on “the Shark Whisperer” documentary

Netflix has a new (sarcastic air quotes) “documentary” out about Ocean Ramsey, who longtime readers and followers know is a serial wildlife harasser who also coordinates massive online …

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Evolution of endothermy in marine fishes is related to competition with cetaceans. This incredible paper is a masterpiece of phylogenetic comparative methods and a future classic for marine biologists www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy

Cetacean interactions, body size, and genomic innovations shaped endothermy evolution in ray-finned fishes in the Eocene-Miocene.

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Matthew McLean @mcleanfishecology.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Counting fish isn't hard in temperate ecosystems...right?

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Valentina Di Santo @vdisanto.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

TT Assistant prof in biological sciences -- elasmobranch biology 🦈 🧪 @calstate.bsky.social #academicjobs csucareers.calstate.edu/en-us/job/54...

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CSU Careers

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Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗 fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...

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Aaron B. Judah🔱 @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

HEY! My name is Aaron and I’m a PhD student at UH Mānoa studying #deepseafish #functionalecology, #biodiversity, and #ecosystemprovisions in the #Pacific. From scavengers to mesopelagics🐟 - and dabbling in reef fishes🐠. Interested in #oceanexploration #conservation #inclusiveoutreach #bluejustice

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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Tropical eulimid snail/brittle star association! these are parasitic snails that attach themselves to the host and suck out the juices! This one on a tropical Pacific Macrophiothrix brittle star #echinoday

Snail, white attached to the arm of a brittle star which has purple stripes along the oral surface

A blue brittle star with darker blue stripes and many spines along the arms

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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

@fao.org released their 2025 report on the status of marine fisheries resources (openknowledge.fao.org/items/ac6d51...). In talking to the media about the report at #UNOC FAO stated that ~57% of sharks stocks are sustainably fished (t.co/fVFnZkY4vQ). This fact is WRONG 1/

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Review of the state of world marine fishery resources – 2025

Marine fisheries are crucial to the food security and nutrition, economy and overall well-being of coastal communities. Maintaining the long-term prosperity and sustainability of marine fisheries is t...

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

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Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Offre de post-doctorat en écologie (H/F)

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Matthew McLean @mcleanfishecology.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🚨NEW IN @pnas.org🚨 We evaluated the distribution and drivers of aesthetic value in reef fish assemblages worldwide! MPAs enhance aesthetic value and tropical developing countries have the greatest potential conservation benefits! doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @reeflifesurvey.bsky.social

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Aaron B. Judah🔱 @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🐠NEW PUBLICATION🐠 EXCITED to share our new paper in @pnas.org, led by a team of scientists around the world! 🌈Aesthetic value is driven by temperature, productivity, human impacts, and boosted in MPAs 🏝️Tropical countries have the greatest potential benefits See below for link + information💙

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