Three marine research positions: Post-Doc - Marine Food Web Rewiring: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Post-Doc - Biodiversity and Recovery Dynamics: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Project coordinator / research assistant - w/@timlamont.bsky.social hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
New study out in Oikos led by @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social A quick feed of what we found. doi.org/10.1002/oik.... 🌐🌊🧪
Excited to share our new paper on Fundamental and Realised Behaviours - a new way to think about assemblage-level behavioural variation through space (+time) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Out today in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
Fundamental and realised behaviours structure geographic variation in ecological assemblages
Animal behaviours shape ecological dynamics, from species distributions to ecosystem function. These dynamics emerge from the behaviours of multiple i…
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The awesome @nickajgraham.bsky.social is now a Fellow of the Royal Society! Sooooo coooooool! Massive congrats www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast...
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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🐳 Call for On-Site Volunteers for ICYMARE 2026 BREMEN 🐳 Would you like to be part of ICYMARE 2026 BREMEN not only as an attendee, but also as a volunteer? Then join us in September and help make this year’s conference happen.
New paper in @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social 🧪 “Intercolony and intra-annual variation in the isotopic niche of red-footed boobies in the tropical Indian Ocean” 🐦🏝️ doi.org/10.1111/1440... #seabirds #ornithology #islands 📷©Nathan Hudson-Peacock @iomarinescience.bsky.social
New paper exploring the roots of gang culture in reef fish out in Proceedings B @royalsociety.org ! We found that herbivory is more efficient in groups, and is promoted at high herbivore densities.🐠 With @anishpaul.bsky.social @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Density dependence and territorial competitors can modulate parrotfish social foraging and herbivory on coral reefs
Abstract. Social context can modify the behaviour of animals, influencing how they interact with their environment—potentially cascading to effects on ecos
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Session 2.4 Marine Behavioral Ecology in the age of Humans: inquiry across scales and disciplines hosted by Anish Paul 🦑🌏🐳 #ICYMARE2026Bremen #marinebehavioralecology #behavioralecology #anthropocene #earlycareerconference #marineecology #oceandecade
Super excited to be part of this! I’ve been a member since the 1st year of my PhD and love this society 🥰
British Ecological Society@britishecologicalsociety.org · 9mo agoIntroducing the second cohort of BES Fellows 🙌 We are delighted to announce that 23 outstanding ecologists have been selected to join our prestigious membership category. 👇Meet our new Fellows here
🐠🎺New trumpetfish news!🎺🐠
Sam Matchette@sammatchette.bsky.social · 10mo ago🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Need to #camouflage on the move? Easy - simply seek out something that's coloured like you and move along with it! 🐠 Read the latest #trumpetfish instalment here: tinyurl.com/4tb5h5hk @royalsociety.org #shadowing #predator #experiment #marine #movement
New paper titled ‘Functional novelties and behavioural flexibility underpin diversification of the surgeonfish feeding mechanism’. 🐟🐠 link: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
New paper on coral reef restoration and recovery by @timlamont.bsky.social et al: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... 🪸
Corallivorous Fish Have Reduced Population Sizes and Altered Foraging Behaviour on a Recently Restored Coral Reef
We investigated the recovery of corals and fishes at one of the world's largest coral reef restoration projects, in central Indonesia. Within 4–6 years of the coral restoration starting, the total am....
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Tim Lamont@timlamont.bsky.social · 11mo ago🚨 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫! 🚨 Open access here - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... - and summary below ⬇️ @lec-reefs.bsky.social
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...
We're hiring! 🥳 Come and join our team in Lancaster - we're looking for two senior postdocs to work on corporate sustainability and restoration ecology. 🌳 🪸 ♻️ (1 of 2) @lec-reefs.bsky.social @pentlandcentre.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
Thrilled to be part of this new paper led by Mayukh Dey & Nature Conservation Foundation, summarizing 25 yrs of 🪸 reef resilience monitoring in Lakshadweep 🏝️ 🇮🇳 We find distinct recovery archetypes shaped by atoll location & coral assemblages onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New paper out in Proceedings B! 🔊 Seabirds' impacts on reefs extends even to some of its tiniest inhabitants - cryptobenthic reef fishes 🐠 Near colonies, these fishes assimilate seabird nutrients (💩), grow larger 📈 & more at: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @royalsocietypublishing.org
Cross-ecosystem nutrient fluxes can influence recipient food webs. @cbenkwitt.bsky.social &co's study of #NutrientSubsidies shows that dynamic metrics better revealed flow & effects of #seabird derived nutrients through #CoralReef food chains @lec-reefs.bsky.social @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44RFyJk
How do cross-system subsidies shape the functioning of recipient #ecosystems? @sbtebbett.bsky.social explores a @plosbiology.org study revealing that #seabird -derived nutrients fuel primary producers on #CoralReefs, enhancing herbivore productivity 🧪 Paper: plos.io/44RFyJk Primer: plos.io/4lDpvo6
![Cross-system connections can mediate the functioning of coral reefs via bottom-up control of productivity flowing through herbivorous trophic pathways. (a) Highly productive turf communities represent major primary producers on coral reefs (photograph: SB Tebbett). (b) Herbivorous fishes such as the turf cropping surgeonfish, Acanthurus lineatus, rely on the primary production of turfs to meet their nutritional needs (photograph: SB Tebbett). (c) A conceptual overview of the results of a new study in PLOS Biology by Benkwitt and colleagues [2] which quantified key ecosystem functions and demonstrated that seabird-derived nutrient supply can underpin strong cross-system connections between island ecosystems and adjacent coral reefs. Benkwitt and colleagues revealed that higher inputs of seabird nutrients fueled turf growth and indirectly enhanced the productivity of herbivorous fishes. (d) An alternative scenario where terrestrial sediment inputs underpin strong cross-system connections. However, in this case, sediments can limit turf growth and constrain herbivorous fish productivity [1,9]. These different scenarios underscore the importance of using a functional approach to quantify the strength of cross-system connections if we are to comprehensively understand how changing environmental conditions can have flow-on consequences for recipient ecosystems.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5522ztebtekoor5efelihqhb/bafkreic7hwygcc73fcekevrw7ozdlk5t5zkrouegj53zktmeij577jje5e)
Our new paper on the historical and scientific basis of Darwin’s ‘coral reef paradox’ is out @currentbiology.bsky.social! Summary below by @gobyone.bsky.social. Also with @paulinenarvaez.bsky.social @oclaripv.bsky.social and Vale Parravicini! Free-access link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lDFm3QW8S...
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Simon J. Brandl@gobyone.bsky.social · last yr.Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️... Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong... 🌐 🦑🧪 🧵⬇️
We are starting May with a fascinating talk from @jenniferappoo.bsky.social on the impacts of seabird-derived nutrients on mangrove ecosystems! Follow this link and set a reminder now! www.youtube.com/live/muPejoo... 🌏🪶 #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky
NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans? 2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Increased resilience and a regime shift reversal through repeat mass coral bleaching
Assessing coral reefs across the inner Seychelles islands, using a 28-year dataset, we document faster coral recovery from the 2016 than the 1998 marine heatwave events. Further, a reef that had regi....
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The amazing @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social presents her work on squaretail grouper in Lakshadweep archipelago. 🐟First recorded aggregation in India 🐟Highest densities in the world 🐟 Emerging fisheries & fish trade 🐟 80% population decline 🐟 Less aggression, more fear #RCUK2024
Anish Paul talking about the role of predator-driven nutrients in facilitating herbivory on coral reefs. 🪸🐠🐟 #RCUK2024 #coralreefs #India #Lakshadweep @lec-reefs.bsky.social #NCBSIndia
We're at #RCUK2024! Ft. @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social plenary on spawning grouper @netlab.bsky.social on reef shark residency in El Nino @lljeannot.bsky.social seabird nutrients and cryptobenthic fish Visiting researchers Anish Paul on fish predation, Jane Sudrajat & Maserati on coral restoration
