Prof David Sims
@thesimslab.bsky.social
Marine biologist, university professor #ERCAdG researching #Shark movements, behaviour, conservation & climate change w/ biologging #GlobalSharkMovementProject - views my own
🧵2/6 Using year-long #biologging, we recorded 577 breaches within 442 breaching events across four individuals. Events commonly consisted of a single breach, but in 21% comprised multiple breaches in short succession. @haleydolton.bsky.social @nunoqueiroz29.bsky.social @thesimslab.bsky.social
NEW PAPER: Mesothermic fishes face high fuel demands & overheating risk in warming oceans - found scaling imbalance betwn heat prodn & loss esp. affecting large mesothermic fishes in warm waters led by @tcddublin.bsky.social Nick Payne et al. @thembauk.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🚢 From static to dynamic: how can we protect marine life from shipping strikes? Turing researchers have published a paper calling for a more flexible approach to marine protected zones to prevent shipping strikes on marine animals. Learn more: bit.ly/4v4wz2L
Call for dynamic regulation of our oceans to reduce whale strikes
A new paper warns that traditional marine protected zones are an inefficient way to prevent shipping strikes on marine animals and a more flexible approach i
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50 years on from the release of movie blockbuster Jaws, our shark expert @thesimslab.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social debates the so called 'Jaws effect', charting the fortunes of the 'great white' for @theconversation.com. Read more 👉 https://tr.ee/5gCSPz
Jaws helped spur a fishing frenzy – so how have the world’s sharks fared since the 1975 release?
The film made us afraid to go back in the water. It ultimately gave sharks more to fear from us.
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New research backed by the UN highlights the benefits of tracking marine megafauna for #marine #conservation 🦈 However, results reveal that proposed plans to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030 will be insufficient for their conservation. 🔗 www.mba.ac.uk/un-backed-gl... @thesimslab.bsky.social
UN-backed global research movement shows benefits of tracking ocean giants for marine conservation | Marine Biological Association
A team of international scientists has tracked over 100 marine megafauna species, identifying the most critical locations in our global ocean for better marine conservation efforts, according to new…
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Herculean collation of >12K megafauna tracks, >100 species, reveals 75% overlap of critical habitats with shipping, fishing, pollution or warming. Protection targets not enough to safeguard megafauna. New paper in @science.org, led by @anammsequeira.bsky.social 👇 📸silvana-palacios,daniel-torobekov
NEW in @science.org Global tracking #MarineMegafauna shows <8% of areas used overlap w/ existing MPAs, while >75% of important areas overlapped by threats like #fishing #shipping & ocean warming - 30x30 goal will be insufficient for their conservation www.megamove.org @thembauk.bsky.social
Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets
The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of thre...
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Could extreme ocean environments unlock the mystery of #shark birthing grounds? 🦈🌊 New MBA research links baby #WhaleSharks to #OxygenMinimumZones. These areas may provide safety from predators & a rich food supply, crucial for the survival of neonates. ➡️ buff.ly/4hIdSdN @thesimslab.bsky.social
Could extreme ocean environments hold the key to locating mysterious shark birthing grounds? | Marine Biological Association
New research from the Marine Biological Association (MBA) aims to shed light on one of the greatest mysteries of the natural world – where do sharks go to
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New research from @thesimslab.bsky.social in @ecol-evol.bsky.social - 🦈🌊 Unlocking the mystery of baby #whaleshark birthing grounds - Extreme environments like #OMZs provide safety from predators & a rich food supply, crucial for neonate survival. doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @thembauk.bsky.social
NEW PAPER - we think we've discovered an open-ocean nursery for endangered shortfin #mako #sharks in the SE Pacific Ocean..... only trouble is, it's in a Global Fishing Hotspot - likely exacerbating popn declines already occurring @thembauk.bsky.social OA here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
