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Climate change, Coastal, Conservation, Ecosystems, fisheries, International, Oceans and estuaries, Our people, research, Seaworld, turtles, Uncategorized

The Great Isoscape: Using barnacles to retrace oceanic movements

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The Great Isoscape: Using barnacles to retrace oceanic movements

By Dr Ryan Pearson Techniques for tracking marine animals and objects have long been evolving; gaining in accuracy and reliability. However, most techniques rely on accessing an animal prior to tracking and few techniques are capable of retracing historical movements. Along with conservation efforts for threatened species, marine tragedies (where vehicles disappear in the ocean) [...]

Climate change, Coastal, Conservation, diving, Ecosystems, fish, fisheries, International, manatees, Mangroves, Our people, PhD, population, research, seagrass, Seaworld, sharks, turtles, Uncategorized, Wetlands, womeninstem

EFFECTIVE ACTION NEEDS ACCESSIBLE SCIENCE

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EFFECTIVE ACTION NEEDS ACCESSIBLE SCIENCE

  By Dr Chris Brown Coastal wetlands are globally threatened. However, the plight of these habitats, like mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, is not well recognised relative to other coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs. This translates into funding shortfalls both for the science needed to address coastal wetland decline and for the protection and [...]

Climate change, Coastal, Conservation, diver, diving, Ecosystems, Ecotoxicology, fisheries, Oceans and estuaries, Our people, PhD, population, seagrass, Seaworld, turtles, Uncategorized

Turtley sick moves: rescuing weak sea turtles and the science aimed at helping their equally weak populations

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Turtley sick moves: rescuing weak sea turtles and the science aimed at helping their equally weak populations

  Author: Dr Ryan Pearson Sea turtles are threatened. Literal boatloads of things affect their already low survival rates, most attributable to humans. Plastics, fishing entanglements, temperature increases, habitat degradation and actual boat strikes are killing turtles and affecting their populations in many other ways. Ultimately threatening their very existence. Knowing this, when my buddy [...]

Climate change, Coastal, Conservation, Ecosystems, Ecotoxicology, fisheries, Human health, Hydrology, Oceans and estuaries, Our people, Rivers, Seaworld, turtles, Uncategorized, womeninstem

Fulfilling dreams – helping to protect Australia’s sea turtles

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Fulfilling dreams – helping to protect Australia’s sea turtles

  Author: Laura Griffiths Emergent is a five-part blog series that takes a fresh look at ARI’s early career researchers – a group of driven, passionate people with a shared sense of responsibility about our changing world. These emerging scholars are developing skills and applying them to real world issues.  Some are even taking opportunities [...]

Climate change, Coastal, Ecosystems, fisheries, jellyfish, Oceans and estuaries, Opportunities, Our people, Rivers, Seaworld, turtles, Uncategorized, Urban environments

For the love of learning – a fisheries scientist is born. 

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For the love of learning – a fisheries scientist is born. 

   “I used to read fish ID books for fun… Now I get to do that stuff for work”   Author: Laura Griffiths Emergent is a five-part blog series that takes a fresh look at ARI’s early career researchers – a group of driven, passionate people with a shared sense of responsibility about our changing [...]

Climate change, Coastal, Conservation, Ecosystems, fisheries, Human health, jellyfish, Our people, Seaworld, Sediment, Uncategorized, Urban environments

How robust is the evidence that human activities cause jellyfish blooms?

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How robust is the evidence that human activities cause jellyfish blooms?

By Professor Kylie Pitt (Originally Published at: Griffith Sea Jellies Research Lab) Pitt KA, Lucas CH, Condon RH, Duarte CM, Stewart-Koster B (2018) Claims that anthropogenic stressors facilitate jellyfish blooms have been amplified beyond the available evidence: A systematic review.  Frontiers in Marine Science doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00451 Sea jellies have bloomed in the oceans for more than 500 million [...]