Tony Knights
@benthicecol.bsky.social
Marine ecologist and Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at University College Cork, Ireland.
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Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶♀️🐚👨⚕️🦀👩🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
September 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶♀️🐚👨⚕️🦀👩🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
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Come see our new Living Seawalls in #Cobh #Cork! 1st in Ireland 🇮🇪. #Global experiment 🌍 started in #Sydney 🇦🇺. Huge thanks to HEA funding, @uccresearch.bsky.social, #PortOfCork for support & Inland & Coastal Marinas for installation. Looking forward to seeing what marine life colonises 🦀🪸🐚🦐🦞🐟🌊.
September 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Come see our new Living Seawalls in #Cobh #Cork! 1st in Ireland 🇮🇪. #Global experiment 🌍 started in #Sydney 🇦🇺. Huge thanks to HEA funding, @uccresearch.bsky.social, #PortOfCork for support & Inland & Coastal Marinas for installation. Looking forward to seeing what marine life colonises 🦀🪸🐚🦐🦞🐟🌊.
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Merci to Amelia Curd, Stan Dubois, Martin Marzloff, Gautier Schaal & team for an AMAZING #ITRS in Brest, France. 🇫🇷 You deserved that standing ovation 👏 #Science #HumanPyramid #Connemara #Limpet #Kelp @aec13.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Merci to Amelia Curd, Stan Dubois, Martin Marzloff, Gautier Schaal & team for an AMAZING #ITRS in Brest, France. 🇫🇷 You deserved that standing ovation 👏 #Science #HumanPyramid #Connemara #Limpet #Kelp @aec13.bsky.social
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Come join us as a #Postdoc on BLUESHORES 🇪🇺 project in Cork 🇮🇪 to test novel nature based solutions to coastal defence 🌊 on saltmarshes 🌱. Start date: 1st Sept. Duration: 28mo. Salary: €45-52k. Deadline 10th July. Partnership with @ucc.ie, Uni Padua 🇮🇹 & NIOZ. 🇳🇱 universityvacancies.com/university-c...
June 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Come join us as a #Postdoc on BLUESHORES 🇪🇺 project in Cork 🇮🇪 to test novel nature based solutions to coastal defence 🌊 on saltmarshes 🌱. Start date: 1st Sept. Duration: 28mo. Salary: €45-52k. Deadline 10th July. Partnership with @ucc.ie, Uni Padua 🇮🇹 & NIOZ. 🇳🇱 universityvacancies.com/university-c...
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Ditto! Love this community. Our temperate reef #family ☺️❤️🌊🐟🦀🐚 @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social
Cheers to a great #ITRS2025 🍻
Wonderful to reconnect with old friends meet new ones & dive into exciting science
Until next time, so long!
@marclim-uk.bsky.social @svenjatidau.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social @unipisa.bsky.social #ITRS @univlille.bsky.social
Wonderful to reconnect with old friends meet new ones & dive into exciting science
Until next time, so long!
@marclim-uk.bsky.social @svenjatidau.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social @unipisa.bsky.social #ITRS @univlille.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Ditto! Love this community. Our temperate reef #family ☺️❤️🌊🐟🦀🐚 @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social
A fantastic #ITRS2025 - huge congrats to the organisers for a fantastic event. Great to see the ‘fam!
The wonderful #Cultural exchange 🌎 - bag pipe walk to the gala dinner at the #Oceanopolis for the #ITRS 🇫🇷. Which ended in the traditional #HumanPyramid ⚠️😂🙌 @cariocamayer.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @trinebekkby.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A fantastic #ITRS2025 - huge congrats to the organisers for a fantastic event. Great to see the ‘fam!
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New paper out reflecting both past & future 25 years of impacts & status of #RockyShores. #Climatechange #Urbanisation #Microplastic #OilSpill #Invasive #ExtremeWeather #Heatwave #OA #OceanAcidification #ALAN www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @benthicecol.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
New paper out reflecting both past & future 25 years of impacts & status of #RockyShores. #Climatechange #Urbanisation #Microplastic #OilSpill #Invasive #ExtremeWeather #Heatwave #OA #OceanAcidification #ALAN www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @benthicecol.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social
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Carbon neutrality in eco-engineering matters!
Franz Bauer from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social presenting his @livingseawalls.bsky.social in Plymouth work on Carbon storage in algae #ITRS (terrible lighting for photos in this room).
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Franz Bauer from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social presenting his @livingseawalls.bsky.social in Plymouth work on Carbon storage in algae #ITRS (terrible lighting for photos in this room).
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July 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Carbon neutrality in eco-engineering matters!
Franz Bauer from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social presenting his @livingseawalls.bsky.social in Plymouth work on Carbon storage in algae #ITRS (terrible lighting for photos in this room).
@benthicecol.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social
Franz Bauer from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social presenting his @livingseawalls.bsky.social in Plymouth work on Carbon storage in algae #ITRS (terrible lighting for photos in this room).
@benthicecol.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social
Great talk Jess and what amazing support for GGI!
Great talk by Jess Allen showing stakeholder and public support for #ecoengineering & @livingseawalls.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Great talk Jess and what amazing support for GGI!
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Great talk by Franz Bauer on carbon storage potential of @livingseawalls.bsky.social at International Temperate Reefs Symposium #ITRS. Need more carbon neutral concretes. @benthicecol.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Great talk by Franz Bauer on carbon storage potential of @livingseawalls.bsky.social at International Temperate Reefs Symposium #ITRS. Need more carbon neutral concretes. @benthicecol.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social
Awesome poster and congrats on the award Tom!
Congratulations to PhD student Tom Wright for winning award for his poster on #connectivity at #ITRS. 🙌 @benthicecol.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Awesome poster and congrats on the award Tom!
Well done Laura! Great talk!
Well done Laura Bachmeier for showcasing exciting community connectivity model #ComCon at #ITRS. @benthicecol.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Well done Laura! Great talk!
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Welcome Nobuhle! We look forward to working with you from @ucc.ie. Special thank you to Artist #ShezadDawood for facilitating this wonderful #ArtScience 🎨🧪 collaboration between South Africa 🇿🇦, UK 🇬🇧 & Ireland 🇮🇪. @benthicecol.bsky.social #Interdisciplinarity #UCCFutures @uccresearch.bsky.social
Welcome! Ms Nobuhle Mpanza is visiting us at @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social for the next 3 months, to work on mussels 🦪, artificial coastlines, and #nature-based-solutions 🍃🌱!
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June 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Welcome Nobuhle! We look forward to working with you from @ucc.ie. Special thank you to Artist #ShezadDawood for facilitating this wonderful #ArtScience 🎨🧪 collaboration between South Africa 🇿🇦, UK 🇬🇧 & Ireland 🇮🇪. @benthicecol.bsky.social #Interdisciplinarity #UCCFutures @uccresearch.bsky.social
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We are advertising a 28-mo postdoc on hybrid #ecoengineering in #saltmarshes @ University College Cork, @ucc.ie 🇮🇪🇪🇺. Ref no 087274.
EU & @marineinst.bsky.social funded BLUESHORES Project. State date: 1st Sept 2025. Salary: €45,847–€52,339. 🌱🌊🦀🐌
See link: universityvacancies.com/university-c...
EU & @marineinst.bsky.social funded BLUESHORES Project. State date: 1st Sept 2025. Salary: €45,847–€52,339. 🌱🌊🦀🐌
See link: universityvacancies.com/university-c...
June 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We are advertising a 28-mo postdoc on hybrid #ecoengineering in #saltmarshes @ University College Cork, @ucc.ie 🇮🇪🇪🇺. Ref no 087274.
EU & @marineinst.bsky.social funded BLUESHORES Project. State date: 1st Sept 2025. Salary: €45,847–€52,339. 🌱🌊🦀🐌
See link: universityvacancies.com/university-c...
EU & @marineinst.bsky.social funded BLUESHORES Project. State date: 1st Sept 2025. Salary: €45,847–€52,339. 🌱🌊🦀🐌
See link: universityvacancies.com/university-c...
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New paper out today! Results of a field experiment in Torquay marina on biodiversity of eco-engineered panels. Different panel complexities had significantly different richness and abundance, whilst spatial variability in panel complexity impacted community composition 🛥️🐚🦪
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May 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New paper out today! Results of a field experiment in Torquay marina on biodiversity of eco-engineered panels. Different panel complexities had significantly different richness and abundance, whilst spatial variability in panel complexity impacted community composition 🛥️🐚🦪
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A few fieldwork photos to set the scene. Torquay was a harsh mistress, but we did have fun (and a lot of ice creams) @benthicecol.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A few fieldwork photos to set the scene. Torquay was a harsh mistress, but we did have fun (and a lot of ice creams) @benthicecol.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social
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Very excited to see such an amazing program of high quality temperate reef science by an incredible line up of speakers. Roll on #ITRS25 @benthicecol.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social
🥁 🥁 🥁 The #ITRS2025 scientific program is online 🙌 itrs-home.org/scientific-p... please share! 42 days until 🚀
#marineecology @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @aurelien-boye.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social
#marineecology @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @aurelien-boye.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Very excited to see such an amazing program of high quality temperate reef science by an incredible line up of speakers. Roll on #ITRS25 @benthicecol.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social
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Our 2nd spring in #WestCork ❤️🤍 and 17 months since the grass was cut…. #Rewilding in full swing. Big changes from last year 🍀🌷🌻🌱🌿🌼🦋🐞🪲🐜🪰🦅🐦⬛🪺🦉 #biodiversity @benthicecol.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Our 2nd spring in #WestCork ❤️🤍 and 17 months since the grass was cut…. #Rewilding in full swing. Big changes from last year 🍀🌷🌻🌱🌿🌼🦋🐞🪲🐜🪰🦅🐦⬛🪺🦉 #biodiversity @benthicecol.bsky.social
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Checking out the #Boston #LivingSeawalls. Thanks @jebyrnes.bsky.social & @daniel-lopez.bsky.social for great tour! More red algae than our #Plymouth panels. 🌊😬🪸🐚🦀@living seawalls.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Checking out the #Boston #LivingSeawalls. Thanks @jebyrnes.bsky.social & @daniel-lopez.bsky.social for great tour! More red algae than our #Plymouth panels. 🌊😬🪸🐚🦀@living seawalls.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social
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Slipper #limpets at the #Jaws bridge on #Amity Island.🦈Scoping out filming locations on Martha’s Vineyard for 50th anniversary. 🎬🎞️ “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” 🙌❤️😃 @benthicecol.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Slipper #limpets at the #Jaws bridge on #Amity Island.🦈Scoping out filming locations on Martha’s Vineyard for 50th anniversary. 🎬🎞️ “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” 🙌❤️😃 @benthicecol.bsky.social
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Feeling very grateful that our paper “Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: an update on the state of the art” has been awarded #Halcrow Prize by the Institution of Civil Engineers. 🌿🌊 This recognition means a lot to me & 51 brilliant coauthors. www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10....
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April 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Feeling very grateful that our paper “Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: an update on the state of the art” has been awarded #Halcrow Prize by the Institution of Civil Engineers. 🌿🌊 This recognition means a lot to me & 51 brilliant coauthors. www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10....
Happy to be in LA and Santa Barbara this week. Grateful to #NCEAS and #NOAA for the opportunity to come to their meeting to talk science. What a community. #fisheries #artificialreefs
November 18, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Happy to be in LA and Santa Barbara this week. Grateful to #NCEAS and #NOAA for the opportunity to come to their meeting to talk science. What a community. #fisheries #artificialreefs
Better late than never right? Moving over from the other place and I hear great things. Interested in all things science and #marineecology #biology and introducing my backyard.
November 15, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Better late than never right? Moving over from the other place and I hear great things. Interested in all things science and #marineecology #biology and introducing my backyard.