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Laura-Li Jeannot
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PhD candidate at LECReefs 🐠
Looking at seabird nutrient effects on cryptobenthic fish productivity in the Indian Ocean 🏝️
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Laura-Li Jeannot @lljeannot.bsky.social · Jul 11
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/...

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ruthedunn.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...
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
October 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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lancasteruni.bsky.social
Seabirds act as powerful connectors between marine and terrestrial ecosystems - and protecting them can help tackle the crises of climate change, failing ocean health, and biodiversity loss, according to a new study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity 🐦
Global study reveals seabirds as critical connectors between islands, the ocean and people - Lancaster University
A new global synthesis published today in Nature Reviews Biodiversity reveals how seabirds act as powerful connectors between marine and terrestrial ecosystems and why protecting seabirds is a powerful opportunity when tackling the triple crises of climate change, failing ocean health, and biodivers...
www.lancaster.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
lljeannot.bsky.social
It's apparently #WorldOctopusDay, so here's a tiny little fellow we unfortunately captured in our last fieldtrip in Chagos while looking for small fishes and other invertebrates. Hope all other three-hearted creatures have a better fate than his!
October 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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oceanflotilla.bsky.social
🗞️ New Ocean Science Roundup is live!

Head to our website to read all the latest studies on ocean and climate.

Looking for more? Check out past summaries of scientific reports on a broad range of ocean topics. #OneOceanOnePlanet www.oceanprotect.org/2025/08/06/m...
August 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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ruthedunn.bsky.social
"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟

New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social

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Composite image of the Proceedings B journal title, the manuscript title and the author list, alongside an image of a red-footed booby flying amongst palm trees. Some text reads: "Winds shape the behavioural decisions of red-footed boobies, impacting their foraging commutes and feeding behaviour".
August 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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ruthedunn.bsky.social
Nice little thread on some of our recent red-footed booby work 💨👇
zslofficial.bsky.social ZSL @zslofficial.bsky.social · Aug 6
🐦 The true meaning of a birds-eye view! Scientists use lightweight cameras fitted to the wing of red-footed boobies to capture feeding behaviour for the first time

📽️ @ruthedunn.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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ruthedunn.bsky.social
New research led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social combines tracking data to show the value of large marine protected areas in encompassing diverse megafauna movements 🐢

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

@jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social
Photos of a reef manta ray, red-footed booby, and a hawsbill turtles with biologging devices attached to them. The journal logo is also featured, alongside the article title and author list. Some text reads: "Tracking data reveal that very large marine protected areas offer protection for mobile marine megafauna including benthic foragers (turtles), pelagic planktivores (manta ray), and oceanic predators (seabirds)".
August 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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gobyone.bsky.social
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...

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June 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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netlab.bsky.social
#Angelsharks may be more vulnerable to #ClimateChange than we thought!

Out today in @globalchangebio.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

@lancasteruni.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @ulpgc.es @qmul.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de @lec-reefs.bsky.social

📸 @nuno_vasco_rodrigues
@sharkconservationfund @canbiocanarias @saveourseasfoundation @oceantrackingnetwork @wwfnederland @nercscience @deutsche_elasmobrancier_ges
July 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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ruchakarkarey.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/...
July 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
lljeannot.bsky.social
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
July 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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bexturner.bsky.social
New paper 📢 Coral reef depth zonation patterns are not 'universal' and may be disrupted by local human impacts.

We show evidence of spatially dependent effects of depth on benthic community structure across the Pacific Ocean.

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June 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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lec-reefs.bsky.social
We've had a blast at the Indo-Pacific Fish Conference in Taipei. Thanks to the organisers for a fantastic week! 🐟🐠🦈

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@cbenkwitt.bsky.social
@lljeannot.bsky.social
@ruchakarkarey.bsky.social
@james-robinson.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social
Eeek! Here my new paper where we predicted the distribution of #mesophotic #coral ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago, using #Maxent onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... I can now say that MY ENTIRE PHD IS PUBLISHED! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social
Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago
This study aims to map and predict the distribution of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, using high- and low-resolution bathymetry data. The models, develope...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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gobyone.bsky.social
🦑🧪 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...
February 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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marineronan.bsky.social
🚨Our paper now out and Open Access in Conservation Biology🚨

🦈Urgent conservation action needed for WIO’s large-bodied fish. Sharks, giant groupers & green humphead parrotfishes face alarming declines in the WIO due to overfishing & climate change. 🦈
@sosbangor.bsky.social

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January 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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reefjav.bsky.social
Great Barrier Reef fish reveal that large-scale macroecological patterns have changed significantly 🐟🐠

We found that changes in latitudinal diversity gradient & rising species turnover were strongly correlated with shifts in coral composition

Out now in Nature Comms www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity correlate with coral assemblage shifts along the Great Barrier Reef - Nature Communications
Coral reefs have been severely affected by anthropogenic stress. Using long term data from the Great Barrier Reef, this study found temporal changes in the latitudinal diversity gradient, and stronger...
www.nature.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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james-robinson.bsky.social
Marine heatwaves are getting hotter and more frequent. This incredible underwater time-series from Seychelles has taught us how coral reefs can respond to bleaching - including regime shifts, boom-bust cycles, and now, a regime reversal from algae -> coral.

Out now in Ecology Letters! 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
nickajgraham.bsky.social Nick Graham @nickajgraham.bsky.social · Jan 2
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....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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cbenkwitt.bsky.social
Check out our new paper!

We compare indicators for monitoring the impacts of island restoration on coral reefs. Massive thanks to our huge list of collaborators, which enabled us to look at seabirds, nutrients, microbes, algae, corals, and fish! 🐦🦠🌱🪸🐠

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Diagram showing links between seabirds and various coral-reef monitoring outcomes.
January 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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ruthedunn.bsky.social
Feather stable isotopes & dive data reveal links between habitat use & foraging behaviour across 3 populations of red-throated diver during their moult 🪶🌊

Out now in Ecology & Evolution: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Linking Foraging Behaviour and Habitat Preferences During Moult Across Multiple Populations of Red‐Throated Diver
We demonstrate a link between foraging habitat and behaviour in an elusive aquatic bird, the red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) across three populations (Finland, Iceland and Scotland) during their ....
dx.doi.org
January 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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jenniferappoo.bsky.social
A bit late but excited to share our new paper exploring how seabird nutrient inputs influence mangrove food webs! 🐦🌿 @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social
Open access: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
January 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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lisagoberdhan.bsky.social
📢New Paper Alert📢 (and first chapter of my PhD!)

We show that scale matters when quantifying motile cryptofauna on tropical coral reefs 🦀

Paper in MEPS: www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
December 5, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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lec-reefs.bsky.social
You can keep up with the whole LEC REEFS gang via our starter pack! 🐟🪸🎣🏝️

go.bsky.app/3m4FFzH

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December 9, 2024 at 10:40 AM
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roxybholmes.bsky.social
🚨Excited that the first chapter from my PhD is now out in Marine Biology. Here we show that #lionfish do not show any directional preferences for ambient #soundscapes during diurnal hours.
🔗link.springer.com/article/10.100…
🧵A thread to find out more:
December 4, 2024 at 5:31 PM
lljeannot.bsky.social
Had a blast at #RCUK2024!! Always a pleasure talking about seabirds and small fishes (and inverts this time too! 🦐)
So amazing to be part of a group as vibrant and supportive as @lec-reefs.bsky.social 🐠🌊
December 2, 2024 at 4:37 PM