Madison Bowden-Parry
@madisonbp.bsky.social
CDT SuMMeR PhD researcher #ExeterMarine | Marine historical ecology | Esp. kelp forests, fisheries & communities | Marine photographer, videographer and diver | @oceanspast.bsky.social ECR representative | Welsh
www.madisonwildlife.com
www.madisonwildlife.com
Don't forget to submit and join us next year at the @oceanspast.bsky.social XI conference! 🐟
Our call for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions are OPEN for the OPI XI Conference!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Don't forget to submit and join us next year at the @oceanspast.bsky.social XI conference! 🐟
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Our latest newsletter is here 🐟
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org.
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org.
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our latest newsletter is here 🐟
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org.
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org.
Reposted by Madison Bowden-Parry
Cooperation between ecologists and historians has allowed a robust reconstruction of the historical introduction of the Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, to Spain in the late-16th century
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Cooperation between ecologists and historians has allowed a robust reconstruction of the historical introduction of the Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, to Spain in the late-16th century
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
rdcu.be/eEcIt
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
rdcu.be/eEcIt
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This week, PML’s Professor Tim Smyth spoke on BBC Radio 4 about the increase of #MarineHeatwaves observed in the western English Channel, and the #octopus bloom not observed in these waters for around 75 years. Follow the thread 🧵👇 (1/5)
August 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This week, PML’s Professor Tim Smyth spoke on BBC Radio 4 about the increase of #MarineHeatwaves observed in the western English Channel, and the #octopus bloom not observed in these waters for around 75 years. Follow the thread 🧵👇 (1/5)
Reposted by Madison Bowden-Parry
This was a tricky one thanks to some taxonomic relabelling but we think we found an illustration of the nursehound from the third edition of William Yarrell's 'A History of British Fishes' 1859. #TrickyTaxonThursday
We also have some of Yarrell's original illustrations in our archive (ref PYA1)
We also have some of Yarrell's original illustrations in our archive (ref PYA1)
August 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This was a tricky one thanks to some taxonomic relabelling but we think we found an illustration of the nursehound from the third edition of William Yarrell's 'A History of British Fishes' 1859. #TrickyTaxonThursday
We also have some of Yarrell's original illustrations in our archive (ref PYA1)
We also have some of Yarrell's original illustrations in our archive (ref PYA1)
Reposted by Madison Bowden-Parry
Our latest newsletter is here! This month features new projects, special research issues, OPI conference information and more 🐟
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
July 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Our latest newsletter is here! This month features new projects, special research issues, OPI conference information and more 🐟
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
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Atlantic Bluefin tuna are back in UK waters, but we still don’t exactly know what they are eating.
Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future.
To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b...
🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊
Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future.
To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b...
🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊
July 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Atlantic Bluefin tuna are back in UK waters, but we still don’t exactly know what they are eating.
Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future.
To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b...
🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊
Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future.
To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b...
🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊
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We are pleased to invite you to the Oceans Past XI Conference!
Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
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Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We are pleased to invite you to the Oceans Past XI Conference!
Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
(1/2)
Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
(1/2)
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theconversation.com/what-a-19th-...
Nice article on marine historical ecology by @ruththurstan.bsky.social
Nice article on marine historical ecology by @ruththurstan.bsky.social
What a 19th-century atlas teaches me about marine ecosystems
Historical maps and records from across Europe show just how much oyster beds and other marine habitats have changed over the centuries.
theconversation.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
theconversation.com/what-a-19th-...
Nice article on marine historical ecology by @ruththurstan.bsky.social
Nice article on marine historical ecology by @ruththurstan.bsky.social
Reposted by Madison Bowden-Parry
Newspaper archives for marine biology research
Amongst crossword puzzles & sports news are fragments of evidence we can piece together to understand change b4 scientific surveys started
Species, date, location, size-all data points for analysis
In this case, on marine megafauna we have lost
Amongst crossword puzzles & sports news are fragments of evidence we can piece together to understand change b4 scientific surveys started
Species, date, location, size-all data points for analysis
In this case, on marine megafauna we have lost
July 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Newspaper archives for marine biology research
Amongst crossword puzzles & sports news are fragments of evidence we can piece together to understand change b4 scientific surveys started
Species, date, location, size-all data points for analysis
In this case, on marine megafauna we have lost
Amongst crossword puzzles & sports news are fragments of evidence we can piece together to understand change b4 scientific surveys started
Species, date, location, size-all data points for analysis
In this case, on marine megafauna we have lost
Reposted by Madison Bowden-Parry
We're proud that our researchers played a role in giving scientific advice for ‘Ocean’, the new film/book by Sir David Attenborough.
Here's some of the team at the film's premiere last night! Huge congratulations to all involved.
Read more in our press release - news.exeter.ac.uk/top-stories/...
🦑🌊🧪
Here's some of the team at the film's premiere last night! Huge congratulations to all involved.
Read more in our press release - news.exeter.ac.uk/top-stories/...
🦑🌊🧪
May 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We're proud that our researchers played a role in giving scientific advice for ‘Ocean’, the new film/book by Sir David Attenborough.
Here's some of the team at the film's premiere last night! Huge congratulations to all involved.
Read more in our press release - news.exeter.ac.uk/top-stories/...
🦑🌊🧪
Here's some of the team at the film's premiere last night! Huge congratulations to all involved.
Read more in our press release - news.exeter.ac.uk/top-stories/...
🦑🌊🧪
Reposted by Madison Bowden-Parry
Our latest newsletter has just dropped! This month features new research, interviews with researchers and lots more 🐟
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
April 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Our latest newsletter has just dropped! This month features new research, interviews with researchers and lots more 🐟
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
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New paper out this week 📣
Authors detail 120 years of the UK's reach for seafood, revealing a rapid growth of dependence on global fisheries. By the 21st century, imports tripled 20th-century levels, with seafood travelling over 30% farther. 🐟
🔗 Link to read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authors detail 120 years of the UK's reach for seafood, revealing a rapid growth of dependence on global fisheries. By the 21st century, imports tripled 20th-century levels, with seafood travelling over 30% farther. 🐟
🔗 Link to read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New paper out this week 📣
Authors detail 120 years of the UK's reach for seafood, revealing a rapid growth of dependence on global fisheries. By the 21st century, imports tripled 20th-century levels, with seafood travelling over 30% farther. 🐟
🔗 Link to read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authors detail 120 years of the UK's reach for seafood, revealing a rapid growth of dependence on global fisheries. By the 21st century, imports tripled 20th-century levels, with seafood travelling over 30% farther. 🐟
🔗 Link to read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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#KelpSummit 2025 welcomes PhD student, @Madison Bowden-Parry at @University of Exeter presenting on past perspectives of Sussex kelp.
#KelpSummit2025 #SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #ucl #sussexunderwater #historicalkelp #universityofexeter
#KelpSummit2025 #SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #ucl #sussexunderwater #historicalkelp #universityofexeter
April 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#KelpSummit 2025 welcomes PhD student, @Madison Bowden-Parry at @University of Exeter presenting on past perspectives of Sussex kelp.
#KelpSummit2025 #SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #ucl #sussexunderwater #historicalkelp #universityofexeter
#KelpSummit2025 #SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #ucl #sussexunderwater #historicalkelp #universityofexeter
I'm looking forward to chatting more about my work into the #historicalecology of Sussex kelp habitats, using mixed-methods approaches. See you there for some engaging #kelp conversations!
@exetermarine.bsky.social
@exetermarine.bsky.social
🌏 Next up on our list of SKRP researchers presenting at #KelpSummit2025:
🪸 Madi Bowden-Parry, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Exeter🪸
#sussexwildlifetrust #sussex_ifca #zsl #bluemarinefoundation #kelp #sussexkelp #sussexkelprecoveryproject #KelpSummit2025 #HelpOurKelp #uniofexeter
🪸 Madi Bowden-Parry, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Exeter🪸
#sussexwildlifetrust #sussex_ifca #zsl #bluemarinefoundation #kelp #sussexkelp #sussexkelprecoveryproject #KelpSummit2025 #HelpOurKelp #uniofexeter
March 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I'm looking forward to chatting more about my work into the #historicalecology of Sussex kelp habitats, using mixed-methods approaches. See you there for some engaging #kelp conversations!
@exetermarine.bsky.social
@exetermarine.bsky.social
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International day of women & girls in science
While studying local languages & providing medical assistance in Yemen in 1901/2, Marie Hein (1853-1943) collected numerous biological specimens
- including a shark & a stingray which turned out to be undescribed ("new") species
While studying local languages & providing medical assistance in Yemen in 1901/2, Marie Hein (1853-1943) collected numerous biological specimens
- including a shark & a stingray which turned out to be undescribed ("new") species
February 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
International day of women & girls in science
While studying local languages & providing medical assistance in Yemen in 1901/2, Marie Hein (1853-1943) collected numerous biological specimens
- including a shark & a stingray which turned out to be undescribed ("new") species
While studying local languages & providing medical assistance in Yemen in 1901/2, Marie Hein (1853-1943) collected numerous biological specimens
- including a shark & a stingray which turned out to be undescribed ("new") species
Reposted by Madison Bowden-Parry
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵
🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊
#WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵
🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊
#WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
February 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵
🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊
#WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵
🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊
#WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
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On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, let's celebrate the women working with us to recover the Sussex kelp forests.
@Marianne Glascott
@George Short
@madisonbp.bsky.social
@Claude Annels
@Alice Clark
@Sam Fanshawe
@Valentina Scarponi
@henribrocklebank.bsky.social
@Emily Bulled
@Marianne Glascott
@George Short
@madisonbp.bsky.social
@Claude Annels
@Alice Clark
@Sam Fanshawe
@Valentina Scarponi
@henribrocklebank.bsky.social
@Emily Bulled
February 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, let's celebrate the women working with us to recover the Sussex kelp forests.
@Marianne Glascott
@George Short
@madisonbp.bsky.social
@Claude Annels
@Alice Clark
@Sam Fanshawe
@Valentina Scarponi
@henribrocklebank.bsky.social
@Emily Bulled
@Marianne Glascott
@George Short
@madisonbp.bsky.social
@Claude Annels
@Alice Clark
@Sam Fanshawe
@Valentina Scarponi
@henribrocklebank.bsky.social
@Emily Bulled
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My creative outlet is pottery, often inspired by seaweeds
#phycologyfriday #phycology #kelp #marinebiology #science #art #pottery #sculpture #seaweed #ceramics
#phycologyfriday #phycology #kelp #marinebiology #science #art #pottery #sculpture #seaweed #ceramics
January 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My creative outlet is pottery, often inspired by seaweeds
#phycologyfriday #phycology #kelp #marinebiology #science #art #pottery #sculpture #seaweed #ceramics
#phycologyfriday #phycology #kelp #marinebiology #science #art #pottery #sculpture #seaweed #ceramics
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New article out in @uk.theconversation.com covering new research on Europe's forgotten oyster reefs! Link to article: theconversation.com/oysters-once...
Read the #OpenAccess paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the #OpenAccess paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our recent work to uncover the former extent of Europe's forgotten oyster reefs is covered in @uk.theconversation.com today!
theconversation.com/oysters-once...
Gathering historical evidence is key to raising ambitions to restore our seas and recover vital habitats @exetermarine.bsky.social
theconversation.com/oysters-once...
Gathering historical evidence is key to raising ambitions to restore our seas and recover vital habitats @exetermarine.bsky.social
Oysters once crowded Europe’s coast – here’s how we discovered these long-forgotten reefs
Historical records describe a very different seafloor to the ones we see today.
theconversation.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New article out in @uk.theconversation.com covering new research on Europe's forgotten oyster reefs! Link to article: theconversation.com/oysters-once...
Read the #OpenAccess paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the #OpenAccess paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Madison Bowden-Parry
We conducted a 'classic' kelp canopy removal exp in mixed Laminaria forests in southwest UK. Results show that loss of canopy increases 5-fold the light reaching the reef which leads to 7-fold increase in understorey algae & 9-fold increase in kelp recruits; ms: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We conducted a 'classic' kelp canopy removal exp in mixed Laminaria forests in southwest UK. Results show that loss of canopy increases 5-fold the light reaching the reef which leads to 7-fold increase in understorey algae & 9-fold increase in kelp recruits; ms: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New paper in @plosone.org 📣
New review confirms cetaceans presence in Portuguese waters since the Middle Palaeolithic. Authors confirm the presence of the North Atlantic right whale & support whale product trading during the Roman Republican period.
Link to read: https://buff.ly/3BXUpGD
New review confirms cetaceans presence in Portuguese waters since the Middle Palaeolithic. Authors confirm the presence of the North Atlantic right whale & support whale product trading during the Roman Republican period.
Link to read: https://buff.ly/3BXUpGD
January 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New paper in @plosone.org 📣
New review confirms cetaceans presence in Portuguese waters since the Middle Palaeolithic. Authors confirm the presence of the North Atlantic right whale & support whale product trading during the Roman Republican period.
Link to read: https://buff.ly/3BXUpGD
New review confirms cetaceans presence in Portuguese waters since the Middle Palaeolithic. Authors confirm the presence of the North Atlantic right whale & support whale product trading during the Roman Republican period.
Link to read: https://buff.ly/3BXUpGD
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The Resilience of Coastal Communities (ROCC) project bit.ly/3DicIGC, which includes ESI academics Dr Rachel Turner and Dr Tomas Chaigneau, has an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall exploring the resilience of Cornwall’s coastal communities.
nmmc.co.uk/2024/02/exhi...
nmmc.co.uk/2024/02/exhi...
December 18, 2024 at 1:18 PM
The Resilience of Coastal Communities (ROCC) project bit.ly/3DicIGC, which includes ESI academics Dr Rachel Turner and Dr Tomas Chaigneau, has an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall exploring the resilience of Cornwall’s coastal communities.
nmmc.co.uk/2024/02/exhi...
nmmc.co.uk/2024/02/exhi...
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📣 New #openaccess paper 📣
In this new @naturesustain.bsky.social paper, authors explored hundreds of written records and descriptions of native oyster (Ostrea edulis) habitat and fisheries published since the 1700s, revealing #oyster reefs spanning >17,000 km2!
Link to read: go.nature.com/3ZK3nij
In this new @naturesustain.bsky.social paper, authors explored hundreds of written records and descriptions of native oyster (Ostrea edulis) habitat and fisheries published since the 1700s, revealing #oyster reefs spanning >17,000 km2!
Link to read: go.nature.com/3ZK3nij
December 18, 2024 at 7:36 PM
📣 New #openaccess paper 📣
In this new @naturesustain.bsky.social paper, authors explored hundreds of written records and descriptions of native oyster (Ostrea edulis) habitat and fisheries published since the 1700s, revealing #oyster reefs spanning >17,000 km2!
Link to read: go.nature.com/3ZK3nij
In this new @naturesustain.bsky.social paper, authors explored hundreds of written records and descriptions of native oyster (Ostrea edulis) habitat and fisheries published since the 1700s, revealing #oyster reefs spanning >17,000 km2!
Link to read: go.nature.com/3ZK3nij