Manel Gazo
@manelgazo.bsky.social
love mermaids | Large Marine Vertebrates
🦭🦈🐋Researcher - Professor at @ub.edu | Se coses de mar i de bitxos marins ~in mari multa latent~
#MarineEcology #ScienceForConservation
🦭🦈🐋Researcher - Professor at @ub.edu | Se coses de mar i de bitxos marins ~in mari multa latent~
#MarineEcology #ScienceForConservation
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Manel Gazo
@manelgazo.bsky.social
· Aug 4
🦈 Sharks deep-dining... with a side of plastic
Yes. We’ve just published a new study in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social- MER showing the presence of microplastics in the digestive tract of the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus), a deep-living species from the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean).
Yes. We’ve just published a new study in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social- MER showing the presence of microplastics in the digestive tract of the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus), a deep-living species from the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean).
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The first day of the #REDUCE #RegionalOnboardObserversWorkshop "Training for Marine Megafauna Bycatch Data Collection and Mitigation" has come to an end. Participants have acquired updated knowledge on bycatch of Sea turtles and Seabirds. #bycatch #ETPmarinemegafauna #ETPBycatchReduction
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The first day of the #REDUCE #RegionalOnboardObserversWorkshop "Training for Marine Megafauna Bycatch Data Collection and Mitigation" has come to an end. Participants have acquired updated knowledge on bycatch of Sea turtles and Seabirds. #bycatch #ETPmarinemegafauna #ETPBycatchReduction
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Our second-day sessions of the #REDUCE #RegionalOnboardObserversWorkshop "Training for Marine Megafauna Bycatch Data Collection and Mitigation" are focused on bycatch of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) and marine mammals.
#bycatch #ETPmarinemegafauna #ETPBycatchReduction
#bycatch #ETPmarinemegafauna #ETPBycatchReduction
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Our second-day sessions of the #REDUCE #RegionalOnboardObserversWorkshop "Training for Marine Megafauna Bycatch Data Collection and Mitigation" are focused on bycatch of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) and marine mammals.
#bycatch #ETPmarinemegafauna #ETPBycatchReduction
#bycatch #ETPmarinemegafauna #ETPBycatchReduction
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Presentations evolve around biology, ecology and species identification of these taxa. Attendees are also dealing with interactions with fisheries, mitigation techniques and best practices for safe handling & release of bycatch specimens (sea turtles, seabirds, sharks & rays and marine mammals).
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Presentations evolve around biology, ecology and species identification of these taxa. Attendees are also dealing with interactions with fisheries, mitigation techniques and best practices for safe handling & release of bycatch specimens (sea turtles, seabirds, sharks & rays and marine mammals).
Follow @reduce-project.bsky.social to check news and progress of these last three days of Annual Meeting 2025.
September 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Follow @reduce-project.bsky.social to check news and progress of these last three days of Annual Meeting 2025.
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you can find the study in this link▶️: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
a work conducted with #MiquelCanals, #NuriaGonzáles @ignasinr14.bsky.social @odeigg.bsky.social @marinemegafauna.bsky.social
@ub.edu - @irbio-ub.bsky.social - @biologiaub.bsky.social - @cienciesterraub.bsky.social
a work conducted with #MiquelCanals, #NuriaGonzáles @ignasinr14.bsky.social @odeigg.bsky.social @marinemegafauna.bsky.social
@ub.edu - @irbio-ub.bsky.social - @biologiaub.bsky.social - @cienciesterraub.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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We’ve recently finished our #Bocadolça project, the main aim of which was to determine presence and seasonality of the bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) in the deep waters off Catalonia (NW Mediterranean). @manelgazo.bsky.social (1/3)
July 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We’ve recently finished our #Bocadolça project, the main aim of which was to determine presence and seasonality of the bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) in the deep waters off Catalonia (NW Mediterranean). @manelgazo.bsky.social (1/3)
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Our new research paper is out. We found microplastic ingestion by the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) in the canyoned continental margins of the Gulf of Lion was high, more than in other parts of the Mediterranean and was influenced by the role of those canyoned margins. Full thread 👇🏻🦈
📊 Over 80% of the specimens had ingested microplastics — mostly PET and cellophane fibres, the kind found in countless everyday products.
Even more than in sharks from other Mediterranean areas like the Tyrrhenian, Ligurian or Balearic seas. Why?
Even more than in sharks from other Mediterranean areas like the Tyrrhenian, Ligurian or Balearic seas. Why?
August 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Our new research paper is out. We found microplastic ingestion by the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) in the canyoned continental margins of the Gulf of Lion was high, more than in other parts of the Mediterranean and was influenced by the role of those canyoned margins. Full thread 👇🏻🦈
🦈 Sharks deep-dining... with a side of plastic
Yes. We’ve just published a new study in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social- MER showing the presence of microplastics in the digestive tract of the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus), a deep-living species from the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean).
Yes. We’ve just published a new study in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social- MER showing the presence of microplastics in the digestive tract of the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus), a deep-living species from the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean).
August 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🦈 Sharks deep-dining... with a side of plastic
Yes. We’ve just published a new study in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social- MER showing the presence of microplastics in the digestive tract of the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus), a deep-living species from the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean).
Yes. We’ve just published a new study in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social- MER showing the presence of microplastics in the digestive tract of the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus), a deep-living species from the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean).
You can call it a scavenger of the deep... but the circles at the corners of its mouth tell another story....🦑
#Hexanchus_griseus
#Bocadolça
#Shark
#Hexanchus_griseus
#Bocadolça
#Shark
July 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You can call it a scavenger of the deep... but the circles at the corners of its mouth tell another story....🦑
#Hexanchus_griseus
#Bocadolça
#Shark
#Hexanchus_griseus
#Bocadolça
#Shark
🔵🔵 Nova publicació sobre aquelles espècies comunes a casa nostra, però de difícil observació, el que no significa que no siguin també afectades per impactes antropogènics
@marinemegafauna.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social @craiubbiologia.bsky.social
@odeigg.bsky.social
@marinemegafauna.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social @craiubbiologia.bsky.social
@odeigg.bsky.social
Out of Sight, out of Mind? Evidence of Human‐Induced Threats in the Elusive Ziphius cavirostris of the Mediterranean Sea
This study documents a rare sighting of a Ziphius cavirostris with a severe dorsal injury in the Western Mediterranean likely linked to human activity. The observation, made during a ferry-based moni...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🔵🔵 Nova publicació sobre aquelles espècies comunes a casa nostra, però de difícil observació, el que no significa que no siguin també afectades per impactes antropogènics
@marinemegafauna.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social @craiubbiologia.bsky.social
@odeigg.bsky.social
@marinemegafauna.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social @craiubbiologia.bsky.social
@odeigg.bsky.social
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Our study suggests dynamic protection zones for surface species & static closures for deep divers like beaked whales. Tailored conservation for diverse marine life.
#SustainableSeas #OceanPolicy
#SustainableSeas #OceanPolicy
May 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Our study suggests dynamic protection zones for surface species & static closures for deep divers like beaked whales. Tailored conservation for diverse marine life.
#SustainableSeas #OceanPolicy
#SustainableSeas #OceanPolicy
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🌱 Distribution of species like striped dolphins & loggerhead turtles is driven by chlorophyll & current patterns, highlighting their link to surface ocean productivity.
#BluePlanet #EcosystemScience
#BluePlanet #EcosystemScience
May 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🌱 Distribution of species like striped dolphins & loggerhead turtles is driven by chlorophyll & current patterns, highlighting their link to surface ocean productivity.
#BluePlanet #EcosystemScience
#BluePlanet #EcosystemScience
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🐋 Though outnumbered, sperm whales and fin whales dominate the community biomass in this marine protected area. Size matters in the deep!
#MegaFauna #MarineLife
#MegaFauna #MarineLife
May 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🐋 Though outnumbered, sperm whales and fin whales dominate the community biomass in this marine protected area. Size matters in the deep!
#MegaFauna #MarineLife
#MegaFauna #MarineLife
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🐬 7 cetacean & 2 sea turtle species spotted in the Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor during 2023 surveys — vital biodiversity hotspot revealed! 🌊
#MarineConservation #Mediterranean
#MarineConservation #Mediterranean
May 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🐬 7 cetacean & 2 sea turtle species spotted in the Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor during 2023 surveys — vital biodiversity hotspot revealed! 🌊
#MarineConservation #Mediterranean
#MarineConservation #Mediterranean
hem publicat els resultats dels vols a zona del Corredor de Migració de cetacis..quines espècies hi ha, on son i que fa que siguin allí.
més info @marinemegafauna.bsky.social 👇o a l'enllaç 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
(balenes amb gep? no en vam albirar, però #Fontiers ho edita aixi :) 🐋)
més info @marinemegafauna.bsky.social 👇o a l'enllaç 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
(balenes amb gep? no en vam albirar, però #Fontiers ho edita aixi :) 🐋)
May 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
hem publicat els resultats dels vols a zona del Corredor de Migració de cetacis..quines espècies hi ha, on son i que fa que siguin allí.
més info @marinemegafauna.bsky.social 👇o a l'enllaç 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
(balenes amb gep? no en vam albirar, però #Fontiers ho edita aixi :) 🐋)
més info @marinemegafauna.bsky.social 👇o a l'enllaç 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
(balenes amb gep? no en vam albirar, però #Fontiers ho edita aixi :) 🐋)
No he trobat cap notícia sobre el tauró #pelegrí de #PortDeLSelva que parli de:
- La mort d'una femella adulta.
- D'una espècie protegida.
- S’hauria d'abordar la temàtica de la captura 'accidental'?
Només s'ha transmès el missatge senzill: “era molt gros, no menja nens i nenes."
- La mort d'una femella adulta.
- D'una espècie protegida.
- S’hauria d'abordar la temàtica de la captura 'accidental'?
Només s'ha transmès el missatge senzill: “era molt gros, no menja nens i nenes."
April 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
No he trobat cap notícia sobre el tauró #pelegrí de #PortDeLSelva que parli de:
- La mort d'una femella adulta.
- D'una espècie protegida.
- S’hauria d'abordar la temàtica de la captura 'accidental'?
Només s'ha transmès el missatge senzill: “era molt gros, no menja nens i nenes."
- La mort d'una femella adulta.
- D'una espècie protegida.
- S’hauria d'abordar la temàtica de la captura 'accidental'?
Només s'ha transmès el missatge senzill: “era molt gros, no menja nens i nenes."
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Climate Researchers Wait for the Ax to Fall
Climate Researchers Wait for the Ax to Fall
Climate experts whose research is funded by federal grants hide, whisper and wait for their jobs to disappear
www.scientificamerican.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Climate Researchers Wait for the Ax to Fall
Bon vespre. Algú em pot explicar com ha quedar el tema de la desprotecció del #llop ? És cert que @juntsxcat.bsky.social s’ha afegit a la iniciativa? Gràcies
March 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Bon vespre. Algú em pot explicar com ha quedar el tema de la desprotecció del #llop ? És cert que @juntsxcat.bsky.social s’ha afegit a la iniciativa? Gràcies
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📢Reclamem a @juntsxcat.bsky.social i la resta de partits, que NO votin a favor d’aquesta esmena del PP.
🐺El llop és una espècie clau per a l’equilibri dels ecosistemes.
🐺El llop és una espècie clau per a l’equilibri dels ecosistemes.
March 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📢Reclamem a @juntsxcat.bsky.social i la resta de partits, que NO votin a favor d’aquesta esmena del PP.
🐺El llop és una espècie clau per a l’equilibri dels ecosistemes.
🐺El llop és una espècie clau per a l’equilibri dels ecosistemes.
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🚨Encara més, la proposta està plantejada des del total negacionisme científic. La caça del llop s’ha demostrat com una tècnica que té efectes nuls o, fins i tot, contraris als desitjats, en el control de la depredació.
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/caz...
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/caz...
Un nuevo informe constata que la política del Gobierno de matar lobos para proteger rebaños no sirve para nada
Un estudio encargado por el Europarlamento sobre métodos de gestión indica que abatir ejemplares puede incluso "aumentar la tasa" de daños porque se descomponen las manadas
www.eldiario.es
March 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🚨Encara més, la proposta està plantejada des del total negacionisme científic. La caça del llop s’ha demostrat com una tècnica que té efectes nuls o, fins i tot, contraris als desitjats, en el control de la depredació.
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/caz...
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/caz...
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❌És del tot inacceptable que @juntsxcat.bsky.social es plantegi demà votar a favor de la caça del llop al Congrés dels Diputats.
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March 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
❌És del tot inacceptable que @juntsxcat.bsky.social es plantegi demà votar a favor de la caça del llop al Congrés dels Diputats.
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📢New paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#SeaTurtle 🌊🐢mortality in the #CanaryCurrent, a major #bycatch hotspot:
-Longliners: 6800 loggerheads, 740 olive ridleys, 3529 leatherbacks▶️mortality unknown
-Trawlers: 151 greens, 95 loggerheads, 42 olive ridleys.
-Purse seiners: Negligible impact
#SeaTurtle 🌊🐢mortality in the #CanaryCurrent, a major #bycatch hotspot:
-Longliners: 6800 loggerheads, 740 olive ridleys, 3529 leatherbacks▶️mortality unknown
-Trawlers: 151 greens, 95 loggerheads, 42 olive ridleys.
-Purse seiners: Negligible impact
March 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
📢New paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#SeaTurtle 🌊🐢mortality in the #CanaryCurrent, a major #bycatch hotspot:
-Longliners: 6800 loggerheads, 740 olive ridleys, 3529 leatherbacks▶️mortality unknown
-Trawlers: 151 greens, 95 loggerheads, 42 olive ridleys.
-Purse seiners: Negligible impact
#SeaTurtle 🌊🐢mortality in the #CanaryCurrent, a major #bycatch hotspot:
-Longliners: 6800 loggerheads, 740 olive ridleys, 3529 leatherbacks▶️mortality unknown
-Trawlers: 151 greens, 95 loggerheads, 42 olive ridleys.
-Purse seiners: Negligible impact