Vinicius Giglio
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Vinicius Giglio
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Professor at the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (Amazonia, Brazil), interested mainly in marine conservation, historical ecology, reef fishes, ecosystem services.
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Energetics suggest Great Hammerhead Sharks only need to eat ~0.7% of their body weight per day of other sharks to survive. Means a ~250 kg big one would only need to eat one ~50 kg shark every three weeks! Good reason to be shark and ray-eating specialists.

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Energetic benefits of prey choice for a shark-eating shark - Oecologia
Optimal foraging theory has been used to understand the foraging choices of animals but is rarely applied to large predatory fishes due to difficulties measuring their behavior in the wild. Great hamm...
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July 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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This paper - Quantifying disturbance effects on ecosystem services in a changing climate - was motivated by the need to anticipate and quantify how extreme events, which are accelerating with climate change, impact nature;s contributions to people, YET ... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Quantifying disturbance effects on ecosystem services in a changing climate - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A generalizable, functional-trait-based approach for quantifying the effects of disturbances to ecosystem services and economic outcomes, including under climate change, highlights the need for incorp...
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Despite a very small minority of very loud voices, most people trust scientists 👩‍🔬 and science 🧬 as per a survey of 71,922 people in 68 countries.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Last month was the 2nd warmest October on record for the average global sea surface temperature... 🌊

Graphic using NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...). Methods detailed in doi.org/10.1175/JCLI....
November 27, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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A list of #marinebiology starter packs! 🌊

go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I
go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II
go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science
go.bsky.app/E8vrnd6 LGBTQIA+ Grads
go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women
go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Ocean Women II
November 25, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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Come explore our interactive map of all published acoustic telemetry articles on the website (www.trackdat.org)!
November 29, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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Hope you didnt miss this fine paper by @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social and others at #ExeterMarine 🐢🌍🧪🦑 #marineturtles #Seaturtles

#ExeterGSES #ExeterCEC #ExeterESI
What can turtles tell us about noise in the ocean? In our new paper in Biological Conservation, leatherback 🐢 collect underwater sound data to map natural and human noise in the soundscape facing critical nesting beaches 🚢🔊

authors.elsevier.com/c/1k2~j1R~eW...

@exetermarine.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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New #MPAGovernance paper published based on a detailed comparative governance analysis of 50 #MPA case studies across 24 countries over the last 15 years:

Incentive diversity is key to the more effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

#MPAs
Frontiers | Incentive diversity is key to the more effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas
A target to conserve 30% of oceans by designating marine protected areas (MPAs) has been agreed, yet the effectiveness of existing MPAs is often low, with fe...
www.frontiersin.org
November 23, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...
docs.google.com
November 11, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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🚨Paper Alert🚨

💡Everything you always wanted to know about #governance of the #HighSeas*

💭*but were afraid to ask

⚡️Achieving #coherence across public & private governance mechanisms: challenge but key to achieving ocean sustainability goals.

📰https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-011023-022521
November 18, 2024 at 6:11 AM
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Not sure where I saw this, but i saved it to remind myself not to pick up new projects without finishing what I have on my plate 😂 #AcademicSky #PhDSky what do y’all do to make the final push and wrap up projects?
November 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM