Colby James Bignell
@colby-james.bsky.social
PhD candidate at CSIRO/IMAS investigating movement ecology of sharks at Ningaloo Reef. Hobby hoarder - Divemaster, keen fisho, underwater/nature photographer, drone pilot, recovering musician turned programming nerd.
A blog post I wrote for @csiro.bsky.social about my PhD research and new paper on whale shark movements 😀
Read the full paper here link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read the full paper here link.springer.com/article/10.1...
From fear to fascination: Decoding the depths and distances travelled by the world’s largest fish
Female whale sharks are conspicuous in their absence from aggregation sites such as Ningaloo Reef. A unique satellite tracking data set is showing us where they are so that we can begin to understand ...
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July 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A blog post I wrote for @csiro.bsky.social about my PhD research and new paper on whale shark movements 😀
Read the full paper here link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read the full paper here link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Colby James Bignell
Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific differences in the geographical and vertical habitat use of Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Eastern Indian ocean link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific differences in the geographical and vertical habitat use of Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Eastern Indian ocean - Marine Biology
Satellite tagging of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) has typically focused on juvenile males which dominate coastal aggregation sites, with limited data on the movements of females. We…
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June 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific differences in the geographical and vertical habitat use of Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Eastern Indian ocean link.springer.com/article/10.1...