Dolphin paper link is coming (not yet online ...)

They find neat results. Fishers are more synchronised the longer they spend in the water, the closer they are, and the more cooperative they are (with each other). Yet, heart rate synchrony doesn't translate to fishing success (when dolphins cue)—probably because they have to cast asynchronously. 6/

They then conducted a cross-wavelet power analysis of heart rate variability, which reveals patterns of heart rate synchrony over time and across frequencies. This captures whether synchrony is in phase or anti-phase. 5/

In the second paper, @hanjabrrr.bsky.social and João Valle-Perreira fitted heart rate + GPS sensors to fishers while they fished together with dolphins. This provided simultaneous data on position and heart rate across the line of fishers.

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Using step-selection analysis, she showed a decrease in selection for roads during the lockdown. This pattern corresponded to kites' resource selection patterns during years of high natural food availability (many rodents).

Paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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In the first paper, Benedetta Catitti used data from GPS-tracked red kites between 2017 and 2023 to examine the impacts of reduced road traffic on their foraging behaviour. The large drop in traffic corresponded to substantially less roadkill (and thus less kite food). 2/

Thanks! It always sucks because other people really rely on these for their careers. I'll be fine—we all have to learn to deal with these (even if it doesn't get much easier with time).