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Eduardo Infantes
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Researcher. Bio-physical interactions between benthic organisms and fluid dynamics. Restoration, feedbacks and ecosystem tipping points.
🌊🌱 Hi, I’m migrating all my seagrass content and updates from Twitter to Bluesky!

I’ll be sharing everything seagrass here — from the latest research to conservation efforts and everything in between.

🌾💙 Let’s keep the conversation flowing in this new space. #Seagrass #MarineConservation
January 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Interested in monitoring population dynamics? Automatic identification of seals and measurement of their body sizes with drones and machine learning. #SealSurvey #drone #seals #kosterhavet

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January 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Looking for a PhD? Join our ZORRO research team on habitat restoration and seagrass/macroalgae ecology in Sweden. Deadline 31-Jan #seagrass #zorrogroup #restorationecology #eelgrass
Read more and apply:

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January 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Finally, 1 ha. of sand now visible from the air! 1800 tons on site. Next step, planting 80,000 eelgrass shoots in June to flip the system from bare sand/macroalgae to seagrass in Sweden #eelgrass #SeagrassAwarenessMonth #zorrogroup #restorationecology @ProjectSeagrass
January 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Fun ways to study interactions between waves and aquatic organisms? Watch our Video Abstract "Wave mesocosms for experimental ecology and biogemorphology". @TjeerdBouma #zorrogroup #FlumeFriday @KristinebergC @NIOZnieuws

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January 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
What a better thing to do on #WorldSeagrassDay than working on seagrass restoration in the field on a sunny day! Happy seagrass day! #zorrogroup #eelgrass #restoration #SeagrassAwarenessMonth
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Is seagrass a microplastic sink? Another great study by @cbdelosantos on the effect of plant canopies at retaining microplastics using the hydraulic flume at Kristineberg #eelgrass #seagrass #microplastic #FlumeFriday @KristinebergC

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January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Drones to study dugong behaviour? We used a drone to document dugong mating behaviour and identification of individuals, Thailand @SSRU_PSU @CossaD2 #dugong #seagras #ecosystemservices #marinemammals #conservation #drone @ProjectSeagrass @SaveTheDugong

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Dugong reproductive behaviour in Thailand: observations using drones
Dugong reproductive behaviour in Koh Libong, Thailand: observations using drones. Dugong populations are decreasing worldwide due to human activities. Reproductive behaviour observations are valuable due to the scarce information on dugong reproductive behaviour, which vary between populations. Surveys were carried out to document dugong reproductive behaviour at the island of Koh Libong, province of Trang, Thailand. Aerial images of dugong reproductive behaviour were captured using a zoom camera mounted on a drone. Images clearly revealed several stages of matting (following, approaching and stimulating, pairing, mounting and separating). In addition, we also identify a possible method to track individual dugongs by recording the tusk scars in dorsal regions using drone images. This study highlights the importance of small quadcopter drones as a cost-efficient tool to document dugong behaviour such as mating, identification of individuals, measurement of body mass index, contributing to an effective conservation effort. . . Read more at.... Infantes E, Cossa D, Stankovik M, Panyawai J, Tuntiprapas P, Daochai C, Prathep A. (2020) Dugong reproductive behaviour in Koh Libong, Thailand: observations using drones. Aquatic mammals, 46(6): 603-608. . Download at: https://www.eduardoinfantes.com/pubs/dugong-behaviour-drone/ or at: https://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2099:dugong-dugong-dugon-reproductive-behaviour-in-koh-libong-thailand-observations-using-drones&catid=190&Itemid=326
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January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Mapping eelgrass beds in the Swedish West coast using drones and drop-video camera. These surveys contribute to design a national monitoring program for eelgrass in Sweden. Great team in the field @Henke9309 and Matilda Rasmussen. #zorrogroup #eelgrass #drones #marineresearch
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This year is special at our Marine Research Station with no visits from guest researchers, students or courses due to travel restrictions, but last night we got a special guest, comet #NEOWISE visiting Kristineberg! Happy summer to all. #Sweden #Lysekil
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Severe shifts in eelgrass epifauna in the Swedish west coast. We found an 83% decline in mussel settlement, reduction in mesoherbivores and increase in filamentous algae between 1997-2018. @Rodri_Riera #zorrogroup Marine Pollution Bulletin. For details see

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January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Planting 1 hectare of eelgrass in Kosterhavet National Park, Sweden. The bay was cover with eelgrass in the 80s but completely disappeared after 2008. Now, we hope to flip the system by planting 76,000 shoots. #zorrogroup @goteborgsuni #eelgrass @LansstyrelsenVG @ProjectSeagrass
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Great two weeks at Koh Libong in Thailand doing seagrass-drone-dugong work with an amazing team from Prince Songkla University! #seagrass #dugong #mapping @SSRU_PSU @SaveTheDugong #gothenburguniversity
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January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Such a fun week at Inhaca island, Mozambique working on new seagrass restoration experiments and dugongs. Great team work at Inhaca Marine Station, Universidad Eduardo Moldane #seagrass #restoration #dugong @Sida @SeaAndSociety #zorrogroup
January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fun days at DHI Denmark working on ecosystem modelling to identify tipping points in coastal restoration. Great teamwork. #zorrogroup #eelgrass #ecologicalmodeling #restoration @SeaAndSociety
January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Always a relief to find the instruments after 3 months of deployment and see that are still alive. Now, how much is eelgrass attenuating storm wave events?? #seagrass #zorrogroup #coastalerosion @LstSkane @SeaAndSociety @ZosteraR @ProjectSeagrass
January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Great team work with @vdakos modelling blue carbon in seagrass meadows! #bluecarbon #seagrass
January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Per Moksnes presenting our work on sediment carbon and nitrogen losses after #eelgrass decline at the #bluecarbon scientific working group in Copenhagen. @BlueCarbon_BCI #zorrogroup @SeaAndSociety @ProjectSeagrass
January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Exciting to see @cbdelosantos in action working in particle trapping by #eelgrass using the flume at Kristineberg Marine Research Station. @ASSEMBLE_Plus #zorrogroup @SeaAndSociety @ProjectSeagrass
January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Radio interview in P1 on eelgrass monitoring using drones in Kosterhavet National Park. #eelgrass @SeaAndSociety @vinnovase @LansstyrelsenVG #kristineberg @ProjectSeagrass

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January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Coastal habitat monitoring using drones? New position to work developing innovative mapping applications in Sweden. Apply before 16-July!
#seagrass #GIS #drone #research #mapping #eelgrass #qgis @ZosteraR @MappingGIS #RemoteSensing #monitoring #ecology

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January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Congratulations Dr.Laura Pereda Briones for the great job you did with your PhD Thesis!!! @IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC @CSIC @ProjectSeagrass @SeagrassWatch @UIBuniversitat @ZosteraR #seedling #Posidonia
January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Great team work in Thailand with the @SSRU_PSU!!

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January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM