Maria Pierce-Chapman
@mpierce-chapman.bsky.social
PhD student UNCW | Marine scientist
🚨New Paper Alert🚨
My first coauthorship on a publication! So thankful for the opportunity to be part of this project. Huge congrats to PhD candidate Sophia Emmons at USF and JCU. I learned so much from her and can’t wait to see what she does next!
My first coauthorship on a publication! So thankful for the opportunity to be part of this project. Huge congrats to PhD candidate Sophia Emmons at USF and JCU. I learned so much from her and can’t wait to see what she does next!
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🚨New Paper Alert🚨
My first coauthorship on a publication! So thankful for the opportunity to be part of this project. Huge congrats to PhD candidate Sophia Emmons at USF and JCU. I learned so much from her and can’t wait to see what she does next!
My first coauthorship on a publication! So thankful for the opportunity to be part of this project. Huge congrats to PhD candidate Sophia Emmons at USF and JCU. I learned so much from her and can’t wait to see what she does next!
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For #InternationalSawfishDay learn about endangered sawfish in the United States and how to #RespectReleaseReport any sawfish you encounter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxOj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxOj...
RESPECT - RELEASE - REPORT: Guidelines for Interactions with Endangered Sawfish in the United States
YouTube video by U.S. Sawfish Recovery
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
For #InternationalSawfishDay learn about endangered sawfish in the United States and how to #RespectReleaseReport any sawfish you encounter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxOj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxOj...
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I finally did it. My first chapter is FINALLY written and out for all to see. If you’ve attended my talks you 100% know what this is about. If you haven’t attended my talks, shark nostrils are more interesting than we thought. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
Who Nose What Flows: Shark Narial Denticle Morphology and Hydrodynamic Implications
Synopsis. Dermal denticles (scales) are important in influencing the movement of water around a shark’s body. To date, most of the research on denticle mor
academic.oup.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I finally did it. My first chapter is FINALLY written and out for all to see. If you’ve attended my talks you 100% know what this is about. If you haven’t attended my talks, shark nostrils are more interesting than we thought. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
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Kara Yopak @profsharkbrain.bsky.social talking on "Put Down the Scalpel: Advancing our understanding of the brain of elasmobranchs using 3D bioimaging" #JMIH25 #ASIHin3D
July 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Kara Yopak @profsharkbrain.bsky.social talking on "Put Down the Scalpel: Advancing our understanding of the brain of elasmobranchs using 3D bioimaging" #JMIH25 #ASIHin3D
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🚨NEW🦈PAPER🚨
Excited to announce my first publication with @drcatmac.bsky.social on the ontogenetic and seasonal trophic ecology of great hammerheads around the Biscayne Bay nursery! Linked below
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Excited to announce my first publication with @drcatmac.bsky.social on the ontogenetic and seasonal trophic ecology of great hammerheads around the Biscayne Bay nursery! Linked below
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Nursery Resource Use Dynamics in Great Hammerheads (Sphyrna mokarran) Across Ontogeny
The ecological trade-offs required by nursery dependence are poorly understood. Using multi-tissue stable isotope analysis, this research provides evidence of constrained resource use in juvenile gre....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🚨NEW🦈PAPER🚨
Excited to announce my first publication with @drcatmac.bsky.social on the ontogenetic and seasonal trophic ecology of great hammerheads around the Biscayne Bay nursery! Linked below
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Excited to announce my first publication with @drcatmac.bsky.social on the ontogenetic and seasonal trophic ecology of great hammerheads around the Biscayne Bay nursery! Linked below
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Annual GRFP thread, more relevant than ever (# of awards down 50%).
This thread is for students who didn't win the GRFP today. Who are wondering if they belong in science, or scrolling through posts that start "So excited to announce..." with a little spurt of bitterness they aren’t proud of. 1/9
This thread is for students who didn't win the GRFP today. Who are wondering if they belong in science, or scrolling through posts that start "So excited to announce..." with a little spurt of bitterness they aren’t proud of. 1/9
April 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Annual GRFP thread, more relevant than ever (# of awards down 50%).
This thread is for students who didn't win the GRFP today. Who are wondering if they belong in science, or scrolling through posts that start "So excited to announce..." with a little spurt of bitterness they aren’t proud of. 1/9
This thread is for students who didn't win the GRFP today. Who are wondering if they belong in science, or scrolling through posts that start "So excited to announce..." with a little spurt of bitterness they aren’t proud of. 1/9
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We have a new #sharkscience paper just out on working with batoids, including ethical considerations and guidance regarding the difficult choices field researchers sometimes face. This was a global collaborative with many authors, and is published as #openaccess link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We have a new #sharkscience paper just out on working with batoids, including ethical considerations and guidance regarding the difficult choices field researchers sometimes face. This was a global collaborative with many authors, and is published as #openaccess link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Press release: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... and paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...; LMK if you can't access the PDF.
Predicting Sawfish Habitat in a Changing Environment
NOAA Fisheries and partners published research that identifies key habitat features of juvenile endangered smalltooth sawfish and predicts where else they could be.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov
January 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Press release: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... and paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...; LMK if you can't access the PDF.
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Smalltooth sawfish are beautiful, weird, and endangered. With colleagues at @noaa.gov and @coastalelasmos.bsky.social, our 15-year study revealed habitat preferences and hotspots of juvenile sawfish, suggesting key areas to protect around SW Florida as climate changes. Data access was a key hurdle.
January 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Smalltooth sawfish are beautiful, weird, and endangered. With colleagues at @noaa.gov and @coastalelasmos.bsky.social, our 15-year study revealed habitat preferences and hotspots of juvenile sawfish, suggesting key areas to protect around SW Florida as climate changes. Data access was a key hurdle.
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Think carefully before buying a Greenland shark for the holidays. They are, after all, the world’s longest-living vertebrate.
December 14, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Think carefully before buying a Greenland shark for the holidays. They are, after all, the world’s longest-living vertebrate.
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New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk
👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
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👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
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December 5, 2024 at 10:05 PM
New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk
👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
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👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
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If you see a healthy, sick, injured, or dead sawfish please call 844-4-SAWFISH, email sawfish@myfwc.com, or submit the form at www.SawfishRecovery.org. All reports of this endangered species help us monitor the population and track any new threats.
www.local10.com/news/local/2...
www.local10.com/news/local/2...
Researchers ‘ready to respond’ as Florida Keys marks 1 year since start of spinning fish phenomenon
It’s a somber anniversary in the Florida Keys.
www.local10.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:14 PM
If you see a healthy, sick, injured, or dead sawfish please call 844-4-SAWFISH, email sawfish@myfwc.com, or submit the form at www.SawfishRecovery.org. All reports of this endangered species help us monitor the population and track any new threats.
www.local10.com/news/local/2...
www.local10.com/news/local/2...