@kristianmetcalfe
Conservation Scientist - Uni. of Exeter, UK. Academic with @exetermarine.bsky.social with interests in marine biodiversity conservation, marine planning, marine vertebrates and small-scale fisheries.
Lectureship & Research Fellow Job alerts 🔔‼️ 🚨 not long to apply for these roles @dice-kent.bsky.social a fantastic and supportive interdisciplinary department! Great to see a marine lectureship opportunity in the mix as well! 🐟 ⛴️ 🐠 🌊 🚤 www.kent.ac.uk/durrell-inst....
@anotherbobsmith.bsky.social
📢 Two weeks left to apply for exciting #PhD opportunities in #MarineScience and management of marine resources with CDT SuMMeR!
There are 20 funded #PhD projects open for application until 16th January inc. projects hosted by @uniofexeter.bsky.social!
tinyurl.com/CDT-SuMMeR-S... 🧪🌍🦑
#ExeterMarine
Coral reef camera survey
First post on here is something different to my usual stormy UK work. Finishing an incredible trip researching the new Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 MPA with @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social and local NGO CEM. Featuring some stunning coral reefs on our cameras 🐟🐠🐡
@exetermarine.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social
NERC CASE-funded #PhD opportunity based at Edinburgh and partnering with FFI - Using insights from the Social Assessment of Protected Area (SAPA) methodology to improve protected area management in East Africa www.ed.ac.uk/e4-dtp/how-t... 🌎 🌴 🌳 🦓 🦒 🦏 🐘
Nice article in @mongabay.bsky.social covering our research on sharks and rays in
the Republic of the Congo 🇨🇬 🌎 🦈🦑 @exetermarine.bsky.social @phildoherty.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2023/11/cong...
Female fin whale found dead on Cornwall beach (Photo - Ashley Abbot)
Great to see our @exetercec.bsky.social MSc MVEC students training from @vjhobson.bsky.social & British Divers Marine Life Rescue being put into practice, and their photos featuring on @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social (and below)
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🐋 🦑 🌏
New paper: Tracking seabird migration in the tropical Indian Ocean reveals basin-scale conservation need
Available open access in @currentbiology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
It was a delight to supervise @euantheyoung.bsky.social‘s Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology MSc thesis @exetercec.bsky.social, which is now published in Ecology & Evolution! #ExeterCEC
Our new open access article "Developing a framework to improve global estimates of conservation area coverage" is out now in Oryx!
The work was led by Rachel Sykes and involved a great team of people, including @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Great short article about our recent publication on the movements and conservation of leatherback sea turtles in Equatorial Guinea from CLS Argos 🐢 🦑
@brendangodley.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social
www.argos-system.org/leatherback-...
Delighted to say that University of Exeter's Centre for Ecology and Conservation based in Penryn, Cornwall (SW tip of England) is now here @exetercec.bsky.social Sharing: Behaviour, Conservation, Disease, Ecology, Evolution, Marine and Microbes. 🌏🦑🧪🐧🦆🦢🦏🦛🐒🐌🦟🐝🦇
New research from Uni of Exeter, SPOT and
Çukurova University ⬇️
Using #bycatch data to assess diversity & distribution of #elasmobranch species caught by commercial #fishing in Cyprus shows importance of coastal waters for 🦈 species ⚠️
📰 tinyurl.com/2sdzca4x
#ExeterCEC #ExeterMarine 🌏🦑🧪
New paper by Faucconet et al suggests that circle hooks may not be a bycatch mitigation strategy for sharks in Azorean bottom longline fishery
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Fascinating PhD position at U of Lancaster with an absolutely amazing team. "From wings to fins: ecological connectivity between seabirds, mangroves and coral reefs". Supervisors Nick Graham, Nancy Bunbury, David Jacoby, Gareth Williams. 🦑🧪🌎
www.envision-dtp.org/2023/from-wi...
New Open access paper!Conservation-relevant reproductive parameters from long-term tagging of two globally important sea #turtle nesting aggregations in Central Africa #Gabon #Congo doi.org/10.1002/aqc.... Reposting as this one may have been missed as people shift to #Bluesky
New Publication! Led by #PhD researcher Josie Palmer @uniofexeter.bsky.social Multidisciplinary approach to assess fishery operating behaviours and landings inc. 25 species of marine turtles and elasmobranchs 🧪🌎🦈🐢Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#marinellife🦑
Artisanal fisheries under reported, so good management hard. This 3 year study of sharks and rays caught is Republic of Congo's 1st. 42 species caught, 81% at elevated risk of extinction. Most specimens are juveniles
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Aerial photo of our Penryn Campus near Falmouth showing estuary and ocean in the background
Staff here at UofExeter's Centre for Ecology & Conservation #ExeterCEC are joining in numbers. Welcome @erikpostma.bsky.social @btschirren.bsky.social and @evol-lab-ex.bsky.social who are more from the evolution end of ecology but also involved in conservation🧪🌎. Our campus by the sea below.
PhD opportunity - Study seabirds & fish on the beautiful Isles of Scilly, UK with staff from @exetermarine.bsky.social in partnership with multiple organisations #RSPB #IoSIFCA #ScillyWildlifeTrust & #NaturalEngland
Deadline Oct 27th, info here: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
New #OA paper in Conservation Science and Practice ➡️ Long-term landing site surveys in historically poorly studied Rep. of Congo partnering w/ artisanal fishers, WCS Congo & fisheries department reveals waters host important populations of #sharks & #rays 🦈
📰 tinyurl.com/sp7pvfcb