@sound-tourist
Marine mammal ecology & underwater sound tourist. Associate Director (Research) Scottish Association for Marine Science. (Marine Ecology Prof) University of the Highlands & Islands. π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊ
Two common dolphins leaping at sea
An offshore wind turbine at dusk
Interested in marine mammals, or renewable energy. Might you even have an interest in both..?! π§
The Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables conference #EIMR2026 in Oban next month combines marine renewable energy and environmental science.
β‘οΈhttps://eimr2026.com
Victoria Paterson and I are abseiling off a building here at the University of Glasgow to raise money for student expeds. This is to help disadvanaged students take up these amazing, life changing opportunities @uofglasgow.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/paterso...
We'd appreciate you support
π¬π³ Check out our new paper lead by our @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD student @rachlenn.bsky.social which looks at trends in cetacean strandings over the past 30 years. π
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
All thanks to decades of reports from volunteers and the public!
Amazing. Looks like someone knitted it!
Scientists have discovered abundant algae in Antarctica. It could lead to faster melting of Antarctic ice.
New research from Alex Thomson @samsocean.bsky.social, comments from @alexanesio.bsky.social @au.dk. Story by @andrewchapman.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/new...
π¬ New Researchπ¬
Grateful to be part of this collaborative study on bottlenose ecotypes in the Mediterranean! Using 15 years of data from 43 research groups, investigate coastal vs pelagic ecotypes.
π Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MarineBiology #DolphinResearch
The visionary Mossy Earth is providing grants of up to Β£15k, but usually Β£2-6k, to enable rigorous testing of conservation actions. (Tips: pick an action not whole programme, have comparison or control, replicate). Exciting!
www.mossy.earth/science/inno...
Canada is renaming the Hudson Bay and it has a nice ring to it.
Press release: some whales sing low to avoid detection by killer whales (my new paper)
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
And porpoises are playing the game at the *high* frequency end of KW hearing!
Do you work in #food systems or #aquaculture?
Join us at the Algal #Biotechnology course at @fraunhoferigb.bsky.social in Stuttgart!
π 2 days of hands-on training on cultivation, biotechnology and large-scale productions.
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2 & 3 April
Applications open!
π: learning.eitfood.eu/courses/alga...
New blog post: Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine π¦
Important implications for developers & regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine at higher flow speeds during operation decreases the potential for fatal collisions & injuries πππ§ͺ
π appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...
Planning to post a video every Monday morning plus some bonus videos. Forthcoming ones include: Why estuaries are important; Biogeorgraphy and Wallace's line; Ghost extinctions; Evolutionary distinctiveness. Please subscribe so you don't miss them.
www.youtube.com/@Bill_Suther...
Love @andyread.bsky.socialβs Read et al. 2003 tinyurl.com/3tpd3wk3
and @sound-tourist.bsky.socialβs Wilson et al. 1999 tinyurl.com/3c69tuhy
Classic papers estimating demographic parameters of bottlenose dolphins using mark-recapture methods from photo-ID data. So helpful π¬
WANTED: Suggestions of field ecology/animal behavior papers that have just super great "Methods" sections. Everything is clearly explained and anyone could replicate it just from reading that section.
Self-nominations are fine.
(Using this for my "marine biology field research methods" course) π§ͺππ¦
Marvelling at the wonders of modern surgeryβ¦.
@the-batnurse.bsky.social
Major thanks to 999, HM Coastguard and RNLI Oban Lifeboat for lifting my broken bones off this frozen beach 5/1/25 & NHS GG&C for putting me back together #heroes