Read the full paper here link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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Colby James Bignell
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Colby James Bignell
@ColbyBignell
Shark Movement Ecologist, Underwater and Aerial Photographer @imasutas PhD Candidate - @csiro Ningaloo Outlook Program
Perth, Western Australia Beigetreten Temmuz 2016
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A blog post I wrote for CSIRO about my PhD research and new paper on whale shark movements 😀
csiro.au/en/news/All/Ar…
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Read the open access article here link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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There was some evidence that females preferred cooler waters than males, particularly in Spring months. On average, females also appeared to dive deeper in warmer temperatures (>26°C) relative to males.
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NEW RESEARCH - Proud to finally share my first lead-author paper on Whale Shark movements! 🐋🦈 We found sex-specific differences that improve our understanding about movements by females 🌏🔭 Link to read tinyurl.com/Whale-Shark-Pa… @CSIRO @UTAS_ #NingalooOutlook
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Following the loss of white sharks from False Bay, both seals and sevengill sharks have increased in relative abundance, coinciding with declines in small fish that seals feed on and smaller sharks that sevengills prey upon.
Illustration: Kelly Quinn
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🚨 New #Shark Pub available in @NaturePortfolio #ScientificReports 🚨
Here we reveal the dynamic physical processes that drive suitable habitat for Tiger Sharks in a subtropical coastal embayment🦈
🔗link here: rdcu.be/eeZG5
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🎥: @jakemasondiving
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Very excited to share our recent paper about the secret lives of wedgefish at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia - just in time for #FlatsharkFriday.
@minderoo @Recesito @FreshFishMurd @MurdochUni @DrNickWhitney @AdrianGleiss
doi.org/10.1007/s00227…
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New publication in @SciReports showing the effectiveness of electric deterrents to reduce risk of bites from white, tiger, and bull sharks.
These deterrents have now been tested on the three species responsible for the most fatal bites.
nature.com/articles/s4159…
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Most incredible science discovery this decade! Changes every textbook. Manganese nodules produce oxygen in the #deepsea!!? These are the nodules targeted for mining… they make oxygen… 😳🤯 @DeepSeaPod @DSBSoc @BBCMorelle bbc.com/news/articles/…
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🚨My first PHD chapter titled “Links between the three-dimensional movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and the bio- physical environment off a coral reef” is out TODAY 🚨
Read it #OpenAccess !
🔗link here: doi.org/10.1186/s40462…
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📸: @brookepykephoto
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@WestOzFish Loved working with Desy few years back - he’s a legend, as they all are! Hope the trip goes well!
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Wonderful to be welcomed to the beautiful Wunambal Gamberra sea country. A special place!
A/Prof Zoe Richards@ZoeR_Coral
The Kimberley Reef Connect team are feeling blessed & privileged to be welcomed to Jaradanangga (N Maret I) & Wunambal Gamberra sea country by the Uunguu Rangers Desmond Williams, Tabitha Kowan & Coleen Mangolamara.
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@SharkColin @icft2023 @IMOSAnimalTrack @ShioriSharky @JK_Matley @RobHarcourt @FabriceJaine @HuveneersSSEG Looks like an exciting talk! Is it based on a new paper or synthesising previous findings?
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Hurtling through France on the way to Sète and @icft2023 reviewing my talk. Excited to see all of my fishing tracking friends again. It has been too long! @IMOSAnimalTrack @ShioriSharky @JK_Matley @RobHarcourt @FabriceJaine @HuveneersSSEG
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How I spent #worldoceansday - out on the water doing research and getting visited by some v cool marine life!! This dive was the highlight of many ocean experiences over the past 10 days at #Ningaloo 🐟 @WorldOceansDay @CSIRO
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There's an official government petition to raise the PhD stipends in Australia to $45k. Their current rate of less than $30k makes it impossible to focus on research and will have long term impacts on Australian trained scientists. Sign it! aph.gov.au/e-petitions/pe…
Sydney, New South Wales 🇦🇺 English
@KirkendaleLisa @WestOzFish Gosh, bucket list photo for me too!
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Yesterday I enjoyed Puffins, Razorbills and much more on Isle of May, Scotland. They may be in trouble because climate change and other factors are changing the distribution and size of their fish prey (sand eels). Not to mention avian flu…
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“Sub-tropical Sea Lion of the Abrolhos” by @colbybignell (shortlisted in the #WaterWorld category in the 2022 ESA #PhotoCompetition).
“An endangered Australian Sea Lion pictured in a unique coral reef habitat at the Abrolhos Islands [...]”
#MarineMonday #WildlifePhotography
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Finalists in the #OutStandingInTheField category in the 2022 ESA #PhotoCompetition included Russell Charters, Samantha Prior, @Sophiee_Walks and @colbybignell.
For all the finalists, visit our website:
ecolsoc.org.au/news/photo-com…
#NaturePhotography #Ecologist
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