Jon Houghton

Making a splash! 🌊QUB is ranked #1 in the UK and 14th globally for UN SDG 14: Life Below Water by @timeshighered — recognising the contribution of our staff, students & partners to marine sustainability 🐟🐢 #ImpactRankings #SDG14

Our first event of the year! Hope to see you all there this Wednesday the 18th!

@QUBMarZooSoc 👍good luck!

@whale_nerd @HWDT_org There's a sentence I wasn't expecting to hear today ;)

From the sea kayak today, I saw a lively bottlenose dolphin orgy!

Our new paper in Animal Biotelemetry shows acoustic telemetry's role in monitoring basking sharks, revealing cross-border connectivity, annual site fidelity, hotspots, and potential grouped movements @SEUPB @SeaMonitor1 @QUBelfast @EdinburghNapier shorturl.at/EvBCs

Study led by Macarena Parra Díaz @Gal_SeaTurtles from @DarwinFound with @HansjoergKunc & @PelagicLabQUB from @QUBbioscience / @QueensMarineLab. Many thanks to the Galápagos National Park Directorate & Customized Animal Tracking Solutions for their invaluable support 📰👩‍💻👨‍🔧🏝️🛥️🔊

🚨New Publication in Marine Pollution Bulletin on sea turtles & underwater noise conducted under natural conditions in the Galápagos. Sea turtles increase their vigilance in the presence of vessel noise but do not undertake evasive behaviours. 🏝️🛥️🔊doi.org/10.1016/j.marp…

@chris_harrod @ucchristus much love big fella, never been so happy to see your face ;) Look after yourself as sooooo many people need you mate

Been a bit quiet on the tweeting as am in hospital after getting a new pulmonary valve. The op went very well and I am back on my feet after 2 days thanks to the absolutely amazing team at @ucchristus

We’re here at the @QUBelfast @QueensSU_ freshers fair from 10am-3pm! Come and he’s about our events, outings, and how to join! @QUBbioscience @qubengagemhls_d @QUBEcology @qubbiocareers @QueensMarineLab @PelagicLabQUB @greenatqueens

New Paper available through @ESR_IR. By combining ultrasound images with hormone analysis, we were able to investigate the reproductive traits of the #flapperskate (D. intermedius). This approach suggests females lay pairs of eggs over winter. bit.ly/3F0BCIz

We had a fantastic morning out with some of our members at @ExplorisNI. A lovely time was had and delighted that we weren’t too late in the year to see the seal pups!

What an amazing Open Day! Thanks to each person who took the time to come and visit us - we counted over 400 visits!! We had waves, experiments, marine, freshwater and terrestrial animals, sea shanties & seaweed!

@greenatqueens @QUBelfast @QUBEstates @QUBstaff @QUBBusiness Great work 👍

Do you ever wonder what can be found on @QUBelfast roofs? Increasingly @QUBEstates @QUBStaff are making sure our roofs are providing a home for wildlife, or generating electricity for our community. Loving the new green roof at @QUBBusiness! #QUBSustainability 🌱🌍

Basking sharks were considered to be ectothermic, we show they have regionally endothermic traits. This changes our understanding of the physiology of this species and might help improve distribution and population forecasting in future. bit.ly/esr_51_227

Basking sharks are what now?! New paper led by @haleydolton where we document regional endothermy in our favourite giant filter feeding sharky 🔥. Interesting implications for evolution and ecological advantages of regional endothermy; we thought it was only seen in apex 🦈&🐟1/3

Check out our new basking shark regional endothermy study over on the @newscientist! 🔥🦈 newscientist.com/article/238327… @nicklpayne @yodacomplex @PelagicLabQUB @strandings_man @TheSimsLab @Perkins16Matt @IrishResearch @TheFSBI @tcddublin @scienceirel

Hot shark summer! 🦈🔥Check out our video explaining the results from our new paper here: youtu.be/uREQYNGQI6U

@HoppnerMark @DickJaimie @HansjoergKunc @LundyMathieu Spectacular work Mark, well earned success 👍🌊

Its all about networking. Opportunity for emerging marine scientists and researchers to meet the community and make contacts. Let your students/postgrads know @MfrcATU @blueoceanpulse @uccBEES @EOS_NUIG @DrJoseMFarinas @NashRoisin @DrShmoo @PelagicLabQUB

One of the most severe marine heatwaves on Earth has developed off the coast of Ireland and the UK, with water temperatures as high as 4-5°C above normal. NOAA's Marine Heatwave Watch has categorized this event as a Category 4 (extreme) marine heatwave.