Scott Ling

IMAS @utas surveys off Tasmania's East Coast reveal rise in invasive urchin numbers from 11 million to 18m since 2001/02. Urchin barrens created by overgrazing kelp now cover 15 per cent of reefs 4-40m, up from 3 per cent bit.ly/2Uo23zb imas.utas.edu.au/urchins

#GreatSouthernReef Delegation visited Parliament House to speak with politicians about the $55M Centro Task Force Business Plan. Aim: Protect the reef, boost urchin industry & ensure a sustainable future. It’s time for policymakers to act and invest in solutions #UrchinTaskForce

🚀 Attention all #EarlyCareerResearchers! 🚀 Check out our latest (my personal debut) publication on tackling the infamous #ImposterSyndrome and how to make meaningful contributions to scientific working groups! 🌟 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Great Southern Reef delegation to Canberra visiting parliament today to discuss a unified approach to tackling the longspined sea urchin issue, industry solutions and coordinated management strategies. #CentroTaskForce

🌟 What an incredible weekend of fieldwork! 🌿 Our dedicated team and I successfully deployed a series of conditioning experiments across Tasmania. 🚀 Excited to compare results with sites along the East Coast of Australia. @ScottDLing @IMASUTAS 🌏 #Fieldwork #teamwork

Happy to share our new paper in @NatureComms showing how #MPAs can buffer the impact of @marineheatwaves on the stability of reef fish communities. Read here: rdcu.be/dzRPH @RicercaUnipi @Dip_Bio_Unipi

Great work by ⁦@nature_org⁩ & ⁦@IMASUTAS⁩, spearheaded by our valued collaborator ⁦@ScottDLing⁩! youtu.be/SfmP0aP1hNQ?si…

One of the many ‘Sheriffs’ patrolling the #greatsouthernreef. Awesome to see healthy numbers of these fish along so much of the south coast.

Climate-driven invasion and incipient warnings of kelp ecosystem collapse. Our @NatureComms paper highlights the critical need for early detection of range-shifting keystone species capable of transforming and collapsing ecosystems. nature.com/articles/s4146… @ScottDLing

Incipient spatial pattern formations provide #early-warning of #climate-driven ecosystem #collapse. “Look Up” towards the equator for what to expect as cooler ecosystems progressively warm beyond #tippingpoints, and act before it’s too late! @IMASUTAS nature.com/articles/s4146…

Huge continental-scale comparison of #reef #biodiversity day vs night using SCUBA! Great work @TysonRobJones @IMASUTAS @ReefLifeSurvey @CSIRO

21 red handfish hatchlings have arrived at IMAS in the 2nd-ever conservation breeding event in captivity – and it’s an essential part of protecting this critically endangered species from extinction 🫶 Get more handfish baby love: bit.ly/Handfish-babie… 📷Andrea Williamson

▶️ In case you missed it last night on 7:30 report: Giant kelp restoration & urchin interventions in Tassie feat. @SBennett_131, @ScottDLing, @JPK_III #greatsouthernreef #climatechange #kelpforests abc.net.au/news/2023-11-2…

Scientists from GSR Research Partnership are monitoring the eastern #GreatSouthernReef, anticipating this summer's marine heatwave 🌊🔥 Data on shallow water species in NSW, Vic, Tas are being collected as a baseline to help understand potential impacts. #marineheatwave

Our @IMASUTAS researches @JPK_III and @ScottDLing ask the question: can we eat our way through an exploding sea urchin problem? Find out: utas.au/bu

Exciting new crown-of-thorns starfish research led by @ChandlerJosie out now, featuring a novel sampling method, a renewed population irruption in the northern GBR & much more! Link to OA paper: rdcu.be/dqCHi @burn_deborah @PeterCDoll @SarahKwong4 @bethan_blue @KaiPacey

Early Warning Signs ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Image taken 2-days ago shows the overgrazing urchin #Centrostephanus present at Actaeon Is. in southern Tasmania where a quarter of the world’s annual wild caught #abalone catch was once harvested 📸@SBennett_131 @IMASUTAS

Longspined sea urchins are native to temperate waters around New South Wales. But as oceans heat up, their range has expanded more than 650km, through eastern Victoria and south to Tasmania. Dive into the prickly details in this @ConversationEDU article👉theconversation.com/can-we-eat-our…

Looks to be a big #redtide #Noctiluca bloom happening off Maria Island Tasmania! Noctiluca scintillans is a range-extending #dinoflagellate driven south on the strengthening East Australian Current #EAC 🎥 Geoff Swan 🔴🌊 @IMASUTAS academic.oup.com/plankt/article…

Urchin #SenateInquiry recommends federal govt. work with states to support and develop urchun fisheries. This pilot in Fortescue Bay is showing promising results. After 5 days of intense harvest, over 70K urchins landed representing ~30% of estimated biomass. @IMASUTAS @JPK_III

Urgent Senate inquiry highlights the threat of the longspined sea urchin (Centro) to the #GreatSouthernReef. With a range expanded due to warmer seas, over 2,000 km of coastline is now impacted by Centro overgrazing. Read the report: aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_…