Matt Tietbohl, PhD

So folks are keen to know more about #parrotfish eating #microbes... Well, let me tell take you on a bit of a deep dive: 1/

Octopus, using the webbing between his arms to hunt the shrimp attracted to my video light during this night dive. During night dives, the diver's lights influence most observed animal behavior. More octopus footage and raving: youtube.com/watch?v=Gmoph8…

Latest polar bear paper exploring their role in providing carrion to other vertebrate species. Polar bears provide approximately 7,600,000 kg/year of carrion biomass for scavengers across their range. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oi… [open access]

New observation - Associations between fishes (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) and anthozoans (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) in epipelagic waters based on in situ records. #Zoanthids #BlackwaterDives 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jf…

Massive bumphead parrotfish aggregation, with the fish defecating sand in near-synchrony. What a spectacle. Tubbataha, Palawan. This is a video frame grab, I have so much to edit.

Check this out! Looks like a super fantastic read!! Can't wait to dive in!!

Rising temperatures in the Red Sea are placing new stress on marine ecosystems. A KAUST study led by Dr. Matthew Tietbohl (@WhyOceansMATTer) with Prof. @MaggieDJohnson links an August 2023 marine heatwave to a mass fish mortality event along the Saudi coast, affecting at least 54 species. The findings highlight the importance of long-term monitoring and collaborative action to protect biodiversity as the region experiences more frequent heat extremes. 🔗 Learn more in KAUST Discovery: discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/257… 🧾 Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.scit… #KAUSTResearch #BESE #MarineScience #RedSea #ClimateResilience #MarineHeatwave #ScienceForImpact

discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/257… Coverage of our recent paper documenting a mass-fish kill in Saudi Arabia. Likely one of the largest single events in the Red Sea, this event occurred immediately after a very intense, heatwave! Too much 🔥🥵🌡️🔥 = many dead fish ☠️🐠🐡🐟☠️

Paper out 🚨With @gui_o_longo at @PPGECOUFRN , we reviewed the last 20 years of studies on coral-algal interactions bringing global patterns and future questions in a changing world🤓 Check it out ⬇️and access the paper here➡️doi.org/10.1007/s00338…

Allee effects require corals to lie within a few metres of their neighbours to achieve successful fertilisation. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… open access @GerardRicardo01 @ChrisDorop @PICRCPalau

Thrilled to introduce and now listen to the great Dr. Sarah Parcak! Stories of human culture, Egyptology, archeology, and using amazing technology, remote sensing and satellite imagery, to map the archaeological sites for discovery & research! Happening at @KAUST_News

🪩Excited to share our paper in #BiologyLetters about recent trends & biases in #mesophotic research! Huge effort by our volunteer community worldwide @pimbongaerts @AlelimonHA @Perez_Rosales_G & entire @mesophotic team!  ▶️doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2… #ForCoral @RSocPublishing

So pleased to see this published "Long-term dynamics of hard coral cover across Indonesia" in Coral Reefs. Thanks to all co-authors @SB_Tebbett @beginersubhan @gitaal_ @rindahvida and many others not on X. link.springer.com/article/10.100… A🧵 (1/5)

Very excited for Silvia’s PhD proposal talking about Agariciidae diversity and evolution in the Red Sea! Another great person from the @HabbLab! Some wild nestedness of different Genera! Silvia is showing a need for merging & resurrecting certain genera of Agariciids! #coral

Fish communities around inshore islands of the Great Barrier Reef are struggling with more frequent coral bleaching events, flooding + cyclones. 🐟🐠🐡 New study from @DanielaCeccare8 et al Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc… Story: aims.gov.au/information-ce…

🚨Glad to share our new paper published in @OneEarth_CP ! 🎉Fish communities can simultaneously contribute to nature and people across the world’s tropical reefs🎉 Look at our paper at: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jyOg9C%7EIu… @umontpellier 1/6

Angelo Villagomez kicks off today's #IMCC7 by highlighting how the wealthier nations with overseas EEZ's (legacy of colonialism) tend to favour putting large marine protected areas (MPAs) in those overseas areas rather than in their "local" waters. 1/5

I'm very excited to share that the first chapter of my PhD is out 📢 If you're interested in reading about the last 40 years of research on coral-algal interactions, check out our systematic review here: 👇 taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/… If you would like the full text, message me 🪸

New @npjOceanSustain paper finds tension in responsibility debates among 243 scientists working on ocean-climate innovations. Debates oscillated between protecting scientific autonomy at one extreme, & moral duty for socially just futures at the other rdcu.be/dVqLU 1/3

📢📢 New from Dr Eva Maire - the drivers of micronutrient density on global coral reefs 🐟🎣👇 cell.com/current-biolog…

Getting a mention on NPR's "Morning Edition" and added to GenBank today is #newspecies Sueviota aethon, the grumpy dwarfgoby from the Red Sea, described by Nunes Peinemann, Pombo-Ayora & Tornabene in ZooKeys zookeys.pensoft.net/article/121135…