MPred Lab IMAS

Welcome to the #mpred_lab twitter feed! Follow us for marine mammal & seabird news in #Tas, #Antarctica & globally! #myfirstTweet #NZsealion

Excited to share our publication on the Seasonal and ocean basin-scale assessment of amino acid δ15N trends in a Southern Ocean marine predator 🦭 ! Check out the details here : doi.org/10.3354/meps14… #SouthernOcean🇦🇶 #MarinePredators

From Sept & Nov each year, millions of #shearwaters return to their breeding islands in southern Australia. Not all will survive this epic 15,000 km journey🪶Here's what we know & are yet to learn about this annual mortality & what to do if you find one: tinyurl.com/bdfw5ww2

Check out this new climate change risk framework for 53 seals & seabirds from SE Australia to Antarctica in @GlobalChangeBio by @MilanS0jitra, a PhD student here @mpred_lab!! 👏🏼👏🏼 @IMASUTAS @UTAS_ @CSIRO @AusAntarctic #MCP

Excited to welcome our « Marine Predator Diversity and Ecology » class for the @IMASUTAS Masters in Marine and Antarctic Science today!! Over the next 5 weeks we’ll be diving right into the oceanic and terrestrial worlds of this diverse group of taxa!! 🐟🐬🦈🦭🐋🐧 🐊

Thrilled to share my first #PhD paper!🎉 We developed a risk assessment framework to identify #seabirds and #seals most at risk from #climatechange and the key threats they face.🦭🐧 #Conservation #ExtremeWeather

Some of the @IMASUTAS crew attending the #SCAR2024 conference over the last week. Had a blast, great networking and enjoyed the beautiful views that Chile has to offer!

We're hiring for a spatial analyst to support our work with spatial assessment of avian sensitivity to offshore wind turbines: birdlifeinternational.teamtailor.com/jobs/4824929-s… #job #ornithology #conservation #seabirds #EnergyTransition #Renewables @birdlifescience

Our new paper on Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Ocean led by Sarah Becker & @cassandrafish @CUSG_Boulder is now out! Using seabird & seal tracking data from 13 spp we identify 30 KBAs for SO spatial planning & in the High Seas! 🐧🦭🇦🇶@SCAR_Tweets #RAATD @IUCN_PA #HighSeas

Congrats to @DrLaurenRoman @mpred_lab and colleagues for this much needed seabird population demography and conservation tool!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #DECRA #ARC @IMASUTAS

Why do whales beach themselves? A vial of parasites in a Tasmanian museum may hold the answer | Whales | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/ar…

⁦@thepengatross⁩ on the recent demise of a King penguin sighted in SA in recent months a long way from the closest breeding colony on #MacquarieIsland. abc.net.au/news/2024-07-0…

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS at the Australian #Antarctic Research Conference, @UTAS_ in Hobart, November 2024. Proposals are invited for short presentations, posters, lightning talks and side events. Submit your abstracts by 5 August and register at leishman.eventsair.com/aarc/

You really need this baby fur seal in your life.

Thanks @ryan_reisinger @clivetrue & @unisouthampton for hosting me this week for our @arc_gov_au DPs! Loved discussing seal & seabird ecology, Southern Ocean conservation & making a difference w the UG students! Look forward to welcoming Gemma, Georgina, Arwen to @IMASUTAS!

✨Register here for ASSAB's first member-led workshop ✨ “A basic introduction to machine learning”, led by Dr Anne Aulsebrook @AnneAulsebrook on the 6th of June, at 10am AEST. auckland.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

We are excited to announce a PhD opportunity in the IMAS Mpred team to investigate how seabirds and seals are using Australia’s subantarctic marine parks. utas.edu.au/research/degre…

6 cool things about how we’re studying the ecology of the key marine predator species in the Tasman Fracture Marine Park... @ausmarineparks @IMASUTAS @UTAS_ @CSIRO @AusAntarctic @mpred_lab @TasmaniaParks @thepengatross @icetempete

Did you know our oceans' health changes with the seasons, just like our weather? That's one of the things being studied in the Tasman Fracture Marine Park “Our Marine Parks Grant” project. The goal is to figure out how these changes affect marine life, like the Tasmanian...

Whale researcher Dr Peter Gill has spotted a dramatic #bluewhale courting ritual off Australia's southern coast for just the second time in his 26 years studying the massive creatures. @abcnews⁩ abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…