What was the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on maritime traffic? 🚢

Using global datasets, our David Sims researchers have revealed a surprising complexity of maritime activity during 2020.

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#Shipping #Covid19 #MaritimeTraffic

New DTP PhD Opportunity to research effects of Climate Change on Pelagic #Shark movements, habitats & distribns - come join the team MBA - Marine Biological Association OceanEarthUniSoton inspire-dtp.ac.uk w/ Ryan Reisinger Freya Womersley Nuno Queiroz
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New Research: Impacts of coral bleaching on reef fish abundance, biomass and assemblage structure at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles: insights from two survey methods: Introduction

Coral bleaching immediately impacts the reef benthos,… #MarineScience frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

New in nature – Shipping is on the rise: four steps to curb #OceanRoadkill of marine giants – increasing evidence ships strikes are major cause of human-induced mortality for whales & #sharks , but some simple actions can turn things around MBA - Marine Biological Association
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The fastest #shark ? New directly measured swim speeds of shortfin #mako show a burst speed of 5 m/s, among the fastest speed yet recorded for free-swimming sharks, tunas and billfishes! David Sims MBA - Marine Biological Association doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15… #JFB

#SharkAwarenessDay Focus on endangered shortfin mako sharks whose popul'ns are decimated due to overfishing – this brief film on new #OA research in #JFB measures mako swim speeds & highlights what climate-driven ocean deoxygenation will mean for them

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This was a good day at work

Tracking sharks’ responses to Ocean Deoxygenation means we also study responses in normoxic habitats - In the Azores we record movements, behaviour & speeds of blue & mako sharks with @OkeanosUAc
Whilst fishing we were excited to be joined by this curious blue shark. #MBASharks

The first paper from my PhD, just published in #JournalofFishBiology !

Our lab's #shark & #ClimateChange research featured today in Science Magazine 'Breathless oceans: Warming waters could suffocate marine life and disrupt fisheries' MBA - Marine Biological Association OceanEarthUniSoton MOVE - funded by European Research Council (ERC) science.org/content/articl…

What a great day to be a lettuce