Dr David Hocking
@DPHocking
Curator of Vert. Zoo & Palaeo at @tasmuseum | Adjunct Researcher @MonashBiol & @EvansEvoMorph | Views my own | he/him | Ask me about #Seals #Whales & #Fossils!
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The first paper from my PhD is now published in Marine Ornithology & can be read #OpenAccess here (!!):
'Best practices for using drones in seabird monitoring and research'➡️marineornithology.org/article?rn=1544
#ornithology #seabirds 1/n
“The (Bird Is.Antarctic fur seal) pop’n has recovered very impressively throughout the 20th century when seal hunting was banned. But 21st century changes to the abundance of krill in the Southern Ocean are now threatening these iconic animals all over again.” Jaume Forcada
A new continental bathymetry dataset for Australia, replacing the existing 250 m layer from way back in 2009! 🎉🤯
Lots of amazing improvements - including improved coastal bathymetry from our #DigitalEarthAU 's Intertidal Elevation models!
Download here:
ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv…
2023 Spring school holiday #MammalTally :
- Aussie fur seals
- Bottlenose dolphins
- Platypus
- Echidna
- Forester Roo
- Bennett’s wallaby
- Pademelon
- Long-nosed potoroo
A pleasure to collaborate with Isabella Reeves and the whole team on this special mahi - a great example of how powerful #IndigenousKnowledge and #aDNA can be - Natural Sciences at Massey, Massey University - graphic but the amazing Emma Luck
Our paper on the fossil record and geology of the Triassic Fremouw Formation of Antarctica came out today. w/J McIntosh, B Hammer, N. Smith, P. Makovicky, N Tabor Megan Whitney Hank Woolley Roger Malcolm Harris Bryan Gee
Free reprints here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1hvwJ2weQt7gB
New paper on morphological disparity and enamel ultrastructure in odontocetes, from MaryViglino work in NZ a few years back
#womeninSTEM #LatinasinSTEM #oralbiology #dentistry
nature.com/articles/s4159…