
Blake Spady
@blakesp26
Marine scientist @CoralReefWatch @NOAA / PhD @JCU & @CoralCoE / BSc @GeorgeMasonU / Born & raised: Virginia, USA / Home: Queensland, AUS
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05-05-2015 02:04:20
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The uneven globe highlights where the planet is warming fastest. Elevation represents magnitude of warming. A powerful visual showing the disproportionate effect of #climatechange on the #Arctic. Map by Greg Fiske: woodwellclimate.org/research-area/… More here: phys.org/news/2018-11-l…


Evolution of startle displays in praying mantises - #ProcB ow.ly/rKjT50Bfy4r Marta Vidal-Garcia James O'Hanlon @SpeciesOfEarth Dr Kate Umbers #prayingmantis







New research from Spady and Watson James Cook Uni - Bigfin reef squid demonstrate capacity for conditional discrimination and projected future carbon dioxide levels have no effect on learning capabilities. Read the full PeerJ Publishing article bit.ly/2G8yfEB #Bigfin #reef #squid


Squid demonstrate capacity for conditional discrimination #SmartSquid Blake Spady @CoralCoE @MTQ_Townsville Queensland Museum Kurilpa peerj.com/articles/9865/…




This is what the northern tip of #LizardIsland looked like 10 days ago. Corals had a chance to grow over the last few years. BUT, those pretty fluorescent colours indicate heat-stress. Unless water temps drop, these corals could bleach and disappear again @CoralCoE James Cook Uni LIRRF


What is ocean acidification? How does it affect marine animals and their environments? Senior Curator Marine Invertebrates Dr Sue-Ann Watson (Sue-Ann Watson) chats about her important work and research at the museum. #QMNetwork #museumoftropicalqld @CoralCoE Queensland Museum Kurilpa


Thrilled to have been involved with a brilliant analysis by Liam Lachs et al. to better understand the optimal heat stress metrics needed for reliably predicting mass coral bleaching events.


New insights into coral bleaching and heat stress metrics coming soon. Delighted to hear our manuscript was finally accepted! Coralassist Lab Coral Reef Watch


Our new paper pharmacologically demonstrates that GABA-A-like receptors and other ligand-gated chloride channels may underlie elevated CO2-induced behavioural alterations in squid. Blake Spady Sue-Ann Watson @CoralCoE James Cook Uni The Company of Biologists Journal of Experimental Biology doi.org/10.1242/jeb.24…


🚨New Paper Alert!🚨 In our latest work, we found that consort bigfin reef squid males (1) can be very flamboyant, and (2) probe locations before females lay their eggs. But why? And what does that mean biologically? Read on! Dr. Sam Cheng Ecology esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…