Jon Houghton

Queen's University Belfast Pelagic Ecology Lab. Reader (Assoc. Prof) in Marine Biology. From jellyfish to sea turtles, sharks & ocean sunfish 🌍 🦈🛰🚢

[School of Biological Sciences @QUBbioscience]

Making a splash! 🌊QUB is ranked #1 in the UK and 14th globally for UN SDG 14: Life Below Water by @timeshighered — recognising the contribution of our staff, students & partners to marine sustainability 🐟🐢

#ImpactRankings #SDG14

[Jon Houghton @PelagicLabQUB]

@QUBMarZooSoc 👍good luck!

[Jon Houghton @PelagicLabQUB]

@whale_nerd @HWDT_org There's a sentence I wasn't expecting to hear today ;)

[James Thorburn @JAThorburn]

Our new paper in Animal Biotelemetry shows acoustic telemetry's role in monitoring basking sharks, revealing cross-border connectivity, annual site fidelity, hotspots, and potential grouped movements @SEUPB @SeaMonitor1 @QUBelfast @EdinburghNapier https://t.co/9N1LqSRFWV

[Jon Houghton @PelagicLabQUB]

Study led by Macarena Parra Díaz @Gal_SeaTurtles from @DarwinFound with @HansjoergKunc & @PelagicLabQUB from @QUBbioscience / @QueensMarineLab. Many thanks to the Galápagos National Park Directorate & Customized Animal Tracking Solutions for their invaluable support 📰👩‍💻👨‍🔧🏝️🛥️🔊

[Jon Houghton @PelagicLabQUB]

🚨New Publication in Marine Pollution Bulletin on sea turtles & underwater noise conducted under natural conditions in the Galápagos. Sea turtles increase their vigilance in the presence of vessel noise but do not undertake evasive behaviours. 🏝️🛥️🔊https://t.co/ZpztHkYx1M

[Jon Houghton @PelagicLabQUB]

@chris_harrod @ucchristus much love big fella, never been so happy to see your face ;) Look after yourself as sooooo many people need you mate

[James Thorburn @JAThorburn]

New Paper available through @ESR_IR. By combining ultrasound images with hormone analysis, we were able to investigate the reproductive traits of the #flapperskate (D. intermedius). This approach suggests females lay pairs of eggs over winter. https://t.co/cji15ohs4N

[QueensMarineLab @QueensMarineLab]

What an amazing Open Day! Thanks to each person who took the time to come and visit us - we counted over 400 visits!!

We had waves, experiments, marine, freshwater and terrestrial animals, sea shanties & seaweed!

[Jon Houghton @PelagicLabQUB]

@greenatqueens @QUBelfast @QUBEstates @QUBstaff @QUBBusiness Great work 👍

[Endangered Species Research @ESR_IR]

Basking sharks were considered to be ectothermic, we show they have regionally endothermic traits. This changes our understanding of the physiology of this species and might help improve distribution and population forecasting in future. https://t.co/wiUEpnHCbl

[Nicholas Payne @nicklpayne]

Basking sharks are what now?! New paper led by @haleydolton where we document regional endothermy in our favourite giant filter feeding sharky 🔥. Interesting implications for evolution and ecological advantages of regional endothermy; we thought it was only seen in apex 🦈&🐟1/3

[Dr Haley Dolton (she/her) @haleydolton]

Check out our new basking shark regional endothermy study over on the @newscientist! 🔥🦈 https://t.co/pH408ZHexo
@nicklpayne @yodacomplex @PelagicLabQUB @strandings_man @TheSimsLab @Perkins16Matt @IrishResearch @TheFSBI @tcddublin @scienceirel

[Dr Haley Dolton (she/her) @haleydolton]

Hot shark summer! 🦈🔥Check out our video explaining the results from our new paper here:
https://t.co/lXheUsC3IA

[Jon Houghton @PelagicLabQUB]

@HoppnerMark @DickJaimie @HansjoergKunc @LundyMathieu Spectacular work Mark, well earned success 👍🌊

[Smart Sea School @smartseaschool]

Its all about networking. Opportunity for emerging marine scientists and researchers to meet the community and make contacts. Let your students/postgrads know @MfrcATU @blueoceanpulse @uccBEES @EOS_NUIG @DrJoseMFarinas @NashRoisin @DrShmoo @PelagicLabQUB

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

One of the most severe marine heatwaves on Earth has developed off the coast of Ireland and the UK, with water temperatures as high as 4-5°C above normal.

NOAA's Marine Heatwave Watch has categorized this event as a Category 4 (extreme) marine heatwave.