Reef Ecology Lab

@MLBerumen's lab group at KAUST Innovative coral reef ecology research on the Red Sea. Movement, food web ecology, genes & more. Creator of iDive #OceanOptimism

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Congrats to #classof2023 … @thtsciencelife @Juanferiverac Raquel, and Zahra for walking the big stage in completion of their Masters work at @KAUST_News 🦈🐠🧬

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Dr. Jesse Cochran took REL members @kaitlyn_otoolee @alex_kattan_ and @thtsciencelife to Mafia, Tanzania to help collect data for @KaustResearch and @MarineMegafauna. Today he presented the season’s findings to the community! Go team #whaleshark

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PhD student Eloise Richardson @thtsciencelife just completed her workshop at @GEDA_IMEDEA learning about population ecology and the use of capture-mark-recapture models in Mallorca 🦈 let’s see what model she decides to use for her data!

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And that’s a wrap! Great job megafauna presenters

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In case you missed it, PhD student @thtsciencelife presented some of her Masters work as part of the #ICMERS megafauna session comparing #BRUVS #UAVS and #eDNA

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Alumni @RoyaleWithSeas presenting data on a potential elasmobranch nursery in the central Red Sea! Very exciting times in the Al Wajh lagoon… we look forward to what is next to come 🎸🐠

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In case you missed PhD student @Stephania_Pal poster yesterday! She discussed the soatial distribution and habitat use of Dottybacks (Pseudochromidae) and color morph plasticity in Pseudochromis flavivertex #ICMERS3 GO Stephania!

[Stephania Palacios-Narváez @Stephania_Pal]

Sharing some of our results from this cool project on distribution patterns and color variation of Pseudochromis in the Red Sea at #ICMERS-3 2023 🐠🌊
@ReefEcologyLab @KaustResearch

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First half of the megafauna session at #ICMERS3 was concluded by chair person - our very own! - @Capn_Collin. Great job hosting and mediating Collin! 🐬🐢🦈🦅 Dr. Jesse Cochran will be chairing the remainder of the session this afternoon.

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A new mic set up also allowed @KirstyScott19 to enter her Britney era

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Come see @KirstyScott19 showcasing her turtle research in Building 20 right now! #ICMERS #ICMERS3

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Come join us in Building 20 @KAUST for alumni @FindingAMcIvor talk on her research with blue spotted rays!

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Been a busy week so far. PhD student Joao Gabriel Duarte Rosado presented some of his research on the cryptobiome of reefs 🧬🧬🧬

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Highlighting some of the work of our 'fish-obsessed' PhD students @Pombo_lu and @Gobiodon, on a mission to find new endemics in the Red Sea.

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This afternoon we heard from our fearless leader @MLBerumen on a whistle-stop tour of all aspects of Red Sea Science and Sustainability. #ICMERS3

[Kirsty Scott @KirstyScott19]

This week I’ll be presenting at ICMERS-3 some of the results from the second chapter of my PhD on primary sex ratios and hatching success at the Red Sea’s largest green turtle rookery! Wednesday, 10:15 B20 Auditorium - hope to see you there! 🐢
@ReefEcologyLab @KaustResearch

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Reef Ecology Lab alum Dr. Walter Rich @reefwally presenting at #ICMERS on best practices for monitoring temperature on coral reefs. Do you shade your loggers?

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Check out these oral presentations by our lab this week at #ICMERS-3.

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Visiting professor Bradley Peterson from @stonybrooku presenting a seminar in room 5209 (building 2) today. Former MS student @kaitlyn_otoolee introducing him today!

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This week, the Reef Ecology Lab is welcome Prof. Bradley Peterson to give a seminar on his lab's research about plant-animal interactions within seagrass meadows. We hope to see you all there on Wednesday 18th Oct!