Already shared a pic of my presentation for @ipfc2023 so posting one from the welcome reception! If you missed my talk about stable isotopes and how fish niche can be affected by warmed waters come find me! I always love talking isotopes and fish diet! First conf. preso done!
There is always something exciting happening in the MEG Lab! Today Charlie and Tristan are identifying cephalopod beaks found in fish stomachs. Happy Friday!!
Happy now that my talk is done 😮💨 come find me if you didn’t get to ask your question during the session. I still have cookies 🍪 to get rid of as well 😂 #ANSA2023
Tristan and I woke up bright and early this morning to do the behind the scenes auction floor tour at the @SydFishMarket!
Fantastic knowledge as always from Alex, and great to just nerd out with about fishes!!
Scientific names are given based on how the organism looks, where they're from or after the folks who discovered them. Or sometimes, something more esoteric.
The Lord Howe Moray (Gymnothorax annasona) is named after the Annasona, a ship that sank near Middleton reef in 1906 🚢
A 175 lb Blue marlin that traveled over 6000 nm along the track from deployment off North America to south of São Paulo Brazil! Wow! Thanks Big Rock Blue marlin tournament and Scott Poole for sponsoring this tag for IGMR!
🚨🚨New paper out today in @AnimalEcology!
We used #biologging tags to look at the foraging behavior of #marlin and #sailfish above the world's largest #OxygenMinimumZone. Spoiler alert: they use the hypoxic boundary to their advantage while hunting. https://t.co/V52vYFL14e
This week it is @Patrick__Burke behind the scenes for the MEG lab. He is a PhD student in the lab who works on the ecology of two different species of sawsharks around Australia! This will be a shark themed week so strap in! 🦈