Heithaus Lab

We specialize in predator-prey interactions and the ecological roles and importance of sharks, marine mammals and sea turtles. Tweets from lab members

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

Publication Alert 🚨 New @nature paper from @globalfinprint! We are so proud to be part of the largest effort to assess the global status and conservation potential of reef sharks & rays! @VulcanInc @peclabfiu @FIUCASE @aims_gov_au @DalhousieU @ecology_lab
https://t.co/aiDPFRKw9v

[National Geographic TV @NatGeoTV]

#SharkFest has begun. Learn more about one of the ocean's most legendary predators in the four-week event now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu and continuing on National Geographic.

For even more Sharkfest go to https://t.co/ZyYW3V7o6d

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

Congratulations to all our co-authored lab members and the rest of the @globalfinprint collaborators on this new publication in Science!

[Mike Heithaus @MikeHeithaus]

Very excited to share new results from @globalfinprint. An honor to work with so many wonderful people

https://t.co/dhdcJnDjdG

@ScienceMagazine @SharkColin
@PGAFamilyFdn @jcu @FIU @aims_gov_au @MoteMarineLab @DalhousieU @CurtinUni @IMASUTAS @ElasmoSociety @OceaniaSharks

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

Please welcome our newest PhD, Dr. Frances Farabaugh! @nffarabaugh successfully defended her dissertation “Spatial patterns of reef shark & predatory teleost abundance and communities in the worlds largest shark sanctuary.” Congratulations and we are so proud of all your work!

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

@SaraCasareto successfully passed her proposal defense for her dissertation project “Patterns of coexistence in a multi-species shark nursery across environmental gradients within a human dominated estuarine system.” Congratulations and we look forward to all your research!

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

@lauragbarcia

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

Congratulations to Dr. Laura Garcia Barcia for successfully defending her dissertation this past February! Her presentation was titled “Investigating Mercury and Selenium Interactions in Sharks and Shark Derived Products to Improve Health Risk Assessments”.

[FIU Marine Biology @FIUMarineBio]

@fiuboswelllab and @heithauslab in the Keys for the Permit Project! 🎣

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

Congratulations to PhD candidate, @liberty_boyd, for successfully defending her dissertation proposal “Factors influencing fine-scale movements and behavior of green turtles”!!

[Shark Conservation Fund @SharkRayFund]

WE'RE HIRING! The #SharkConservationFund currently has 2️⃣ positions for you to join our team:

🦈 Shark Biodiversity Initiative Manager
🦈 Intern for Policy and Research (Part-Time)

Got what it takes? Apply today! 📃🖊️ https://t.co/h2LyKCdqcx #SharkConservation #ConservationJobs

[Dr. Valeria Paz (she/her) @VallllPaz]

✨I successfully defended my dissertation this past Friday.
Special thanks to my family, friends, lab mates @heithauslab , advisor @MikeHeithaus , and committee members @ecology_lab

#phdone #labtraditions #latinainstem #phdlife

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

Congratulations to @VallllPaz for successfully defending her dissertation- “Investigating Trophic Interactions, Habitat Use, and Pollution Loads of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Florida Coastal Everglades”
We are so proud of you!!

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

Kristine Zikmanis, PhD candidate, recently completed her goal of acoustically tagging 40 juvenile bull sharks. She hopes to learn how these sharks respond to seasonal & tidal changes in salinity & temperature to predict how bull sharks respond to an ongoing restoration project.

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

Check out PhD Candidate, Kristine Zikmanis, present on her juvenile bull shark acoustic tracking research as part of the Davidson Fellowship Gulf National Estuarine Research Reserves @NOAA webinar this Thurs 6/2 @ noon EST! https://t.co/8NhGa7tj3s

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

It’s #EarthDay and this year we are celebrating all of the great work our lab is doing to help research and protect our marine communities! 🦈 🐢

[ANGARI Foundation @ANGARIocean]

We were thrilled to have students from Roosevelt Middle School (@RooseveltMidd10 @pbcsd) onboard as #CoastalOceanExplorers last weekend to work side-by-side with @FIUCASE scientists to study & learn about the importance of sharks.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/UhD4Ry0em9

[ANGARI Foundation @ANGARIocean]

We loved being part of last week's #shark handling course with @FIUCASE and @FIUEnvironment. The training participants received will allow them to undertake their own #fieldwork contributing to shark #biology and #conservation 🦈

For photos & info: https://t.co/1VpUHIYs6d

[ANGARI Foundation @ANGARIocean]

We had a great time getting back on the water with @FIUCASE & @FIUEnvironment researchers from the @peclabfiu & @heithauslab for a #shark handling workshop.

All sharks were caught and tagged under Florida research permits held by FIU scientists.

#SundayFunday #rvANGARI

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

Check out this study led by PhD candidate, Brendan Talwar! 🦈

[CEI @CEIbahamas]

Long term trends in shark abundance offer important insights for #fisheriesmanagement.

A decades old dataset of longline surveys allowed us to evaluate changes in #sharkabundance in #TheBahamas between 1979–1990 and 2011–2013.

Read about our findings:
https://t.co/HwiSaFwcMv

[CEI @CEIbahamas]

🚨We’re hiring!🚨x2 Research Scientist positions:
1) Coral Restoration 🌊https://t.co/9wQvZgshca
2) Shark Conservation 🦈https://t.co/nID5D68lW3
Ideal for an early-career graduate scientist looking to develop an independent program of research with a strong education component.

[Heithaus Lab @heithauslab]

Big Wave Productions joined @lauragbarcia, Kirk, and @MikeHeithaus in the Everglades to cover work on juvenile bull shark sampling as part of the @fcelter! #fiucase #sharkresearch