Bill Coates

MSc student (BioSciences) @unimelb. Marine biology and freshwater ecology.

[Oceana @oceana]

Sometimes it is hard to think of coral as a living organism. But just check out these GIFs! https://t.co/w7iI6RlOcS

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Sharks have personalities too! I hope the same can be said for my fish, western carp gudgeon https://t.co/Dj5Ojh4nJd

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Oligosaccharides in human breast milk can't be digested. It is therefore expected to aid in immune defence @DohertyAlice #UOMscicomm

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Salmon farms: a paradise for sea lice. Current treatments may increase the salmons susceptibility to infection @Marine_Kathy #UOMscicomm

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Profitable pests. Restoring kelp forests will become more viable if the removed urchins can be farmed and then sold @pertcg #UOMscicomm

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Forests to barrens. Understanding sea urchin metapopulations may help us control population densities @trishfishkoh #UOMscicomm

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Saving koalas from themselves. Relocation and contraception may just be the way forward @sci_keljay #UOMscicomm

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How has lizard distribution changed in the last 20,000 years? Understanding the past will help us predict the future @Scikib #UoMScicomm

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Logging and fire is a pretty lethal combination for Victorian forests. Climate change isn't much help either @dwhiteresearch #UoMscicomm

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Heating milk: kills bacteria but also causes denaturation. Perhaps using ultrasound is a better option @VinVwalter #UoMscicomm

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You thought we already had lots of lizards? Sequencing DNA is uncovering species that we didn't know exist #UoMscicomm

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Restoring river health. Current strategies are potentially more expensive and less effective than alternatives @HLawEcology #UOMscicomm