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Tony Knights

@benthicecol.bsky.social

Marine ecologist and Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at University College Cork, Ireland.

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Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ‘จโ€โš•๏ธ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿ‘ค๐ŸŸ Open to EU & non-EU applicants ๐ŸŒŽ Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

15.09.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Come see our new Living Seawalls in #Cobh #Cork! 1st in Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช. #Global experiment ๐ŸŒ started in #Sydney ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ. Huge thanks to HEA funding, @uccresearch.bsky.social, #PortOfCork for support & Inland & Coastal Marinas for installation. Looking forward to seeing what marine life colonises ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿš๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆž๐ŸŸ๐ŸŒŠ.

12.09.2025 08:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 115    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Merci to Amelia Curd, Stan Dubois, Martin Marzloff, Gautier Schaal & team for an AMAZING #ITRS in Brest, France. ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท You deserved that standing ovation ๐Ÿ‘ #Science #HumanPyramid #Connemara #Limpet #Kelp @aec13.bsky.social

06.07.2025 07:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Come join us as a #Postdoc on BLUESHORES ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ project in Cork ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช to test novel nature based solutions to coastal defence ๐ŸŒŠ on saltmarshes ๐ŸŒฑ. Start date: 1st Sept. Duration: 28mo. Salary: โ‚ฌ45-52k. Deadline 10th July. Partnership with @ucc.ie, Uni Padua ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น & NIOZ. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ universityvacancies.com/university-c...

24.06.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Ditto! Love this community. Our temperate reef #family โ˜บ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿš @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social

06.07.2025 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

A fantastic #ITRS2025 - huge congrats to the organisers for a fantastic event. Great to see the โ€˜fam!

06.07.2025 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New paper out reflecting both past & future 25 years of impacts & status of #RockyShores. #Climatechange #Urbanisation #Microplastic #OilSpill #Invasive #ExtremeWeather #Heatwave #OA #OceanAcidification #ALAN www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @benthicecol.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social

13.06.2025 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Carbon neutrality in eco-engineering matters!
Franz Bauer from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social presenting his @livingseawalls.bsky.social in Plymouth work on Carbon storage in algae #ITRS (terrible lighting for photos in this room).
@benthicecol.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social

02.07.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great talk Jess and what amazing support for GGI!

06.07.2025 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great talk by Franz Bauer on carbon storage potential of @livingseawalls.bsky.social at International Temperate Reefs Symposium #ITRS. Need more carbon neutral concretes. @benthicecol.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social

02.07.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Awesome poster and congrats on the award Tom!

06.07.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well done Laura! Great talk!

06.07.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Welcome Nobuhle! Looking forward to working with you!

12.06.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Welcome Nobuhle! We look forward to working with you from @ucc.ie. Special thank you to Artist #ShezadDawood for facilitating this wonderful #ArtScience ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿงช collaboration between South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง & Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช. @benthicecol.bsky.social #Interdisciplinarity #UCCFutures @uccresearch.bsky.social

12.06.2025 07:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are advertising a 28-mo postdoc on hybrid #ecoengineering in #saltmarshes @ University College Cork, @ucc.ie ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ. Ref no 087274.
EU & @marineinst.bsky.social funded BLUESHORES Project. State date: 1st Sept 2025. Salary: โ‚ฌ45,847โ€“โ‚ฌ52,339. ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿฆ€๐ŸŒ
See link: universityvacancies.com/university-c...

03.06.2025 08:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

New paper out today! Results of a field experiment in Torquay marina on biodiversity of eco-engineered panels. Different panel complexities had significantly different richness and abundance, whilst spatial variability in panel complexity impacted community composition ๐Ÿ›ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿš๐Ÿฆช
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

26.05.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A few fieldwork photos to set the scene. Torquay was a harsh mistress, but we did have fun (and a lot of ice creams) @benthicecol.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social

26.05.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very excited to see such an amazing program of high quality temperate reef science by an incredible line up of speakers. Roll on #ITRS25 @benthicecol.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social

20.05.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our 2nd spring in #WestCork โค๏ธ๐Ÿค and 17 months since the grass was cutโ€ฆ. #Rewilding in full swing. Big changes from last year ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿž๐Ÿชฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿชฐ๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿชบ๐Ÿฆ‰ #biodiversity @benthicecol.bsky.social

29.04.2025 18:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Checking out the #Boston #LivingSeawalls. Thanks @jebyrnes.bsky.social & @daniel-lopez.bsky.social for great tour! More red algae than our #Plymouth panels. ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿš๐Ÿฆ€@living seawalls.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social

19.04.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Slipper #limpets at the #Jaws bridge on #Amity Island.๐ŸฆˆScoping out filming locations on Marthaโ€™s Vineyard for 50th anniversary. ๐ŸŽฌ๐ŸŽž๏ธ โ€œYouโ€™re gonna need a bigger boatโ€ ๐Ÿ™Œโค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ƒ @benthicecol.bsky.social

21.04.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Feeling very grateful that our paper โ€œCoastal greening of grey infrastructure: an update on the state of the artโ€ has been awarded #Halcrow Prize by the Institution of Civil Engineers. ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒŠ This recognition means a lot to me & 51 brilliant coauthors. www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10....

18.04.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Happy to be in LA and Santa Barbara this week. Grateful to #NCEAS and #NOAA for the opportunity to come to their meeting to talk science. What a community. #fisheries #artificialreefs

18.11.2024 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds great Daryll - sign me up!

15.11.2024 09:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Better late than never right? Moving over from the other place and I hear great things. Interested in all things science and #marineecology #biology and introducing my backyard.

15.11.2024 09:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0