IO Marine Science

Dive into the mysteries Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems hold! Join @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social as she talks about MCEs including the tools being used to study them in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean.

When: 5 Aug 1pm-2pm BST

Sign up for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mesophotic...

#Webinar 🦑

Meet some of our senior researchers in the programme!

Our researchers work across different areas of the marine world and these researchers look at a mixture of turtle ecology, shark genomics, oceanography and social science
@ananuno.bsky.social‬
#MarineScience #Scientists

Our Indian Ocean marine science programme supports established researchers and has a major focus on training the next generation of ocean scientists. A big congratulations to all our recent PhD Graduates for 2024!

#PhDGraduates #Doctor #MarineScience #MarineBiology #Scientists

In 2024 scientists from the Marine Science Programme published 39 papers, bringing the total number of published papers to 213 since 2017. Of the 39, five were published in journals with an “excellent” impact factor (>10) and a further 24 in journals with a “good” impact factor (>3)

BREAKING

We are pleased to announce that the venue for #IPBES12 will be Manchester, as announced yesterday by Minister Mary Creagh.

Thank you to the UK Government and the city of Manchester, we look forward to launching the #BizBiodiversity Report in the UK in 2026! 🌍🧪

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While we live in an electronic age, there’s something so special about the annual volumes of our science papers we produce for each project team. An acknowledgement of the work that our amazing researchers put into each one! And 2024 was a two volume year 👌🏽

Our June job opportunities round-up has landed, showcasing some great job roles from our partners, friends (and us)!

Please get in touch with the job poster directly about these positions, we're just sharing like a job board.

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#marinejobs #conservationjobs #conservationcareers

Marine scientists underpin all our research and conservation efforts.

Our Marine Science Programme focuses on the Indian Ocean Region with project partners across the region and beyond. We work with 96 scientists from 23 institutions in 9 countries.

🌍 Important News! The laid-out version of the @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment Summary for Policymakers (English) is now available!

Discover vital interlinkages between #biodiversity, water, food, & health. Explore options for a sustainable future.🧪

Access here: www.ipbes.net/nexus-assess...

Our Programme seeks to maximise visibility, accessibility & useability of all data collected by our project teams. We've partnered with the Harvard Data Repository to create a data collection that allows us to store & manage large quantities of data of all kinds
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/be...

Happy World Ocean Day! The theme this year is 'Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean and Climate'

These are some of our Marine Science Programme 2024 highlights and we’re excited to see how we can improve on these in 2025 and use science to inform conservation action.

#WorldOceanDay2025

Fantastic to see so many of our programme's scientists contribute to this important paper - such a massive collaborative effort 🙌

The Marine Science Programme 2024 Annual Report is now published online! Find out more about our 2024 activities, project updates and programme impact - www.marine.science/2025/05/16/2...

This week we are at the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice!

Rachel Jones is presenting a poster about our programme from 6-8pm Tuesday - Thursday - please come along and say hello if you're here, we'd love to see you!

#OOSC #ScienceForTheOcean @ZSLofficial.bsky.social

This #WorldTurtleDay we’re hearing from PhD Student Nupur Kale about her research on green and hawksbill turtles in the Western Indian Ocean 🦑🐢

Our scientists study a wide range of species, some of which are classed as ‘Endangered’ or ‘Critically Endangered’ by the IUCN Redlist.

Today is #EndangeredSpeciesDay and we want to share just some of the incredible endangered species our programme has the privilege of studying.

Nesting Red-footed Booby

📢New blog is out!

Joshua Coste shares details about his research on Red-footed Booby homing behaviour in the Indian Ocean 🌊

➡️ tinyurl.com/RFB-navigation

Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

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@exetermarine.bsky.social
@zslscience.bsky.social

If you want to brighten your summer by listening about #mesophotic #reefs, come and join me for an hour, it's online and free 😜🪸💃🏼
@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social

Mobulid Rays in the Chagos Archipelago: Fisheries & Conservation Management

Join Dr Joanna Harris on 29 April for a free webinar to explore cutting-edge manta and devil ray research & conservation in the Chagos Archipelago 🦑

Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1224910132...

On #EarthDay we reflect on the importance of working together to safeguard our planet.We’re inspired by the actions of others working to protect the world we live in & we share our work & data openly with the hopes that others will find this a useful tool in their mission
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New paper led by @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social looks at ‘Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago’ This study provides the first prediction of MCE distribution and their benthic communities in the Archipelago. 🦑

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Scientists discover remarkable similarity in swim depth across sea turtles, penguins & whales. They swim at depths of ~3x body depth when travelling to minimise wave drag.

Read more here: tinyurl.com/4tjr37z2

Full paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago This study aims to map and predict the distribution of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, using high- and low-resolution bathymetry data. The models, develope...

Eeek! Here my new paper where we predicted the distribution of #mesophotic #coral ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago, using #Maxent onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... I can now say that MY ENTIRE PHD IS PUBLISHED! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social

The Green Status Assessment, which measures what that might lead to the recovery of an endangered species, has just been published for Ctenella chagius as 'Critically Depleted' for this endangered species.

Find out more here: www.iucnredlist.org/species/1337...

📷 Bry Wilson
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Illegal fishing of prey species could potentially harm food availability for brown boobies – a slowly recovering population after efforts to remove invasive rats and vegetation.

Open Access Paper: buff.ly/4dLWMcW

#IOMarineScience #SeabirdScience @alicetrevail.bsky.social

Mesophotic Coral Ecosytems (MCEs) host high, unique biodiversity which shows the importance of including MCEs within conservation & management plans.
Shallow & mesophotic reef ecosystems should be managed as separate, valuable ecosystems vulnerable to climate change.🦑

Open Access: buff.ly/3YMwTFj

New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste

Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social

Climate change will continue to drive disturbance on coral reefs, creating a challenge for conserving resident shark populations.

Open Access Paper: https://buff.ly/3X3rMz7

#IOMarineScience #OpenAccess #ClimateChange 🦑

🚨 Final chance to apply! 🚨

Are you 18-35 & passionate about our ocean?

This is your sign to apply for the Sustainable Ocean Alliance x Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy Ocean Leaders Fellowship!

📅 Apply by Feb 23: bit.ly/olf-25

@donabertarelli.bsky.social
#OceanLeadersFellowship #OLF

Maintaining and rebuilding herbivorous fish populations through MPAs is important to promote coral reef recovery, as fish regulate algal cover and benthic community structure

Paper: https://buff.ly/41hU7nT

#IOMarineScience 🦑