Bridget Sparrow

Exciting to see that intact marcofaunal communities have been successfully extracted from an #offshorewindfarm! Looking forward to following the new developments of this EcoWind project.
🌎🧪🦑 #marinedecology

I was invited to present and describe how #functionaltraits can be used to document changes in #ecosystemfunction in response to disturbance. We need to ‘turn existing data into insight’ and ‘move beyond species’ to inform marine spatial planning with a focus on safeguarding ecosystem services. 🌏🧪🦑

Co-chairing my first conference session ‘Navigating tomorrow’s seas through integrative ecosystem service assessments and decision-support tools’ was an incredible opportunity to learn from scientists around the world working to find solutions to shared problems. 🌏🧪🦑 #11ESPConference #marineecology

It finally begins! Excited to be here in Darwin, Austrailia to attend the Ecosystem Services Partnership International Conference. I will be co-chairing a conference session as well as presenting. Stay tuned for updates🧪🌏🦑 #marineecology

Reflecting on my own functional work it is clear traits like longevity, morphology and mobility can help us predict how species react to disturbance and describe how, if at all, repopulation can occur. #FunctionalEcology can be used as a tool to explore the trajectory of disturbed ecosystems. 🧪🦑🌎

Fascinating new study displays how long it takes for deep-sea species to re-establish an area of disturbance highlighting the decade long effects of deep-sea mining. However, certain more mobile species can repopulate the area at a faster rate. 🧪🌎🦑
#marineecology

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Looking for contributions of innovative methodologies and case studies demonstrating how ecosystem services can enhance decision support tools and multidisciplinary approaches to support: marine spatial planning, OWF development, MPA implementation and coexistence of maritime uses
#MarineEcology

Excited to announce I will be co-chairing a conference session at 11th ESP World Conference in Darwin. Submit your abstract by March 15th for our session ‘Navigating tomorrow’s seas through integrative ecosystem service assessments and decision support tools’ here: espconference.org/esp11/author 🧪🦑

Looking for contributions of innovative methodologies and case studies demonstrating how ecosystem services can enhance decision support tools and multidisciplinary approaches to support: marine spatial planning, OWF development, MPA implementation and coexistence of maritime uses
#MarineEcology

Thank you so much!

#addOcean

In addition, view my profile from an interview last year detailing my personal career path in science! 🧪🦑
#marineecology
#internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
#womeninscience
#marinelife

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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! It is important to share about the range of different jobs you can have in the scientific field 🧪 🦑
Check out some profiles of women making waves in the marine field: www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/prev...
#marineecology #marinelife

Hi Eryn, I would like to be added to the science feed. I am a Marine Ecologist currently studying the effects of offshore windfarms on benthic ecosystems using a functional trait approach. I have also focused on studying deep sea ecosystems. My project: www.plymouth.ac.uk/student-life...

Had a great time meeting with my fellow CDTSuMMeR PhD cohort and seeing how our projects have progressed. It was exciting to hear how more colleagues can now see how functional trait analysis could be used in their own work. How do you think you could use a functional trait approach in your work? 🧪🦑

Great new #functionaltrait work highlighting the need to describe functions beyond the group level. Species can have very specific functions that are crucial to shaping the environment around them and understanding this relationship is key to protecting ecosystems moving forward. #MarineEcology 🦑🧪

As inspired by @profbenthos.bsky.social, I have received my Bluesky Roast. I don’t think anything could be more accurate than ‘a penchant for deep-sea drama and benthic banter’. Throughly impressed by its reading based on my limited activity so far : blueskyroast.com

📢New Paper Alert📢 (and first chapter of my PhD!)

We show that scale matters when quantifying motile cryptofauna on tropical coral reefs 🦀

Paper in MEPS: www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

Perfect thanks for the helpful tip!

Thank you so much! Can’t wait to start posting.

Hello, can you add me to this group please? #MarineEcology

I have been lucky to work in various scientific fields before embarking on my PhD.

Worked as a benthic ecologist, identifying #deepsea creatures using imagery analysis.

Led projects using #communityscience to identify the distributions of endangered bats in my home of Ontario, Canada. 🦇

Hello! My name is Bridget and I am a CDT SuMMeR PhD researcher based at @sosbangor.bsky.social. My project aims to use trait-based approaches to inform habitat mapping of ecosystem function, process and services in benthic communities. Looking forward to connecting with new groups on this platform!