Dr. Valeriya Komyakova

Design and Fabrication of Floating Artificial Reefs: Enhancing Biodiversity and Food Production The expansion of aquaculture and renewable energy infrastructure into offshore environments offers a unique opportunity to integrate ecological innovation and engineering expertise to address critical environmental and economic challenges. This chapter explores the...

Super happy with this piece of work being finally out. Fantastic cross-disciplinary collaboration with lead author Dan Luo from UQ. Here we address challenges and opportunities of floating artificial structures. Check out the whole book!

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Our #FishOfTheWeek this week is… the Pacific Blue Eye (Pseudomugil signifer) 🐟

👇More #fishfacts and the latest #research featuring ASFB members:
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🌐 Info via Fishes of Australia: fishesofaustralia.net.au

#Australia #fish #biology

"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Charles Elton

"When you plan your work, be careful to give yourself time to think."
- Advice given by British ecologist Charles Elton to his graduate students over 60 yrs ago (Crowcroft 1991).

cover image for ' may uk-based marine job opportunities' the background is a grey seal looking at the camera underwater.

Our May job round-up is here! Here are 5 roles suitable for early career and graduate marine conservationists.

(As always, get in touch with the advertiser directly about any positions, we're just sharing like a job board!)

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#marinejobs #conservationjobs #conservationcareers

Amazing team of collaborators, including David J. Burritt, Maud C.O. Ferrari, George Vamvounis, Alexandra M. Gulizia, Adam Staples, Mark I. McCormick, Bridie J.M. Allan

Microplastic consumption elevates fish oxidative stress but does not affect predator-driven mortality The ubiquity and abundance of plastic debris is one of the most significant challenges facing marine environments. Recent research has demonstrated th…

Excited to be a small part of this great collaboration. Hot off the press, work led by Amelia Mannering. Here, we report that microplastic ingestion increases oxidative stress in fish, but doesn’t make them easier prey. 🐟🧪 #Microplastics #FishHealth
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Joining online to see the final presentation of my amazing Master student, Alyaa Shara Shaharuddin who investigated microplastic contamination in small reef fish. Excellent work, Alyaa!
Co-supervised with Alyssa Marshell, @joelfishecology.bsky.social and Thomas Rodemann.

Basking shark historical sketch.

Friends, I am seeking a historian in either Irish or Scottish lore specialized in leviathans, basking sharks, or any other marine creatures.

We have new additions to our #CoastalHistory starter pack, so take a look if you're interested in coastal history!

Likewise, if you're researching and writing about coastal history topics, please let me know if you want to be part of our community.

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Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries Nature - Current trends imply that we will transgress most of the planetary boundaries by 2050; however, ambitious, urgent and universal action to ameliorate climate change and increase resource...

With current trends and policies, we'll transgress all planetary boundaries in 2050, except for ozone depletion. Targeted interventions — e.g., the Paris Agreement — can help, but not enough. More effective policy measures are needed to ensure we live well within the planetary boundaries.

That is stupid - judgement on something constructive - sure. But if someone is being an Ahole they should remove such a comment. In fact I think such a poor, unprofessional attitude disqualifies the reviewer.

Ecological restoration measures for shallow coastal habitats of the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak – effectiveness, costs and knowledge gaps Human-induced pressures are interfering with the environmental status of marine and coastal areas impacting their ability to maintain ecosystem functi…

New paper on ten ecological restoration measures for shallow coastal habitats of the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak, with particular focus on effectiveness, costs and knowledge gaps.
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What absolute cuteness looks like...

If you're in the DC/Baltimore area, there are still a few tickets left for Friday's public lecture on endangered species in US waters!

marylandnature.wildapricot.org/event-614437... 🧪🦑🌎

🦪Wow: New study shows that noise pollution also disturbs mussels: shipping noise caused stress-related inflammation with increased energy demand, higher protein turnover & disrupted nervous system activity,promoting delayed larval metamorphosis in suboptimal habitats.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊

Herring spawned poleward following fishery-induced collective memory loss - Nature A critically low abundance of older herring due to age-selective fisheries resulted in an approximately 800-km poleward shift in main spawning.

This is a fascinating study on fishing altering fish migratory patterns.

It’s management implications are important.

I’ve argued that Limit Reference Points also need to consider the ecological role of the fished stock.

This is an example of why that matters.

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

Resolving the context-dependency of local heterogeneity–#diversity relationships across rocky reefs worldwide #EvidenceSynthesis #ProcB royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #OpenAccess

Anthony Albanese wins 2025 federal election with Labor on track for majority Peter Dutton set to lose his own seat of Dickson in Brisbane as Coalition suffers collapse in support * Election 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat counts * Listen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has won the federal election and is poised to retain majority government after a nationwide swing to Labor. The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, is set to lose his home seat of Dickson in Brisbane in a disastrous result for the Coalition. Continue reading...

Anthony Albanese wins 2025 federal election with Labor on track for majority

Natural History Museum Denmark

We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology.

Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement.

Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg

Arctic plant study reveals an ‘early warning sign’ of climate change upheaval A warming tundra has seen unexpected shifts, raising the alarm about fragile ecosystems and those who rely on them

“Climate change is so widespread across the Arctic & we’re seeing this magnitude of warming at 4X the rate than the rest of the 🌎. We expected to see very concrete trends & trajectories. Because in other biomes, we are. But the Arctic is a special & often unexpected place.” - Mariana García Criado

‘This is insane:’ New NIH policy on funding foreign scientists stirs outrage Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists

In a blow to many foreign medical researchers who rely on U.S. funding, the NIH has announced that by the end of September, it will halt what are known as “foreign subawards,” in which U.S. researchers share their grant money with overseas collaborators. scim.ag/42UpRyQ

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Exposure to plastic debris alters expression of biomineralization, immune, and stress-related genes in the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) The degradation of marine plastic debris poses a threat to organisms by fragmenting into micro- and nano-scale pieces and releasing a complex chemical leachate into the water. Numerous studies have in...

New study on eastern oysters 🦪 concludes: "#Plastic pollution may therefore reduce shell growth, initiate immune and stress responses, alter sex differentiation, and impact reproductive output of eastern oysters through changes in transcription." #microplastic
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One week left to apply to this postdoc opportunity I'm offering in native oyster restoration in Ireland. Get your applications in before the 9th May 12 pm deadline! Any questions contact me. Details in the application documents, link below.

Just chilling with Buddy

Managing Director - Urban Ocean Lab Job Opening: Managing Director - Urban Ocean Lab at Multiplier in Remote.

We’re hiring! Help us find the right director 🦄 to build the next phase of @urbanoceanlab.bsky.social.

Opportunity to lead a bold, justice-centered organization working at the intersection of ocean policy, climate resilience, and city innovation.

multiplier-careers.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...

Welcoming our partner @rare.org to Blue Sky...
Current projects in:
🌊 €6.7m to empower coastal communities in 🇲🇿 ogy.de/s1ga
🌊 €4.9m for ocean conservation & thriving coastal communities in 🇭🇳 ogy.de/2lt5
... and one in the pipeline in 🇵🇭
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