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IMAS @utas surveys off Tasmania's East Coast reveal rise in invasive urchin numbers from 11 million to 18m since 2001/02. Urchin barrens created by overgrazing kelp now cover 15 per cent of reefs 4-40m, up from 3 per cent bit.ly/2Uo23zb imas.utas.edu.au/urchins
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#GreatSouthernReef Delegation visited Parliament House to speak with politicians about the $55M Centro Task Force Business Plan.
Aim: Protect the reef, boost urchin industry & ensure a sustainable future. It’s time for policymakers to act and invest in solutions #UrchinTaskForce
Aim: Protect the reef, boost urchin industry & ensure a sustainable future. It’s time for policymakers to act and invest in solutions #UrchinTaskForce
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🚀 Attention all #EarlyCareerResearchers! 🚀 Check out our latest (my personal debut) publication on tackling the infamous #ImposterSyndrome and how to make meaningful contributions to scientific working groups! 🌟 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Great Southern Reef delegation to Canberra visiting parliament today to discuss a unified approach to tackling the longspined sea urchin issue, industry solutions and coordinated management strategies. #CentroTaskForce
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🌟 What an incredible weekend of fieldwork! 🌿 Our dedicated team and I successfully deployed a series of conditioning experiments across Tasmania. 🚀 Excited to compare results with sites along the East Coast of Australia. @ScottDLing @IMASUTAS 🌏 #Fieldwork #teamwork
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Happy to share our new paper in @NatureComms showing how #MPAs can buffer the impact of @marineheatwaves on the stability of reef fish communities. Read here: rdcu.be/dzRPH
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Great work by @nature_org & @IMASUTAS, spearheaded by our valued collaborator @ScottDLing! youtu.be/SfmP0aP1hNQ?si…
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One of the many ‘Sheriffs’ patrolling the #greatsouthernreef. Awesome to see healthy numbers of these fish along so much of the south coast.
After a 1500 nautical mile @ReefLifeSurvey expedition from Perth to Adelaide, GSRF's @SBennett_131 highlights the blue groper, a remarkable #GreatSouthernReef. These massive, curious fish can live up to 70 years, but their slow maturity & small ranges make them vulnerable.
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Climate-driven invasion and incipient warnings of kelp ecosystem collapse. Our @NatureComms paper highlights the critical need for early detection of range-shifting keystone species capable of transforming and collapsing ecosystems.
nature.com/articles/s4146…
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nature.com/articles/s4146…
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Incipient spatial pattern formations provide #early-warning of #climate-driven ecosystem #collapse.
“Look Up” towards the equator for what to expect as cooler ecosystems progressively warm beyond #tippingpoints, and act before it’s too late!
@IMASUTAS
nature.com/articles/s4146…
“Look Up” towards the equator for what to expect as cooler ecosystems progressively warm beyond #tippingpoints, and act before it’s too late!
@IMASUTAS
nature.com/articles/s4146…
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Huge continental-scale comparison of #reef #biodiversity day vs night using SCUBA! Great work @TysonRobJones
@IMASUTAS @ReefLifeSurvey @CSIRO
@IMASUTAS @ReefLifeSurvey @CSIRO
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21 red handfish hatchlings have arrived at IMAS in the 2nd-ever conservation breeding event in captivity – and it’s an essential part of protecting this critically endangered species from extinction
🫶 Get more handfish baby love: bit.ly/Handfish-babie…
📷Andrea Williamson
🫶 Get more handfish baby love: bit.ly/Handfish-babie…
📷Andrea Williamson
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▶️ In case you missed it last night on 7:30 report:
Giant kelp restoration & urchin interventions in Tassie feat. @SBennett_131, @ScottDLing, @JPK_III
#greatsouthernreef #climatechange #kelpforests
abc.net.au/news/2023-11-2…
Giant kelp restoration & urchin interventions in Tassie feat. @SBennett_131, @ScottDLing, @JPK_III
#greatsouthernreef #climatechange #kelpforests
abc.net.au/news/2023-11-2…
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Scientists from GSR Research Partnership are monitoring the eastern #GreatSouthernReef, anticipating this summer's marine heatwave 🌊🔥
Data on shallow water species in NSW, Vic, Tas are being collected as a baseline to help understand potential impacts. #marineheatwave
Data on shallow water species in NSW, Vic, Tas are being collected as a baseline to help understand potential impacts. #marineheatwave
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Our @IMASUTAS researches @JPK_III and @ScottDLing ask the question: can we eat our way through an exploding sea urchin problem? Find out: utas.au/bu
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Exciting new crown-of-thorns starfish research led by @ChandlerJosie out now, featuring a novel sampling method, a renewed population irruption in the northern GBR & much more!
Link to OA paper: rdcu.be/dqCHi
@burn_deborah @PeterCDoll @SarahKwong4 @bethan_blue @KaiPacey
Link to OA paper: rdcu.be/dqCHi
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Early Warning Signs ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Image taken 2-days ago shows the overgrazing urchin #Centrostephanus present at Actaeon Is. in southern Tasmania where a quarter of the world’s annual wild caught #abalone catch was once harvested 📸@SBennett_131 @IMASUTAS
Image taken 2-days ago shows the overgrazing urchin #Centrostephanus present at Actaeon Is. in southern Tasmania where a quarter of the world’s annual wild caught #abalone catch was once harvested 📸@SBennett_131 @IMASUTAS
The Senate Inquiry urges immediate national funding for Centro Urchin management, backing the Centro Task Force's $55m, 5-year plan. Key goals: research, sustainable removal, processing & policy for #GreatSouthernReef's health. 📸 @SBennett_131
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RT @IMASUTAS: Longspined sea urchins are native to temperate waters around New South Wales. But as oceans heat up, their range has expanded…
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Looks to be a big #redtide #Noctiluca bloom happening off Maria Island Tasmania!
Noctiluca scintillans is a range-extending #dinoflagellate driven south on the strengthening East Australian Current #EAC
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Noctiluca scintillans is a range-extending #dinoflagellate driven south on the strengthening East Australian Current #EAC
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academic.oup.com/plankt/article…
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Urchin #SenateInquiry recommends federal govt. work with states to support and develop urchun fisheries. This pilot in Fortescue Bay is showing promising results. After 5 days of intense harvest, over 70K urchins landed representing ~30% of estimated biomass. @IMASUTAS @JPK_III
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Urgent Senate inquiry highlights the threat of the longspined sea urchin (Centro) to the #GreatSouthernReef. With a range expanded due to warmer seas, over 2,000 km of coastline is now impacted by Centro overgrazing. Read the report: aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_…
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