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Are you coming to the “OIST-CNRS Joint Symposium for West Pacific Marine Biology” at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology April 23-26, 2024? Join us! #marinebiology The registration is open, and more information can be found here: groups.oist.jp/oist-cnrs-symp…

We need faster, better ways to monitor NZ’s declining river health – using environmental DNA can help theconversation.com/we-need-faster… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

To all my new colleagues and friends, please join us on May 2 at 6 pm at the Ship Inn in Brisbane for the AMSA SEQ AGM. People power sprinkled with genetic breadcrumbs will feature prominently in my talk! Register here: bit.ly/SEQAGM24 Or see flyer for QR code

It’s happening! OIST CNRS 🌍 Joint Symposium on West Pacific Marine Biology. 🔗 groups.oist.jp/oist-cnrs-symp…

Introducing the symposium & opening of the International Research Lab (IRL) Chengky President & CNRS 🌍 signing the agreement. groups.oist.jp/oist-cnrs-symp…

A fav story w/ continued research questions by Adam T. Downie here at OIST @cnrs West Pacific Marine Biology Symposium - the tiniest athletes, metamorphosis, #coralreef #fishes More here in PLOS Biology journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Excited to share our recent work at Burt Marine Biology Lab investigating potential mechanisms behind the shrinking of fishes on the world’s hottest coral reefs 🐠 nature.com/articles/s4146…

Happy to say that the last paper from my #PhD has been published 🥳 A story about the impact of #MHW on the #physiology of a #coralreef #snapper 🌡️🐟🪸 doi.org/10.1093/conphy…

🔥🌊A new JCU study has revealed mangrove habitats may serve as temporary sanctuaries for stingrays, but scientists fear the ‘saunas’ could become too hot to handle with climate change accelerating. Professor Jodie Rummer @Bouyoucos 📸by Colin Simpfendorfer

PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY: Downie et al. found that combining "Tree of Life" #metabarcoding biodiversity data with water quality indexes can be an effective means to assess estuarine condition. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

In this study, published in #MarinePollutionBulletin, we compared #eDNA detections in the urbanized Gold Coast Broadwater Estuary to a common water quality index (WQI). Species diversity and composition correlated with lower WQI for some, but not all, taxonomic subgroups.

Using ToL-metabarcoding, we also added 137 new biodiversity records to the region, mostly microorganisms such as bacteria, ciliates, diatoms, dinoflagellates, and cryptomonads, noting that these may be the result of incomplete historical records for these microscopic organisms.

Thanks to Adam T. Downie for leading the charge on the data analysis and visualisation in this published work🙏.

Sanctuary burning: Sting in the tail for mangrove whiprays - James Cook Uni study E.Higgins @Bouyoucos Adam T. Downie B. Illing A. Martins Colin Simpfendorfer Professor Jodie Rummer #flatsharkfriday canberratimes.com.au/story/8745986/…

Like healthy coral reefs in the South China Sea (🙂) but dislike Crown-of-Thorns starfish (#COTS ☹️) outbreaks? Peiris et al. used #eDNA metabarcoding to audit coral communities before and after their population expansion, published in Springer Coral Reefs. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Increasing land drying & drought will threaten water-sensitive species such as frogs 🐸. We examine the potential exposure risk under different warming scenarios | nature.com/articles/s4155… | NatureClimate

Due to limited reached, I've moved to Blue Sky. Follow for all things coral reef fish eco-physiology and marine dispersal. Will post a few recent publications this year on Blue Sky that I haven't posted here (nor will I).

Interesting new study on lateral line system of deep sea chimaeras. So much we don't know about these bizarre animals. Happy to have helped with creating the figures for this cool and important research nature.com/articles/s4159…