The Fish Lab MQ
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We are the Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution of Fishes Lab @MQSciEng. Visit our website for info on research & opportunities: thefishlab.com
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PhD OPPORTUNITY still open: Laterality and personality in rainbowfish, Macquarie University The Fish Lab MQ goo.gl/tRP4rT
Look at her go! A two month track from one of our acoustic tagged smooth stingrays affectionately known as Clementine for #FlatSharkFriday! The Fish Lab MQ @MQBiology Science and Engineering @ MQU MQ Marine @vemcoteam IMOS Animal Tracking Sydney Marine
Don't miss Culum Brown ๐บ๐ฆ, Charlie Huveneers & @catarina_vp on shark deterrents, shark intelligence and how sharks make friends, April 4 at Sydney's Maritime Museum Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney Marine Science and Engineering @ MQU @MQBiology MQ Marine lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/march-โฆ
Why do we treat sharks any differently from charismatic mammals? We need to check our moral compasses, well said @catarina_vp! Culum Brown ๐บ๐ฆ Australian National Maritime Museum #oceantalks
Huge congrats to Connor Gervais for submitting his thesis today!! ๐๐๐ฆ Science and Engineering @ MQU @MQBiology
Accepting applications now - new 1 yr MSc program in Animal Behaviour University of St Andrews School of Biology led by Mike Webster : st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/bioloโฆ
New paper ๐ข Familiarity often drives social preferences in juvenile #fish & #sharks ๐๐ฆ BUT not in juv Port Jackson sharks ๐ซ Since adult PJs form groups, our results suggest an ontogenetic shift in social behaviour ๐ค onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111โฆ @catarina_vp Culum Brown ๐บ๐ฆ Science and Engineering @ MQU
We have a website! Register your interest to join us here in Melbourne for the 18th International Society for Behavioural Ecology Congress in 2020. Grants available for students and delegates from developing nations. Free onsite childcare. More info soon. Stay tuned. Behavioral Ecology
Quite rare to find an oceanic manta (Mobula birostris) with the drone so I was very excited to film this one barrel-roll and lunge feeding! The Fish Lab MQ Marine Megafauna Foundation MQ Marine Papua Explorers #naturelovers #nature #SharkScience
๐ขโ ๏ธPaper by Penelope 'Nel' Culum Brown ๐บ๐ฆ shows gobies reared in complex environs (rock/oyster substrate) learn a spatial task faster ๐ than gobies reared in homogeneous environs (seagrass/sand). So beware how you house your #fish! ๐๐ #AnimalWelfare #WomenInSTEM
So many fascinating talks today at the 2019 Coastal Mini-Symposium! Itโs great to see innovative research happening right here at Macquarie University @MQBiology @EnvScMQ Living Seawalls The Fish Lab MQ
Congratulations to our #PhD student Dr Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons on her success in receiving 20 acoustic transmitters for her smooth #stingray research using #acoustic telemetry!
And yet another great session at this year's @MQBiology HDR conference! Talks from #flatworms to #mantarays to #lizards from Dr. Rob Perryman, Jorge Rodriguez Monter, Ivรกn Beltrรกn and Ko-Huan Lee. ๐๐๐
Presenting my research on manta ray cephalic lobe movements at the @MQBiology student conference today! The Fish Lab MQ Marine Megafauna Foundation #marinescience #marineresearch
Baby PJ #sharks reared under warmer temperatures displayed faster learning than those under current day temperatures but displayed greater mortality. New research from @catarina_vp, me, Josh Reed, Culum Brown ๐บ๐ฆ The Fish Lab MQ link.springer.com/article/10.100โฆ
Penelope 'Nel' new paper out in Animal Cognition today. Males lose their spatial learning abilities while guarding the nest. Use it or loose it! The Fish Lab MQ @MQBiology Science and Engineering @ MQU rdcu.be/b5iaO
Do mothers that experience predation risk pass that on to their offspring via maternal effects? academic.oup.com/beheco/beheco/โฆ The Fish Lab MQ @MQBiology Science and Engineering @ MQU
Our very own Julianna Kadar will be part of this years Soapbox Science Sydney to talk about her exciting and cutting edge research on Port Jackson Sharks! Be sure to tune in August 20th 9am.