Dr Rick Leong
@rickcleong
Marine ecologist at @unswcmsi & research affiliate in @SydneySOLES. Focuses on ecological-spatial relationships on remnant oyster reefs in NSW.
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I had a blast getting back in the field to help Niki Hubbard 🐙🌊🦀 nikihubbard.bsky.social with his pilot experiment. 🤿🦀🐙 Gotta love mid summer fieldwork on #Sydneyharbour!
Excited to share my first, first-author publication! We show that ocean acidification-driven changes in algal community structure increases the impact of typhoons. Huge thanks to all involved! Ben Harvey Sean Connell Jason Hall-Spencer Ravasi's Lab 筑波大学下田臨海実験センター 公式アカウント authors.elsevier.com/a/1gNTvB8ccuxcN
Super excited to announce that I started a Project Manager/Research Associate role at @SydneyMarine leading Project Restore: looking at leveraging Living Seawalls Operation Posidonia Operation Crayweed and artificial fish habitat to do seascape restoration at the stunning #SydneyHarbour
Byers lab undergrads represented at the Odum School of Ecology (no longer monitored) GSS poster session last night: 1. Carter- parasites on freshwater snail consumption 2. Kate - body traits & filtration by oysters 3. Elianna - shrimp black gill disease 4. Will - oysters parasite on predator-prey interactions
Interested in #social & #environmental impacts of #seaweed farming? 🤔 This paper has reviewed literature from 4 different languages on a global scale. 🇬🇧🇯🇵🇰🇷🇨🇳 dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… PLOS Sustainability and Transformation Super excited! Thanks for the opportunity #publication #review #aquaculture
JOB ALERT! Our Project Restore Team and Sydney Marine is looking for a Media and Communications Officer! If you are passionate about marine #conservation and have a background in #comms #media and #CitizenScience, do not hesitate and join us now! info: seek.com.au/job/60297818
Hoping large #greengravel can restore #kelp forests in Western Australia ❤️🌱 12 years after a marine heatwave killed kelp along 100km of coast. We are using heatwave survivors 💪 to build resilience! #kelpforestchallenge UWA Research George Wood Ocean Imaging Thomas Wernberg
Amazing day out in the field scoping restoration sites for our Project Restore within #SydneyHarbour Sydney Marine
Offi-shell-ly graduated with a PhD. 🦪😅 Big thanks to my blood & research fam UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW CMSI, Gribben Lab & Paul Gribben for coming to my graduation day! 🎓👨🎓
NEW PAPER! We highlight the synergies between oyster aquaculture and restoration and the mutual benefits to both industries! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… Melanie Bishop Paco Martínez Kristine Faelnar + @nswdpi colleagues and Juan Esquivel-Muelbert Frontiers - Marine Science