Matt Tietbohl, PhD @WhyOceansMATTer

Postdoc at #KAUST| Big bookworm w/ keen interest in eating | Lover of fishes, charismatic microfauna, isotopes & the chaos of coral reef ecology! reefecology.kaust.edu.sa/people/details… Thuwal, Saudi Arabia Joined December 2014

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Klaus Stiefel @Pacificklaus

2 months ago

Massive bumphead parrotfish aggregation, with the fish defecating sand in near-synchrony. What a spectacle. Tubbataha, Palawan. This is a video frame grab, I have so much to edit.

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Matt Tietbohl, PhD @WhyOceansMATTer

3 months ago

Check this out! Looks like a super fantastic read!! Can't wait to dive in!!

Rachel M. Winter, PhD @RachelMWinter_

3 months ago

Check this out! Looks like a super fantastic read!! Can't wait to dive in!!

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KAUST BESE @KAUST_BESE

3 months ago

Rising temperatures in the Red Sea are placing new stress on marine ecosystems. A KAUST study led by Dr. Matthew Tietbohl (@WhyOceansMATTer) with Prof. @MaggieDJohnson links an August 2023 marine heatwave to a mass fish mortality event along the Saudi coast, affecting at least…

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Matt Tietbohl, PhD @WhyOceansMATTer

3 months ago

discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/257… Coverage of our recent paper documenting a mass-fish kill in Saudi Arabia. Likely one of the largest single events in the Red Sea, this event occurred immediately after a very intense, heatwave! Too much 🔥🥵🌡️🔥 = many dead fish ☠️🐠🐡🐟☠️

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Kelly Y. Inagaki (she/her) @InagakiKelly

a year ago

Paper out 🚨With @gui_o_longo at @PPGECOUFRN , we reviewed the last 20 years of studies on coral-algal interactions bringing global patterns and future questions in a changing world🤓 Check it out ⬇️and access the paper here➡️doi.org/10.1007/s00338…

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Peter Mumby @petemumby

9 months ago

Allee effects require corals to lie within a few metres of their neighbours to achieve successful fertilisation. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… open access @GerardRicardo01 @ChrisDorop @PICRCPalau

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Matt Tietbohl, PhD @WhyOceansMATTer

8 months ago

Thrilled to introduce and now listen to the great Dr. Sarah Parcak! Stories of human culture, Egyptology, archeology, and using amazing technology, remote sensing and satellite imagery, to map the archaeological sites for discovery & research! Happening at @KAUST_News

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Veronica Radice | @drradice.bsky.social @Dr_Radice

9 months ago

🪩Excited to share our paper in #BiologyLetters about recent trends & biases in #mesophotic research! Huge effort by our volunteer community worldwide @pimbongaerts @AlelimonHA @Perez_Rosales_G & entire @mesophotic team! ▶️doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2… #ForCoral @RSocPublishing

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Tries Blandine Razak @TriesRazak

12 months ago

So pleased to see this published "Long-term dynamics of hard coral cover across Indonesia" in Coral Reefs. Thanks to all co-authors @SB_Tebbett @beginersubhan @gitaal_ @rindahvida and many others not on X. link.springer.com/article/10.100… A🧵 (1/5)

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Matt Tietbohl, PhD @WhyOceansMATTer

10 months ago

Very excited for Silvia’s PhD proposal talking about Agariciidae diversity and evolution in the Red Sea! Another great person from the @HabbLab! Some wild nestedness of different Genera! Silvia is showing a need for merging & resurrecting certain genera of Agariciids! #coral

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Australian Institute of Marine Science @aims_gov_au

10 months ago

Fish communities around inshore islands of the Great Barrier Reef are struggling with more frequent coral bleaching events, flooding + cyclones. 🐟🐠🐡 New study from @DanielaCeccare8 et al Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc… Story: aims.gov.au/information-ce…

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Flandrin Ulysse @FlandrinU

11 months ago

🚨Glad to share our new paper published in @OneEarth_CP ! 🎉Fish communities can simultaneously contribute to nature and people across the world’s tropical reefs🎉 Look at our paper at: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jyOg9C%7EIu… @umontpellier 1/6

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Dr Samantha Andrews @OceanOculus

11 months ago

Angelo Villagomez kicks off today's #IMCC7 by highlighting how the wealthier nations with overseas EEZ's (legacy of colonialism) tend to favour putting large marine protected areas (MPAs) in those overseas areas rather than in their "local" waters. 1/5

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Martina Burgo @BurgoMartina

11 months ago

I'm very excited to share that the first chapter of my PhD is out 📢 If you're interested in reading about the last 40 years of research on coral-algal interactions, check out our systematic review here: 👇 taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/… If you would like the full text, message me 🪸

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Sarah Lawless @Lawless_Sarah_

11 months ago

New @npjOceanSustain paper finds tension in responsibility debates among 243 scientists working on ocean-climate innovations. Debates oscillated between protecting scientific autonomy at one extreme, & moral duty for socially just futures at the other rdcu.be/dVqLU 1/3

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LEC Reefs @lecreefs

12 months ago

📢📢 New from Dr Eva Maire - the drivers of micronutrient density on global coral reefs 🐟🎣👇 cell.com/current-biolog…

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John P. Sullivan @halooie1

12 months ago

Getting a mention on NPR's "Morning Edition" and added to GenBank today is #newspecies Sueviota aethon, the grumpy dwarfgoby from the Red Sea, described by Nunes Peinemann, Pombo-Ayora & Tornabene in ZooKeys zookeys.pensoft.net/article/121135…

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Science Friday @scifri

12 months ago

Researchers built a new AI tool to sort grains of sand. Why? Partly to thwart sand bandits. In today's episode, we'll talk about the new SandAI, and the challenges of tracking grains of sand. Plus, the top science news of the week. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284

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Matt Tietbohl, PhD @WhyOceansMATTer

a year ago

Great discussion this afternoon Dr’s Emily Fobert & Eslam Osman talking about SHAMS efforts to monitor the entire Saudi #RedSea coastline and the history of coral bleaching throughout the Red Sea. Great talks and forward discussion coming @ICRI_Coral_Reef @Shams_gov

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Matt Tietbohl, PhD @WhyOceansMATTer

a year ago

Great talks at the Red Sea Coral Reef Forum in Saudi Arabia happening with @Shams_gov and @ICRI_Coral_Reef. The Red Sea is a unique place with Saudi well-positioned to be a regional and global leader in coral conservation efforts. #ForCoral