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Culum Brown ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ @CulumBrown
Joined September 2012
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Underwater kelp forests are losing a turf war nature.com/articles/d41586-0โ€ฆ
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LBMM - Marine Macroecology and Biogeography Lab@lbmm_ufsc
25 Apr 2025
๐Ÿ”ง๐ŸŸ Wrasses using rocks as tools? It's true! A new study shows tool use in reef fish is more common than we thought with deep roots in evolution. These clever fish are anything but simple! ๐Ÿ“„ See the full article at: link.springer.com/article/10โ€ฆ
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Fish social learning and culture may well be important for conservation management. url.au.m.mimecastprotect.comโ€ฆ
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Parental exposure to predation influences personality and laterality in stickback offspring; transgenerational impacts. sciencedirect.com/science/arโ€ฆ
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LBMM - Marine Macroecology and Biogeography Lab@lbmm_ufsc
27 Mar 2025
Did you know that fish also use tools? The research led by Juliette Tariel-Adam, titled โ€œFish Tool Use by New World Halichoeres Wrassesโ€ expands scientific knowledge about this fascinating behavior of wrasses from the Halichoeres genus. See at: link.springer.com/article/10โ€ฆ
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Social learning and culture are key components of Fish behaviour but we ignore them in fisheries management. So what happens when we over Fish social Fish? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/โ€ฆ

Overfishing Social Fish

Social learning is common among vertebrates, including fish. Learning from others reduces the risk and costs of adaptation. In some longer-lived species, social learning can lead to the formation of...

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Topped the list for Animal Behaviour and Ecology this year!
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Fancy a PhD scholarship to work on prawn aquaculture and welfare? Contact Suhnil (sunil.kadri@cdu.edu.au) at CDU.
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New paper from thefishlab doi.org/10.1007/s10071-024-0โ€ฆ

Are lateralized and bold fish optimistic or pessimistic?

Animal Cognition - Cognitive bias is defined as the influence of emotions on cognitive processes. The concept of the cognitive judgement bias has its origins in human psychology but has been...

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PhD positions to work on fish ecophys at U Gothenburg. How do fish respond to chaging temperature. web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005โ€ฆ

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To build a better world, stop chasing economic growth nature.com/articles/d41586-0โ€ฆ
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IMAS@IMASUTAS
8 Dec 2023
There are 4 exciting PhD opportunities being offered this year in partnership with @UTAS_ through @aufrande โญ๏ธPositions: aufrande.eu/recruitment/openโ€ฆ โญ๏ธTo apply: aufrande.eu/recruitment/how-โ€ฆ โญ๏ธApplications close: 24 January 2024 at 11:59 PM CET Allons-yโ›ท๏ธ
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Chris R Reid@ChrisRReid1
30 Nov 2023
!!Funded PhD available (start 2024)!! Do you want to study #collectivebehaviour in weaver ants (in particular how they build their ultra-cool and totally unstudied silk nests), and develop #bioinspired #3Dprinting #swarmrobotics? Let me know! And please RT!
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Compassion in World Farming International
@CIWF_Global
4 Dec 2023
๐Ÿšซ Stop the disaster! Octopus farming in Spain threatens both welfare and the environment. Demand the Canary Islands government objects now! #StopOctopusFarming #EndIt
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RSPCA - Animals in Science@RSPCA_LabAnimal
4 Dec 2023
We are excited to present: Improving Welfare and Reproducibility in Zebrafish Research - a 2.5 day workshop hosted by @UniofExeter @UoEBiosciences with support from the RSPCA! ๐ŸŸ Abstract submission is OPEN - more info and registration: science.rspca.org.uk/documenโ€ฆ #3Rs #zebrafish
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Annabell Klinke@AnnabellKlinke
7 Dec 2023
Christmas BBQ with the @FishLab_MQ @JTarielAdam @CulumBrown @shannonwkaiser
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Shannon W Kaiser@shannonwkaiser
5 Dec 2023
I'm very excited to announce that I was highly commended for Excellence in Higher Degree Research at MQ! This is awarded for current or former HDR candidates for outstanding research undertaken in the past four years.
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Exmouth Research Lab@ExmouthResearch
30 Nov 2023
Congratulations @JTarielAdam ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ ๐ŸŸ We are excited to see this project in action at the @minderoo @exmouthresearch lab in a few short months! #exmouthresearch
Juliette Tariel-Adam@JTarielAdam
28 Nov 2023
It was a dream to attend the Indo-Pacific Fish Conf last week, one of the biggest fish science conf in the world ๐Ÿคฉ and present the fish tool use project #IPFC11 #IPFC2023
Dr Juliette Tariel-Adam presenting the fish tool use project

ALT Dr Juliette Tariel-Adam presenting the fish tool use project
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ASFB@AustSocFishBiol
3 Dec 2023
NEW STUDY: Capture Response and Long-Term Fate of White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) after Release from SMART Drumlines Butcher et al. tagged 36 white sharks with SLRTs and acoustic tags caught in NSW using non-lethal SMART drumlines before release. doi.org/10.3390/biology12101โ€ฆ
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fsbi@TheFSBI
30 Nov 2023
New review paper: how do behavioural responses of fishes influence ecosystem structure and function, and which are the main knowledge gaps. @Tawfiqur91 @ulrikacandolin doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15322 #JFB
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