Marine ecologist at @unswcmsi & research affiliate in @SydneySOLES. Focuses on ecological-spatial relationships on remnant oyster reefs in NSW.
Joined September 2018
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
21 Sep 2023
NEW PAPER! We highlight the synergies between oyster aquaculture and restoration and the mutual benefits to both industries! frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
@MelanieJBishop @OysterReefs @kristine_marine @nswdpi colleagues and Juan Esquivel-Muelbert @FrontMarineSci
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
14 Sep 2023
🐠🤓🌿PhD student wanted: Future-proofing kelps on the #greatsouthernreef 🌿Email me cv and letter of motivation ASAP🪸🐠
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
24 Jul 2023
Fully funded #PhD position available on “Rewilding the seas through seagrass restoration”. Apply here: shorturl.at/dDPV4
Joint #scholarship from @UniofAdelaide and @SAWaterCorp, with supervision from @SA_PIRSA. Involves 6-mth internship @ SA Water.
#seagrass #restoration
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
NATURE JOURNALING WORKSHOP
Bring along some drawing books and tools to spend a peaceful and creative afternoon with us, surrounded by nature 🤍
🍁 When: Saturday 29th July 1pm
🍁 Where: Sydney Botanic Gardens - outside Botanic House cafe
Sign up here: protect-au.mimecast.com/s/fb…
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8 May 2023
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4 May 2023
The first use of my #PhDbonnet after donning it...was to draw a couple of Sydney rock 🦪shells, because, why not? #sortinghat! I will keep you updated what "lucky" items might be drawn out from this hat next! Hopefully a winning Lotto ticket! 😅🤔
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3 May 2023
Offi-shell-ly graduated with a PhD. 🦪😅 Big thanks to my blood & research fam @unswbees, @unswcmsi, @GribbenLab & @DR_GRIB for coming to my graduation day! 🎓👨🎓
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
28 Feb 2023
Amazing day out in the field scoping restoration sites for our Project Restore within #SydneyHarbour @SydneyMarine
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
22 Feb 2023
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 @UWAresearch @GeorgeValentin_ @OceanImaging @twernberg
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
14 Feb 2023
JOB ALERT! Our Project Restore Team and @SydneyMarine 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
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
5 Feb 2023
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/journal.… @PLOSSustain
Super excited! Thanks for the opportunity
#publication #review #aquaculture
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
28 Jan 2023
Byers lab undergrads represented at the @UGAEcology 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
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
28 Jan 2023
Jerry Glover shows a perennial wheatgrass plant's long roots which grow deeper than annual plants' roots. Using perennials, crops that can be harvested more than once without replanting, may be the key for feeding more people while conserving farmland soil buff.ly/3kFpCli
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
Check out our first newsletter of 2023: where we talk about the #YearOfTheRabbit, Sydney sea hares and announce our new website!
mailchi.mp/8e8a8a0459b9/new-…
Link to subscribe to the newsletter in bio!🐇
Photo credit: Sydney Dives
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
23 Jan 2023
My father is supposed to be retired, but just put out the definitive guide to identify all 189 families and 2121 genera of marine decapods. With Shane Ahyong from @amri - available at publish.csiro.au/book/7895/ #crabs #lobsters #shrimps #crustacea
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
23 Jan 2023
Super excited to announce that I started a Project Manager/Research Associate role at @SydneyMarine leading Project Restore: looking at leveraging @LivingSeawalls @operationposid1 @crayweedcrew and artificial fish habitat to do seascape restoration at the stunning #SydneyHarbour
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
23 Jan 2023
New #openaccess paper on the coastal protection and blue carbon benefits of hybrid mangrove #livingshorelines sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
19 Jan 2023
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!
@bp_harvey @Sean4Sea @jhallspencer
@ravasi_lab @tsukuba_SMRC
authors.elsevier.com/a/1gNTv…
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Dr Rick Leong retweeted
18 Jan 2023
I had a blast getting back in the field to help @NikiHubbard with his pilot experiment.
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Gotta love mid summer fieldwork on #Sydneyharbour!
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