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Behavioural Ecologist with special interest in fish cognition and welfare. Director of Higher Degree Research Biology.

Macquarie University
Joined September 2012
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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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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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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 ([email protected]) at CDU.
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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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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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!!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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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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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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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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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
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
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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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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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