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Rohan Brooker

@RohanBrooker

Reef Fish Ecologist @aims_gov_au #ReefSong, coral reef restoration, fish recruitment, predation, mutualisms, and other cool things. @NatGeo Explorer

 Perth, Western Australia
Joined March 2017
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We’re playing healthy #ReefSongs 🎶 on the #GreatBarrierReef to attract baby fish & help the growth + survival of coral. @MilesJParsons & @RohanBrooker are investigating this relationship to boost reef recovery and resilience. #ACRRI @bhp More ▶️ bit.ly/3O0BaPt
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Image from Australian Institute of Marine Science (@aims_gov_au)
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🐠 Postdoctoral Scientist opportunity 🧬 Join us to study the trophic niches of herbivorous fishes under human impacts! Postdoc based in the research group of Dr. Doug Rasher at Bigelow in Maine. Application screening begins 8 January Apply here: bigelow.freshteam.com/jobs/p…
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Interested in fish-coral interactions and reef resilience? Join our great team @aims_gov_au Only a few days left to apply: aims.gov.au/about/careers-ai…
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📣🌟PhD and Post-doc🌟📣 with @BustonLab, Mike Cant and I working on Kimbe Bay anemonefish. Official ads coming soon. Start Sept 23/Jan 24. Some details below. DM me if interested!
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Graham Edgar@gedgar3323 Mar 2023
🧵Supported by 150 volunteer @ReefLifeSurvey divers, AIMS and park managers, our Australia-wide reef life census showed: # most (57%) of 1037 species were declining; 43% increasing # cool water species are disappearing, many now below detectable limits nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Cathie Page@DrCathiePage13 Mar 2023
Beautiful day here at Lizard 🦎Island helping the #ReefSong team @aims_gov_au census patch reefs.
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We’re investigating the role of fish in aiding #reef recovery. But to do that, we need to track baby fish. How do we catch them before we track them? More: aims.gov.au/information-cent… Reef Song is part of #ACRRI. A partnership between AIMS & @bhp
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AMRI@AustmusResearch24 Jan 2023
The deep sea is the most common habitat on our planet – but we know more about the moon than our own ocean. @PennyBerents @austmus delves into the complexities of sampling in the deep sea. 👇 @CSIRO @museumsvictoria #InvestigatingTheIOT australian.museum/blog/amri-…
Catching prawns in the abyss

Catching prawns in the abyss

The deep sea is the most common habitat on our planet – but we know more about the moon than our own ocean. Dr Penny Berents, Senior Fellow at the Australian Museum, who was recently onboard the...

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Exciting new paper! 🚨 We accelerated #oyster #reef #restoration using underwater speakers to attract larval oysters to new restorations 🔊🦪 = more #habitat. @JAppliedEcology. @Sean4Sea @0ysterWhisperer @LachieMcLeod_ @UniofAdelaide @environmentinst besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Calling all Australian domestic students! 🧬🌱🪸🌏 Still a bit of time left to apply for a PhD with @marinecologist and myself at @minderoo and @uwaoceans Monitoring and measuring cumulative impacts on marine biodiversity uwa.edu.au/Projects/Monitori…
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1/4 🧵Does the invasion process favour extroverts? Our new @NatureComms paper shows how selective filtering of behavioural traits can mediate the success of alien species. nature.com/articles/s41467-0… 📸Jules Farquhar @FarquharJules
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Very cool!
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Likely the first report of corallivory by a clingfish, and a very cool one to boot. Great work @azofeifa_solano
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Mel Mackenzie@melkmack30 Sep 2022
First ‘critter-spotting’ courtesy of @TiffoFisho Will we see any of these guys IRL on this voyage? Stay tuned! #RVInvestigator
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Still a few days left to apply for the next Predator-Prey Interactions GRC in Tuscany. Predators, prey, pizza - sounds like a good time! grc.org/predator-prey-intera…
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A great opportunity to further your carrier in #marine #plasticpollution through a joint 3-year #postdocposition from @aims_gov_au & @uwaoceans. More details here tinyurl.com/28rbkb9s
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📢New Paper: Coral gobies prefer to face high costs of movement and return home, instead of using alternative coral hosts. authors.elsevier.com/a/1fbeN… With #SiobhanHeatwole @MarianWong10 @reefevolution @UOW @UOW_CSES @uowresearch #coralreef #crypticfish #coralsymbiosis #research
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Fantastic @AMSAconf plenary by @DrCarlyRandall on coral reseeding, the #Woppaburra Coral Project, and upcoming On-Country Spawning @aims_gov_au @bhp
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Powerful call for deep engagement and co design of research between indigenous custodians and western style scientists from Liz Wren in her plenary talk at @AMSAconf #AMSA22 #AMSA2022 !
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Cool talk by @TiffoFisho on using ROV footage to understand how fish, inverts, and other critters like seals use old oil and gas platforms as habitat #AMSA2022 🐠🐙🦭
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