The dedicated scheme providing a coordinated approach to surveillance and investigation of marine strandings in Scotland. Part of @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
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Bring BeachTrack 📱 with you on your coastal walks and contribute valuable data to marine ecosystem monitoring projects!
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🐋 New PhD opportunity: Fully-funded MASTS PhD with SMASS investigating cetacean energetics & thermogenesis - a critical knowledge gap in marine mammal physiology.
Excellent opportunity to advance our mechanistic understanding of thermoregulatory strategies in marine megafauna tinyurl.com/2s3udwd3
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Marine Forum 💙
We're so grateful to our speakers & attendees for making it such an inspiring day of conversations on the marine environment.
What a community! 🌊✨
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🚨 Marine Forum Programme is LIVE! 🚨
A jam-packed schedule of expert talks, panels & networking awaits! 🌊🐬
Only a few tickets left so don’t miss out! 🎟:
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🚨 Marine Forum Programme is LIVE! 🚨
A jam-packed schedule of expert talks, panels & networking awaits! 🌊🐬
Only a few tickets left so don’t miss out! 🎟:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/wdc-smass-...
#MarineForum2025 #OceanConservation #LastTickets
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Took a while but the report into the 2023 long-finned pilot whale mass stranding event at Tolsta, Isle of Lewis in July 2023 is now published:
www.gov.scot/.../investig...
Three weeks to go if you are interested in applying for a www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... fully funded PhD looking to answer vital questions about the prevalence and epidemiology of viral pathogens in Scotland’s marine mammal populations: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate.... Get in touch if interested!
🐬🐳 Check out our new paper lead by our @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD student @rachlenn.bsky.social which looks at trends in cetacean strandings over the past 30 years. 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
All thanks to decades of reports from volunteers and the public!
✨ First paper of the year out ✨ Describing fatal systemic bacterial infections in harbour porpoises following bite wounds from grey seals 🦭
Check it out! 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
This report details the comprehensive analysis into the mass stranding event (MSE) of long-finned pilot whales that occurred in Tolsta Bay, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, on 16 July 2023.
Mycoplasma phocicerebrale, the causative agent of seal (‘speck’) finger, a zoonotic disease, is a common commensal in the oral cavity of various seal …
📢 New paper out!
Cetacean strandings in Scotland have risen 125% over the past 30 years. Our study gives the first comprehensive picture of when, where, and which species strand, providing a baseline to guide conservation.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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