PhD student | Oxford Seascape Ecology Lab | University of Oxford
Passionate about seascape ecology, geospatial science, and all things fish 🐠🌊🗺️. She/Her. Views my own.
Courtney Stuart
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Check out our open-access paper to learn more about how this functional imbalance may affect coral reef resilience. Many thanks to the Tetiaroa Society, @oxfordgeography.bsky.social, and @iomarinescience.bsky.social for supporting this research! 🪸🐠
Not all herbivorous fish play the same role on coral reefs. In Tetiaroa Atoll (French Polynesia), we found that scrapers, algal croppers, and grazers are abundant — but browsers and bioeroders, which are critical for controlling macroalgae and maintaining reef structure, are largely missing!
🐠🪸 NEW PAPER OUT NOW IN MEPS 🪸🐠
doi.org/10.3354/meps...
📢 Deadline for submissions extended to 31 October 2026! Check it out now! 📢
This is the first publication from my PhD in the Oxford Seascape Ecology Lab, and I’m so grateful to my fantastic group of co-authors for their support and collaboration throughout this work - @cbenkwitt.bsky.social @hannah-eps.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social & more!
How do seabirds shape nutrient patterns in coral reef lagoons? 🐥🌊 🪸Our new Ecography paper combines field data + remote sensing to show how enrichment varies with seabird biomass, depth, distance to land, and seafloor curvature in a recovering atoll. Check it out: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Courtney Stuart
📢CALL FOR PAPERS #LandscapeEcology Collection “Seascape Ecology as a solution-focused science” by L. M. Wedding @courtney-stuart.bsky.social M. A. Young, S. J. Pittman ⚠️Deadline: 31 October 2025. Details: 📃 link.springer.com/journal/1098... 📃 #SNLAND #openaccess #SpringerNature
Happy to share that my second PhD chapter has been published: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Thank you to all my co-authors! @coschroeder.bsky.social
@ymalhi.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @plymouthmarine.bsky.social @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk @ephe-psl.bsky.social
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Not all reef fish do the same job. We mapped Tetiaroa's herbivores and found critical roles unfilled — leaving reefs vulnerable as pressures mount. Functional group representation matters more than fish counts alone. 🪸🐠
bit.ly/meps15071
@courtney-stuart.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
