@ProfMariaByrne

Researching echinoderms and other marine invertebrates

 University of Sydney
Joined May 2019
  • Tweets49
  • Following66
  • Followers264
6Media
In early 2024, the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) faced unprecedented heat stress, with severe coral bleaching affecting vast areas of the marine park The Reefs of One Tree Island, in the southern GBR, are some of the highest protected on the entire GBR.
1
1
1
570
more replies
📄theguardian.com/environment/…

‘Catastrophic’: Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds

More than 40% of individual corals monitored around One Tree Island reef bleached by heat stress and damaged by flesh-eating disease

theguardian.com
1
40
oceanographicmagazine.com/ne…

Coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef reaches 'catastrophic' levels - Oceanographic

A new study has revealed the 'catastrophic' level of coral bleaching on the southern Great Barrier Reef in early 2024.

oceanographicmagazine.com
28
Jeremy Day's sea urchin predator research - well worth a listen!! open.spotify.com/episode/542…

#030 - Jeremy Day | Sea Urchin Predator Research

Citizen Science Show · Episode

open.spotify.com
1
207
New paper on S. monotuberculatus behaviour! The work was lead by our collaborators Ben Gray and Dr Steve Purcell from Southern Cross University and involved working throughout the night on the GBR. Open Access: doi.org/10.1007/s00338-023-0…
1
8
278
New work published in Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Looking at the thermal tolerance of juvenile crown-of-thorns sea stars in context with heatwaves that bleach and kill corals!
2
8
513
Many happy returns to broadcaster, naturalist, and one of the world's foremost advocates for nature, Sir David Attenborough FRS on his 95th birthday. bit.ly/35gDzwU
32
374
50
2,264
New paper out with @tylercarrier_ on the differing microbiome of these pretty larvae from two sister sea urchins pnas.org/content/118/16/e202… @ProfMariaByrne @Britt_3Phage @Symbionticism @adam_reitzel Hannah Devens and Greg Wray @PNASNews
Tyler J. Carrier@tylercarrier_14 Apr 2021
Replying to @tylercarrier_
The gut microbiome is considered to be important to many biological functions in animals, but what happens to the microbiome when the gut is lost or becomes non-functional? We explore this using the transition from feeding (L) to nonfeeding (R) in the sea urchin Heliocidaris.
2
3
9
Small crown-of thorns-starfish juveniles can be injured and killed by coral stinging cells. This is the one opportunity for corals to fight back against these coral eating starfish, although the tough juveniles can regrow their lost arms. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/meps_665_115
On the photo: the juvenile has short arms that are regenerating after being stung by coral & pink juvenile is curling its arms backwards in reacting to being stung by coral.

ALT On the photo: the juvenile has short arms that are regenerating after being stung by coral & pink juvenile is curling its arms backwards in reacting to being stung by coral.

11
3
34
A great new paper by @JayMinuti on the impact of marine heatwaves on an ecologically important sea urchin - congrats!
Dr. Jay Minuti@JayMinuti30 Apr 2021
Happy this is out! From my PhD research at @SydneyMarine w/ @ProfMariaByrne @MarineFutureLab @BaydenRussell @HemrajAshley "Capacity of an ecologically key urchin to recover from extreme events: Physiological impacts of heatwaves and the road to recovery" doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.…
1
3
13
Our new paper on the differing microbial communities of the larvae of two sister sea urchin species is out today!
Tyler J. Carrier@tylercarrier_14 Apr 2021
New paper entitled “Microbiome reduction and endosymbiont gain from a switch in sea urchin life-history” is out in @PNASNews! Here is a thread of the take-aways… pnas.org/content/118/16/e202…
2
5
16
Paper available here: protect-au.mimecast.com/s/00… @seapross @drlauraparker @ProfMariaByrne
1
2
Load more