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The final chapter of my PhD is live now @RSocPublishing #ProcB!! Seasonally mediated niche partitioning in a vertically compressed pelagic predator guild | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences ( https://t.co/rHxmmFB74g)

New from @NSUGHRI Diversity andspatiotemporal variation ofanEastern Tropical Pacific pelagic vertebrate community assessed withdrifting pelagic BRUVS https://t.co/JCqd1DF3pj

Thrilled to have the latest chapter of my PhD featured on the COVER of @AnimalEcology. Thanks to all that made the research possible @NSUGHRI @NSUFlorida @GuyHarveyOcean @TropicStarLodge and many thanks to Jessica Harvey for capturing this incredible image!

A study using high-resolution biologging tags provides insights into the behavior & recovery periods of blue marlin & sailfish caught in recreational fisheries. Findings suggest that catch-and-release practices are effective for conserving populations https://t.co/1JFz0p3RgL

🚨🚨New paper out today in @AnimalEcology! We used #biologging tags to look at the foraging behavior of #marlin and #sailfish above the world's largest #OxygenMinimumZone. Spoiler alert: they use the hypoxic boundary to their advantage while hunting. https://t.co/V52vYFL14e

Published! Combining animal-borne sensors and video, @rklogan et al. provide insights into the use of vertical fronts for hunting by marine predators, suggesting that they exploit the hypoxic boundary created by the world's largest oxygen minimum zone. 👇 https://t.co/Ss1xEIFKK6

🚨 New paper!🚨 We used biologging tags with video cameras on #Sailfish, and document a rare one-on-one hunting event. Sailfish usually hunt in groups so this was really interesting to see. Out now in @SciReports https://t.co/ALGN1C3JCS

📣 BREAKING NEWS: It's FINAL! All four elasmobranch Appendix II listing proposals (re: requiem sharks, hammerheads, freshwater stingrays & guitarfishes) have been adopted at #CITESCoP19! Huge congratulations to all the Parties & NGOs behind these landmark decisions! #CITES4Sharks

📣 Breaking news! #ICCAT agrees world’s 1st int'l quota for shortfin mako🦈s. South Atlantic limit covers landings + discard mortality w/in level advised by scientists. Party allocations are calculated to cut landings by 40-60%. #SharkLeague press release: https://t.co/cq7OZbHs0x

Delighted to share our new #SharkScience paper in @ScienceAdvances Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology Available here: https://t.co/pOsI9VFo7k A short 🧵on #VerticalSharks 1/5 ps. thanks to Simon @MantaTrust for the infographic

NEW COLLABORATIVE PAPER: Our team, co-led by @DavidCurnick, compiled the first global synthesis of vertical habitat use by elasmobranchs. For more info, check out the infographic and #openaccess article https://t.co/VEjEhUlDpd More tidbits in the 🧵below (1/4) #VerticalSharks

📢📢 1st chapter of my PhD is out now @ICES_ASC!! Huge thank you to my coauthors and everyone who made this study possible 🎉 @NSUGHRI @NSUFlorida @GuyHarveyOcean @TropicStarLodge #billfish #marlin #sailfish #catchandrelease #fishingforscience https://t.co/XrLSIOT4WF

📣 It's the first #MakoMonday under a new 🇺🇸 Atlantic protection: a @NOAAFisheries shortfin mako shark retention ban prompted by an historic 2021 #ICCAT decision. Thanks to all who were able to #MakeTime4Makos and help secure these safeguards! 🙏 🦈

Revered as the ‘sharkiest’ place on the planet, Galápagos is home to spectacular shark meet-ups. Now, through collaborative research @NSUGHRI @saveourseas @DarwinFound, the travel habits of a lesser-known species offer clues on how to keep it that way. https://t.co/2uUhAqApK6

News: Morocco Makes Major Mako Move. Country ranked 2nd for landings of Endangered North Atlantic shortfin mako sharks announces five year ban on fishing, storage & trade pursuant to #ICCAT2021 mako measure. More from #SharkLeague: https://t.co/le4VTAsf0S

📣 Breaking: #ICCAT2021 bans retention of N. Atlantic shortfin mako sharks, a key step toward reversing population decline + core of a long-term rebuilding plan, the world's 1st for this exceptionally valuable, globally threatened species! 🙌 #SharkLeague https://t.co/yeheXaHjzu

🦈 #ICCAT2021 is on. It's truly a make-or-break moment for makos! We're grateful to be working with #SharkLeague partners to make the case for protecting the North Atlantic population with a retention ban -- for starters. Find our full press release here: https://t.co/HR16ZSFijy

Such behavioral flexibility is likely common in predators and requires further study because these behavioral changes may alter predator-prey dynamics across a predator’s range.

In the sandy habitats, diving (i.e., searching for prey) is limited by the amount of vertical structure, which aggregates prey. Along a continuous rocky slope that limitation is removed but searching for prey may be limited by light levels leading to diurnal diving.