Matthew Floyd
@matthewmartinf
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Postdoc at @NUgeog | Interested in tropical marine ecology and Earth observation | He/Him
Newcastle, England
Joined September 2016
🚨🚨New paper and first PhD chapter🚨🚨. Rapid seagrass meadow expansion in an Indian Ocean bright spot. We show that Maldivian seagrass habitat has expanded 3-fold in area over the last two decades and the habitat is associated with inhabited islands!.1/6
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RT @SciReports: Sea-level rise and extreme Indian Ocean Dipole explain mangrove dieback in the Maldives.
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Scientific Reports - Sea-level rise and extreme Indian Ocean Dipole explain mangrove dieback in the Maldives
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Very cool.
Interested in a PhD understanding the community dynamics of hard and soft corals in Okinwawa reefs with @JDReimer @EGMitchell @DrManica using newly methodologies for the analyses of community ecology & 3D model reconstruction?
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RT @reef_research: SEAGRASS PHD OPPORTUNITY: Marine habitat restoration for future resilience: biogenic reef restoration in sea loughs unde….
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RT @SciReports: Rapid seagrass meadow expansion in an Indian Ocean bright spot @matthewmartinf @zimswp @HelberStephanie ..
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RT @ArnullJessica: 🚨 🚨 New paper alert 🚨 🚨. Global rapid evidence assessment on the societal impacts of marine nitrogen pollution and ident….
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Nitrogen pollution is a global problem and to effectively mitigate the effects we need to understand both the ecological and societal impacts. Coral reefs ar...
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RT @ResilientReefs: Check out this new research! 🌱. Seagrass globally is declining rapidly, but the Maldives stands out as a rare global se….
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Disappointing take from @UKLabour.
As the weather gets warmer the lack of grass cutting is becoming a problem for our residents. When running for office the @CroydonTories made it a centre point of their campaign. Now in power, they are failing. @Ellily2 & @RowennaDavis are fighting to get things done for Waddon.
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RT @SciReports: Rapid seagrass meadow expansion in an Indian Ocean bright spot @matthewmartinf @zimswp @HelberStephanie ..
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I wrote a piece in The Conversation to discuss some of the results from our recent paper!. Seagrass meadows are rapidly expanding near inhabited islands in Maldives – here’s why via @ConversationUK.
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While humanity often has a negative impact, people may inadvertently play a pivotal role in this Maldivian seagrass success story.
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Interested to find out more thanks to our amazing team @HK_East @andysuggitt @HelberStephanie @koamasfurolhi @ResilientReefs @MUInitiative @ZosteraR @Mechovone @zimswp @NorthumbriaUni @LeverhulmeTrust . 6/6.
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Our results may reflect that seagrass expansion is a product of a level of anthropogenic influence that has so far been beneficial- but we highlight that tipping over nutrient thresholds could lead to habitat declines. 5/6.
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Interestingly, our spatial analysis of habitat distribution also shows that seagrass is more likely to grow next to inhabited island vs uninhabited ones. We discuss that this could be linked to anthropogenic nutrient inputs and/ or altered sediment dynamics!.4/6.
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We also produce modern seagrass extent maps for the #Maldives that show 105 square kilometers of habitat! These data can be used to protect these beautiful habitats and contribute to ecosystem accounts!.3/6
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Using the @NASA_Landsat data archive in #GEE, we produced a time series over two decades that tracks how Maldivian seagrass area has expanded - a trend that is in contrast to declines globally. 2/6
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RT @CoralReefFish: The saddest part of my job is seeing the ecosystem I love and live to protect dying in front of my eyes… The fourth glob….
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RT @EliotJacobson: 403 consecutive days of record North Atlantic sea surface temperatures and counting .
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