@rickcleong

Marine ecologist at @unswcmsi & research affiliate in @SydneySOLES. Focuses on ecological-spatial relationships on remnant oyster reefs in NSW.

 Sydney, New South Wales
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Joined September 2018
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NEW PAPER! We highlight the synergies between oyster aquaculture and restoration and the mutual benefits to both industries! frontiersin.org/articles/10.… @MelanieJBishop @OysterReefs @kristine_marine + @nswdpi colleagues and Juan Esquivel-Muelbert @FrontMarineSci

Frontiers | Oyster reef restoration - aquaculture interactions: maximizing positive synergies

Globally, oyster reef restoration is on the rise. In many instances, restoration is occurring alongside established oyster aquaculture industries that grew t...

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🐠🤓🌿PhD student wanted: Future-proofing kelps on the #greatsouthernreef 🌿Email me cv and letter of motivation ASAP🪸🐠
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Alice Jones@Alice_R_Jones24 Jul 2023
Fully funded #PhD position available on “Rewilding the seas through seagrass restoration”. Apply here: shorturl.at/dDPV4 Joint #scholarship from @UniofAdelaide and @SAWaterCorp, with supervision from @SA_PIRSA. Involves 6-mth internship @ SA Water. #seagrass #restoration
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NATURE JOURNALING WORKSHOP Bring along some drawing books and tools to spend a peaceful and creative afternoon with us, surrounded by nature 🤍 🍁 When: Saturday 29th July 1pm 🍁 Where: Sydney Botanic Gardens - outside Botanic House cafe Sign up here: protect-au.mimecast.com/s/fb…
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Today celebrating the #WOMEN #MARINE #SCIENTISTS' DAY at MER master @pie_upvehu
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The first use of my #PhDbonnet after donning it...was to draw a couple of Sydney rock 🦪shells, because, why not? #sortinghat! I will keep you updated what "lucky" items might be drawn out from this hat next! Hopefully a winning Lotto ticket! 😅🤔
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Offi-shell-ly graduated with a PhD. 🦪😅 Big thanks to my blood & research fam @unswbees, @unswcmsi, @GribbenLab & @DR_GRIB for coming to my graduation day! 🎓👨‍🎓
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Amazing day out in the field scoping restoration sites for our Project Restore within #SydneyHarbour @SydneyMarine – at Sydney, New South Wales
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Hoping large #greengravel can restore #kelp forests in Western Australia ❤️🌱 12 years after a marine heatwave killed kelp along 100km of coast. We are using heatwave survivors 💪 to build resilience! #kelpforestchallenge @UWAresearch @GeorgeValentin_ @OceanImaging @twernberg
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JOB ALERT! Our Project Restore Team and @SydneyMarine is looking for a Media and Communications Officer! If you are passionate about marine #conservation and have a background in #comms #media and #CitizenScience, do not hesitate and join us now! info: seek.com.au/job/60297818 – at Sydney, New South Wales
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Rainbow Leung@rainbowwsl5 Feb 2023
Interested in #social & #environmental impacts of #seaweed farming? 🤔 This paper has reviewed literature from 4 different languages on a global scale. 🇬🇧🇯🇵🇰🇷🇨🇳 dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.… @PLOSSustain Super excited! Thanks for the opportunity #publication #review #aquaculture
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Byers lab undergrads represented at the @UGAEcology GSS poster session last night: 1. Carter- parasites on freshwater snail consumption 2. Kate - body traits & filtration by oysters 3. Elianna - shrimp black gill disease 4. Will - oysters parasite on predator-prey interactions
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@Rainmaker197328 Jan 2023
Jerry Glover shows a perennial wheatgrass plant's long roots which grow deeper than annual plants' roots. Using perennials, crops that can be harvested more than once without replanting, may be the key for feeding more people while conserving farmland soil buff.ly/3kFpCli
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Check out our first newsletter of 2023: where we talk about the #YearOfTheRabbit, Sydney sea hares and announce our new website! mailchi.mp/8e8a8a0459b9/new-… Link to subscribe to the newsletter in bio!🐇 Photo credit: Sydney Dives
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My father is supposed to be retired, but just put out the definitive guide to identify all 189 families and 2121 genera of marine decapods. With Shane Ahyong from @amri - available at publish.csiro.au/book/7895/ #crabs #lobsters #shrimps #crustacea
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Super excited to announce that I started a Project Manager/Research Associate role at @SydneyMarine leading Project Restore: looking at leveraging @LivingSeawalls @operationposid1 @crayweedcrew and artificial fish habitat to do seascape restoration at the stunning #SydneyHarbour
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New #openaccess paper on the coastal protection and blue carbon benefits of hybrid mangrove #livingshorelines sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Excited to share my first, first-author publication! We show that ocean acidification-driven changes in algal community structure increases the impact of typhoons. Huge thanks to all involved! @bp_harvey @Sean4Sea @jhallspencer @ravasi_lab @tsukuba_SMRC authors.elsevier.com/a/1gNTv…
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I had a blast getting back in the field to help @NikiHubbard with his pilot experiment. 🤿🦀🐙 Gotta love mid summer fieldwork on #Sydneyharbour!
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And that’s a wrap! What an amazing week I’ve had at #ITRS2023, full of great science and amazing people. Counting the days till ITRS 2025 in France! – at Hobart, Tasmania
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