Simon Dedman
Shark & tuna space use, movements, behaviour, and ecological role, with machine learning @ Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. Snowboarding, house music, gardening, Arsenal, & SF Giants. He/His
- Fun find from @sammy-shark.bsky.social; scholargoggler.com wordcloud from my work. Shark & tuna spatial stuff [nobody gasps].
- New work led by @travelingshark.bsky.social with FIU & UW colleagues: revealing natural variation in shark & ray richness on healthy French Polynesian reefs can assist understanding & management of human-impacted systems. news.fiu.edu/2025/natures... & paper www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
- Recently published in Frontiers in Marine Science: "Stay or go? Space and resource use of the great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) off Andros Island, The Bahamas" Residency, space use, and trophic role of great hammerheads (GHH) in Andros, the largest island in The Bahamas 🇧🇸
- Smalltooth sawfish are beautiful, weird, and endangered. With colleagues at @noaa.gov and @coastalelasmos.bsky.social, our 15-year study revealed habitat preferences and hotspots of juvenile sawfish, suggesting key areas to protect around SW Florida as climate changes. Data access was a key hurdle.
- Press release: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... and paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...; LMK if you can't access the PDF.
- Lead author @andreakroetz.bsky.social has just joined bsky, welcome!
- I'm grateful for many experiences and achievements in 2024, generally from approaching new opportunities with positivity & enthusiasm, being blessed to work with great people, and having been based in the same team and field for >=3 years (rare for me but SO key to efficiency & productivity).
