Chris Lawson
@cllawson.bsky.social
Scientist at Uni of Qld 🐟🌳🦈🪙🔥 ecosystem monitoring, conservation financing, coral reefs, elasmobranchs, physiology and metabolism.
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"Improving citizen science: Co-creating recommendations with researchers and the public"
A pre-print about an exciting project with Science for All, supported by the Australian Citizen Science Association & the Australian Academy of Science
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#citizenscience #public #science
A pre-print about an exciting project with Science for All, supported by the Australian Citizen Science Association & the Australian Academy of Science
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#citizenscience #public #science
October 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"Improving citizen science: Co-creating recommendations with researchers and the public"
A pre-print about an exciting project with Science for All, supported by the Australian Citizen Science Association & the Australian Academy of Science
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#citizenscience #public #science
A pre-print about an exciting project with Science for All, supported by the Australian Citizen Science Association & the Australian Academy of Science
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#citizenscience #public #science
(1/2) New paper: broadscale image collection and analysis by citizen science and AI can estimate cover of key coral groups with ~99% accuracy, with some variation depending on coral cover level.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Broadscale reconnaissance of coral reefs from citizen science and deep learning - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Coral reef managers require various forms of data. While monitoring is typically the preserve of scientists, there is an increasing need to collect larger scale, up-to-date data to prioritise limited ...
link.springer.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
(1/2) New paper: broadscale image collection and analysis by citizen science and AI can estimate cover of key coral groups with ~99% accuracy, with some variation depending on coral cover level.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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How did I miss this?!? Basking sharks are likely to be partial endotherms: they are able to warm up some of their body higher than the surrounding water. This means they can maintain a more active lifestyle in otherwise very cold waters.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Giants in the cold: Morphological evidence for vascular heat retention in the viscera but not the skeletal muscle of the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Fewer than 50 of the over 30,000 extant species of fishes have developed anatomical specializations facilitating endothermy in specific body regions. The plankton-feeding basking shark (Cetorhinus ma...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
How did I miss this?!? Basking sharks are likely to be partial endotherms: they are able to warm up some of their body higher than the surrounding water. This means they can maintain a more active lifestyle in otherwise very cold waters.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Would you like to play a part in helping the Great Barrier Reef?
You can become a virtual volunteer for the Great Reef Census, delivering valuable data and driving real-world impact on coral reefs.
Analyse a photo now at greatreefcensus.org/science
You can become a virtual volunteer for the Great Reef Census, delivering valuable data and driving real-world impact on coral reefs.
Analyse a photo now at greatreefcensus.org/science
The Great Reef Census
Every boat, every Citizen, every reef. The Great Reef Census is a world-first citizen science effort to survey the Great Barrier Reef. Join us for the journey.
greatreefcensus.org
April 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Would you like to play a part in helping the Great Barrier Reef?
You can become a virtual volunteer for the Great Reef Census, delivering valuable data and driving real-world impact on coral reefs.
Analyse a photo now at greatreefcensus.org/science
You can become a virtual volunteer for the Great Reef Census, delivering valuable data and driving real-world impact on coral reefs.
Analyse a photo now at greatreefcensus.org/science
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We are excited to be launching the next phase of our Fast & Fair peer review initiative: offering high-quality peer review within 7 working days. #fastandfairpeerreview
Read the Editorial by EiC Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social at: bit.ly/4kYD1mL
Read the Editorial by EiC Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social at: bit.ly/4kYD1mL
March 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We are excited to be launching the next phase of our Fast & Fair peer review initiative: offering high-quality peer review within 7 working days. #fastandfairpeerreview
Read the Editorial by EiC Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social at: bit.ly/4kYD1mL
Read the Editorial by EiC Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social at: bit.ly/4kYD1mL
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📢New Paper Alert📢
on corals and climate change in Science
Adaptation via natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected levels of global warming
Hyperlinks & explainer thread below ⬇️
(1/12)
on corals and climate change in Science
Adaptation via natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected levels of global warming
Hyperlinks & explainer thread below ⬇️
(1/12)
November 29, 2024 at 10:11 PM
📢New Paper Alert📢
on corals and climate change in Science
Adaptation via natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected levels of global warming
Hyperlinks & explainer thread below ⬇️
(1/12)
on corals and climate change in Science
Adaptation via natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected levels of global warming
Hyperlinks & explainer thread below ⬇️
(1/12)
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Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunt, kill and consume the largest fish on Earth, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus). 🦑🐟🦈🌿🧪🌎 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
November 29, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunt, kill and consume the largest fish on Earth, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus). 🦑🐟🦈🌿🧪🌎 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...