Thrilled to be part of this new paper led by Mayukh Dey & Nature Conservation Foundation, summarizing 25 yrs of 🪸 reef resilience monitoring in Lakshadweep 🏝️ 🇮🇳

We find distinct recovery archetypes shaped by atoll location & coral assemblages

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excellent week, with wonderful people, thinking about behaviour at macroecological scales at iDiv Leipzig
#sMacrobehaviour

Had an engaging class with the MSc & PhD students at ATREE, Bangalore, discussing ethical dilemmas in marine conservation practice.

One of my favourite discussions was around how conservation considerations at land & sea differ.

#marineconservation #ethicalconservation
#globalsouth

…and ofcourse I showed up in a fish-themed saree because …. #matsyakanya 🧜🏽‍♀️ #streeshakti #sareelove

Grateful to be invited to share insights on slow, immersive science and place-based ecology at #RCUK2024

Thrilled to see the audience captivated by Manini Bansal’s portrayal of #spawningaggregations and life in #Lakshadweep, showcasing the deep ties between community & reefs.

🌿 🪸🎣🏝️🦑

A really small @lec-reefs.bsky.social squad at #RCUK2024 yesterday!

Anish Paul talking about the role of predator-driven nutrients in facilitating herbivory on coral reefs.
🪸🐠🐟

#RCUK2024
#coralreefs #India #Lakshadweep
@lec-reefs.bsky.social
#NCBSIndia

On #worldfisheriesday we celebrate the diverse ways in which people are connected to nature through fisheries.

🐟🐠🎣🪸🍱🍤

@lec-reefs.bsky.social
Illustration: Manini Bansal

Honoured to be a plenary speaker at #ReefConsUK this year!

Excited to share insights from a decade of studying & conserving fish #spawningaggregations in #India in my talk titled:

"Site-fidelity: place-based ecology and the case of the squaretail groupers"

Thank you Smore Science Magazine for this sweet feature. Hope it inspires more girls of colour to become professional stalkers…fish stalkers i.e ;)

#marinebiology #fishbehaviour #globalsouth #browninscience✊🏽

www.smorescience.com/rucha-karkar...

(3/3) how can fisher local ecological knowledge guide equitable conservation of spawning aggregations

(2/3) how spawning aggregations influence ecosystem functions?

Do hotspots of predator poo & pee make a herbivore happy?

This year we will be looking into…

(1/3) how fishing 🎣🎣impacts fish mating systems & reproductive behaviours.

Do aggregating fish loose their mojo?

Excited to be heading back to my second home #Lakshadweep 🏝️ for another action-packed exploration of the social - ecological dynamics of fish spawning aggregations 🐠🐠🪸🎣

A merry fishmas to you all!