Sean Connolly@ConnollySeanR

Interested in marine biodiversity, theoretical and statistical modelling in ecology, higher education & environmental policy, sundries. Views are my own

 James Cook University
jcu.edu.au/ecologicalmodelli…
Joined July 2012
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Deadline Feb 15th!
Smithsonian Panama@stri_panama
Jan 30
🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY 🚨 🐠 #STRI is looking for a Marine Scientist ✅ This is a FULL-TIME position based in #Panama. 📅 Deadline to apply is February 15, 2026. 👩🏽‍💻 Scan the QR code for more info and eligibility requirements ✉️ Send all documents to StriSearch@si.edu
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Smithsonian Panama@stri_panama
9 Jun 2025
Cuando Victoria Glynn llegó a #STRI para estudiar los efectos de las temperaturas oceánicas extremas en los arrecifes de coral como becaria predoctoral en la Universidad McGill, dibujó corales para explicar su trabajo a los niños. Lea la nota completa: s.si.edu/3Tc4HYw
Colorful illustration of various fish swimming above coral in a vibrant underwater scene.

ALT Colorful illustration of various fish swimming above coral in a vibrant underwater scene.

A boat deck equipped with multiple scientific instruments under a sunset sky with a visible rainbow.

ALT A boat deck equipped with multiple scientific instruments under a sunset sky with a visible rainbow.

Colorful illustration depicting corals, DNA strands, cells, and molecules, set against a light background with splashes of vibrant colors.

ALT Colorful illustration depicting corals, DNA strands, cells, and molecules, set against a light background with splashes of vibrant colors.

A scuba diver is sampling coral in an underwater environment.

ALT A scuba diver is sampling coral in an underwater environment.
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New ⁦⁦⁦@ConBiology⁩ we show how to assess the sustainability of data poor reef fisheries at local scales leveraging information from global models ⁦@ConnollySeanR⁩ ⁦@MikeMihalitsis⁩ ⁦@jacq_lau⁩ ⁦@MicheleLBarnes⁩ ⁦⁦ conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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The informal poll results are in, & as I feared, most people are running ANOVAs in #R with functions that can give highly misleading (or flat out wrong) results. Follow along to see why using anova() and aov() is usually inadvisable & why you should be using car::Anova() 🧵
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Punk’s not dead washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Column | D.C. seniors are among the nation’s hungriest. Punks to the rescue.

We Are Family D.C. has been delivering meals and companionship to senior citizens of D.C. for 20 years. The organization started in D.C.’s punk community.

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New paper: “High response diversity and conspecific density-dependence, not species interactions, drive dynamics of coral reef fish communities” (tinyurl.com/yn4ftnyr) led by Alfonso Ruiz Moreno, cover image by Matt Curnock, is just out Open Access in @EcologyLetters (1/7)
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…interspecific variation in both density-independent and density-dependent processes. More broadly, it brings us closer to overcoming the “curse of dimensionality” in ways that do not impose unrealistic symmetry or homogeneity assumptions on constituent species. (7/7)
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@stri_panama @aims_gov_au @jcu
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Ever since I started supervising, I pushed my non-native English speaking students to throw away their written scripts and give their seminars without them (looking at you, @maadornelas :) ). Today I take my own medicine at SOMAC 2024. I will be talking about confronting...(1/2)
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theory of species-level abundance dynamics with data in high-diversity systems, giving my first full-length talk in Spanish (with the added fun challenge of my slides being in English). It will be live-streamed here: cicese.webex.com/cicese/j.ph….
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It is uncertain what future awaits ETP reefs through 2024, but our node will keep watching closely, working together from 🇲🇽 to 🇨🇱 with @LeibnizZMT @EASMOReefs to identify hotspots of #bleaching #vulnerability and #resilience
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@Ecomares_ONG #Gorgona and #Utria Colombia have been affected differently. Massive corals bleached in Gorgona while branching ones survived but #Utria experiencing the most dramatic bleaching event ever registered in the Colombian Pacific.
La Chola reef, Ensenada de Utria, Colombia. Photographed by Mateo Lopez-Victoria.

ALT La Chola reef, Ensenada de Utria, Colombia. Photographed by Mateo Lopez-Victoria.

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In Panama @ConnollySeanR and the “Programa Rohr sobre la Resiliencia de Arrecifes de Corales” document much stronger impacts on the Gulf of Panamá than in the Gulf of Chiriquí with great 3D models youtube.com/watch?v=rmB8b2vi…
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Omar Valencia from @todoscicese does not find better news in #Huatulco Mexico as drones are flown over La Entrega @DHuatulco
La Entrega, Huatulco. Photographed by DroneHuatulco

ALT La Entrega, Huatulco. Photographed by DroneHuatulco

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@FabinAl79812904 and his team have kept an eye on Chamela Jalisco-Manzanillo Colima reporting spatially variable bleaching severities between 1.4 % and 78.6%.
Pocillopora corals in various bleaching stages in Cuastecomates (Southern coast of Jalisco), México. Photographed by Amilcar Cupul-Magaña.

ALT Pocillopora corals in various bleaching stages in Cuastecomates (Southern coast of Jalisco), México. Photographed by Amilcar Cupul-Magaña.

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