miguelhergon.bsky.social
PhD Student at the University of Antwerp Ecophysiology, Ecotoxicology, Infectious Disease, Movement Ecology and Conservation
👤 Joined on 02 December 2024
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@miguelhergon.bsky.socialAging storm petrel with biometrics: It's all there for you! #seabirds #OpenAccess www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_2/54_...
Show Post325 #kakapo! The chicks from this year's record breeding season are now juveniles and so have been added to the population. In 1995 there were just 51 kākāpō left. Recovery of critically endangered species _is_ possible with sustained effort. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots
Show PostFor years, one of the most common criticisms of #PlasticPollution research was that we could show harm to individual animals, but not to populations. Today, after 15 years of fieldwork, we finally have an answer. #IngestedPlastic reduces #seabird survival, and thus, can drive POPULATION decline
Show PostThis is the result of 15 years of work. None of it supported by a big grant. Each field season happened on a shoestring (especially the early years) because we knew (we KNEW) something was happening. And the shearwaters' story had to be told.
Show PostBig new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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