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Oh mother! Why we should be protecting large female sea turtles
Media statementsEnvironmentMediaNature and ScienceOceans Graduate SchoolOceans InstituteResearch categorySchool of Earth SciencesCorporateHomeHome PageResearchScience and Environment20A new study by an international team of researchers, including one from UWA, has found that size does matter when it comes to nesting female sea turtles.
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Coral reef preservation efforts not looking at the whole picture
Media statementsInternationalMediaNature and ScienceOceans Graduate SchoolOceans InstituteResearch categorySchool of Earth SciencesCorporateHomeHome PageResearchScience and Environment05An international team of researchers, including one from UWA, has quantified five critical ecological processes on more than 500 coral reefs worldwide to understand how these processes relate to each other.
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Coral spawning success advances Ningaloo climate research
Media statementsOceans Graduate SchoolOceans InstituteResearch categoryHome PageResearchScience and Environment04The spectacular coral spawning event that occurs off Western Australia’s Ningaloo coastline each year has been successfully simulated for the first time under controlled conditions at the Minderoo Exmouth Research Lab.
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