Department of Ocean Science, HKUST
Congratulations to our newest PhD Candidate Josh Bennett-Williams who passed his PhD Qualifying Exam today 
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Follow for more updates on Josh’s work applying stable isotopes to understand the trophic ecology of fishes 
Thank you to the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme | Click for More →
Characterisation of coastal reef fish assemblages across an estuarine-urbanisation gradient using underwater visual census and environmental DNA Yu-De Pei, Joseph Heard, Wenqian Xu, Shara K.K. Leung, Charmaine C.M. Yung, Alex S.J. Wyatt Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear | Click for More →
Congratulations to Shiyue Wang on passing her MPhil Defense with minor corrections today. 
Coming soon: our exploration of trophic strategies of photosymbiotic corals around Hong Kong! 
Thank you to the Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Laboratory Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) | Click for More →
Ocean weather, biological rates, and unexplained global ecological patterns Darren L C Y Li Shing Hiung, Jasmin M Schuster, Murray I Duncan, Nicholas L Payne, Brian Helmuth, Jackson W F Chu, Julia K Baum, Viviana Brambilla, John Bruno, Sarah W Davies, Maria Dornelas, Patrick Gagnon, | Click for More →
Congratulations to lab member Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales on being awarded a 2024/25 Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue working with us for the next three years. Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales, Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship: Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (PDFS), Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong | Click for More →
Congratulations to Angelica Intan on passing her MPhil Defense with minor corrections today. 
Lots of exciting questions to further explore on #coral responses to #thermalvariability and #thermalstress Thank you to the Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Laboratory Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) | Click for More →
Congratulations to lab member Yu-De Pei on being selected for the 2023/24 Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme to support his continued studies with us at HKUST. Yu-De Pei, former M.Phil. student and current R.A. Scholarship: Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS), Research Grants Council (RGC) | Click for More →
Hidden heatwaves and severe coral bleaching linked to mesoscale eddies and thermocline dynamics Alex S.J. Wyatt1*, James J. Leichter2, Libe Washburn3,4, Li Kui3, Peter J. Edmunds5, Scott C. Burgess6 1Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, | Click for More →
Congratulations to Josh Bennett-Williams for passing his MPhil Defense with minor corrections today Work is ongoing to increase isotopic understanding of elasmobranch trophic ecology, so stay tuned! Thank you to the Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Laboratory Guangdong Laboratory | Click for More →
Progress and Direction in the Use of Stable Isotopes to Understand Complex Coral Reef Ecosystems: A Review C. Skinner1, M.R.D. Cobain2,3, Y. Zhu2,4, A.S.J. Wyatt1, N.V.C. Polunin2 1Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), | Click for More →
