Congratulations to our newest HKPFS winner!

✨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 →

New paper on hidden heatwaves and coral bleaching (Wyatt et. al., Nat Comms)

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 →

New review paper on the use of isotopes on coral reefs (Skinner et. al., OMBAR)

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 →

New paper on feeding strategies of planktivorous fishes (Skinner et. al., Front. Ecol. Evol.)

Stable isotopes elucidate body-size and seasonal fluctuations in the feeding strategies of planktivorous fishes across a semi-enclosed tropical embayment Christina Skinner1, Yu-De Pei1, Naoko Morimoto2, Toshihiro Miyajima2, Alex S.J. Wyatt1,3 1Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, | Click for More →

New paper on variations in coral reef fish trophic strategies (Cybulski et. al., Ecol. Evol.)

Improving stable isotope assessments of inter- and intra-species variation in coral reef fish trophic strategies Jonathon D. Cybulski1,2, Christina Skinner3, Zhongyue Wan2, Carmen K. M. Wong4, Robert J. Toonen5, Michelle R. Gaither6, Keryea Soong7, Alex S.J. Wyatt3, David M. Baker1,2 1The Swire Institute of Marine | Click for More →

Grant success: RGC General Research Fund

Dr Wyatt has been awarded a General Research Fund (GRF) grant by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong to explore diet variations in valuable marine species using tissue isotope analyses. Title: Individual- and species-level feeding specialisations and resource dependencies of valuable marine species | Click for More →