It was a strong showing of Sequeira Lab presentations at the AMSA conference

Since Fremantle, Western Australia is just minutes from our offices at The University of Western Australia (UWA), the 2019 Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) Conference was the perfect opportunity for many of our members to showcase our research.

Combined, our talks ranged from broad-scale movement patterns of multiple species, presented by Charlotte Birkmanis and Hannah Calich, to the fine-scale patterns of individual animals by Lucy Arrowsmith and Lauren Peel, and the multitude of methods that can be used to analyse animal movement at those different scales by Dr Malcolm O’Toole and Dr Ana Sequeira.

Our presentations were all well received, and Lucy even won the Peter Holloway Oceanography Prize for her talk: “Investigating links between vertical and horizontal movement patterns of whale sharks”.

In the end, we all had a great time presenting our research, meeting and networking with researchers from all over Australia, and we can’t wait for next year’s AMSA Conference in Sydney.

AMSA is the largest organisation of marine scientists in Australia and has been promoting all aspects of marine science for over 50 years. AMSA members include individuals from all states and territories, and the annual conference is a key opportunity for researchers to meet and share their work.