Conservation ecologist studying marine megafauna from the airhttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3mcmanll5jk2kFinally got to see our VTOL drone up in the sky! Successful training session with @regishocde.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social and André Anglade @cnrs.fr Next step will be to fly it over the sea and look for marine megafauna SMART-WING project https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-CE04-088117 Jan 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmanll5jk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3lzngzsy7ws2t25 Sep 2025 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzngzsy7ws2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3ltyp7uo5nn2v🚨New paper published in @RSECJournal 👉 📷First study assessing #dugong body condition across the Indo-Pacific using #drone footage Dugongs from larger populations were 'fatter' Led by @marbec @ird_fr in partnership with @SelamatIJL01 Jul 2025 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyp7uo5nn2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3ltyp7qmym22yIn this paper just out in Aquatic Conservation, we define spatial prioritization scenarios for the protection of endangered #dugongs in #NewCaledonia 👉 Led by @umrMARBEC @MannocciL in collaboration with @UMREntropie Funded by @MSCActions26 Aug 2024 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyp7qmym22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3ltyp7mlbbt2ySo grateful for having the chance to be part of this work - Great leadership by colleague and friend @TomLetessier1 Congrats !!29 Feb 2024 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyp7mlbbt2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3ltyp7ixbt22yHow to apply AI for the automated census of marine megafauna? This was the topic of my seminar at RCO-@brin_indonesia in the framework of @SelamatIJL. Thanks to Pak Udhi @brin_indonesia, @t_goubier @IFI_Indonesia, JL LePennec @ird_fr for opening speeches and to all participants!30 May 2023 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyp7ixbt22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3ltyp7eiei62xNot even one year working for @ird_fr @umrMARBEC and I had the chance to co-lead fieldwork on #dugongs and other #megafauna in West Papua with amazing colleagues @rizkindk @ach_sahri @RegisHocde19 May 2023 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyp7eiei62xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3ltyp7bnjsn26So glad about our successfully completed joint French-Indonesian fieldwork on megafauna in West Papua under the umbrella of @SelamatIJL19 May 2023 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyp7bnjsn26https://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3ltyp76ovex22Our study used aerial surveys to monitor marine megafauna in and out of a MPA in New Caledonia - see our results below ! Congrats @HeudierM for this achievement !13 Feb 2023 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyp76ovex22https://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3ltyp73xlgl2kIt's between amazing working with you on this one @TomLetessier1 ! Very happy to see it out🐳09 Feb 2023 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyp73xlgl2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3ltyp6zaex62xHappy to present some of my research on marine megafauna as part of the Marbec seminars next Thursday (in French)29 Nov 2022 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyp6zaex62xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mannoccil.bsky.social/post/3ltyp6wjwov25Very glad to be remotely part of this effort !29 Nov 2022 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:tyb7agd3qxssepariswqsur7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyp6wjwov25