Please answer the following question: Facts:   - residence: plymouth    - caption: david 2008 sims at the marine biological association in october    - fields: fish behavioural ecology    - supervisor: quentin bonefrs      - awards: -lsb- http://www.fsbi.org.uk/medals/ fsbi medal -rsb-    - name: prof. david sims    - image size: 200px    - nationality: british    - image: dsims.jpg    - birth place: worthing , west sussex , uk   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david sims -lrb- biologist -rrb- .
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david sims -lrb- born 1969 -rrb- is a british marine biologist who is a senior research fellow and deputy director for research at the laboratory of the marine biological association -lrb- mba -rrb- in plymouth , and a professor of marine ecology in the national oceanography centre southampton at the university of southampton , u.k. .he works in the field of behavioural ecology researching animal movement and dispersal processes , particularly of marine predators such as sharks .research has identified common patterns of behaviour across phyla and informed conservation of threatened species .he is known for satellite tracking sharks and for discovering lévy scaling laws in the search behaviour of diverse marine predators .