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Advice from NSF: grant proposals can still include outreach, community engagement, and so on. But avoid specifying particular groups

Excellent last set of talks at #ICCB2025 in well attended session on socio-ecological consequences of protected areas and great food for thought around spillover framework led by @gscumming.bsky.social .. more exciting research on the horizon around an important topic

Really excellent set of talks by speakers in the Marine ecosystem service and function session at #ICCB2025, from seagrass to corals, PFAS & Will White @jwilsonwhite.bsky.social presented thought-provoking study around benefits and limits of MPAs increasing ecological resilience to climate change

Fish and Fisheries is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief. Please apply to guide the future of this leading journal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Great new paper by two journal editors providing a roadmap for effective statistical reporting – fantastic resource for students in any ecological field. academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...

Disinformation kills

Excited to announce a new special collection in the journal Theoretical Ecology titled 'Recent Developments in Understanding Marine Reserves', with a series of papers showcasing how models and theory help us understand how fish populations respond to protection. link.springer.com/collections/...

I am looking for a postdoc position! I have experience in host-parasite interactions, animal behavior, sexual selection, science outreach, and science education. Plus, I'm a photographer and illustrator which could come in handy! Please reach out if you have any positions open or know someone.

“How might the narrative about senior women be challenged or changed in order to respect these women who have achieved enough success to earn promotion? How do we stop this generational cycle so that women's wings aren't clipped as soon as they approach the power to soar.”

Ecologists often worry about data being normally distributed, and use nonparametric methods instead. Turns out normality tests are often done incorrectly (on raw data, not resids!!) but ... it's OK? Doing nonparametric tests instead of LMs changes the results very little. tinyurl.com/367zrrbb

I’m not going to retweet that NOAA propaganda post about deep sea mining. Instead, I’ll tell you that I don’t know a single NOAA scientist who would promote deep sea mining in this way, because the available science we have does not justify exploitation of deep sea habitats for minerals.

NOAA is under attack. Decades of ocean, climate, and weather science are on the chopping block—just when we need them most. Gary Griggs explains what’s at stake. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/19/g...

it's a hard and sad time in science / higher ed in the US right now. on the other hand, lots of PhDs are looking for work, so I wanted to share— I'm hiring a postdoc! it's a two-year position at UCSC to do (preferably Bayesian) modeling of marine ecosystems: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01892

This is the clearest explanation about how incompetent Trump’s economic team is and how stupid this trade war is for literally everyone. You can’t make this shit up, but Trump and his enablers just did.

🧵ICYMI yesterday, there are so many 🔥 quotes in this @reuters.com story: www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

Fuck everyone who ever voted for, apologized for, or supported this guy in any way.

If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti... Please share widely

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Only a couple days left to submit your abstracts for #ICCB2025! Join us for the largest global meeting for addressing #conservation challenges and presenting the latest in conservation research and practice. 🌍 #MarineLife #ecology #biodiversity conbio.org/mini-sites/i...

Can anyone point me towards papers looking at the differences between Fulton's K body condition and residual body condition? I am finding a lot of math-heavy papers but having difficulty finding how to interpret differences between the two measures of condition.

State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE. DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit