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New paper out in @conphysjournal.bsky.social! We show that pond drying 💧 during the tadpole period has carry-over costs on metamorph jumping ability 🐸 | doi.org/10.1093/conp...

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We're hiring a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University to join the SharkScape project, a three–year, multi-institute project involving field-based research and data analysis. Apply now: 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV215/r... #MarineScience #SharkConservation #ResearchJobs

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The loss of megafauna over the last 50,000 years has caused ecological theories to be based on already-degraded ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11134 #Megafauna #Coexistence #Megaherbivore #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome #CommunityEcology #LargeHerbivore

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Job Alert! Lecturer/Assoc Prof in Biodiversity, Climate Change & Health Deadline 18th Feb 2025 Join us at UCL People & Nature Lab to lead innovative ‘One Health’ research & teaching to tackle ecological & public health challenges. tinyurl.com/4s2j7fyj

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Delighted to share the 1st of my #PhD chapters funded by @peterhousecam.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social & @sse-evolution.bsky.social, with incredible colleagues from @trentuniversity.bsky.social @laurentianu.bsky.social & @queensuniv.bsky.social, now published 🔓 @royalsocietypublishing.org

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We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (PDRA) in Freshwater Ecosystem Ecology researching the role of organic matter as a nutrient resource in freshwater ecosystems. A 4.5 year role with great training opportunites in isotope ecology and mesocosm experimental science www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU610/p...

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How can mesocosms help tackle grand ecological challenges in aquatic ecosystems? 🌊🌍 Check out our open-access Oikos Forum article, out today: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/oik.... @oikosjournal.bsky.social

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Todays the international day of women & girls in science, it’s also my 32nd birthday, & yesterday I got promoted to Associate Prof @universityofleeds.bsky.social Today I will snooze a bit & have a look at my fish tanks

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”We show evidence supporting a tipping point near 25 % of the total population within our compiled dataset. Near this critical mass, we observe a high likelihood for a social tipping event, where a large majority quickly adopts new norms.” #Sufficiency esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...

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Trump won’t be happy until South Africa bring back apartheid. The majority of aid provided to South Africa is for HIV/AIDS treatment through PEPFAR. He’s going to kill a lot of people.

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Shout out to all the fuckwits who told me, two months ago, that scientists must strive to remain apolitical.

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How cool to be on the cover of the South African National Parks annual research report! Here’s us chasing crayfish in the gorgeous Luvuvhu River in the Kruger National Park as part of my Future Leaders Fellowship fieldwork www.sanparks.org/conservation...

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The first ever US national nature assessment has been terminated and its USGCRP and DOI webpages have been removed. A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...

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🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨 In this @globalchangebio.bsky.social study we used 1327 time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities across Europe to investigate whether dispersal capacity changes with the ecological quality of rivers. @sgn.one onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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The rise of goldfishes in North America, Fisheries, 2025;, vuae018, doi.org/10.1093/fshm...

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Invasive control and native restoration: Directing ecosystem transformation through purposeful food web manipulations, Fisheries, 2025;, vuae017, doi.org/10.1093/fshm...

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#crayfish friends - are you sitting on primary data on crayfish populations? we are looking for partners in a global trait gathering programme. Currently have 50+ contributors from a full global spread but looking for more! Please dm me or email me [email protected] Please share!!

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A detailed extinction risk assessment of freshwater fauna, covering more than 23,000 species, reveals that around 24% of the studied species are threatened with extinction. The analysis identifies major threats from pollution, dams, agriculture and invasive species. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

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How fast is thermal acclimation in fishes? Surprisingly fast, but variable! Learn more below. 🧪🐟🦑

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Our framework explaining why ecological interactions change between contexts is out in Ecology Letters! A lovely collaboration with @saramitri.bsky.social which provides experimentally-testable links between the physiology and ecology of microbes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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New paper out @science.org shows that bats surf warm storm fronts to power continental migrations 🌀⛈️🦇🤙 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... By Edward Hurme; Ivan Lenzi; Martin Wikelski; Timm Wild; and Dina Dechmann

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Diverging responses of terrestrial ecosystems to water stress after disturbances - Nature Climate Change

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The Oscar-shortlisted film “From Ground Zero” brings the raw realities of Gaza to life through the eyes of 22 Palestinian filmmakers.

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"Nested invasions" = introduced alien species that carry alien microbiomes (which can influence their host's invasion success and impact). The concept could be expanded to include parasites and commensals. It highlights an overlooked risk of species translocation. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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🔎🌱 Are you a #biodiversity data holder located in Asia? The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region! Registrations are open! 🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...

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This diagram and chart from the latest @ipbes.bsky.social nexus assessment is amazing for demonstrating the various areas of focus we need when campaigning to restore nature on land. Would love to see the oceans equivalent of this.

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🚨We are HIRING! 🧪 Please repost! Lecturer/Senior lecturer in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Priority areas: ‘Responding to anthropogenic change’ ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Nexus report by #IPBES is out and making the news “governments are underestimating or ignoring the links between five key areas - biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change.” This "siloed" approach has unintended consequences… bbc.com/news/article...

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Hi Bluesky, I am happy and optimistic to be here! Anyone know a freshwater fisheries biologist into teaching who might want to come join me in the beautiful Ozark streams of SW Missouri? Please share/repost.

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Lots of PhD studentships available with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social See the link for projects with colleagues and myself! #findaphd #PhDposition zarahsinthefield.com/home/project...

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Our faculty is offering 8 fully-funded PhD studentships to support Black British researchers across a range of research areas, including Geography. The deadline for applications is 28 February 2025.

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I'm always here for a good fatty acid paper!!

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The Dept of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University is hiring a new faculty in #Aquatic #Ecology and #Fisheries #Science. More info here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29092

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Fish can simultaneously contribute to nature and people across the world’s tropical reefs See our ms in One Earth : 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.on... 🔑 Measuring 29 fish contributions to nature and people, we found that trade-offs aren’t the rule and bright-spots can be in any country 🧪🌐🌍🦤🦑 #addOcean

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PhD alert - discover the secrets of cool reefs, aka high-latitude coral communities and associated species with me and @josiesouth.bsky.social eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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🌍📉 Climate change is driving mass extinctions A new meta-analysis in @science.org spanning 30+ years shows 1.6% of ALL species are at risk at 1.3°C warming, rising to 29.7% at 5.4°C. This is very very bad. When will we wake up? 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🍎 #ClimateCrisis #SciComm

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This coming year we need the world to focus on rivers. For that, and for your last-minute holiday shopping, here's my list of best books about rivers & water. Prioritizing rivers needs both head & heart, so list has both fiction & non-fiction. www.forbes.com/sites/jeffop...

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New on global conservation science: 🍄 should be, but aren't, included in wildlife trade research & policy. Global market of fungi grows 15% annually, resulting in an expanding food commodity and posing threats to wild 🍄 Oyanedel et al. in Cons. Biol. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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A great summary of how (and why) science is political from Science Magazine: "Given the current political reality and the expansion of attacks on science, it is time for scientists to be more effective, forceful, and vociferous as their own political advocates." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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📖Published📖 Our new Research Article presents a method and open-source software called ‘FishScale’, to estimate benthic fish lengths, numeric abundance and biomass density in underwater environments assessed with down-looking monocular images 🐠 🌎 🧪 Read more here 👇 https://buff.ly/41aBylX

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Re-posting here a @uk.theconversation.com article on recently published marine historical ecology research theconversation.com/we-gathered-...

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Poecilid fish are widely introduced across Africa for vector control & now via the ornamental pathway causing underestimated ecological damage bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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"'Warming temperatures increase both the evaporation of water from the surface to the atmosphere, and the water-holding capacity of the atmosphere, increasing the frequency and intensity of drought conditions.'"

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Holotype locality for critically endangered Betta burdigala on Bangka island Indonesia - directly next to a road, covered in plastic pollution, yet the primary peat swamp forest adjacent still holds a strong population of fish! @shoalorg.bsky.social

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