Happy to share our new review in @royalsocietypublishing.org on the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions Part of our upcoming Special Feature issue on 'Wildlife behaviour and movement ecology in a human-dominated world'! Available Open Access 👉 tinyurl.com/ptsjmbpn

🐟 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN for #NoWPaS2026! 📍 Hólar University, Iceland 🇮🇸 📅 March 2–7, 2026 🧑‍🔬 For early career researchers on anadromous salmonids 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 10, 2025 👉 forms.gle/unryb2EZEcp1... ℹ️ nowpas.wordpress.com Join us in Iceland for science, salmonids, and connections!

Two new papers about diversity and genetic structure of Atlantic salmon populations in two sub-arctic rivers in the northernmost Finland and Norway doi.org/10.1007/s105... doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... @fishcongen.bsky.social @andersfoldvik.bsky.social @alamarins.bsky.social @luke.fi @helsinki.fi

Status and future perspectives of pink salmon in the Nordic region 🐟🐟🐟 New article out now @evathorstad.bsky.social @jaakkoerkinaro.bsky.social Check it out here: doi.org/10.60910/ber...

NINA har ledet et samarbeidsprosjekt som har vurdert miljøeffektene av fornybar energi. Nå har vi publisert en nettside med interaktive kart som sammenligner vannkraft, vindkraft på land og solenergi. Bransjeprognoser med mer energiutbygging vil kreve miljømessige avveininger. tinyurl.com/4wabb9hd

Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5

New article on land use efficiency of renewable energy in Norway. Production density (GWh/km2) was highest for small hydropower and low for land-based wind. Storage hydropower needed to balance wind power at 0.2/1.0 TWh. Led by M.S. Kenawi with collaborators at NTNU and NINA. doi.org/10.1016/j.re...

Associate Professor position in animal physiology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (to replace me basically). An amazing permanent position at a great university! Please spread widely 🙏 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🔈 🐟❓🎣 Save the date for an exciting event next summer! Our symposium, co-sponsored by @icesmarine.bsky.social, is titled Habitat restoration for diadromous fishes – best practices and impacts on stock assessment Date: 30 June - 2 July 2026 Website: lnkd.in/dBwSC_cV @luke.fi @unioulu.bsky.social

How do regulatory genes control alternative life histories? We have an open PhD position to answer this question using functional genomics in Atlantic salmon. Apply by October 15th through www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Please share widely! 🧬🦑🖥️

New paper 🚨 Do pathogens predict salmon survival? In our recently published study on the Endangered Atlantic salmon, we combined acoustic telemetry with pathogen and gene expression profiles. Read the paper here doi.org/10.1002/aqc.... #Salmosalar #Telemetry

Postdoc offer : Remote sensing modeler of Atlantic salmon river habitat suitability We are looking for a resourcefull person with cross-over expertises in remote sensing (Lidar and satellite imagery), programming, wildlife habitat modelling... and ideally hydraulic modelling and AI. ;-)

Had a lot of fun running GAMs for our new paper on differences in movement and space use between wild and hatchery-reared brown trout, led by Daniel Palm with the awesome team from SLU! Find the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/fme....

Hiring a marine biology lecturer at @universityofessex.bsky.social! Permanent position. Deadline to apply= 20 Aug. We have aquaria, lots of mass specs/genomic facilities, field trips to Crotia, Indonesia, Scotland and a super collegial department. Pls share! vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

This year, traps will be installed in 63 Norwegian rivers to remove pink salmon before they are able to spawn. New publication assessing these extraordinary measures, based on experiences two years ago: reabic.net/journals/mbi/2025/2/MBI_2025_Thorstad_etal.pdf @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social

🎣 New paper! Combining dive surveys and beach seining reveals contrasting nursery use: 0-group saithe dominate shallow algal zones early in summer, while cod settle later and use broader depths. 📄 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Blogpost about our work tracking the establishment of Chinook salmon in a restored watershed. Lead Lauren Hitt did an amazing job combining field observations and otoliths! californiawaterblog.com/2025/06/29/b...

We are in the 4th year of production of Freshwater Pearl Mussels at the Marine Institute’s hatchery in Furnace, Co.Mayo. Lots of babies for us to mind for the next decade 😂😂 www.mayonews.ie/news/local-n... Endangered freshwater pearl mussel successfully bred at Mayo Marine facility - Mayo Live

The decline of salmon continues – Norwegian wild salmon is at a historic low. A summary of the status of wild Atlantic salmon in Norway 2024 is now available in English: vitenskapsradet.no/Nyheter/stat...

Do poor growth conditions at sea result in salmon returning to rivers to spawn at a younger or older age? New study shows that that rapid growth can lead to later maturation but maturation age can be influenced by shifts in growth during the marine migration link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🐟

#BaskingSharks of the #ArticCircle 📢Tracking the second largest #fish for a full year, our new paper invites you on a deep #dive into the life of a cold water giant between the Barents Sea and the Azores 🐟❄️🌊🏝️🇳🇴 #sharkscience #IMR @forskning.no @aquatictracking.bsky.social 🧵 1/4 🚨 rdcu.be/elqvS

Submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) enhances epifaunal diversity & abundance, esp. grazers. 🌱🐌🐚🌊Filamentous algal mats mainly increase gastropod populations. Protecting SAV & reducing eutrophication are vital for sustaining Baltic Sea invertebrate communities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Detection of Non-Native Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in Swedish Rivers Using eDNA. Environmental DNA, 7: e70117. doi.org/10.1002/edn3...

Complex relationships between marine growth and age at maturity in Atlantic salmon. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s111...

🚨 Very happy to share our latest version of IBASAM, a simulation model of salmonids populations! 📖 Published in the newly created diamond journal Individual-Based Ecology @ibe.pensoft.net

After years of non-stop brainstorming and hard work with @alamarins.bsky.social & co, we're thrilled to present IBASAM (v3): a spatially explicit demo-genetic individual-based model for anadromous salmonids (meta)populations. @inrhttps://ibe.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=153305

How many salmon to herons eat? Quite a lot. And they are willing to fly quite far to find them 😬🐟 👏🏼 analysis from Karl Philips et al @colinguilfoyle.bsky.social @joshkakaufmann.bsky.social bioone.org/journals/ard... Foraging Behaviour of Nesting Grey Herons Inferred from PIT-Tagged Salmonid Fish

Detection of Non-Native Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in Swedish Rivers Using eDNA #eDNA #environmentalDNA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Thrilled to see this collaborative effort with excellent colleagues now published! We used results from my past work to investigate patterns of thermal habitat along the migration corridors of western Alaska chum salmon. Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

1. Are you interested in assessing the status of Atlantic #salmon and brown #trout populations using electrofishing data? If so then this 🧵 is likely to be of interest to you. The latest report from the National Electrofishing Programme for Scotland #NEPS was published this week bit.ly/4jNrXH6 🧪🌎

Årets statusrapport for norsk villaks er lansert! 2024 ble nok et historisk dårlig år for norsk villaks, med flere dystre rekorder. www.vitenskapsradet.no/Nyheter/nye-...

New paper showing the distribution and spread of pink salmon in Sweden (fish native to the Pacific Ocean). They are on the edge of entering the Baltic Sea…let’s see what happens during the 2025 migration this summer? #eDNA #fishes #invasive 🧬🐟🇸🇪 doi.org/10.1002/edn3... @evathorstad.bsky.social

New paper out! An analysis of recent advances and challenges in tag miniaturization. I had a good time drawing Figure 3 (see below). Small things can help ensure the tagged animals recover fully!

Fantastic to see our new paper out in Biological Reviews (@camphilsoc.bsky.social) on incorporating experimental approaches into movement ecology research. The project was amazingly led by Whitney Hansen, with a great group of co-authors! Paper 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Despite rich biodiversity knowledge, it often fails to reach decision makers. Delivering the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 needs stronger science–policy ties. Mapping 215 actors revealed key gaps. Cross-sector dialogue will be crucial for success conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Postdocs within 5 years of graduation, come to Luke! One position on fish populations, with amazing @laurauusitalo.bsky.social 🐟🧪 valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/rese...

We have an open position as Assoc Professor in evolutionary genomics of vertebrates. Anyone from the US who wants to explore an opportunity in Norway? Please spread the word @drcraigmc.bsky.social @drandrewthaler.bsky.social @johnwares.bsky.social www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📣OPEN #RESEARCH #POSTDOC POSITIONS!📣 -Ecohydrology -Agroecology and soil microbiology -Land use and fish populations -Diverse farming practices -AI in primary production -Bio-based products, sidestreams -Policy design and ESG implementation Here at @luke.fi, Finland 💙💚. You´ll love it!😊 More info 👇

A new report reviewing different classes of occupancy and N-mixture models, with practical applications for modeling biodiversity dynamics in ecological monitoring programs in Norway. A team effort from @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social hdl.handle.net/11250/3188686

🧪🌍 #PhD Funded PhD opportunity @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social to identify the effects of hydropower operations on functional biodiversity in 🇧🇻 lakes. Apply by 20 May. 🔗 Details: nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/75-phd-...

Super happy to see our new article on how pharmaceutical pollution can influence salmon migration out in @science.org! This was a huge effort by a great team of researchers over the last few years! You can read the paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…!

Over the moon to finally share our new study in @science.org led by the amazing @jack-brand.bsky.social! Pharmaceutical pollution at environmentally realistic levels alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon, directly affecting survival 👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Here’s a great write up of our recent @science.org article, and the threat of pharmaceutical pollution to aquatic environments more broadly, in @vox.com by @benjij.bsky.social @michaelgbertram.bsky.social www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Happy to share our new study of marked vgll3 genotype-specific expression patterns b/n males and females in various Atlantic salmon tissues. Results suggest Hippo-dependent mechanisms as mediators of sex differences in salmon maturation age. Paper led by Ehsan Ahi link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Looking for a PhD? There is an opening for a PhD-student in evolutionary ecology on phenotypic plasticity in aquatic organisms at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway – with two super-good supervisors (Sigurd Einum and Tim Burton) - highly recommended! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

#popgen 🚨 New publication 🚨 Our study of genomic 🧬 landscape in Ballan wrasse 🐟 is out now. We built a reference genome and resequenced 150 fish from 3 countries, including two differentiated color morphs: spotty and plain. A lot of cool insights! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

new sturgie research!!! 🧪🌎👩🏻‍🔬🐠 here we combined physiological data with climate change hydro models to assess the current and future impacts of warming rivers on young life stages of sturgeon check out the paper below 👇🏼

Very happy to share the second paper from my thesis, recently published in Fisheries Research. It talks about salmon metapopulation and connectivity patterns, check it out: doi.org/10.1016/j.fi...

Excited to have contributed to this study where we tracked 29 sperm whales in the North Atlantic! 🐳 Some traveled nearly 8000km and dove deeper then 1000m! 🛰️🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41... This is one of my favorite photos taken during this fieldwork of a 🐳 diving under the midnight sun 🌞