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Fish ecologist. Professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. he/him
Tomorrow morning! Come hear about hypoxia and fishes! Register at
bit.ly/4oTTo5V
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#Eels
and isotopes, oh my! New paper out from my lab led by the amazing
@mikecurtis.bsky.social
! What kind of variation is found in
#stableisotopes
in American eel in the understudied subtropical part of its range? Find out now!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Are you interested in
#hypoxia
and
#oceans
? Come attend this webinar on 23 September! I'll be presenting some work from our
#otolith
methods to reconstruct hypoxia histories in fish, and talking with some wonderful colleagues about global change! Register at
bit.ly/4oTTo5V
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Excited to be a part of this new and fantastic paper!
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Science Magazine
about 2 months ago
Larry Richardson appeared to be an early-career mathematician with potential, racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years. It would all be rather remarkable—if the studies weren’t complete gibberish. And if Larry wasn’t a cat.
#InternationalCatDay
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How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat
“Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics
https://scim.ag/4lg3wTp
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Prosanta Chakrabarty
about 2 months ago
Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology! Please spread the word
#TeamFish
, and message me if you have questions. (Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
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Postdoctoral Researcher
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/details/Postdoctoral-Researcher_R00107333?q=R00107333
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Don Boesch
about 2 months ago
I'm pleased to be participating in a
@cerfscience.bsky.social
webinar on Communicating with Policy Makers on 28 September. Free to CERF members. Check it out.
www.cerf.science/index.php?op...
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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich
about 2 months ago
Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and their beautifully patterned backs. County Clare, Ireland.
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Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
2 months ago
Meet the CERF 2025–2027 Governing Board Officers! Join us in congratulating CERF’s new President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer 🎉 Learn more about the incoming Board and Affiliate Society Representatives at
ow.ly/EjMR50Wublt
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Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
2 months ago
Meet the 2025–2027 CERF Governing Board Members at Large! Join us in congratulating our new Members at Large and Student Member at Large 🎉Learn more about the incoming Board and Affiliate Society Representatives at
ow.ly/bOfc50Wublr
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Peter Gleick
2 months ago
Academia: "Dear Dr. Gleick, write 10,000 words for us and we won't charge you for it."
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AFS Science Communication Section
2 months ago
We will be hosting another student feedback session on Thursday, July 31 at 7pm CT. Students can receive feedback on how to improve their
#fishscicomm
ahead of their big days at the
@amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
Annual Meeting in the Lonestar State.
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Movement Ecology Lab
2 months ago
Kicked off
#SharkWeek
with a student research panel at the Mary and Jeff Bell Library! Jaz, Katie, and Kyle presented lightning talks on their shark-related work here at the Island University. 🦈
#TAMUCC
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What's marine functional connectivity? And where is the research going next? I'm excited to be a part of this new major review of the field along with some amazing colleagues! Check it out!
doi.org/10.3354/meps...
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Richard Easther
3 months ago
What it took to get tenure in the Batman Studies Department in the 1960s, and what it takes to get tenure in Batman Studies today...
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Claus Wilke
3 months ago
Some thoughts on the performance of current AI models in a research setting.
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PhD-level intelligence or the graduate student from hell
AI companies love to tout that their models are approaching—or have reached—PhD-level intelligence. This is blatant nonsensical marketing geared towards an audience that deeply misunderstands what a P...
https://open.substack.com/pub/clauswilke/p/phd-level-intelligence-or-the-graduate?r=125478&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Soren Spicknall
3 months ago
Ideal professional headshot
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Babette Hoogakker
7 months ago
A mammoth effort from all involved. Great to see this published.
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
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Reviews and syntheses: Review of proxies for low-oxygen paleoceanographic reconstructions
Abstract. A growing body of observations has revealed rapid changes in both the total inventory and the distribution of marine oxygen over the latter half of the 20th century, leading to increased int...
https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/863/2025/
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Prof Grant Stentiford
8 months ago
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Loving this paper on recent collaboration between Cefas and partners, including
@universityofexeter.bsky.social
...in essence, tagging of a tuna that got eaten by a whale 🍣
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High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-80744-0
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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨
4 months ago
shel silverstein on the LLM, 1981
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Trevor A. Branch
4 months ago
Uncertain United States seafood sustainability in a manufactured crisis By
@dochfroehlich.bsky.social
@jagephart.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Uncertain United States seafood sustainability in a manufactured crisis
In 2025, the United States (U.S.) administration issued a new Executive Order (EO), Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness, intensifying efforts t…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X25002106
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Jessica Diallo
4 months ago
The impact of invasive fishes lasts a lifetime - we found lifetime trophic shifts in native species using fish eye lens stable isotope analysis coupled with otolith growth measurements 🐟 👁️ 📈 Check out the new pub with
@oldenfish.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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And of course, it's a tarpon...
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4 months ago
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Dr. Jessica N. Cross
4 months ago
Now including ocean stripes. 🌊
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
H/t
@heatmap.news
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Brian J. Enquist
4 months ago
Simple, Universal Rules Predict Trophic Interaction Strengths
#scaling
#allometry
#bodysize
🧪🌐https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.70126?campaign=woletoc
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Simple, Universal Rules Predict Trophic Interaction Strengths
Two simple, universal rules derived from energetic arguments predict the parameters of predator functional responses that underlie the strengths of trophic interactions. Furthermore, theory developed...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.70126?campaign=woletoc
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Where do fish go and why? For many species, nobody knows | PNAS
Where do fish go and why? For many species, nobody knows
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2510827122?utm_source=TOC&utm_medium=ealert&TOC_v122_i21=&ref=d17018
4 months ago
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Do sulfur
#stableisotopes
change in fish that are exposed to hypoxia? Answer: IT'S COMPLICATED! New paper out by Apria Valenza (alumnus of the Walther Fish Ecology Lab) exploring geochemical indicators (#fish
#otolith
) of environmental stress on food webs!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Limited Shifts in Sulfur Stable Isotopes in Response to Hypoxia Exposure of Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias undulatus - Estuaries and Coasts
Bottom water hypoxia can affect coastal communities by altering trophic interactions of consumers and prey depending on their low oxygen tolerances. Consumer tissue stable isotopes can potentially be ...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12237-025-01506-3
5 months ago
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Dr Anna Sturrock
5 months ago
Just a reminder we have an otolith and sclerochronology starter pack here! 👆
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Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
5 months ago
Honors matter, especially early on. Nominate a promising estuarine scientist (within 6 yrs of PhD) for the Cronin Award for Early Achievement by May 21. Your support can mean the world and make a lasting impact.
www.cerf.science/cer...
#EstuarineScience
#EarlyCareer
#CroninAward
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Oscar Branson
5 months ago
🚨🚨🚨 TWO FULLY FUNDED POSITIONS 🚨🚨🚨 Both working out how shells are made, building quantitative models of the
#biology
,
#mineralogy
and
#geochemistry
of
#biomineralisation
. Come join our cross-disciplinary team funded by
@leverhulme.ac.uk
!
#phd
#postdoc
🌊
biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/research/gra...
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Building Shells
Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Biomineralisation
https://biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/research/grant/biomin/geochem/leverhulme-project/
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Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
5 months ago
Honors matter—especially early on. Nominate a promising estuarine scientist (within 6 yrs of PhD) for the Cronin Award for Early Achievement by May 21. Your support can mean the world. 🌍
www.cerf.science/cer...
#EstuarineScience
#EarlyCareer
#CroninAward
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Dave Hayes
7 months ago
Are you a fish biologist or ichthyologist with a PhD looking for a job? We’re hiring! Review of applications will begin March 20th.🐟🐠🎣🐡
careers.eku.edu/jobs/5746126...
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Assistant Professor, Biology - Richmond Campus, Kentucky, United States
Title: Assistant Professor, Biology Position Type: Fulltime Faculty Search Type: Tenure Track - 30 days Department: 21R000 - Science, Tech, Engineering & Math Division: 2R0000 - Academic Affairs P...
https://careers.eku.edu/jobs/5746126d-0ff8-4f3e-ad9d-d8765349f317
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Art History Animalia
7 months ago
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was born
#OTD
(South Africa, 24 Feb 1907-17 May 2004). She's best known for her key role in the 1938 rediscovery of the
#coelacanth
, a
#fish
with a fossil record going back 410mya but assumed
#extinct
since K-Pg 66mya. See ALTs for more info!
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Cal-Neva AFS
8 months ago
Valentine's day is just around the corner! Make sure to send your love or show your bestfin that you care with one these amazing cards created by our president-elect @kim_karpdashian
#afs
#calneva
#fisheries
#calnevafs
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Karen R. Lips
10 months ago
🧪🌎. Our short film "The Waiting" 🐸🎥🐸🎬 is been awarded as a Vimeo Staff Pick, so since yesterday it's publicly accessable on Vimeo!
vimeo.com/1036802517?s...
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The Waiting
Karen Lips is researcher and lives for several years in a tiny little shack in Costa Rica to observe frogs. When she leaves the cloud forest for a short time and…
https://vimeo.com/1036802517?share=copy
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These are still some of my most favorite emails to receive!
8 months ago
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Dr Anna Sturrock
8 months ago
#ThingsWithRings
! Read this new
@uk.theconversation.com
article about some of the surprising biological archives out there, and what we can use them for...
theconversation.com/most-animals...
#otoliths
#archaeology
,
#forensics
#fish
#sclerochronology
#biochronology
@universityofessex.bsky.social
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Most animals have their own version of tree rings – here’s how we biologists use them to help species thrive
From whale earwax to bird feathers, almost all organisms keep a record of their existence.
https://theconversation.com/most-animals-have-their-own-version-of-tree-rings-heres-how-we-biologists-use-them-to-help-species-thrive-249507
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Mike Curtis
8 months ago
The AFS Estuaries Section is running officer elections soon with president-elect, secretary, and treasurer positions up for grabs. Interested parties can check out officer descriptions/duties on our website
estuaries.fisheries.org
Reach out here, or email,
[email protected]
with any ?s
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An outstanding showing by the Walther Lab at the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society this weekend! Kimber Montanye, Blake Munz and Jacob Oster presented all of their amazing work on flounder, tarpon, hypoxia, and beyond!
8 months ago
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Science Magazine
8 months ago
Slow-motion videos reveal tree frogs making some of the most dramatic landings in nature. Learn more:
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McSweeney's
9 months ago
"Under my leadership, we have instituted an assessment program where we assess how we assess what we already assessed, using learning outcomes that include all of the buzzwords someone in admin told us were important."
#McSweeneysTop24of24
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A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester
Our 7th most-read article of 2024. - - -Dear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. ...
https://buff.ly/4gzsVWS
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A second
#tenuretrack
position open at my institution! Assistant Professor in Marine Biology. Preference for applicants with expertise in marine organisms, systems and conservation, using statistical, computational, and/or modelling approaches to address important biological questions
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Assistant Professor, Marine Biology
Job TitleAssistant Professor, Marine Biology Agency Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Department College of Science - Life Sciences Proposed Minimum SalaryCommensurate Job LocationCorpus Chris...
https://tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMUCC_External/job/Corpus-Christi-TX/Assistant-Professor--Marine-Biology_R-079982
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Job alert! Assist/Assoc Professor in Biology at TAMU-CC. Preference for expertise in marine and coastal vegetation using molecular approaches, but we welcome applicants in all complementary areas! Ask me any questions!
#biology
#plantecology
#tenuretrack
More information:
bit.ly/TAMUCCBIOL
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Assistant/Associate Professor, Biology
Job TitleAssistant/Associate Professor, Biology Agency Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Department College of Science - Life Sciences Proposed Minimum SalaryCommensurate Job LocationCorpus Ch...
https://bit.ly/TAMUCCBIOL
9 months ago
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Science News
10 months ago
Not a new paper, but still helps (1/2) PhD survival guide @embopress.org
#PhD
#PhDlife
#academics
#scisky
#medsky
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TWO new papers out! Companion papers using fish geochemical signatures to track movement and habitat use! Two amazing students of mine analyzed
#otoliths
,
#stableisotopes
and fish scales in Red Drum. We found individual variation in lifetime movement patterns, as well as strong site attachment!
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Christian John
10 months ago
Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
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Justin Pomeranz
10 months ago
Come work with us! Hiring a TT Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at Colorado Mesa University. Responsibilities: Teaching 12 credits/semester, leading UG research and service. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions and please share widely!
coloradomesa.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
As a tenure-track faculty member in the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, the person in this position will teach courses for the Poll...
https://coloradomesa.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/1209?c=coloradomesa
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I love Mola molas. Not ashamed to admit it.
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Dr. Torrance Hanley
10 months ago
Reposting this list of
#EarlyCareerResearchers
in
#Marine
Biology/Ecology/Evolution, which now contains 150 ECRs from around the world. While no starter pack is perfect, the goal was to include people w/ diverse interests, expertise, & perspectives. Let's amplify the voices of the next generation! 🧪
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