Monica McCard
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Aquatic invasion ecologist. Lecturer in Environmental Science at Liverpool John Moore University
Excited to be representing LJMU
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
who are co-hosting the British Science Festival 2025 starting next week. Tickets are still available come along and see what we are doing ๐
#BritishScienceFestival2025
#BSF
#marineecology
#outreach
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19 days ago
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All set up and ready for the Mowgli Dog Show
#mowglidogshow
claremont farm representing
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
school of Biological and Environmental Science and school of engineering ๐
4 months ago
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Very excited to be coming to
#icmbxii
in Portugal to give a talk on my lionfish research in October
@marinebioinvasions.bsky.social
#invasivespecies
#marinebio
#FRR
#lionfish
4 months ago
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Such a brilliant addition for all to see what is happening around the world. Nice job folks ๐
#invasionecology
#inns
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What a fab
#ASABSPRING2025
meeting. Thoroughly enjoyed being a part of such a wonderful conference at
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5 months ago
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ASAB
5 months ago
Thank you to all the organizers and volunteers who made
#ASABSpring2025
happen! An especial shout out to Susanne Zajitschek and
@islabotting.bsky.social
for all your extraordinary work. It was a truly wonderful conference! ๐๐ป Thanks also to
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
for hosting us in Liverpool!
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First set of Flask talks Day 2
#ASABSPRING2025
@asab.org
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
were excellent, looking at sleep behaviour in fish, species network structures, parental care, behaviour plasticity of honey bees, social inheritance and using Python for animal movement
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Great set of morning talks on day 2 of
#ASABSPRING2025
@asab.org
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
from Axelle Delaunay on allomaternal care in elephants; Holgate Fourie investigating social bonds in birds; Maria Favero looking at pollution in brine shrimp and James Brooks invesitgating drumming in chimps
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Day 2
@asab.org
##ASABSPRING2025
meeting at
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
started with a great plenary from Dr Rhaia Mashoodh on how parental care can shape the evolution of molecular genetic variation in animals.
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Today is the first of a three day conference here at
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
for
##ASABSPRING2025
meeting. What a fantastic start to this meeting with a welcome talk by committee organiser Dr Susi Zajitschek. Very proud to play a small part in the organising of this conference
#animalbehaviour
5 months ago
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Great start to the
@asab.org
#ASABSpring2025
meeting here at LJMU
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
with a great talk by Dr Tom Fletcher and Tom Land from Silverback Films, along with great conversation with Prof
@peterfalkingham.com
and chair Camilla Affleck!
#ljmu
5 months ago
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Back home in Northern Ireland for Liverpool John Moores University
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
Applicant Day. Such a wonderful experience getting to meet potential new students and their families.
#inspired
#nextgeneration
#HiltonHotelBelfast
#LJMUNIAppDay25
6 months ago
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Manus Cunningham
7 months ago
Yesterday I was welcomed back to
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
by the legendary
@monicamcc.bsky.social
to give a lecture and practicals on marine
#microplastics
. I spent a year of my PhD at
#LJMU
and it was surreal to be back after 5 years. Iโve missed it so much! Thank you Kostas, Jon and Monica!
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Delighted to have been awarded a small pot of funding from MGS to investigate the impact storms have on the spread of invasive species
#funding
#inns
#pollution
#increaseofstorms
7 months ago
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NeoBiota
7 months ago
In a battle for resources, the invasive amphipod Gammarus tigrinus outcompetes the native G. duebeni, showcasing behaviours that fuel its invasion success.
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Food fight: Gammarus tigrinus demonstrate competitive advantage over native G. duebeni
Introductions of non-native species (NNS) are major drivers of biodiversity loss. Gammarids (Crustacea, Gammaroidea) have been particularly successful in establishing and spreading in their non-native...
https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.97.141901
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Great morning with Sixth Form College giving a lecture and info on what
ljmuofficial.bsky.social
have to offer. Such a welcoming school and my favourite thing about outreach, getting to engage with students getting ready for the next step of their future into higher education
#LJMUoutreach
#STEM
7 months ago
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Society for the Study of Marine Bioinvasions
9 months ago
๐๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐! ๐๐ซ. ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ is a Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at Queenโs University Belfast (Northern Ireland).
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Ana Nunes
9 months ago
One-quarter of freshwater fauna is threatened with extinction! ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ Urgent call to action! Big shout out to many of my IUCN colleagues who published this in Nature today!
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One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction - Nature
A global multi-taxon extinction risk assessment of freshwater fauna for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species finds one-quarter of species to be at high risk of extinction.
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Martin A. Nuรฑez
10 months ago
We are 90 people in this
#bioinvasions
starter pack! I bet that we are more here! If you work on biological invasion/related areas, please comment on the post below and I will add you. Also, please repost so more people sees the call โญ Starter packs the best way to find people working on a topic
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