Cool paper alert. Was trying to model the thermal performance curves of several farmed seaweed species and ran across this awesome, theoretical unifying paper: “A universal thermal performance curve arises in biology and ecology” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Check out our new paper on cooperating bacteria led by @janamassing.bsky.social w/ @thilogross.bsky.social and @akfbio.bsky.social, where we explore the costs and benefits of metabolitic trade on stability in non-spatial and spatial contexts... exciting! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...

Very happy that our paper on regional-scale cold-water lake ecosystem functioning, examined using over 5000 salmonid isotope measurements, is out now open access in @aslo.org Limnology & Oceanography! aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Sun, Y., Ishikawa, N.F., Ogawa, N.O. et al. Carbon isotopic changes of 16 proteinogenic amino acids during trophic transfer in a cultured marine consumer. Prog Earth Planet Sci 13, 9 (2026). doi.org/10.1186/s406... #stableisotopes

The morphological evolution and phylogenetic diversity of skates and rays along the marine coastline of Mexico are linked to species diversity and extinction threats 🦑🌿🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New #OA paper in Ecological Informatics comparing automated methods for provenance assignment using chronological chemical records deposited into archival structures such as #otoliths, #lenses, #statoliths. Our focus was on #salmon but it has much broader application. doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

My co-authors and I are happy to present our framework "Collective Intelligence as Collective Information Processing (CIP)." Here we propose decomposing different information processing mechanisms to unify disparate phenomena traditionally classified as "collective intelligence."

Beneath the surface: a deep dive into the behaviour and interactions of elasmobranchs in a tropical South Atlantic archipelago 🦑🌿🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This is where I live!

In my first Editorial as Associate Editor for @conphysjournal.bsky.social, we help combat this lack of training by providing some "tips and tricks" for writing constructive peer reviews, based on our collective experiences as editors for multiple scientific journals.

After taking (too) many pictures of scales we finally have our new study out: Identifying escaped farmed salmon from scales using deep learning: academic.oup.com/biomethods/a... The model works well and covers the major Atlantic salmon rivers in Norway. Could be adpated to other fish and places!

Huzzah! After a lot of work, I'm happy to share that the results of my first chapter have been published and are available for your perusal. In this paper, I was interested in understanding how characteristics of urban environments influence the diel activity of cats academic.oup.com/jue/article/...

New pre-print with @psmaldino.bsky.social on an agent-based model of propaganda in online spaces. Using the voter model from physics, we simulate networks with stubborn agents (zealots) who do not change their opinions, asking about their optimal positioning for influencing the network.

Inter-method differences (SIMS vs. IRMS) in oxygen isotope fractionation: insights from Chinook salmon otoliths #stableisotopes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fine‐scale reconstruction of pelagic fish migration by iso‐logging of eye lens - Matsubayashi - Methods in Ecology and Evolution #stableisotopes besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New paper where we explore how the dynamics of food webs can be explored when populations are ‘distilled’ to high and low states, or Boolean switches… Somehow this leads to a discussion involving Otodus megalodon :D nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

So delighted to have worked with Drs Christine France and Julianne Sarancha on this project. With deer samples, we created isoscapes (Sr, O, and S) for the state of Virginia. Potentially hella useful for archaeology in the region. 🏺🧪 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"We found that despite the enormous spatial range of data, both pPOM and sPOM became 2.1‰ and 2.2‰ more 13C-depleted per decade, respectively, with parallel decreases in the δ13C values in consumers" journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

The earliest appearance of gigantic lamniform #sharks has now been pushed back by ~15 Ma (upper Aptian, ~115 Ma) with the discovery of enormous cardabiodontid shark remains from northern Australia.🦈🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

New #sharkscience from Hilary Lewis and others: Challenging traditional methods of age estimation: elemental and isotopic characterisation of speartooth shark Glyphis glyphis vertebrae. www.int-res.com/abstracts/me... @iucnshark.bsky.social @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social @mickgrant.bsky.social

Does tidal marsh #restoration "work", if the goal is bringing back key species AND the trophic interactions that support them? A thousand stable isotope samples later, we have answers! 💯 work by PhD student Megan Pagliaro: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #SanFrancisco #BayDelta

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

A landmark scientific workshop has identified 124 Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) across the European Atlantic, providing the first comprehensive map of critical habitats for threatened species such as Basking Shark, Tope, Spiny Dogfish, Sicklefin Devil Ray, and Angelshark.

One like, one clam fact

Foraged this King Bolete (Porcini) yesterday! For dinner made a porcini pappardelle (pasta with and olive oil, parsley, and garlic sauce) and porcini carpaccio (raw porcini with parmesan and olive oil) 🤤

News story on some of my PhD work… caseagrant.ucsd.edu/news/shark-e...

This made me really happy today

Can you name the four kinds of mushrooms my partner and I found foraging today? 🍄

The silvers are coming through!

I finally did it. My first chapter is FINALLY written and out for all to see. If you’ve attended my talks you 100% know what this is about. If you haven’t attended my talks, shark nostrils are more interesting than we thought. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...

Grades turned in! First time being the instructor on record was challenging but really enjoyed it @ucmerced.bsky.social

I’m now in the desk rejection club! 🤩

Just submitted my favorite chapter of my dissertation (2/5 ✅)

Nature giving some good material for your next horror flick as per usual. Barnacles (normally filter-feeding crustaceans) grow INSIDE deep water sharks. Some pretty hardcore piercings...

Our new piece is out in @nature.com big mihi to all my co-authors it was a pleasure to work with you on this @lanipai.bsky.social @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social @napaaqtuk.bsky.social @sereananaepi.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social Bradley Moggridge and Brittany Kamai tinyurl.com/yc4y9kfk

New paper out! Can planting monocultures of N-fixing trees in old pastures in Hawaiʻi lower invasive grass levels to the point of natural regeneration of native woody species? TLDR: nope. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Interested in climate change, invasive predators, and cross-ecosystem linkages? Check out our newest paper in @aslo.org's L&O, from a fun experiment we ran three summers ago in California's Sierra Nevada, beautifully led by postdoc @chaevangelista.bsky.social!

Got surprised by a couple of Kodiak bears on our hike last night 🐻 be

New paper in Ecology & Evolution: analysed 187 species of rays & skates to explore patterns of sexual size dimorphism. Turns out SSD in rays doesn’t follow the same rules as in sharks. ❓Differences in reproductive strategies❓ 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ece3... #SharkScience #Evolution #MarineBiology

NEW PAPER: Occurrence and Maternal Transfer of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Pregnant Sharks from Florida Coastal Waters | Environmental Science & Technology 🦑🧪🌎🐟🦈 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Currently under evacuation up here in Kodiak, AK… luckily our house is just above the tsunami line

In her new paper, Ana Navarro shows how the birds of Brazil's Atlantic Forest have changed their diet and habitat use over time, using the stable isotope analysis of museum feathers. doi.org/10.1002/oik....

As an extension of our study, we estimated the δ¹³C metabolic proxy in chondrichthyan skeletons. Huge credit to Eric Díaz-Delgado for leading the effort! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

We’re continuing to explore the potential of #δ¹³C metabolic proxy. This time, we showed that δ¹³C values in vertebral carbonate can reflect metabolic rates. More possibilities in the future. Big credit to Eric @erichsieh15206.bsky.social! aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Our new paper is out: The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data nature.com/articles/s4324…#stableisotopeses

The Phenomenon of Piebaldism in Sharks: A Review of Global Sightings and Patterns.🐟🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A lil tribute to the kelp forests along the California coast 🌊✨

Nothing like getting an NSF rejection 1 business day after the shit budget was passed 😤

My dissertation "Tracing Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata) Life History Patterns in Northern California Estuaries: Insights From Stable Isotope Ecology" got published today! Isoscapes, CSIA-AA, full life history with eye lenses, seasonality in teeth, etc. 🦈🦑🌎 www.proquest.com/dissertation...