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Chris Harrod

@profchrisharrod.bsky.social

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Fish/aquatic/stable isotope ecology. Proud dad of two Anglo-Chileans. Sweary. Wide interests. Prof of Ecology, Director of Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment, U Glasgow's Field Station on Loch Lomond, UK @sceneuog.bsky.social

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 1h

Gonzalo Salazar has his first thesis paper published today in @peerj.bsky.social

We show that the invert taxa of the very understudied salares of the Lithium Triangle differ greatly between sites and will need assessing individually

peerj.com/articles/20042

Identifying knowledge gaps in hypersaline systems supporting the global electrical transition: invertebrate community structure in salars from the lithium triangle

Following decades of mining impacts, South America’s hypersaline wetlands (salars) face increasing threats from lithium extraction to support global decarbonisation. Although globally important, salar...

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 3d

any pointers towards a TDF for dolphin dentine d13C and d15N?

Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 5d

many thanks!

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Announcement Terra Viva Grants is now part of the International Society of Tropical Foresters Terra Viva Grants (TVG), the go-to grants database for agriculture, energy, environment, and natural resou...

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 6d

In a @sceneuog.bsky.social research group meeting led by students discussing research funding. Does anyone have a link to databases/websites detailing small grant funding for ecological research?

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 16d

Fancy working with killer whales?

We have two exciting opportunities to support the work of Professor @darrencroft.bsky.social and team.

👉 Graduate Research Assistant - lnkd.in/egy9Knka
👉 Postdoctoral Research Associate - lnkd.in/eXyP7fZ4

Deadlines 22nd/19th Oct.

🦑🦤🌍🌊🐬🌐

text overlaying background of two killer whales swimming, taken by a drone. text outlines the graduate research assistant position, which is part time (14 hours), fixed term until 0ct 2028, based at the university of exeter. Logos are along the bottom of the image for: center for whale research, UKRI, university of Exeter and university of york

text overlaying background of two killer whales swimming, taken by a drone. text outlines postdoctoral research associate position, which is full-time fixed term until 31st oct 2028, starting salary £34.6k, location is university of exeter. Logos are along the bottom of the image for: center for whale research, UKRI, university of Exeter and university of york

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 18d

Oh the fun! 😊

Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 18d

Absolutely storming review/opinion piece of where we are with stable isotopes in archaeology from the always mighty Tamsin O'Connell. Everything she says here goes for isotopes in ecology too.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology

Isotopic analysis as a method of assessing diet or geographical origin is now ubiquitous in archaeology, to the point where seemingly no project is co…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks Chris - much appreciated

Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 23d

it's very specific as we face a major issue with our eldest son. We would like to speak to researchers (to understand the context) and to people who have experience in helping people.

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The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · 24d

#JFB: Inter and intraspecific variation in the degree of marine-derived resources of amphidromous fishes doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70084 #FishSci

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 24d

Does anyone know of an expert in #Austism studying adolescents that reject family moves to a new country? We are looking for advice and help. Please resend etc.

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 24d

🗺️NEW: BAS Map Catalogue is live!

Explore Antarctica and the Arctic through our collection of professional maps. Perfect for educators, adventurers, and polar enthusiasts. Many available on open licence for free download. #PolarMaps #Antarctica

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 24d

hot off the press doi.org/10.1111/geb....
led by @oldenfish.bsky.social and featuring an array of fishy isotope folk funded by the CESAB programme of the @frbiodiv.bsky.social

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 25d

Oooh! This one looks good @karinagonzalez.bsky.social

The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · 25d

#JFB: Unexpected trophic diversity in the endemic fish 𝘖𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 in a high-altitude freshwater ecosystem, Lake Chungar (4520m), northern Chile doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70081 #FishSci

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 25d

want to help disadvantaged students get field work experience?

Maybe sling a few quid this way... Every penny helps

www.justgiving.com/page/paterso...

Expeditions for all; making fieldwork possible for disadvantaged students

Help David Bailey raise money to support University Of Glasgow Trust

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 28d

me too!

Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 28d

Calling all isotope ecologists.
IsoEcol 2026 will be held between October 12-17th, 2026 at the University of Hong Kong
See www.isoecol.com/2026/ for more

IsoEcol 2026 – 14th International Conference on the Application of Stable Isotope Techniques in Ecological Studies

www.isoecol.com

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's a game changer!

Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · Sep 9

We didn't as were dealing with preserved materials.

Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · Sep 8

You basically fill the watch glass with beads and then pop your (dead) specimen on the top of the beads. The irregular surface allows you to find an orientation of the specimen where you can easily view (or photo) diagnostic features. I learnt about them from my old FW biology lecturer Mike Dobson.

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · Sep 7

ok - they are likely 1 mm diameter glass beads placed in a square watch glass like this one

blades-bio.co.uk/shop/carolin...

Watch Glass - Blades Biological Ltd - Kent

Watch glass square 4cm.

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · Sep 7

Glasgow's M8 set for nine months of roadworks

Disruption on the road, which is used by 150,000 people a day, is set to run until 10 May next year.

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · Sep 6

They are brilliant. If I find out what they are called I'll post it right away

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · Sep 5

aquatic invert crew. I once worked in a lab where they used small receptacles filled with glass beads that allowed freshwater inverts to be positioned exactly so you could count setae, view gills etc via a dissection microscope.

I can't remember what these were called. Anyone got a clue/link?

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · Sep 1

eh?

screen grab showing two unclear options from Windows 11 to open a file.

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