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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 2d

#octopusday #worldoctopusday

Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · Apr 8

Because he's freakin AQUAMAN that's why! #invertsincomics

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Ben Walther @bendw.bsky.social · 19d

Tomorrow morning! Come hear about hypoxia and fishes! Register at bit.ly/4oTTo5V

GOOD - UN Ocean Decade @good-ocean-oxy.bsky.social · Aug 27

Register👉 bit.ly/4oTTo5V for #GO2NE webinar 41 on 🌊 #ocean #deoxygenation
23 September 1600 CEST

Speakers:
Yvette Heimbrand

Benjamin Walther
@bendw.bsky.social

Moderator: Karin Limburg
Topics below! 👇

@kisensee.bsky.social @carolineslomp.bsky.social @aoschlies.bsky.social

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Ben Walther @bendw.bsky.social · 24d

#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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Ben Walther @bendw.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

GOOD - UN Ocean Decade @good-ocean-oxy.bsky.social · Aug 27

Register👉 bit.ly/4oTTo5V for #GO2NE webinar 41 on 🌊 #ocean #deoxygenation
23 September 1600 CEST

Speakers:
Yvette Heimbrand

Benjamin Walther
@bendw.bsky.social

Moderator: Karin Limburg
Topics below! 👇

@kisensee.bsky.social @carolineslomp.bsky.social @aoschlies.bsky.social

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Ben Walther @bendw.bsky.social · Aug 14

Excited to be a part of this new and fantastic paper!

Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · Aug 11

New #OA systematic review of the current state of marine
functional connectivity research in @meps-ir.bsky.social. This #SEA-UNICORN output uses an 'umbrella review' approach to summarise this growing field and includes a bibliometic analysis of 'who' is doing what. 1/2.. 🦞🐟🌊 doi.org/10.3354/meps...

A systematic review of the current state of marine functional connectivity research

Marine functional connectivity underpins biodiversity and ecosystem functions, ensuring resilience in marine and land-sea interface ecosystems. Research on this topic has advanced rapidly in...

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Science Magazine @science.org · Aug 8

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 scim.ag/4lg3wTp

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

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Aug 8

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...

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...

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Don Boesch @donboesch.bsky.social · Aug 7

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 @cormacscoast.bsky.social · Aug 6

Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and their beautifully patterned backs.
County Clare, Ireland.

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Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation @cerfscience.bsky.social · Jul 24

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 @cerfscience.bsky.social · Jul 24

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 @petergleick.bsky.social · Jul 23

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 @afs-scicomm.bsky.social · Jul 21

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.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Your AFS SciComm Section will be hosting another student feedback session on Thursday, July 31 at 7:00pm CT. We encourage student members to attend and present their presentation or poster for the upcoming @americanfisheries Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX! Students will receive feedback from other AFS SciComm Section members on how to improve their presentations ahead of their big days in the Lonestar State.

Members can find a link to access the 7/31 feedback session in their email.

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Movement Ecology Lab @movecology.bsky.social · Jul 22

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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Ben Walther @bendw.bsky.social · Jul 17

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 @rjme.bsky.social · Jul 12

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 @clauswilke.com · Jul 9

Some thoughts on the performance of current AI models in a research setting.
open.substack.com/pub/clauswil...

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...

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · Jul 10

Ideal professional headshot

A black and white photo of a middle aged white man dressed in a white dress shirt and plaid tie with round glasses. Four lizards are crawling on his shirt and tie.

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Ben Walther @bendw.bsky.social · Jul 10

Oh yay! I'm so glad y'all connected!!

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Babette Hoogakker @oceano2.bsky.social · Feb 18

A mammoth effort from all involved. Great to see this published. bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

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...

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Prof Grant Stentiford @cefaschiefsci.bsky.social · Jan 22

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 🍣

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

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · Jun 10

shel silverstein on the LLM, 1981

HOMEWORK MACHINE

The Homework Machine, oh the Homework Machine
Most perfect contraption that's ever been seen.
Just put in your homework, then drop in a dime,
Snap on the switch, and in ten seconds' time,
Your homework comes out, quick and clean as can be.
Here it is — "nine plus four?" and the answer is "three."
Three?
Oh me ...
I guess it's not as perfect
As I thought it would be.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Jun 4

Uncertain United States seafood sustainability in a manufactured crisis
By @dochfroehlich.bsky.social @jagephart.bsky.social

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

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…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Jessica Diallo @jessdiallo.bsky.social · Jun 3

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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Ben Walther @bendw.bsky.social · May 30

Thank you!

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