Clive Trueman
@clivetrue.bsky.social
Professor of Marine (isotope)Ecology at the University of Southampton. Interested in all things sciencey especially marine, fishy things, otoliths climate and guitars
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New paper out today! "Fossil otolith assemblages reveal millennial-scale changes in reef fish biomass and trophic structure across the Isthmus of Panama"
🔓https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0419
We used fossil fish otoliths to reconstruct community structure and energetics over millennia.
🔓https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0419
We used fossil fish otoliths to reconstruct community structure and energetics over millennia.
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
New paper out today! "Fossil otolith assemblages reveal millennial-scale changes in reef fish biomass and trophic structure across the Isthmus of Panama"
🔓https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0419
We used fossil fish otoliths to reconstruct community structure and energetics over millennia.
🔓https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0419
We used fossil fish otoliths to reconstruct community structure and energetics over millennia.
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Our scientists have unravelled a 66 million-year-old mystery behind how our planet transformed from a tropical greenhouse to the ice-capped world of today.
Read more: tr.ee/dPOe9u
@amoeba-lab.bsky.social | @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social | @russellgroup.bsky.social
Read more: tr.ee/dPOe9u
@amoeba-lab.bsky.social | @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social | @russellgroup.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Our scientists have unravelled a 66 million-year-old mystery behind how our planet transformed from a tropical greenhouse to the ice-capped world of today.
Read more: tr.ee/dPOe9u
@amoeba-lab.bsky.social | @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social | @russellgroup.bsky.social
Read more: tr.ee/dPOe9u
@amoeba-lab.bsky.social | @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social | @russellgroup.bsky.social
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⚠️ 12 days until abstract deadline #FSBI2026!! Deadline: 2nd Feb at 5pm. The conference aims to bring together scientists from a range of disciplines to explore ways of integrating our research and strengthening relationships with stakeholders and policymakers. Don't miss out! bit.ly/45mWtU4
January 21, 2026 at 2:06 PM
⚠️ 12 days until abstract deadline #FSBI2026!! Deadline: 2nd Feb at 5pm. The conference aims to bring together scientists from a range of disciplines to explore ways of integrating our research and strengthening relationships with stakeholders and policymakers. Don't miss out! bit.ly/45mWtU4
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BREAKING Irish Govt to move Grok to another parish.
January 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
BREAKING Irish Govt to move Grok to another parish.
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Congratulations to Professor John Marshall on his Polar Medal, recognising his decades of research in the harsh polar regions.
Awarded by His Majesty King Charles III to those who have made outstanding achievements in polar research.
Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2026/01...
Awarded by His Majesty King Charles III to those who have made outstanding achievements in polar research.
Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2026/01...
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Congratulations to Professor John Marshall on his Polar Medal, recognising his decades of research in the harsh polar regions.
Awarded by His Majesty King Charles III to those who have made outstanding achievements in polar research.
Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2026/01...
Awarded by His Majesty King Charles III to those who have made outstanding achievements in polar research.
Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2026/01...
You know you’re approaching your mid 50s when you consciously consider the effort required to put your socks on.
January 3, 2026 at 7:27 AM
You know you’re approaching your mid 50s when you consciously consider the effort required to put your socks on.
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Flier for a PhD available based in Southampton, stable isotope forensics, salmon, sea lice - mix of analytical and environmental application development - application deadline Jan 08. Application through QR code linked site
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Flier for a PhD available based in Southampton, stable isotope forensics, salmon, sea lice - mix of analytical and environmental application development - application deadline Jan 08. Application through QR code linked site
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📖 Published📖
Duhamel et al. evaluate the predictability of bird migratory behaviour from bone remains using a novel experimental framework that combines stable isotope and histological analyses 🦴 🦅
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Duhamel et al. evaluate the predictability of bird migratory behaviour from bone remains using a novel experimental framework that combines stable isotope and histological analyses 🦴 🦅
🌍 🧪
buff.ly/5CyZpQI
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📖 Published📖
Duhamel et al. evaluate the predictability of bird migratory behaviour from bone remains using a novel experimental framework that combines stable isotope and histological analyses 🦴 🦅
🌍 🧪
buff.ly/5CyZpQI
Duhamel et al. evaluate the predictability of bird migratory behaviour from bone remains using a novel experimental framework that combines stable isotope and histological analyses 🦴 🦅
🌍 🧪
buff.ly/5CyZpQI
Flier for a PhD available based in Southampton, stable isotope forensics, salmon, sea lice - mix of analytical and environmental application development - application deadline Jan 08. Application through QR code linked site
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Flier for a PhD available based in Southampton, stable isotope forensics, salmon, sea lice - mix of analytical and environmental application development - application deadline Jan 08. Application through QR code linked site
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#JFB: Fish eye growth rate and vertical habitat: A maximum for eye growth rate investment in the mesopelagic zone doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70201 #FishSci
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December 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#JFB: Fish eye growth rate and vertical habitat: A maximum for eye growth rate investment in the mesopelagic zone doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70201 #FishSci
I think I had a good science idea this weekend. I’m hoping if I ignore it, it’ll go away and I can try relaxing.
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I think I had a good science idea this weekend. I’m hoping if I ignore it, it’ll go away and I can try relaxing.
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Christmas, innit. How about we get some things for women and children with nothing who are escaping domestic violence? You can do that, as ever, via the brilliant Refuge. Check this out: donate.refuge.org.uk/page/180196/...
Buy a parcel and help give mums and their children in our refuges their first Christmas of freedom.
When a child arrives at a refuge in the countdown to Christmas, they’re withdrawn and in shock.
donate.refuge.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Christmas, innit. How about we get some things for women and children with nothing who are escaping domestic violence? You can do that, as ever, via the brilliant Refuge. Check this out: donate.refuge.org.uk/page/180196/...
What the billionaire desperate to increase lifespan needs to hear. Castration is the answer.. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sterilization and contraception increase lifespan across vertebrates - Nature
Data collected from zoos and aquariums worldwide show that hormonal contraception or permanent surgical sterilization in mammals increase life expectancy, with different mechanisms in males and female...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What the billionaire desperate to increase lifespan needs to hear. Castration is the answer.. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Flying changes how metabolism scales with body mass –> NEW META-ANALYSIS of insects and spiders in Ecology Letters with @vojsavagjoni.bsky.social, H. Tan, A. Hirst and D. Atkinson
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Locomotion Reveals Contrasting Responses in Body Mass‐Scaling of Metabolic Rates Between Winged and Wingless Arthropods
We test how activity and locomotor mode affect metabolic scaling in arthropods. Only winged insects show increased scaling with activity, likely due to flight-related thermal and biomechanical factor...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Flying changes how metabolism scales with body mass –> NEW META-ANALYSIS of insects and spiders in Ecology Letters with @vojsavagjoni.bsky.social, H. Tan, A. Hirst and D. Atkinson
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Inter-method differences (SIMS vs. IRMS) in oxygen isotope fractionation: insights from Chinook salmon otoliths #stableisotopes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Inter-method differences (SIMS vs. IRMS) in oxygen isotope fractionation: insights from Chinook salmon otoliths
Stable oxygen isotopes (δ18O) in biogenic carbonates serve as a valuable proxy for reconstructing thermal history. Fish otoliths (ear stones) are part…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Inter-method differences (SIMS vs. IRMS) in oxygen isotope fractionation: insights from Chinook salmon otoliths #stableisotopes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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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....
Fine‐scale reconstruction of pelagic fish migration by iso‐logging of eye lens
Understanding lifetime space use by pelagic animals is pivotal for ecology and fisheries management, but electronic tags are costly, labour-intensive and rarely able to capture juvenile movement. ...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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....
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They took Holling's disc experiment to another level and LARPed predator-prey interactions in the field 🤯
Impersonating predators and prey to study trophic interactions through real‐life simulations
Predator–prey interactions are a fundamental aspect of ecology that has generated sustained research interests. Progress in the field stems from a diverse range of approaches, from highly controll...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
They took Holling's disc experiment to another level and LARPed predator-prey interactions in the field 🤯
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My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
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November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Heading to Denmark 🇩🇰 for a couple of days talking about metabolic scaling - with a send of from first (and possibly only) snøw of the year here…
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Heading to Denmark 🇩🇰 for a couple of days talking about metabolic scaling - with a send of from first (and possibly only) snøw of the year here…
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Following the Titanic theme, with #FSBI2025 being held in Belfast, #FSBI2026 will be taking place in 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻! Be sure to get 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵-𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 in your diary, with the exciting theme of "Breaking Siloes in Fish Biology"! fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2026/
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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🚨🎉 Check out our new paper assessing the impacts of fishing (🎣) and climate change (🌡️) on carbon export and sequestration by commercial fish! 🐟
🔗 rdcu.be/eMTU6
🔽 Here are some key results! 🔽
@oceanicu.bsky.social
@natcomms.nature.com
🌐🦑🦈🌊
1/9
🔗 rdcu.be/eMTU6
🔽 Here are some key results! 🔽
@oceanicu.bsky.social
@natcomms.nature.com
🌐🦑🦈🌊
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October 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🚨🎉 Check out our new paper assessing the impacts of fishing (🎣) and climate change (🌡️) on carbon export and sequestration by commercial fish! 🐟
🔗 rdcu.be/eMTU6
🔽 Here are some key results! 🔽
@oceanicu.bsky.social
@natcomms.nature.com
🌐🦑🦈🌊
1/9
🔗 rdcu.be/eMTU6
🔽 Here are some key results! 🔽
@oceanicu.bsky.social
@natcomms.nature.com
🌐🦑🦈🌊
1/9
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New phylogeny and family-level classification of Stomiiformes (viperfishes, hatchetfishes, bristlemouths)
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Genome-wide phylogeny reshapes our understanding of the evolution of deep-sea dragonfishes, bristlemouths, viperfishes, and allies (Stomiiformes) - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background The evolutionary relationships within Stomiiformes, a diverse order of deep-sea fishes dominating the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones, remain contentious due to conflicting morphological...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
New phylogeny and family-level classification of Stomiiformes (viperfishes, hatchetfishes, bristlemouths)
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Had the absolute pleasure of mounting and sampling some greater argentine (Argentina silus) otoliths today - look how beautiful they are! And so easy to age!
These specimens were dissected at sea around 1AM, after a full-day migraine - gratifying to have them be nice samples!
These specimens were dissected at sea around 1AM, after a full-day migraine - gratifying to have them be nice samples!
October 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Had the absolute pleasure of mounting and sampling some greater argentine (Argentina silus) otoliths today - look how beautiful they are! And so easy to age!
These specimens were dissected at sea around 1AM, after a full-day migraine - gratifying to have them be nice samples!
These specimens were dissected at sea around 1AM, after a full-day migraine - gratifying to have them be nice samples!