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Earth to Ocean Research Group @earth2ocean.bsky.social · 1h

The E2O team making waves (and measuring fins) in Hamburg!
Great to see @sfubiosciences.bsky.social in action!
@sfuscience.bsky.social

Amanda Arnold 🦈 @amandasodysseys.bsky.social · 2h

Just wrapped up a great week measuring rays at the Museum der Natur Zoologie @leibnizlib.bsky.social in Hamburg 🇩🇪 for @rachhson.bsky.social’s PhD, over 135 specimens measured! 🦈✨ Next stop: Paris 🇫🇷, as our whirlwind tour through Europe’s ray collections continues
@nickdulvy.bsky.social

A selfie of four researchers in white lab coats smiling around a large ray specimen on a metal table. Measuring tapes are draped across the specimen (species: Dasyatis pastinaca)

Amanda standing among shelves filled with glass jars containing preserved shark and ray specimens. Several large sawfish rostra hang on the back wall.

Rachel examining rows of preserved specimens in glass jars inside a zoological collection room. Large sawfish rostra hang vertically in the background.

Nick and Olivia removing Ray specimens preserved in large vats.

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John Reynolds @johnreynolds.bsky.social · May 6

Great to be back in BC's Okanagan Valley! Saw this out the front door of a house that our BC Biodiversity Team will be staying in next week.

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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · Apr 24

The @nserc-resnet.bsky.social AGM is in full swing, and last night the "Palen Lab and friends" team crushed it at trivia!
#Zhouvenzz

photocred: @elsongalang.bsky.social

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Hannah Mulligan @mullyfish.bsky.social · Mar 10

Are you a student presenting research on invasive species at the annual AFS meeting this year? If so, please see the flyer below for a travel award opportunity 🐟! @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social @sdsufishecology.bsky.social

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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · Mar 9

Yesterday I presented my ongoing thesis research at the IDEAS 2025 conference. The project has come a long way and I was excited to share my progress so far!
@sfuscience.bsky.social
@earth2ocean.bsky.social
@nserc-resnet.bsky.social

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Salmon Watershed Science @salmonscience.bsky.social · Mar 10

Our PhD candidate, Britt Milner, recently had her Master's research published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences! Check out the full article here: doi.org/10.1139/cjfa...
#AquaticScience #salmon #WomenInScience

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SFU Faculty of Science @sfuscience.bsky.social · Dec 10

Postdoc opportunity in @earth2ocean.bsky.social: #SFU's Salmon Watersheds Lab is looking to hire a postdoc in applied genomics. www.jonwmoore.org/_files/ugd/5... 🧪

Image text reads: Postdoctoral Opportunity Available. In partnership with the Wild Salmon Center and the Molecular Genetics team at Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Salmon Watersheds Lab is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Fellow or equivalent in applied genomics.

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Earth to Ocean Research Group @earth2ocean.bsky.social · Dec 9

Dive into the exciting work of the Earth to Ocean Research Group! Follow our brilliant students, research assistants, lab managers, postdocs, and faculty as they explore, discover, and make waves in science. 🌊✨

go.bsky.app/153jnvd

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Earth to Ocean Research Group @earth2ocean.bsky.social · Dec 6

New research from E2O's Dulvy Lab was published in Science yesterday. Check out the thread below!
#GlobalSharkTrends
#MarineScience
#SharksAndRays

Nick Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social · Dec 5

New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk
👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
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Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) IUCN Critically Endangered © Masayuki Agawa_Ocean Image Bank

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Earth to Ocean Research Group @earth2ocean.bsky.social · Nov 11

📢Re-introducing E2O!
We’re Earth to Ocean Research Group @SFU, dedicated to ecology and conservation. Led by Drs. Reynolds, Moore, Côté, Palen, and Dulvy (L-R), our interdisciplinary and quantitative approach aims to generate meaningful insights for conservation and management.
🔗: earthtooceansfu.ca

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Earth to Ocean Research Group @earth2ocean.bsky.social · Jul 31

Congratulations to Beth Oishi from the Côté Lab (@redlipblenny.bsky.social) on successfully defending her MSc thesis yesterday!

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Earth to Ocean Research Group @earth2ocean.bsky.social · Jul 25

The Palen Lab is looking for a GIS Analyst! See job posting below and share with interested individuals.
#geospatial
#ecology
#conservation
#RenewableEnergy

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Earth to Ocean Research Group @earth2ocean.bsky.social · Jul 15

New op-ed from @wpalen.bsky.social and the Liber Ero fellows.

"The new amendments to the IAA point clearly toward a regional approach by directing federal agencies to consider 'the cumulative effects of physical activities'”.

Read more: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...

Environmental-impact reviews should take a more regional perspective

Resource projects and other industrial developments are generally evaluated in isolation, which ignores harms between landscapes and watersheds.

policyoptions.irpp.org

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Earth to Ocean Research Group @earth2ocean.bsky.social · Jun 29

Yesterday at #NACCB2024 Ira Sutherland (@socialeco.bsky.social) presented the Palen Lab's work on strategic planning of renewable energy to limit cumulative impacts on the BC landscape.

Earth to Ocean Research Group @earth2ocean.bsky.social · Jun 24

This week is the North American Congress for Conservation Biology! The Palen Lab is volunteering and will also be giving a talk about their work on cumulative impacts of renewable energy.

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Nick Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social · Apr 2

Loving the vibes here at SFU today

View over the reflecting pool in the academic quadrangle at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby campus on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples including the Squamish, Musqueam, Tsleil- Waututh, and Kwikwetlem nations

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Earth to Ocean Research Group @earth2ocean.bsky.social · Mar 22

What a great weekend for E2O!

The Palen & Côté labs made waves at #PEEC2024 at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre.
Meanwhile, the Dulvy lab shared insights at #NEPSSVI at the Seattle Aquarium.
From local invasive species to global protected areas, we are passionate about sharing our science! 🌊🦈

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Kiara Kattler @kiarakattler.bsky.social · Mar 20

Thank you to the Invasive Species Council of BC for inviting me to share some green crab work at #invasives2024! #bcinvasives

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Brit Finucci @britfinucci.bsky.social · Mar 7

#Bestshark made the cover of Science

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Nick Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social · Mar 7

Scientific American article by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
quotes @sharkadvocates.bsky.social “It’s been at least 15 years since scientists sounded alarm bells over the serious depletion of deepwater dogfish and gulper sharks off Europe”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/deep...

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · Mar 8

One in seven species (14%) of deepwater sharks and rays is threatened with extinction - and overfishing is the main reason theconversation.com/fished-for-t...

Fished for their meat and liver oil, many remarkable deep-water sharks and rays now face extinction

Long lifespans and slow reproduction rates make deep-water sharks and rays as vulnerable to overexploitation as whales once were. We must place them under protection to avoid extinctions.

theconversation.com

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Clive Trueman @clivetrue.bsky.social · Nov 27

🧪🦑 Can the effect of temperature on metabolism explain population trends of bluefin #tuna- and predict the future? In a new paper we use a stable #isotope based proxy to measure thermal sensitivity of field metabolism in Atlantic BFT www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thermal sensitivity of field metabolic rate predicts differential futures for bluefin tuna juveniles...

In this study, the authors use a dataset of stable isotope compositions of otoliths from Atlantic bluefin tuna to infer the thermal sensitivity of metabolic performance in their first year of life. Th...

www.nature.com

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Nick Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social · Sep 6

Super excited to welcome new PhD student Rachel Aitchison to the Earth to Ocean Research group at Simon Fraser University. She's working on "Metabolic morphology of rays"

Rachel and the Passenger Pigeon at California Academy of Sciences

Rachel and Amanda Arnold thrilled to find super cute SF mako shark

Its just like unwrapping a birthday pressie, opening tank of preserved shark and ray specimens at California Academy of Sciences

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