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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org · 7d

Dive into the new #ASLO_Bulletin for the latest news in #aquaticscience! This issue features articles on ‘The Power of Pack Mules’ and a ‘Journey of Creating an Immersive Museum Exhibit’. Discover meeting highlights, community news, viewpoints & more: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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rainbowR @rainbowr.org · 17d

📣We're hosting a rainbowR conference, to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the #RStats community and to showcase examples of working with LGBTQ+ data 🌈🎉 To help us plan, if you'd be interested in attending or speaking, please fill in this very short form (1-2 mins) docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tx0...

Interested in a rainbowR Conference?

rainbowR (https://rainbowr.org) is hosting a virtual conference (tentative date: February 26, 2026). The aim of the conference is to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community, and to showca...

docs.google.com

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Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatino.com · Sep 9

Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline?

We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨

🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks

#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship

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Kara Woo @karawoo.com · Sep 5

I've given several talks at posit conf, but I've never gotten to give the "here's the super awesome new thing I worked on that I now get to share with you" kind...until this year! Come to the commercial products session to hear me talk about building container images with Connect, it is so coooool 😁

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

And many thanks to the excellent discussions at @aslo.org and @gleonetwork.bsky.social that led to this manuscript :)

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

Many thanks to a stellar team of coauthors, including @limnobenja.bsky.social @carolinacb.bsky.social @sehampton.bsky.social @rmpilla.bsky.social @joshculpepper.bsky.social @hydrobert.bsky.social @ichirolake.bsky.social @isabellaoleksy.bsky.social @mwerther.bsky.social and others!

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

Or to quote my favorite line from this piece: “Without an epistemological evolution, the fields of aquatic ecology and water quality management run the risk of developing divergent understandings of ecosystem function.”

Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

New paper alert!! Our viewpoint piece uses data from the U.S. EPA National Lakes Assessment + Landsat to see how differing definitions of trophic state can skew and enhance our understanding of lake ecosystems! @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Clarifying the trophic state concept to advance macroscale freshwater science and management

For over a century, ecologists have used the concept of trophic state (TS) to characterize an aquatic ecosystem's biological productivity. However, multiple TS classification schemes, each relying on...

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

And we highlight how these varying classification schemes can dramatically impact other fields that might be using these limnological ideas, such remote sensing.

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

We also looked at how our understanding of regional water quality can change when you apply different classification schemes at national scales.

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

We recreated figures from Wetzel’s Limnology text to see how fundamental ideas, such as clinograde and orthograde Temperature and DO curves, shake out when you apply various trophic state classification schemes.

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

New paper alert!! Our viewpoint piece uses data from the U.S. EPA National Lakes Assessment + Landsat to see how differing definitions of trophic state can skew and enhance our understanding of lake ecosystems! @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Clarifying the trophic state concept to advance macroscale freshwater science and management

For over a century, ecologists have used the concept of trophic state (TS) to characterize an aquatic ecosystem's biological productivity. However, multiple TS classification schemes, each relying on...

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · Sep 4

The application for the 2026 Hollings scholarship is opening October 1, 2025, but you can start preparing to apply now! Learn more about the program and check out resources for applicants: noaa.gov/office-educa...
#NOAAScholars

NOAA undergraduate scholars complete summer internship projects that span NOAA's mission.(Image credit: NOAA Office of Education)

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Stephanie Hampton @sehampton.bsky.social · Sep 3

It takes patience to have a conversation about definitions as a collaboration begins... but it is important!
"Trophic state" in lakes is one of those concepts! It really makes a difference which definition we use... @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Clarifying the trophic state concept to advance macroscale freshwater science and management

For over a century, ecologists have used the concept of trophic state (TS) to characterize an aquatic ecosystem's biological productivity. However, multiple TS classification schemes, each relying on....

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Multiple ecology faculty positions at @notredame.bsky.social. Apply at apply.interfolio.com/171650. (1/2). 🌎🌐🧪

Multiple Early Career Faculty Positions in Ecology

The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for multiple, tenure-track assistant professor positions that will enhance existing institutional excellence in ecology. We are searching broadly for creative and collaborative individuals (1) working at any spatial scale, from local to global, in any system, (2) studying any level of biological organization, from genes to ecosystems, and (3) using any mode of inference, from empirical to theoretical. Applicants should demonstrate research excellence that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries; ongoing growth in the department will emphasize new hires that use quantitative and/or integrative approaches to study ecological processes. Postdoctoral experience is desirable in applicants. Successful candidates will engage with and benefit from UNDERC, Notre Dame’s 8000-acre environmental field station and home to NEON’s Great Lakes domain, superb on-campus chemical and genomic analytical facilities, an experimental research facility located close to campus, cross-disciplinary interactions through multiple centers and institutes including the Environmental Change Initiative, and a unique Interdisciplinary Graduate Training Program in Environment and Society. New faculty will benefit from Notre Dame’s recent campus-wide Strategic Framework that included the Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative. Modern research facilities exist in a new environmental research building, which opened in 2025.

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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · Aug 19

Lake webinars! Check out this freshly updated list, including:
🦓💪 Aug. 21: How zebra mussels are changing fish contaminants
🌊🛥️ Aug. 26: Wake boat impacts on lakes
💧💲 Sept. 4: Watershed grants from MI EGLE
💩🚽 Sept. 15: Septic systems and the environment
List: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...

Image of the bow of a red kayak on a tree-lined lake under a blue sky. Text reads, "Learn about lakes online! Check out our updated list of webinars and classes."

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · Aug 19

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

docs.google.com

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment @natrevearthenviron.nature.com · Aug 19

New online! Extreme and compound events in lakes

Extreme and compound events in lakes

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 19 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00710-wExtreme and compound events in lakes are increasing in severity and frequency in response to climate change and basin-scale anthropogenic stressors. This Review explores the occurrence, drivers and impact of such events, focusing on their physical and ecological drivers, impacts and management responses.

www.nature.com

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John Logsdon @johnlogsdon.bsky.social · Aug 14

1) Are you an Assistant Professor studying evolutionary biology?

2) Are you in the US?

3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa?

4) Are you available to travel September 4-6?

If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.

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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org · Aug 13

📣 Join the #ASLO Student Resources and Activities Committee (SRAC) TOMORROW, August 14 from 7-8:30 PM ET for a panel discussion led by ASLO members with non-academic scientific careers in government, industry, and non-profit sectors.
👉 Register here: www.aslo.org/beyond-acade...

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INSTAAR 🏳️‍🌈 @instaar.bsky.social · Aug 4

Isabella Oleksy's Mountain Limnology Lab has taken over a 42-year-old monitoring project in Rocky Mountain National Park. Their investigations reveal how remote alpine watersheds are changing in the Anthropocene www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025...

@isabellaoleksy.bsky.social & @jbaron4.bsky.social

Air pollution and warming are changing Colorado’s remote alpine lakes

The Oleksy lab has taken over a 42-year-old monitoring project in Rocky Mountain National Park. Their investigations reveal how remote alpine watersheds are

www.colorado.edu

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Jul 30

Hello - I am a Research Limnologist with the US Geological Survey. I work at the nexus of data science, open science, and the aquatic sciences, where I tackle decades-old ecological questions with cutting edge data and computational methods. scholar.google.com/citations?us...

scholar.google.com

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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org · Jul 30

Early career aquatic scientists, don't miss the chance to apply for the Raelyn Cole Editorial Fellowship! This program offers the opportunity to develop your skills in scientific publishing, including writing, editing, and outreach.
Application deadline 1 Sept 2025:
aslo.org/2025-applica...
#ASLO

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John Gardner @jrgardner.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hey #AGU25 water folks, if you submit your abstracts last minute (like I do), please consider this session! We have a great line up of speakers!

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Isabella A. Oleksy, Ph.D. @isabellaoleksy.bsky.social · Nov 17

one of the best parts of sort of becoming a science "grown up" is getting to invite your favorite colleagues for seminar & catching up on life and projects together. Thanks for the visit & fantastic talk #NoBSky Michael Meyer!

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Jeff Hollister @jhollist.bsky.social · Dec 5

Just realized the bluesky may not be aware that you can access dad jokes (via the icanhazdadjoke API) directly in #rstats with the {dadjokeapi} 📦!

Image showing an R Console with the following in it: dadjokeapi::groan()
If you want a job in the moisturizer industry, the best advice I can give is to apply daily."

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cee @ceenell.bsky.social · Dec 20

Earth is in flux…. see our latest #dataviz project coming from #USGSvizlab labs.waterdata.usgs.gov/visualizatio...

Earth is in flux

Chart gallery highlighting key findings of USGS land change science

labs.waterdata.usgs.gov

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Jon Mooallem @jmooallem.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thinking about wreckage and restoration, about how some antique doors and millwork in the Capitol could only be repaired after Jan 6 because a USDA Forest Products lab in Wisconsin happened to have a stash of a certain mahogany in storage since WWI—wood not available anywhere anymore, for any price.

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Lauren Magliozzi, PhD 💧 @limnologylauren.bsky.social · Jul 2

New @agu.org session! Reduced nitrogen from source to impact: an interdisciplinary session on reduced nitrogen's complex environmental role. Invited speakers include USGS limnologist Dr. Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social & Georgia Tech atmospheric scientist Da Pan #AGU2025 🧪🔥⚒️

A flyer for an AGU 2025 session titled, "A082: New Perspectives on the Exchange of Reduced Nitrogen Between the Atmosphere, Land, and Water from Remote Sensing, in situ Measurements, and Modeling Approaches"

The description reads,

"Reduced nitrogen from source to impact! From wildfires to agricultural inputs, diverse sources of reactive nitrogen drive significant ecological changes including eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, and aquatic food web disruption across multiple environmental systems. Submit an abstract to our interdisciplinary session exploring atmospheric, terrestrial, and aquatic perspectives. We welcome contributions using remote sensing, field measurements, and modeling approaches that span complexity and spatiotemporal scales. Sections: Atmospheric Sciences, Biogeosciences" The conveners are Dr. Matthew Davis, Dr. Kimberley Corwin, and Dr. Lauren Magliozzi of Colorado State University. There is a QR code for the submission link, and the deadline is listed as 30 July 2025.

The text is black on white boxes with blue accents, and the background features a blue sky with large, white clouds.

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Jul 23

Yes. We just published the materials to our archive on @cos.io. The archive contains all materials from previous workshops and summits, and we try to upload more materials as soon as we can. osf.io/682v5/

AEMON-J/DSOS Archive: "Hacking Limnology" Workshop + Virtual Summit in Data Science & Open Science in Aquatic Research

This OSF project is meant to serve as a long-term storage repository for presentations and workshop materials for the Aquatic Ecosystem Modeling-Junior (AEMON-J) and Virtual Summit: Incorporating Data...

osf.io

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · Jul 22

And now onto the workshop with Carl Legleiter and Paul Kinzel on modeling river bathymetry with imagery collected from aircrafts! #HackingLimno #Limnology #Hydrology

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