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Fish Ecology & Management Lab

@mjweberlab.bsky.social

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Conducting applied fisheries research on Iowa’s lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and streams. Working on Walleye, Muskie, Bass, Sturgeon, Carp, Buffalo and other fun fish population dynamics, telemetry, food webs, and more! Iowa State University

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Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Mar 21

Daniel and McKensie, co-advised students with @iowantmofish.bsky.social , share some of their Shovelnose sturgeon research with one of our local angling groups

Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Dec 18

Come work with us!!!!

NREM nrem.iastate.edu at ISU is hiring an Assistant Professor of Biodiversity Conservation! See link below for more details & application instructions.

Applications due January 31.

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Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Dec 12

Spent this cold Iowa day looking for fish in a forest

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American Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · Dec 6

Session submission for next year's #AFS155 Annual Meeting in San Antonio is now open! Submit your proposals for symposia, innovative sessions, and Continuing Education courses by January 24, 2025: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/call-for-ses...

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Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Nov 28

It was a cold and blustery day with a few flurries, but I continued the tradition of a Thanksgiving Day bass!

Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Nov 24

Sauger - a Mississippi River icon

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Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Nov 23

Enjoying one last nice weekend before it gets cold

#ThisIsIowa

Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Nov 22

Thanks to @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social Exec Director @jeffkopaska.bsky.social for stoping by the ISU Student Subunit meeting tonight and discussing what AFS is and does!

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Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Nov 21

A few of mine from the past year

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Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Nov 21

a man with a mustache is saying thank you .

ALT: a man with a mustache is saying thank you .

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Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Nov 21

Congrats to Bobby Cope for successfully defending his dissertation last week! Bobby used acoustic telemetry to collect >26 million walleye detections in Rathbun Lake and address key questions about movement ecology and population dynamics! Look for some sweet pubs soon!

#TrackingNotSlacking

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Marty Hamel @martyhamel.bsky.social · Nov 19

If you age fish with calcified fish structures, check out our new website that displays images of known-age fish. Learn how to age fish and touch up on your skills! www.fishage.org
🐟 #fisheries
#fishsky
#otoliths

Home - FishAge: Known-Age Fish Image Database

Building on the vision of Dr. Mark Pegg and Dave Buckmeier, our team came together in the summer of 2021 to brainstorm a means to determine the availability

www.fishage.org

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Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Nov 21

Looking forward to this one! 👀

American Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · Nov 19

The Call for Sessions for #AFS155 in San Antonio will be opening soon! The theme for 2025 is "Headwaters to Saltwater: Understanding the Past, Protecting the Future, 155 Years of AFS." Also includes the Black Bass Symposium, last held 25 years ago. Learn more at afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org.

Fish Ecology & Management Lab @mjweberlab.bsky.social · Nov 20