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Paul Julian

@swampthingpaul.bsky.social

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#Aquatic & #wetland #ecologist, #biogeochemist & #limnologist but you will always find me in the #garden. #rstats number crunching fool. The trails call to me. #Plantbased #vegan muscle head at heart. Webpage and blog https://swampthingecology.org/

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Jan 8

A quick introduction.
Professionally, I wear multiple hats. I'm an aquatic #biogeochemist that focuses on #nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems. I also dive into #hydrology to understand how water moves. I enjoy statistics and love #rstats (sometimes😉)

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 14h

Looking at the titles of manuscripts from the past is fun ... it seems much more relaxed. Like this one "Sveriges geologiska undersöknings torvinventering och några av dess hittills vunna resultat." roughly translated to "Sweden's peatlands geological survey and some results gained so far."

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 1d

I was reading a paper today about stable states ... and they have ASS throughout the paper as an acronym for Alternative Stable States. In the associated code, they have a data.frame where they combined two very large datasets and called it bigass ... couldn't stop laughing whilst reading the paper.

a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his eyes closed

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his eyes closed

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 1d

While digging through some code from a manuscript I recently read ... yes, that rabbit hole I came across this line and I think I just found my new favorite set.seed(...) 🤣

set.seed(i+42) # Don’t Panic. “What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?”

#Rstats

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 16d

While I understand the intent of this message, it also doesn't negate the need for A) the user to read and understand the script and B) the developer to write functional code.

My personal code usually has this in it to help my OCD brain function. But if I share the code I remove this line.

We Are R-Ladies @weare.rladies.org · 16d

2017 was when Jenny discussed project-oriented workflows at the University of Auckland!

Love this slide 🤣

Learn about the talk here: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2017/12...

If the first line of your R script is

rm(list = ls())

I will come into your office and SET YOUR COMPUTER ON FIRE 🔥.

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Aug 28

Checked out Lake #George for #WorldLakeDay 🌊 Just 60 mi from Lake #Champlain, but water levels tell a different story: while trending down its not as drastic as Champlain 📉

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Aug 27

Following up on Lake Champlain levels: USGS data show major tributaries (Saranac, Ausable, Boquet, Lamoille, Winooski, Otter) are at record-low summer flows. Most <5th percentile. Drought or shifting climate? 🌦️🌊 #fedopendata

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Aug 25

@dsmccormick.bsky.social‬ Thanks for the suggestion ... here is a revised version with the turbo color scale. I think I like this one better!! It definitely contrasts the categories more.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Aug 25

For my hashtag#openscience and hashtag#rstats friends, here is the code behind this plot. In addition to exploring data from a different lake, I learned some new code using ggplot with spatial data and combining multiple plots into one coherent visualization.
gist.github.com/SwampThingPa...

Lake Champlain Calendar Plot

Lake Champlain Calendar Plot. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Aug 25

Lake Champlain is at its lowest for this time of year in over 50 years, much earlier than it should be.

To visualize this, I created a calendar plot that bins 50 years of lake stage data into quantiles.

#OpenScience #RStats #DataVisualization

calendar plot of Lake Champlain for the last 50 years

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Aug 17

Every summer, algae blooms erupt across Florida’s largest lake, choking the ecosystem and threatening our economy.

We collaborated with the National Park Service using decades of ecosystem monitoring data to develop a predictive algae model.

www.evergladesfoundation.org/post/bloom-w...

Bloom Watch: Forecasting Trouble in Lake Okeechobee with New Model

Our science team's new study in collaboration with the National Park Service explores how we can better predict algae blooms before they begin.

www.evergladesfoundation.org

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Aug 17

The wet season is taking it's sweet time kicking in. What does that mean for our environment and our way of life. Here is a blog post/article thingy we (a The Everglades Foundation team effort) did discussing it.

www.evergladesfoundation.org/post/the-sea...

The Season of Waiting: Drought in the Land of Water

How is the lingering South Florida drought affecting nature and people? Our science team breaks down the impacts and explains how Everglades restoration can help us build resilience.

www.evergladesfoundation.org

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Aug 14

Easier said than done nowadays (at least in the US). In the past three weeks I've reached out to five companies only two return my calls with one saying we aren't doing anymore installs so they can't quote me. Granted the US is a roaring garbage fire right now ...

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Jul 31

If you work with censored data in R, you might have noticed the absence of NADA and NADA2. Due to CRAN package management actions, these packages were unexpectedly archived. NADA2 is now functional again and removed any NADA dependencies.
github.com/SwampThingPa...

GitHub - SwampThingPaul/NADA2: Non-detects And Data Analysis

Non-detects And Data Analysis. Contribute to SwampThingPaul/NADA2 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Jul 23

Have you ever been homesick for a place you've never been? I have been struggling with this feeling for a while. I love my home, our garden but there is this nagging feeling I'm not where I should be. Maybe it's just wunderlust, mental and emotional exhaustion and/or romanticizing an idea ...

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Jul 14

What especially neat is that its all hashtag#OpenScience with a R shiny app to interact with the models

swampthingpaul.shinyapps.io/lok_algaeeva...

Lake Okeechobee Algae Condition Evaluation

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · Jul 14

🌊 New study alert! We modeled what drives harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee using decades of data. The LOK-HABAM model links hydrology + nutrients to bloom risk—helping guide smarter restoration + ops. Science that informs action!

www.frontiersin.org/journals/wat...

Frontiers | Planning for the future, algae bloom dynamics in water management and ecosystem restoration efforts

Eutrophication and chronic harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a challenge for ecosystem managers and restoration planners. Drivers of HABs include nutrient avai...

www.frontiersin.org

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · May 31

Yikes!!

a close up of a man 's face with the words dr.doctor.tumblr visible in the corner

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · May 30

Is that pollen or some kind of phytoplankton?!?

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · May 30

"Sorry for the delay in responding to your message, I've been watching a live stream"

I actually used that today as a colleague texted me and it took me a while to respond. 😂😂

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · May 22

How do people leave this (picture #1) and say I'm moving to "paradise" (picture #2)? It made me nauseous looking at where I used to live and grateful that we are no longer there.

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · May 21

A beautiful blooming Columbine (Aquilegia app). Not the native but excited to see its beautiful bloom. We will still be planting the native and slowly transitioning this area to native dominate. Plus we don't want to completely rip out everything the prior owner loving cared for.

#bloomscrolling

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · May 20

I just saw the medal list ... This is awesome on so many levels!!

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · May 19

Beautiful!! In the US (central NY) our native downy Hawthorns (Crataegus mollis) have bedazzled me with their blooms. Our woodland is filled with them.

Downy Hawthorn (Crataegus mollis) blooms. While flower amongst green foliage.

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · May 19

On our evening walk last night we came across this plant. We've been trying to ID it but the closest we've come is Sorbus americana (American Mountain Ash). The American cousin to the European Mountain Ash ... as in Rowan trees!! 🤞🤞 We're right, I would love to have a native "Rowan".

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · May 18

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Full info on the garden can be found here www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events...

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#seagrass #garden #rewilding #seawilding

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