Victoria Van Mierlo
@vanmierlo.bsky.social
McGill Doctoral Student with focus on invasive crayfish in the Great Lakes-St Lawrence River basin (Ricciardi Lab)🦞
Previously: Wildlife Habitat Biologist w/ Canadian Wildlife Service - Ontario 🦌&🐺
Previously: Wildlife Habitat Biologist w/ Canadian Wildlife Service - Ontario 🦌&🐺
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We had a great time at the McGill BGSA Retreat at Gault Nature Reserve this past weekend! 🌲❄️
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November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We had a great time at the McGill BGSA Retreat at Gault Nature Reserve this past weekend! 🌲❄️
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For anyone looking for an amazing PhD opportunity with Steph Green in marine global change ecology and conservation for 2026: greenlab.ca/opportunitie...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
For anyone looking for an amazing PhD opportunity with Steph Green in marine global change ecology and conservation for 2026: greenlab.ca/opportunitie...
Such a loss. She was such a champion of conservation. She inspired me to become an ecologist and I am so grateful to have had the chance to see her speak, twice.
We must all continue her legacy by fighting for wildlife conservation and continue to have hope 🤍
Rest in Peace, Jane🤍
We must all continue her legacy by fighting for wildlife conservation and continue to have hope 🤍
Rest in Peace, Jane🤍
Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
October 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Such a loss. She was such a champion of conservation. She inspired me to become an ecologist and I am so grateful to have had the chance to see her speak, twice.
We must all continue her legacy by fighting for wildlife conservation and continue to have hope 🤍
Rest in Peace, Jane🤍
We must all continue her legacy by fighting for wildlife conservation and continue to have hope 🤍
Rest in Peace, Jane🤍
I went on a solo hike today at Bronte Creek Provincial park with the goal of witnessing the beginning of the salmon run. The salmon haven’t made it this far west yet, but I was blessed to find this beautiful Cambarus robustus who had recently molted.
September 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I went on a solo hike today at Bronte Creek Provincial park with the goal of witnessing the beginning of the salmon run. The salmon haven’t made it this far west yet, but I was blessed to find this beautiful Cambarus robustus who had recently molted.
That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 4/4
September 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 4/4
That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 3/4
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 3/4
That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 2/4
September 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 2/4
That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 1/4
September 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 1/4
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A reminder:
There is no analogy in the fossil record for the magnitude & scale of the modern bioinvasion event.
Driven by human activities, species are moving faster, farther, and in greater numbers than at any time in the history of life.
There is no analogy in the fossil record for the magnitude & scale of the modern bioinvasion event.
Driven by human activities, species are moving faster, farther, and in greater numbers than at any time in the history of life.
Climate change is a 'natural' process now occurring ~10 times faster than the average rate after an ice age. Extinction is 'natural' but is now occurring 1000X faster than in past eras (apart from mass extinctions). Biological invasion is now at rates 100000X prehistoric levels of spp colonisations.
August 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A reminder:
There is no analogy in the fossil record for the magnitude & scale of the modern bioinvasion event.
Driven by human activities, species are moving faster, farther, and in greater numbers than at any time in the history of life.
There is no analogy in the fossil record for the magnitude & scale of the modern bioinvasion event.
Driven by human activities, species are moving faster, farther, and in greater numbers than at any time in the history of life.
Blessed to find this beautiful electric blue Faxonius virilis while sampling the St. Lawrence for my doctoral work! This is a fairly rare phenotype for this native North American species!
July 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Blessed to find this beautiful electric blue Faxonius virilis while sampling the St. Lawrence for my doctoral work! This is a fairly rare phenotype for this native North American species!
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Sampling in the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers for @vanmierlo.bsky.social’s fieldwork, targeting invasive spinycheek crayfish #invasivespecies #crayfish
July 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Sampling in the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers for @vanmierlo.bsky.social’s fieldwork, targeting invasive spinycheek crayfish #invasivespecies #crayfish
Check out our new paper "Bioclimatic, terrain, and specific peatland composition are major drivers of woodland caribou winter habitat suitability in northern Ontario". I am grateful to have worked on this important topic with this amazing team!
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April 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Check out our new paper "Bioclimatic, terrain, and specific peatland composition are major drivers of woodland caribou winter habitat suitability in northern Ontario". I am grateful to have worked on this important topic with this amazing team!
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Follow our students for posts about invasive freshwater fish, crayfish & mussels:
(clockwise in photo below)
Victoria @vanmierlo.bsky.social
Kate @katest0rey.bsky.social
Brielle @briellecomartin.bsky.social
Emma @emmaschubert.bsky.social
Ty @tjcolvin.bsky.social
Ivana @ivanakomendic.bsky.social
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Victoria @vanmierlo.bsky.social
Kate @katest0rey.bsky.social
Brielle @briellecomartin.bsky.social
Emma @emmaschubert.bsky.social
Ty @tjcolvin.bsky.social
Ivana @ivanakomendic.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Follow our students for posts about invasive freshwater fish, crayfish & mussels:
(clockwise in photo below)
Victoria @vanmierlo.bsky.social
Kate @katest0rey.bsky.social
Brielle @briellecomartin.bsky.social
Emma @emmaschubert.bsky.social
Ty @tjcolvin.bsky.social
Ivana @ivanakomendic.bsky.social
(clockwise in photo below)
Victoria @vanmierlo.bsky.social
Kate @katest0rey.bsky.social
Brielle @briellecomartin.bsky.social
Emma @emmaschubert.bsky.social
Ty @tjcolvin.bsky.social
Ivana @ivanakomendic.bsky.social
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New paper alert!
How do biodiversity offsets, nature positive, and biodiversity credits fit together? @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social
Open access (non-downloadable): rdcu.be/ebGtr
Paywalled (downloadable): lnkd.in/ghv6zSRp
#BiodiversityOffsets #NaturePositive
How do biodiversity offsets, nature positive, and biodiversity credits fit together? @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social
Open access (non-downloadable): rdcu.be/ebGtr
Paywalled (downloadable): lnkd.in/ghv6zSRp
#BiodiversityOffsets #NaturePositive
Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Biodiversity offsets, applied as part of the mitigation hierarchy, aim to ensure that ‘no net loss’ of biodiversity occurs as a result of human development...
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March 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New paper alert!
How do biodiversity offsets, nature positive, and biodiversity credits fit together? @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social
Open access (non-downloadable): rdcu.be/ebGtr
Paywalled (downloadable): lnkd.in/ghv6zSRp
#BiodiversityOffsets #NaturePositive
How do biodiversity offsets, nature positive, and biodiversity credits fit together? @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social
Open access (non-downloadable): rdcu.be/ebGtr
Paywalled (downloadable): lnkd.in/ghv6zSRp
#BiodiversityOffsets #NaturePositive