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Director of the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences @ Auburn University https://agriculture.auburn.edu/research/faas/ • 🧪 for Ecosystems, Fish, People & Ag https://sites.google.com/view/rypel-lab/home • ✍️ at TangledNature.com .. more

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 1d

My next blog post on Tangled Nature is posted! It’s all about feeding your brain what matters: why some ideas endure, why others fade, and what "mental fitness" means in the age of ultraprocessed content.

Read it here 👉 open.substack.com/pub/tnature/...

#Ideas #Science #Memology #AI #Reading

In defense of ideas with a long half life

Feed your brain what matters

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 2d

This whiptail gulper eel (Saccopharynx lavenbergi) was spotted 880 meters deep in Monterey Canyon back in 1993—one of only 18 sightings in nearly 40 years! 📹️😍 With its massive mouth and glowing tail, this deep-sea icon even inspired MBARI’s logo. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwD...

Throwback to one of our earliest encounters with a deep-sea gulper eel

YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 4d

Check out this northern pike...

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Center for Watershed Sciences @ucdaviswater.bsky.social · 5d

California: A Salmon Society?

By Carson Jeffres Consider for a moment the identity of the Pacific Northwest as a Salmon Society. When you fly into an airport in the Pacific Northwest, salmon are on the floors and walls as art. This art is an expression of societal values in which salmon are…

California: A Salmon Society?

By Carson Jeffres Consider for a moment the identity of the Pacific Northwest as a Salmon Society. When you fly into an airport in the Pacific Northwest, salmon are on the floors and walls as art. This art is an expression of societal values in which salmon are important. In contrast, when you fly into Sacramento you see art of a river, birds, agriculture, but the salmon are missing.

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River Otter Ecology Project @riverotterecology.bsky.social · 6d

Jack Scheinman, who took that photo, reported the sighting through our Otter Spotter web portal back in 2022.

Here are a couple of other photos he submitted along with his sighting report.

River otter with a leopard shark in its mouth.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 6d

"What makes us so strongly desire to lay claim over nature? Economics is part of the answer. Ecosystems are valuable, and we use them to make money - lots of it"

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Walling Off Nature

Exploring the consequences of our urge to claim ecosystems

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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 7d

In her last interview before she died, Jane Goodall issued an urgent call to safeguard the Earth, warning that "humans are not exempt from extinction.”

In Her Final Interview, Jane Goodall Issues Urgent Call to Protect the Planet

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 8d

Peer review does have a problem. Predatory journals metastisized, open access turned out to be a way to charge authors beaucoup 💰, no one has time, credibility is 📉.

Interesting concept in the new journal below. Essentially reviewers blindly collaborate on a shared document before decision.

David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · 22d

It's true: Academic publishing has become a racket.

But I think the idea that #peerreview can happen haphazardly in the comments of a preprint server is naive.

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🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub

Opinion | Academic Publishing Has Become a Racket

Scientists write and review papers without getting paid, and their institutions have to pay for access.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 9d

That tie is amazing!

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 14d

That otter has a leopard shark in its mouth!

San Francisco Baykeeper @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social · 14d

New victory for Richmond's Pt Molate & open space in the Bay Area 🎉

The East Bay Regional Parks District is going to turn this beautiful stretch of Bay shoreline into a regional park -- a win for everyone who loves parks & sweeping views!
eastbayexpress.com/ospreys-and-...

Ospreys and otters prevail in preservation fight

Ospreys and otters prevail in preservation fight to save Point Molate in Richmond as a regional park after decades of controversy.

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San Francisco Baykeeper @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social · 14d

Ospreys and otters prevail in preservation fight

Ospreys and otters prevail in preservation fight to save Point Molate in Richmond as a regional park after decades of controversy.

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Jess Corman @limnojess.bsky.social · 14d

Research by my former PhD student, Daniel Gschwentner, on how grassland wildfires impact lakes is now live in Ecosystems: doi.org/10.1007/s100...
Wildfires are contributing to P loading in lakes, but lakes are N-limited so that P is likely not being processed by algae.
DM if you need access.

A red kayak rests at the edge of a still lake with emergent macrophytes and surrounded by low hills. Landscape is dry and brown.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 17d

Beautiful old souls

Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 22d

BIG Bigmouth Buffalo fish! These native freshwater planktivores can live for over 100 years!

We caught, fin-clipped, released several during yesterday’s @garlab.bsky.social native fishes survey!

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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 22d

BIG Bigmouth Buffalo fish! These native freshwater planktivores can live for over 100 years!

We caught, fin-clipped, released several during yesterday’s @garlab.bsky.social native fishes survey!

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David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · 22d

It's true: Academic publishing has become a racket.

But I think the idea that #peerreview can happen haphazardly in the comments of a preprint server is naive.

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🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub

Opinion | Academic Publishing Has Become a Racket

Scientists write and review papers without getting paid, and their institutions have to pay for access.

www.wsj.com

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 24d

The great British ecologist Charles Elton wrote in a gov't report in 1937:

"The earth is a unique natural park of life, whirling through an otherwise lifeless space. In this natural park are over a million forms of life, evolved into an unstable and highly complex network of communities." [1/2🧵]

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 25d

Check out this beautiful Rough Green Snake we came across in our yard this morning. These #snakes eat insects and are impacted by pesticide applications that are probably killing off their food. Super camo in the grass and trees. Cool. 💚🐍

Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 25d

“It's always a bad idea to bet against openness.” ~Joe MacMillan

Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 26d

'Our Lake'

Why are we so intent on claiming nature only to turn around and wall out everyone else?

Check out my latest Tangled Nature post: “Walling off nature” 🧱🌲🐟 #nature #wildlife #lakes #fish

🔗 tnature.substack.com/p/walling-of...

Walling Off Nature

Exploring the consequences of our urge to claim ecosystems

tnature.substack.com

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Center for Watershed Sciences @ucdaviswater.bsky.social · 26d

The Texas Flood Tragedy was Predictable, but was it Preventable?

By Kathleen Schaefer Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images In the wake of recent tragic events, such as the devastating floods in Texas, it's become clear that our current approach to flood management and disaster preparedness is…

The Texas Flood Tragedy was Predictable, but was it Preventable?

By Kathleen Schaefer Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images In the wake of recent tragic events, such as the devastating floods in Texas, it's become clear that our current approach to flood management and disaster preparedness is falling short. The Associated Press reported that a flood warning system, which could have potentially saved lives, was left unfunded due to budget constraints (

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 26d

Walling Off Nature

Exploring the consequences of our urge to claim ecosystems

tnature.substack.com

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 29d

I've got a nice one coming out on the Tangled Nature Blog this Saturday. Preview thumbnail below. Catch up on the last blog and subscribe at this link:

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · 29d

The #NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program #GRFP solicitation is coming soon!

The due date for Life Sciences proposals is 27 October 2025.

For more info: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 29d

Golden Trout?

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 29d

I'll just leave this study here

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Inequality in nature and society | PNAS

Most societies are economically dominated by a small elite, and similarly, natural communities are typically dominated by a small fraction of the s...

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · Sep 9

The bookmark tool is finally available!

Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'll bet that tasted good!

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Robert Arlinghaus @rarlinghausfish.bsky.social · Sep 6

What drives catch and release decisions. Our new paper studies this based on 20.000 angling trips. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Culture, context, and fish length drives voluntary catch-and-release behaviour of recreational anglers - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Recreational anglers’ decisions to harvest or release fish have significant implications for fisheries mortality and therefore fisheries management. In this study, we explore the psychological and con...

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mysillycomics @mysillycomics.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Silly Coelacanth Plush is up on Makeship!

If you didn’t get one during the petition phase, now is your chance!

I am so so so happy with this plush and working with Makeship was absolutely wonderful. Please check it out! 💙🩵💙

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · Sep 4

As usual, insects matter - alot!

lfehlinger.bsky.social @lfehlinger.bsky.social · Aug 15

Stoked to announce that our work has found its home in Limnology&Oceanography @aslo.org - the project EUROPONDS started 5 years ago, what a journey. Curious to read about how aquatic insect fluxes behave across Europe? aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Nutrients on the move: Investigating large scale fatty acid exports from European ponds via emerging insects

Permanent ponds are key landscape units that supply various ecosystem services. Notably, the export of aquatic subsidies to land via emerging insects may significantly influence terrestrial food webs...

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Corey Krabbenhoft @ckrabb.bsky.social · Sep 3

Couldn't be more pleased for this one to see the light of day. A US-Australia view of how fish assemblage composition has changed over ~40 years relative to climatic and hydrologic shifts in arid rivers. Spoiler alert: arid fishes may be in trouble onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪🐟💧🌎

Long‐Term Regime Shifts in Xeric Ecoregion Freshwater Fish Assemblages due to Anthropogenic and Climate Stressors

We aim to understand the factors contributing to the persistence of freshwater fishes under altered climate and flow regimes and inform the long-term conservation of global fish biodiversity. We anal...

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