Caroline 🐠✨
@carolineatwork.bsky.social
AFS journals staff. word nerd in a world of fish work. baltimore. 🏳️🌈
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November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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How would various hypoxia reduction strategies impact fisheries in the Gulf?
MissDelta's Kim de Mutsert and a team of researchers built a model to find out. Their takeaway? Slight changes in populations, big changes in distribution
https://doi.org/10.1093/mcfafs/vtaf032
#hypoxia #coastalscience
MissDelta's Kim de Mutsert and a team of researchers built a model to find out. Their takeaway? Slight changes in populations, big changes in distribution
https://doi.org/10.1093/mcfafs/vtaf032
#hypoxia #coastalscience
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How would various hypoxia reduction strategies impact fisheries in the Gulf?
MissDelta's Kim de Mutsert and a team of researchers built a model to find out. Their takeaway? Slight changes in populations, big changes in distribution
https://doi.org/10.1093/mcfafs/vtaf032
#hypoxia #coastalscience
MissDelta's Kim de Mutsert and a team of researchers built a model to find out. Their takeaway? Slight changes in populations, big changes in distribution
https://doi.org/10.1093/mcfafs/vtaf032
#hypoxia #coastalscience
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Spooky scary zombie salmon? Pacific salmon don't live long postspawning. While some die immediately, others live briefly + embrace rotting—literally—floating around and deteriorating. As their bodies decay, nutrients return to the environment, even to their future offspring! doi.org/10.1002/fsh....
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Spooky scary zombie salmon? Pacific salmon don't live long postspawning. While some die immediately, others live briefly + embrace rotting—literally—floating around and deteriorating. As their bodies decay, nutrients return to the environment, even to their future offspring! doi.org/10.1002/fsh....
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Technically, this is a book of spells.
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Technically, this is a book of spells.
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📢 New paper alert! 📢
CRI researchers just published a new paper comparing reproductive success of supplemented and wild Atlantic Salmon. The findings can help us better understand how to optimize supplementation programs to increase populations of Atlantic Salmon.
doi.org/10.1093/najf...
CRI researchers just published a new paper comparing reproductive success of supplemented and wild Atlantic Salmon. The findings can help us better understand how to optimize supplementation programs to increase populations of Atlantic Salmon.
doi.org/10.1093/najf...
October 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
📢 New paper alert! 📢
CRI researchers just published a new paper comparing reproductive success of supplemented and wild Atlantic Salmon. The findings can help us better understand how to optimize supplementation programs to increase populations of Atlantic Salmon.
doi.org/10.1093/najf...
CRI researchers just published a new paper comparing reproductive success of supplemented and wild Atlantic Salmon. The findings can help us better understand how to optimize supplementation programs to increase populations of Atlantic Salmon.
doi.org/10.1093/najf...
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Great new paper by two journal editors providing a roadmap for effective statistical reporting – fantastic resource for students in any ecological field. academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
Clarity over complexity: Statistical reporting that resonates
ABSTRACT. Effective statistical reporting is essential for the credibility, reproducibility, and advancement of scientific research. Despite existing guide
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June 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Great new paper by two journal editors providing a roadmap for effective statistical reporting – fantastic resource for students in any ecological field. academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
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There are 36,000 or so podcasts that explicitly link to research in some of their episode descriptions. That's how we find the research citations btw, exactly how we also do it with YouTube.
Podcasters: Link to the research in your episode descriptions!
3/7
Podcasters: Link to the research in your episode descriptions!
3/7
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
There are 36,000 or so podcasts that explicitly link to research in some of their episode descriptions. That's how we find the research citations btw, exactly how we also do it with YouTube.
Podcasters: Link to the research in your episode descriptions!
3/7
Podcasters: Link to the research in your episode descriptions!
3/7
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The American Fisheries Society extends our support to the furloughed fisheries and aquatics professionals affected by the U.S. federal government shutdown. Read our full statement on the shutdown and its impacts on natural resources here fisheries.org/2025/10/afs-...
October 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The American Fisheries Society extends our support to the furloughed fisheries and aquatics professionals affected by the U.S. federal government shutdown. Read our full statement on the shutdown and its impacts on natural resources here fisheries.org/2025/10/afs-...
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is this .gov link dead because of an error or because it's been wiped off the face of the earth? #proofreadingthoughts
May 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
is this .gov link dead because of an error or because it's been wiped off the face of the earth? #proofreadingthoughts
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Our note answering the question of how many fish species are there in (the three countries of) North America reached 300 reads and its first citation.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) How Many Fish Species Are in North America?
PDF | The joint American Fisheries Society and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Committee on Names of Fishes has updated the list... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
www.researchgate.net
October 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our note answering the question of how many fish species are there in (the three countries of) North America reached 300 reads and its first citation.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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This is called the pistachio tide and can confirm the rotten egg smell is very strong right now! aqua.org/stories/2023... #baltimore
October 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is called the pistachio tide and can confirm the rotten egg smell is very strong right now! aqua.org/stories/2023... #baltimore
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Widespread ‘pistachio tide’ rolls into the Inner Harbor
Widespread ‘Pistachio tide’ strikes the Inner Harbor
Blue Water Baltimore, a water quality watchdog in the city, explained the colorful change and rotten-egg smell were part of a “turnover event” in the harbor.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Widespread ‘pistachio tide’ rolls into the Inner Harbor
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In the latest #Fisheries: Strongholds for Pacific Salmon (open access), Reckoning with Coloniality in Alaska Trawl Fisheries (open access), Growth Patterns of Invasive Silver Carp in the Mississippi River Basin, Empowerment as a Goal for College Education, and more: academic.oup.com/fisheries/is...
October 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In the latest #Fisheries: Strongholds for Pacific Salmon (open access), Reckoning with Coloniality in Alaska Trawl Fisheries (open access), Growth Patterns of Invasive Silver Carp in the Mississippi River Basin, Empowerment as a Goal for College Education, and more: academic.oup.com/fisheries/is...
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Thinking about all of my US colleagues today that work for USGS, USFWS, US Parks Service, NOAA and the EPA. From front line environmental practitioners to scientists and policy makers, these folks ensure that waters are swimmable, fish are edible, that natural areas are accessible, etc, etc, etc.
October 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Thinking about all of my US colleagues today that work for USGS, USFWS, US Parks Service, NOAA and the EPA. From front line environmental practitioners to scientists and policy makers, these folks ensure that waters are swimmable, fish are edible, that natural areas are accessible, etc, etc, etc.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus is a multi-host fish pathogen that has caused large, sporadic fish kills in the Great Lakes region. This study compares viral prevalence and titers among fish species that may represent viral reservoirs enabling long-term persistence. doi.org/10.1093/jaha... (8/8)
Distribution of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus in the nearshore fish community of the St. Lawrence River
ABSTRACTObjective. We investigated viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus dynamics in wild fish populations of the St. Lawrence River to compare host competenc
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September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus is a multi-host fish pathogen that has caused large, sporadic fish kills in the Great Lakes region. This study compares viral prevalence and titers among fish species that may represent viral reservoirs enabling long-term persistence. doi.org/10.1093/jaha... (8/8)
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In the upper Yellowstone River, changing hydrologic conditions prevent long-term trout monitoring from occurring in some years. Using POPAN models to analyze mark–recapture data from individually marked fish may provide an alternative method for long-term monitoring. doi.org/10.1093/najf... 7/8
Open-population models provide an alternative trout monitoring method in the upper Yellowstone River, Montana
ABSTRACTObjective. Long-term monitoring programs typically require standardization to evaluate changes in fish populations over time. However, incorporatin
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September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
In the upper Yellowstone River, changing hydrologic conditions prevent long-term trout monitoring from occurring in some years. Using POPAN models to analyze mark–recapture data from individually marked fish may provide an alternative method for long-term monitoring. doi.org/10.1093/najf... 7/8
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Introduced fish predators may jeopardize river and native fish conservation goals. This study applies a well-known, flexible tool to create and evaluate factors potentially limiting coldwater fish restoration, including introduced predators and warmer river temperatures. doi.org/10.1093/tafa... 6/8
Introduced piscivore scope for predation can limit the success of native fish reintroduction efforts
ABSTRACTObjective. Rivers worldwide are heavily altered by human activities. The interactive effects of habitat alteration and introduced piscivores can je
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Introduced fish predators may jeopardize river and native fish conservation goals. This study applies a well-known, flexible tool to create and evaluate factors potentially limiting coldwater fish restoration, including introduced predators and warmer river temperatures. doi.org/10.1093/tafa... 6/8
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Remote sensing and field data can be used to evaluate the success of large river restoration projects at improving salmon habitat and provide timely guidance to restoration practitioners and engineers on how to adaptively manage and improve restoration projects. doi.org/10.1093/najf... (5/8)
Efficient monitoring of a large river restoration project using a combination of remote sensing and field data
ABSTRACTObjective. River restoration efforts continue to grow in spatial extent and complexity, though conventional monitoring methods are not designed to
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Remote sensing and field data can be used to evaluate the success of large river restoration projects at improving salmon habitat and provide timely guidance to restoration practitioners and engineers on how to adaptively manage and improve restoration projects. doi.org/10.1093/najf... (5/8)
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Many migrant freshwater fishes in the United States are in decline due to dams blocking them from completing critical life history migrations. A new fishway design used in an Indiana river shows promise: doi.org/10.1093/tafa.... (See a video here: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow...) (4/8)
Migration of freshwater fish species and passage at a dam using a novel fishway
ABSTRACTObjective. Decline of migrant freshwater fishes (potamodromous species) in the United States is a critical fisheries issue due to dams blocking mig
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Many migrant freshwater fishes in the United States are in decline due to dams blocking them from completing critical life history migrations. A new fishway design used in an Indiana river shows promise: doi.org/10.1093/tafa.... (See a video here: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow...) (4/8)
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The Hudson River estuary supports one of the most robust remaining American Eel populations. Understanding the spatial effects of climate change in the estuary is crucial for effectively conserving this endangered fish. doi.org/10.1093/tafa... (3/8)
Spatiotemporal shifts in American Eel population in a changing Hudson River estuary
ABSTRACTObjective. Estuarine fishes experience significant diel and seasonal variations in their environments, with climate change introducing additional s
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Hudson River estuary supports one of the most robust remaining American Eel populations. Understanding the spatial effects of climate change in the estuary is crucial for effectively conserving this endangered fish. doi.org/10.1093/tafa... (3/8)
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Smallmouth Bass pose a potential threat to at-risk Humpback Chub in the Grand Canyon ecosystem. How should we asses this potential threat, given that high turbidity in Grand Canyon may act as a natural barrier to sustained Smallmouth Bass recruitment? doi.org/10.1093/tafa... (open access) (2/8)
Assessing the potential for Smallmouth Bass population establishment in Grand Canyon
ABSTRACTObjective. The expansion of nonnative Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu into the Grand Canyon ecosystem downstream of Glen Canyon Dam is widely
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Smallmouth Bass pose a potential threat to at-risk Humpback Chub in the Grand Canyon ecosystem. How should we asses this potential threat, given that high turbidity in Grand Canyon may act as a natural barrier to sustained Smallmouth Bass recruitment? doi.org/10.1093/tafa... (open access) (2/8)
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There are two weeks to go in the fundraising campaign for the Natural History Society of Maryland's new shark science and conservation exhibit, and we have to raise about $1,400 more.
Please consider chipping in to help. Thank you!
www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support... #SciComm 🧪🦑🌎
Please consider chipping in to help. Thank you!
www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support... #SciComm 🧪🦑🌎
Help support a new shark science and conservation exhibit in Maryland!
The Natural History Society of Maryland is redoing their public exhibit halls, including a new exhibit on shark science and conservation. I’m helping them to design it, we’re fundraisin…
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September 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
There are two weeks to go in the fundraising campaign for the Natural History Society of Maryland's new shark science and conservation exhibit, and we have to raise about $1,400 more.
Please consider chipping in to help. Thank you!
www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support... #SciComm 🧪🦑🌎
Please consider chipping in to help. Thank you!
www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support... #SciComm 🧪🦑🌎
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Interested in learning more about the Kynard Fishway? Check out this new article in TAFS! doi.org/10.1093/tafa...
The BK Riverfish @bk-riverfish.bsky.social ladder is restoring whole fish communities — not just individual species.
See how it's helping reconnect rivers and protect biodiversity in Tomorrow’s Catch.
🎥 Explore more here: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow...
See how it's helping reconnect rivers and protect biodiversity in Tomorrow’s Catch.
🎥 Explore more here: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow...
BK-Riverfish - Tomorrow's Catch
Discover how BK-Riverfish is restoring fish passage in America’s rivers with an affordable, modular fishway that reconnects habitat and supports native stream fish conservation.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Interested in learning more about the Kynard Fishway? Check out this new article in TAFS! doi.org/10.1093/tafa...