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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · 8d

Welcome to Nolan Benoit, who has just started his PhD with me. He is my first PhD student (bear with me!), and he will focus on the effects of PFAS contamination on immunity and survival in different seabird populations."
@ecophycebc.bsky.social
@cebc-chizelab.bsky.social
@univ-larochelle.fr

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · 15d

I was very pleased to present my works and the common tern team at the IPHC-DEPE Strasbourg. After 5 years, it seems that I cannot let behind these beloved birds 💚@commonternproject.bsky.social
@iphc-strasbourg.bsky.social
@ecophycebc.bsky.social
@cebc-chizelab.bsky.social
@univ-larochelle.fr

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · 20d

With @romain-pigeault.bsky.social and Jérôme Moreau we offer a 6-months internship for a master student to test the effect of pesticides on passerine birds. Follow the link for more. @ecophycebc.bsky.social
@univ-larochelle.fr
@univpoitiers.bsky.social
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Msc internship proposal | Coraline Bichet

With my colleagues Romain Pigeault and Jérôme Moreau we offer a 6-months internship position for a master student (2nd year) about the potential effect of pesticides on passerine birds. Check the atta...

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · 29d

With my colleague Christophe Guinet we offer a 6-months position for a master student about sexual selection in southern elephant seals. Here for more details: www.linkedin.com/posts/corali...
@predateursmarins.bsky.social
@ecophycebc.bsky.social
@cebc-chizelab.bsky.social
@univ-larochelle.fr

6-monts internship proposal | Coraline Bichet

With my colleague Christophe GUINET we offer a 6-months internship position for a master student about sexual selection in southern elephant seals 🦭. Check the attached file (in French) for more detai...

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · Jul 8

A new paper in out !!! Wants to know more about mercury dynamics and consequences in early life? Follow the link below

Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · Jul 7

And here it is - Justine's last thesis chapter got accepted too and can now be read as an open access paper in Environmental Research: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · Jun 2

Silent Spring above the ocean...

France Culture @franceculture.fr · Jun 2

Tempêtes, pollution plastique, filets de pêche, maladies… les menaces s’accumulent.
C’est une hécatombe silencieuse, conséquence directe de la dégradation des écosystèmes marins.
Reportage avec la Ligue de protection des Oiseaux, sur une plage de la Rochelle.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/Tnv

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Florian Orgeret @florgeret.bsky.social · May 28

💻 Recrutement en thèse au CEBC / La Rochelle Université !
🎓 Dynamique spatio-temporelle des oiseaux sentinelles du littoral
🦅 Espèces étudiées : cigogne, sternes, goélands,...
📊 Analyses GPS/accélérométrie, R, SSF/HSF, GLMM
📅 Candidature avant le 25/06/2025
🔗 www.univ-larochelle.fr/luniversite/...

Offre de thèse en écologie

Descriptif de l’employeur Et si vous rejoigniez une université audacieuse et innovante ? La Rochelle Université s’est inscrite, dès sa création en 1993,

www.univ-larochelle.fr

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Institute of Avian Research 'Vogelwarte Helgoland' @ifv-whv.bsky.social · Apr 30

New publication by @matteobeccardi.bsky.social and @oscarvedder.bsky.social (with @btschirren.bsky.social) in @royalsocietypublishing.org: 'Male inbreeding reduces fertility, but does not accelerate in vivo sperm senescence: an experimental approach in a polyandrous bird'
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · Apr 24

When you have the cutest students 😍

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · Apr 18

We started the field season with the yellow-gulls 😎🥚💚
#fieldwork
#PFAS
#seabird

Ecophy CEBC @ecophycebc.bsky.social · Apr 17

Sampling for #PFAS in yellow-legged gulls at Île de Ré. Thanks to the long-term partnership with RN Lilleau des Niges and LPO Aquitaine.

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · Apr 16

Today was the first field day of the season for our #housesparrow 🐦 studies with my new team of three great students from @univ-larochelle.fr. Several nest boxes occupied, but must of all, a clutch with already five eggs 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
@ecophycebc.bsky.social @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · Apr 15

There has been a little arrival explosion. 49 birds arrived yesterday, bringing the total to 58, among which 27 males and 31 females, aged 4 - 18. #phenology #ternscience

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · Apr 2

These are 5 autumn migration routes travelled by the same common tern. He’s not the only one showing such flexibility, and it pays, because in our new paper, published by @royalsocietypublishing.org, we show that route flexibility is associated with minimized headwind exposure: tinyurl.com/4dawhwzj

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · Mar 25

A new study about Hg contamination in common terns is out! We found that breeding pairs have similar Hg levels and this level also reflect the contamination of their eggs. Follow the link for more :
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Ecophy CEBC @ecophycebc.bsky.social · Mar 20

Our Toad tribute for #WorldFrogDay 🤩

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Oscar Vedder @oscarvedder.bsky.social · Nov 28

Happy to see this published! Excellent work done by PhD student Matteo Beccardi, with great help from @mmoiron.bsky.social, @pablosalmon.bsky.social and @btschirren.bsky.social. #inbreeding #personality #quail
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Does inbreeding affect personality traits? An experimental study in a precocial bird - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Inbreeding is known to have deleterious effects on offspring performance, but the extent to which such inbreeding depression acts on traits is widely variable. In particular, condition-dependent trait...

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · Mar 5

"experience the experience" - Bsc students in Life Science testing their own hypotheses and protocols on crickets 🦗at @univ-larochelle.fr with @kmonceau.bsky.social and myself

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · Mar 3

We have a #phd position open at @univ-larochelle.fr and
@cebc-chizelab.bsky.social. Do not hesitate to apply if interested😉

CEBC Predateurs Marins team @predateursmarins.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thèse ouverte avec Timothée Bonnet au CEBC
www.univ-larochelle.fr/wp-content/u...

Stratégies de migration et d’utilisation des habitats chez une espèce sentinelle des écosystèmes
littoraux atlantiques (cigogne blanche)

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Jan 30

Congrats to our Nav05 project leader Sandra Bouwhuis and Postdoc Nathalie Kürten @commonternproject.bsky.social and colleagues to their latest publication in J of Animal Ecology! doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · Feb 4

Was not here because of maternity leave but I heard it was great. Congratulations to the organization team !!!

Camille Schatz @cschatz.bsky.social · Jan 30

Last August, we organized the Ecology & Behaviour meeting at @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social with an incredible team🤩 Here’s a recap of what went down: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMNl...
The next edition will be in Montpellier this summer!🦩Join @ecobhvr2025.bsky.social and submit your abstract by March 28!

Ecology and Behaviour 16th Edition wrap up

YouTube video by Ecology Behaviour

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Ecophy CEBC @ecophycebc.bsky.social · Jan 6

Leonardo Crocenzi
Disentangling the sublethal effects of herbicides across life stages in #amphibians 🐸
Working with François Brischoux, Nicolas Pollet and David Costantini
Funded by Agences de l’Eau Loire-Bretagne & Adour-Garonne

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Dec 4

We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74.

Go on girl. 😍

A screenshot of a social media post from USFWSPacific that reads:

"SHE DID IT AGAIN!

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg.

At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male."

This tweet is paired with an image of two Laysan Albatrosses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird, is shown alongside her new partner, demonstrating her enduring legacy as a remarkable seabird.

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Ecophy CEBC @ecophycebc.bsky.social · Dec 5

🤩 Just published in the December issue of Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Everything you always wanted to know about interacting effects of salinization 🧂 and warming 🌡️ on ectotherms 🪳🕷️🪰🐸🐢🐍
Wonderful collaboration with Léa Lorrain-Soligon and Julien Pétillon
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

The interactive effects of salt and heat on coastal ectotherms

Coastal ecosystems face salinization and rising temperatures. In coastal ectotherms, salinity and temperature affect metabolism, tolerance, infections, growth, behavior, and survival. Overall, the combined effects of salinity and temperature on species distribution, community structure, invasive species, and ecosystem functioning need to be fully assessed to understand impacts from these stressors.

www.cell.com

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