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Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · 13d

& @jagephart.bsky.social remotely! (We miss you!)

Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · 13d

Leading a HDSI nutrition sensitive aquatic food systems workshop with this amazing group of people! Feeling extremely grateful for them sharing their time and expertise with the group! @christinahicks.bsky.social @james-robinson.bsky.social @chrisgolden.bsky.social Aaron, Nisha, Chris Free & Laura

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Aug 7

Please share or apply.

We’ve got a great thing going up here! 🇨🇦
From our new Accelerating Community Energy Transformation program
www.uvic.ca/acet/
to the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) climatesolutions.ca
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, ONC, Climate Leaders program & more!

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · Aug 1

SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Joint position at @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca. Associate Professor/Professor (Tenure) position.

DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...

SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Joint position at @UBCoceans and @UBCeoas. Associate Professor/Professor (Tenure) position.

DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
https://ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfacultyjobs/details/Canada-Excellence-Research-Chair-in-Ocean-Ecological-Modelling_JR21451

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Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · Jul 20

open access paper estimating the contribution of aquatic foods, and specific aquatic food groups (e.g., reef fish, pelagic fish, invertebrates) to household nutrient intake and adequacy in Kiribati. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@hsph.harvard.edu
@chrisgolden.bsky.social @jagephart.bsky.social

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Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · Jun 24

Great! Can you add me please :)

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Josh Cinner @joshuacinner.bsky.social · Jun 18

Our Bright Spots 2.0 workshop team
@christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social

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Josh Cinner @joshuacinner.bsky.social · Jun 17

Generations of my PhD students (4 former and 2 current) working together. @christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social

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Robert Arlinghaus @rarlinghausfish.bsky.social · Jun 16

Fish and Fisheries is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief. Please apply to guide the future of this leading journal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Fish and Fisheries

Fish and Fisheries is an interdisciplinary journal covering fish biology, fisheries and aquaculture – from molecular biology & genetics to behavior & conservation.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · May 20

Totally missed this last year's paper: A great introduction to continuous-time modelling (deterministic & stochastic)!

Who is afraid of modelling time as a continuous variable?

Most models of ecological and eco-evolutionary processes involve creating trajectories of something, be it population densities, average trait values, or environmental states, over time. This requ...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · May 14

Strong rebuke of NOAA fisheries job cuts from fishing industry commenter John Sackton. Full article here [paywall]:
www.seafoodnews.com/Story/130626...

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Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · May 11

@connollyseanr.bsky.social @joshuacinner.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @chrisgolden.bsky.social @mariabeger.bsky.social and other great people!

Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · May 11

Preprint alert! 🐠🪸
We show that rebuilding fish stocks on coral reefs can significantly increase the number of fish servings produced a year and the number of people meeting fish intake recommendations, particularly for countries with high malnutrition! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Potential yield and food provisioning gains from rebuilding the worlds coral reef fish stocks

Many coral reefs have fish stocks that are depleted below the level at which sustainable production is maximized. Lower production means that millions of people are losing out on potential food, incom...

www.biorxiv.org

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Nature @nature.com · Apr 3

The Trump administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways.

What do you think of all the changes? Take our poll ⤵️

https://go.nature.com/42DRA71

Take Nature’s poll: How will Trump’s policies affect US science?

The new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways. What do you think of all the changes?

go.nature.com

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Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · Mar 31

And Laura Elsler!!!

Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · Mar 31

Possible thanks to a fantastic team! @chrisgolden.bsky.social @james-robinson.bsky.social @christinahicks.bsky.social @jagephart.bsky.social J Eurich, K Seto, J Mason, K Kleisner, D Palomares, W Friedman, V Parducho, L Abucay, DViana, N Marwaha, SH Yoo & A MacNeil!

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Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · Mar 31

Are you interested in invertebrate aquatic foods and their role in global nutrition-security? We quantified the nutrient supply of aquatic invertebrates for 29 essential nutrients, and in the process we developed predictive models of their nutrient content! Preprint alert: @chrisgolden.bsky.social

The nutritional value of invertebrate aquatic foods

Aquatic invertebrates are a diverse, nutrient-dense, and socio-ecologically important food whose contribution to human nutrition is frequently overlooked. We quantify their contribution to global nutr...

www.biorxiv.org

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Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · Mar 26

Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging! (nurses health study) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging - Nature Medicine

In two longitudinal cohorts followed for 30 years, the associations of eight different dietary patterns with healthy aging—encompassing cognitive, physical and mental health—were studied, identifying ...

www.nature.com

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · Mar 17

Interested in ecological/environmental #stats? Join us at the EnvEcoStats conference at Lancaster Uni 1-3 July 2025 envecostats.wordpress.com 14 days left to submit an abstract - come on ecologists! @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @besmacro.bsky.social @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social #RStats

Environmental and Ecological Statistics Conference

Co-organised by Glasgow University and Lancaster University

envecostats.wordpress.com

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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · Mar 2

#JobOpportunity in the #NT! The Northern Territory Government is hiring…

🎣 Aquatic Resource Management Officer
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🎣 Fisheries Enhancement Program Officer
👀 buff.ly/3Xkkjf7

🎣 Engagement Officer
👀 buff.ly/41CvnXD

🚨 Deadlines: 17-19 March

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · Feb 28

I completely re-worked my course "Introduction to Bayesian statistics with brms" and taught it for the 1st time this week. It is meant as a tutorial for ecologists, but should be general enough for other sciences as well
github.com/benjamin-ros...
#stats #Rstats #brms #Stan #Bayesian

GitHub - benjamin-rosenbaum/bayesian-intro: Introduction to Bayesian statistics

Introduction to Bayesian statistics. Contribute to benjamin-rosenbaum/bayesian-intro development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Feb 27

Fisheries management... what we need to ensure jobs, food, and sustainable environment. One more thing that NOAA does.

Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · Feb 27

New: Layoffs underway of probationary employees at @noaa.gov Unclear so far how many were exempted for public safety reasons at the Nat'l Weather Service, NOAA Satellites and other units. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...

Layoffs hit federal climate, weather agency NOAA

The cuts could affect NOAA's weather forecasts, climate research and other functions.

www.axios.com

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Jessica Zamborain Mason @jzamborainmason.bsky.social · Feb 23

Species interact in a number of ways that we still don’t know about!

Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · Feb 18

Calibrated Ecosystem Models Cannot Predict the Consequences of Conservation Management Decisions 🌎🧪🌐 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Calibrated Ecosystem Models Cannot Predict the Consequences of Conservation Management Decisions

This study evaluates ecosystem models calibrated to time series data from experimental microcosms. Although multiple parameter sets fit the data well, the models fail to predict future dynamics, resp...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · Feb 19

To help people separate cancer facts from fiction, researchers at Harvard Chan School created the Cancer FactFinder. The online tool allows users to look up common claims about cancer to find out whether they are supported or debunked by research.

Cancer claims are everywhere. Which to trust? — Harvard Gazette

Our research-based quiz can help

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