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Dr Luis Huckstadt
@luishuckstadt.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer, @exetercec.bsky.social. Ecophysiology of marine top predators (🦭, 🐋, 🐧). Pinnipedologist. He/Him #immigrantscientist #PinnipedFacts 🇨🇱➡️ 🇬🇧 https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/ecodap/
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · Nov 16
Hi! I’m getting new followers here so I just want to say Thank you! And you’re welcome here! My account will likely make you think about pinnipeds a lot (seals, sea lions and walruses) but that’s ok as 🦭 are the true masters of the oceans #Pinnipedologist I also post a lot about my labrador, Leymah
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · 7d
That be me
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · 14d
I did tell one… but telling two felt a bit too self indulgent 🤷‍♂️ . I guess my social anxiety and imposter syndrome took over 🤣! But always so proud and grateful of being part of the @ologies.bsky.social family!
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · 17d
Almost every time I have worn my @ologies.bsky.social hoodie in Sitka I get comments about how amazing the podcast is by random people… and they don’t even know that I was on an episode! I got two people telling me it was their favorite podcast yesterday at the airport! #pinnipedologist
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · 19d
We saw brown bears! 🐻 A mom and two cubs 🥰 - this field course is setting the bar high for the future trips!
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · 28d
Second day was dedicated to learning about ecological succession in the boreal forest, the effect of wild fires and the challenges that #ClimateChange poses to this fragile and important ecosystem - the moss beds were literally like walking on clouds @uniexecec.bsky.social
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · 29d
A good start to our field course! A red fox 🦊 is hanging out just outside the MacBride museum in Whitehorse, where we are meeting students for the first time before heading out to Kluane Lake Research Station @uniexecec.bsky.social
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · Sep 8
Let's hear it for #MultipleSclerosis doc & medical hero, Dr. Aaron Boster!

Send his vids to those affected by MS:
www.youtube.com/c/AaronBoste...

follow him at @aaronbostermd.bsky.social

and listen to his Ologies ep here:
www.alieward.com/ologies/neur...

This ep help you? Would love to hear.
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · Sep 7
Heading to the Yukon to teach our @uniexecec.bsky.social field course! Flying over Greenland never gets old but it’s also a clear reminder of how fast our planet is warming up #climatechange 🌎
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Sep 6
The rate of #Antarctic sea ice extent growth has increased over the last few weeks as we approach this year's annual maximum (austral winter). No new records will be set this year, thought current ice concentration remains quite low in several regions.

+ More at zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...
Polar stereographic map showing Antarctic sea ice concentration anomalies for August 2025 compared to a 1981-2010 average. Data is from https://nsidc.org/data/g02202/versions/5.
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · Sep 5
Today is the 20th anniversary of the day I left Chile to start my PhD… Lots has changed. Lots to reflect. Lots to remember. Lots still to learn #immigrantscientist
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · Aug 29
Back to the basics… teaching biological oceanography feels like coming back home @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social #NewAcademicYear #MarineEcology
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · Aug 28
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Jim Estes, biologist who revealed how sea otters shape entire ecosystems, died on May 20, aged 79
When Jim Estes first arrived in the Aleutian Islands in 1970, he expected a routine wildlife survey. What he found was the outline of a scientific revelation. In places where sea otters thrived, the o...
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · Aug 27
Question for the wide marine ecology community. I am teaching a marine ecology (biological oceanography) module for undergraduate at @uniexecec.bsky.social Anyone knows of resources to find papers published by minorities on any subject of relevance? 🌍🧪🌊🦑🦭🐟🦈
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · Aug 17
🚨‼️Atencion biólogos marinos de Chile!!! Postulen a esta beca para venir a hacer el MSc en Ecologia y Conservación de Vertebrados Marinos en @exeter.ac.uk -
@exetermarine.bsky.social .
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Chile (Chevening Scholarship) | Chevening
Chevening Scholarships for Chileans looking to study in the UK
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Aug 1
Today's new animation shows yearly changes in average sea surface temperature anomalies from 1982 (start of dataset) through last year. Note the large variability, long-term warming trends, and contrasts between different coastal regions.

U.S. climate indicators: zacklabe.com/united-state... 🌊
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · Jul 31
Did it! With Dr. @luishuckstadt.bsky.social!

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Jul 30
Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Jul 17
Atlantic Bluefin tuna are back in UK waters, but we still don’t exactly know what they are eating.
Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future.
To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b...
🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · Jul 2
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What Ocean Ramsey does is not shark science or conservation: some brief thoughts on “the Shark Whisperer” documentary
Netflix has a new (sarcastic air quotes) “documentary” out about Ocean Ramsey, who longtime readers and followers know is a serial wildlife harasser who also coordinates massive online …
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · Jun 20
A great week discussing everything 🦭 in the UK, population status and main issues with amazing colleagues and in a beautiful place. Can’t wait to meet again next year!
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · Jun 19
Tired but happy after a fantastic few days discussing all things UK seal populations with the NERC Special Committee on Seals (SCOS). Delighted to host such a brilliant group of scientists and government advisors and policy makers at SMRU
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · Jun 20
📣Announcing the launch of SealMAP: Seal Mapping & Analysis Platform. This SMRU app allows you to explore & download the latest grey & harbour seal distribution maps for Scotland. You can also get estimates of density for your area of interest. Happy mapping! arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/shiny/smru/s... 🦭🗺️
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · Jun 19
NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation managing two major restoration projects for #islands important for #seabirds: buff.ly/yfl1Vo2
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · Jun 8
We can do great things when we are working together...
🦭🐋🦈🐻‍❄️🐟🐧🦢*🐢*

Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets
The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of thre...
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Science Magazine @science.org · May 28
Recent research in #ScienceAdvances finds sea otters in Monterey, California, thrived after sea stars died off—leaving a big mussel feast.

Learn more on #WorldOtterDay: scim.ag/45sa8K7
A photo of a southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) foraging on mussels (Mytilus californianus).
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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · May 27
I’m finally done with marking…
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