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The Ricciardians
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Official Bluesky account for the Ricciardi Lab @ McGill University. 🌊🐠🐚🤿🔬Ecology of lakes & rivers | Aquatic invertebrates | Freshwater fishes | Invasive species | Climate change | PI: ecoinvasions.bsky.social #bioinvasions #limnology #biodiversity
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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · 1d
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Africa's freshwater fish face extinction in Lake Victoria due to pollution, overfishing and invasive species
Africa’s freshwater fish are on the decline, according to a recent report by the World Wide Fund for Nature. In Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, fish catches have dropped sharply as pollution, in...
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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · 1d
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Canada and the U.S. have a common enemy: invasive and voracious carp
A voracious species of carp introduced by the U.S. in the 1970s is spreading and scientists have new fears it could end up in the Great Lakes.
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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · 1d
"What the barnacle really does signify is that this incredibly pristine environment is starting to become vulnerable to invasive species"
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Cruising for clues: researchers say they've found evidence of 1st invasive barnacle in Nunavut | CBC News
The Arctic’s cold waters have – for the most part – prevented invasive species from migrating north. But with the Arctic warming up nearly four times faster than anywhere else on Earth, shipping route...
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Emma Schubert @emmaschubert.bsky.social · 3d
A beautiful fall day at the Gault Open Doors event 2025 talking to the community about aquatic invasive species 🐟🌱
@picard-m.bsky.social #goldfish #invasivespecies #aquaticecology #tubenosegoby #roundgoby #gaultnaturereserve
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Ron McIntyre @ronmac11.bsky.social · 1d
Willow emerald damselfly
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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 1d
Lovely examples of how BUTTONS used to be made from the nacreous layer of these bivalves! Just take "hole punches" through the shells! #molluscmonday
approx 50 clam shells with perfect round holes in them
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 2d
Some amazing early-19th century fish illustrations, by Edward Donovan
The natural history of British fishes
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MARE @marescience.bsky.social · 4d
New Publication in The Journal of Fish Biology!

"Hidden in the gut: Metabarcoding reveals overlooked predation by the invasive European catfish (Silurus glanis)"

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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INVASIVESNET @invasivesnet.bsky.social · 3d
📢 New Webinar Oct 14!
Corbicula fluminea arrives in 🇳🇿: first record, pathways & impacts.

Join Dr Deborah Hofstra for insights on biosecurity, management & long-term effects.

🕗 8PM NZST | 8AM BST | 9AM CET
🔗 Register: aub.ie/bSALiV

#InvasiveSpecies #Biosecurity #Corbicula @guardias.bsky.social
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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 3d
The Skagit River is my new favorite river. It's a beautiful, diverse, glacial watershed. All 5 North American salmon species, steelhead, coastal cutthroat, bull trout, & dolly varden are all native & extant. It's an salmonid paradise that aptly means "place of sanctuary" in native Lushootseed. 🐟
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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 26d
JUST-IN
Salmon juveniles are vulnerable to predation by invasive African clawed frogs in Washington state doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... #salmon #predation
Canadian Science Publishing
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American Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · 6d
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...
Cover of the September 2025 issue of Fisheries featuring kokanee salmon in Alaska, credit J. Ching.
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Megan M. Weber @meganweber.bsky.social · 4d
New #OpenAccess paper! Does augmented reality messaging lead people to take more aquatic #InvasiveSpecies prevention actions? Not in this case... but we have thoughts and it certainly still created some engaging conversations. Check it out! #BioInvasions
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
A virtual scene depicting an angler on a dock alongside a truck pulling a trailered fishing vessel from a lake is projected on a tabletop. An inset video shows someone wiping down a fishing rod.
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Beneath British Waters @beneath-b-waters.bsky.social · 5d
The long-awaited documentary will be complete by Mid-october. Wykeham Lakes focuses on what a thriving and flourishing freshwater ecosystem looks like. Filmed over 2 years a visual journey into the depths of an incredible freshwater lake. #freshwaterfish #pike #rudd #underwater #scuba #documentary
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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · 5d
In the Richelieu River, 25 years' exposure to zebra mussel fouling and food competition has produced a longterm erosion of native unionid mussels, despite the river's chemistry being suboptimal for zebra mussels.
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

Pre-print: utoronto.scholaris.ca/bitstreams/9...
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Steve Ormerod @steveormerod.bsky.social · 8d
How #climatechange is reshaping fish communities in the United States as temperatures rise and non-native fishes proliferate: @ian-vaughan.bsky.social overviews recent extensive work by @rumschsl.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate change is reshaping fish communities in the United States
Rising temperatures and the introduction of non-native fishes have been linked to rapid changes in fish communities across the United States.
www.nature.com
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Matthew L. Miller @matthewlmiller.bsky.social · 8d
Padded sculpin. Campbell River harbor, British Columbia.
Padded sculpin.
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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · 9d
A shout out to the invertebrates that contribute to river ecosystem function.

Polycentropid caddisfly larvae are cool suspension feeders/predators. In the St Lawrence & Ottawa rivers, we commonly find the classic trombone-shaped nets of the polycentropodid Neureclipsis. #WorldRiversDay
Silk nets of caddisfly larvae on submerged rocks in the lower Ottawa River. Photo by A. Ricciardi.
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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · 9d
On #WorldRiversDay, our lab celebrates over two decades of research on river ecosystems!
#StLawrenceRiver
#RichelieuRiver
#OttawaRiver
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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · 9d
On #WorldRiversDay the Ricciardi Lab salutes the majestic St Lawrence River. Gateway to the world's largest freshwater ecosystem; 1200km in length with archipelagos, extensive wetlands, fluvial lakes & an enormous estuary. It has >70 native species of freshwater fish & myriad invertebrate species.
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Steve Ormerod @steveormerod.bsky.social · 10d
#WorldRiversDay - protect the life beneath

www.cardiff.ac.uk/llyn-brianne...
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 9d
The fine velvety hairs on this Lutrochus travertine beetle trap air like a little bug scuba tank to help it breathe underwater. Arizona.
Macro photo in front view of a robust golden beetle with short legs and widely spaced eyes, its body covered in short velvety hairs. The beetle is standing on wet, light-colored rock.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 11d
New paper from our lab: The use of #microplastics as case-building material by larval caddisflies facilitates the transfer of plastic (& potentially its associated contaminants) to predatory fish.
Larval caddisflies (Limnephilidae) that had been exposed to microplastics (PET) and natural materials will readily incorporate plastic into their cases. Plastic in gastrointestinal tract of a freshwater fish (brown bullhead) exposed to larval caddisflies whose cases incorporate plastic.
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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 11d
River abstraction has soared 76% over two decades, threatening rivers, ecosystems and future supply. Water companies fall back on extracting more from already stressed rivers 4/4
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England’s rivers ‘under threat’ as water extraction surges to record levels
Exclusive: Investigation finds 76% rise in water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in two decades
www.theguardian.com
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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 11d
🌟 Now available! "Aquatic Invasive Plants: A Field Guide for Michigan's Lakes, Streams, and Ponds" is now available for purchase!

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Aquatic Invasive Plants: A Field Guide for Michigan’s Lakes, Streams and Ponds
This field guide is designed to help those who spend time around Michigan’s lakes, streams, and ponds learn how to identify aquatic invasive plants they may encounter. Each invasive plant entry includ...
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