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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · 16d

Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social ‪‪@caseagrant.bsky.social‬

Rachel Carlson @rachelspatial.bsky.social · 16d

We're hiring! My lab is seeking a 2-yr Postdoc in 🌊 marine ecology + 🛰️ remote sensing. You'll work with a big team (including @albertruhi.bsky.social @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social) to study the impacts of changing rainfall on marine freshwater plumes + coastal organisms. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05114

Postdoc Scholar - Marine ecology – ESPM The Coastal Climate Resilience Lab - MCECO - ESPM Ecosystem Sciences Div - Carlson Lab

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Ethan Tolman @ethantolman.bsky.social · Aug 16

So great to see our work on blue dasher dragonflies highlighted in the New York Times. Excellent piece by @cjgiaimo.bsky.social!

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...

Meet the Beautiful Dragonfly That Thrives in Your Pollution

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Robert Fournier @robfour.bsky.social · Aug 10

I'm giving a talk about our work modeling the potential effects of sea otter restoration to the San Francisco Estuary on Thursday in the Restoration Ecology session. Come check it out!

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Robert Fournier @robfour.bsky.social · Aug 10

Anyone at #esa2025 this year? Get in touch!

The visit Baltimore sign in downtown Baltimore

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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · Jul 31

Read the full story here -> aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... Thanks to the the International Associated Laboratory "MacLife" for funding! CC @matbuoro.bsky.social @fishteph.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social

Prolonged low flows and non‐native fish operate additively to alter insect emergence in mountain streams

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Danielle Zoe Rivera @danielle-rivera.bsky.social · Jul 12

UC-Berkeley has an open-rank faculty position in our incredible Climate Equity and Environmental Justice (CEEJ) research cluster. It is an extraordinary interdisciplinary group working across multiple colleges and departments at the university! More information here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Climate Equity and Environmental Justice - Rausser College of Natural Resources

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory @ucsbenioffocean.bsky.social · Jun 25

👥 10 students.
🌎 1 mission: a healthier planet.

Meet the 2025 Benioff Scholars—driving real-world solutions to some of the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges.

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Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources @natureatcal.bsky.social · Jun 6

An international, interdisciplinary group focused on advancing seaweed research, cultivation, and application gathered at UC Berkeley in early May for the inaugural workshop of the International Bioeconomy and Macroalgae Center.

Conference fosters connection in growing seaweed industry

The inaugural workshop of the International Bioeconomy and Macroalgae Center convened an international, interdisciplinary group to focus on advancing seaweed research, cultivation, and application.

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Stephanie Carlson @fishteph.bsky.social · May 22

This threat represents an immeasurable loss to community-driven research and to the training pipeline for the next generation of collaborative conservation leaders

Nicolas Gonzalez @nicosgonzalez.bsky.social · May 22

USGS’ biological research arm could vanish next week www.hcn.org/articles/usg... via @highcountrynews.org

USGS’ biological research arm could vanish next week - High Country News

Trump is on a multipronged mission to eliminate a science agency that conservationists, toxicologists, universities and more call irreplaceable.

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Akira Terui @mlaevis.bsky.social · May 19

New collaborative paper out in Ecology - subsidy timing matters in producing intraspecific life-history diversity; Led by Rui Ueda at Kyoto University esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Seasonal timing of ecosystem linkage mediates life‐history variation in a salmonid fish population

Life-history variation can contribute to the long-term persistence of populations; however, it remains unclear which environmental factors drive life-history variation within a population. Seasonally...

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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · May 15

Professors at USGS coop units were absolutely critical parts of my education at 3 different universities. They're probably affiliated with more useful conservation research than any other agency on earth. Join the rally to defend science next week!

🌎🐟🦉🐍🦊🌿🧪 #hydrology #Invert mobilize.us/s/JyAqUI

Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science · National Wildlife Federation

We need YOU as we rally in support of _critical_ federal government services at risk of being lost forever. The U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area is responsible for many of the programs t...

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · May 13

Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump:

Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without

David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · May 13

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF

Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

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Eric R. Larson @ericrlarson.bsky.social · May 8

The result of nearly two decades of work, my coauthors and I have just described two new crayfish species from western North America: introducing the Misfortunate Crayfish and Okanagan Crayfish (doi.org/10.11646/zoo...). More to follow soon, but it should be open access - message if you need a PDF.

Genome skimming supports two new crayfish species from the genus Pacifastacus Bott, 1950 (Decapoda: Astacidae) | Zootaxa

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · Apr 23

A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.

I hope you’ll read and share the piece.

stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.

Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.

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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · Mar 29

Happy about this one, skillfully led by Adrianne Smits & w/ many great coauthors!-> "Despite substantial increases in the volume of #freshwater data collected worldwide, many regions and ecosystems still lack sufficient data collection and access."
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Too much and not enough data: Challenges and solutions for generating information in freshwater research and monitoring

Evaluating progress toward achieving freshwater conservation and sustainability goals requires transforming diverse types of data into useful information for scientists, managers, and other interest ...

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Zeynep Ersoy @zzeynepersoy.bsky.social · Mar 24

📢 GLOSSAQUA is out in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social. Big collaboration w/40+ coauthors led by myself, @chaevangelista.bsky.social & @ignasiarranz.bsky.social. It compiles global size spectra parameters from aquatic ecosystems globally👉: doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #datapaper #aquaticecology 🌍🧪🧵(1/4)

Locations of aquatic studies included in the dataset (n = 135 studies) classified within eight biogeographic realms. The sizes of the circles are proportional to the number of studies per country in each biogeographic realm.

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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · Mar 22

Looking for a quantitative ecology #postdoc? Check out this opening on time-series modeling of estuarine food webs - based in my group @natureatcal.bsky.social, in collaboration w/ State agency scientists. Apply ASAP - review of applications starts Apr 4. More info: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04818

Postdoc Employee – Quantitative ecology – ESPM: Organisms & The Environment

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Yuen Huo, Ph.D. @yuenhuo.bsky.social · Mar 19

University of California announced a systemwide hiring freeze. This affects not 1 but 10 campuses (including UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, UC San Diego among others) plus 3 national labs with impact on medical and scientific research and local economies.

www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

University of California sets hiring freeze in anticipation of Trump cuts

The University of California has imposed a system-wide hiring freeze and made additional cuts, its president said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to try to mitigate the impact of sharp cuts in federal funding.

www.reuters.com

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Auriel Fournier @rallidaerule.bsky.social · Feb 26

As a USGS Coop Alum (PhD at the Arkansas Unit) this is incredibly alarming. These units are key engines of applied research and training of the next generation of scientists, biologists and land managers.

My peers are now leaders across state and federal agencies, non profits and universities.

Tim Van Deelen @trvandeelen.bsky.social · Feb 26

The Cooperative Wildlife Research Units are under threat.
#WildlifeScience #EcologyandConservation
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

Concerns raised over potential cuts to federal fish, wildlife and co-op programs in Wisconsin

Concerns are being raised over potential federal job cuts to U.S. Geological Survey wildlife health and co-op programs in Wisconsin.

www.jsonline.com

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Hank Baker @hankbaker.bsky.social · Feb 25

Delighted to share our new paper in Ecology Letters:
Variation in Salmon Migration Phenology Bolsters Population Dynamics but is Threatened by Drought.

With @fishteph.bsky.social, Ted Grantham, and Mariska Obedzinski.

#rivers #fishes #salmon
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doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Variation in Salmon Migration Phenology Bolsters Population Stability but Is Threatened by Drought

We show that intrapopulation variation in juvenile movement and rearing strategies enhances population stability in endangered coho salmon near their southern range limit. However, variation in reari...

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Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources @natureatcal.bsky.social · Feb 24

A 12-year-long study led by @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social and @caseagrant.bsky.social researchers finds that the alternative life histories of coho salmon have made their populations more stable. Read more at the Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship site. nature.berkeley.edu/stewardship/...

Diversity in Coho Salmon Could Be Key to Species Survival

The Russian River estuary just downstream of the confluence with Willow Creek. New research published today in Ecology Letters from the Stone Center found that coho salmon, one of five Pacific salmon...

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Wade Boys @boyswillbebugs.bsky.social · Feb 3

Check out my favorite dissertation chapter 👇🏻 made possible by @adamsiepielski.bsky.social, & former lab mates Tara Lanzer and Taylor Ping, who helped me assay hundreds of bugs when covid restrictions were in place.

Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · Feb 1

awesome paper that measures selection on plasticity itself. nice integration of a mesocosm experiment and a field study by @boyswillbebugs.bsky.social @adamsiepielski.bsky.social 🧪🌍🦑

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Predators drive selection for adaptive plasticity in prey defense behavior

Abstract. Plasticity to reduce activity is a common way prey evade predators. However, by reducing activity prey often experience lower individual growth r

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Robert Fournier @robfour.bsky.social · Jan 23

Thanks Charlotte!

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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · Jan 22

If you're interested in river drying and cross-ecosystem linkages, check out our new Ecology paper led by undergraduate extraordinaire Amin al-Jamal! -> Aquatic top predator prefers terrestrial prey in an intermittent stream esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Robert Fournier @robfour.bsky.social · Jan 22

A big thanks to coauthors @rosemohammadi.bsky.social @albertruhi.bsky.social and Mike Bogan!

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