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Beth Hoots

@whatahoot.bsky.social

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PhD candidate at Deakin University 🐟 On Wadawurrung Country 🦘🌏 University of Idaho alum 💛🩶 Here for the fish science! | She/her Find my work: https://elizabeth-hoots.owlstown.net

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Beth Hoots @whatahoot.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hi everyone! I’m new here, so I thought I’d introduce myself. My name is Beth and I’m working towards a PhD in fish eco-physiology at Deakin University in Australia. My research is about understanding how climate warming impacts the growth and metabolism of estuarine fish 🐟

A view from above of a bucket full of small, slender and semi-transparent fish swimming around in river water.

A scientist (me!) guiding a very small cannula into the mouth of an anesthetized rainbow trout lying on a foam-cushioned fish surgery bench.

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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 29d

Help keep Wilderness wild!

Stop Congress from killing federal Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across the entire Lower 48 states!

>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr845-wolf-esa

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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · Sep 8

The #Roadless Rule protects 45 million acres of unfragmented, pristine national #forest lands from clear-cutting and damaging new roads. The Trump administration has announced an official rulemaking process to rescind the Roadless Rule — public comments are due by September 19!

The Repeal of the Roadless Rule Threatens Our Wildest Public Lands

These are lands that belong to all Americans, not the timber industry.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · Sep 2

On behalf of the livestock industry, the USDA recently shot and killed a 3-month-old wolf pup in New Mexico.

Another wolf is poised to be killed soon too — unless Interior Secretary Doug Burgum grants him a reprieve.

Please sign and share if you haven't already done so. 🚨⬇️

Save A Mexican Wolf

A Mexican gray wolf in the prime of life, will be gunned down from the air unless Interior Secretary Doug Burgum grants him a reprieve. Tell Sec. Burgum to immediately cancel this unique wolf’s kill o...

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · Sep 1

"The applause on the steps of state parliament earlier in the day spilled into terror a few blocks away, granting these men the illusion of validation." Searing piece by @mrdtjames.bsky.social on the moment the line between rhetoric and violence dissolved www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/02/a...

Attack on Camp Sovereignty: How ordinary fears are giving cover to extraordinary hate

That is the story of these rallies: not just the extremists who thrive on attention, but the everyday people who give them cover.

www.crikey.com.au

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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · Sep 1

Wattle you know... it's National #WattleDay, so we have three facts that may surprise you.

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Jaida Elcock @sofishtication.bsky.social · Aug 27

Y’all, can anyone think of an example of an invasive species that we caused to be invasive and then introduced another species to get rid of it but that also ended up being invasive? Double invasive? Lol

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Maryane Gradito @gradito.bsky.social · Aug 23

Had a blast at the annual ASFB conference @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social in Darwin. ☀️🐊
I was happy to share my research on fish behaviour. Lots of amazing talks through the week. Looking forward to the next one!
@whatahoot.bsky.social
@timothy-d-clark.bsky.social

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Serena Renner @serenarenner.com · Jul 24

It feels like we're going backward, but there are hopeful projects underway, like the MPA network off the British Columbia coast. If done right, it “could be a real, meaningful model for reconciliation” with First Nations. My latest in @biographic.bsky.social.

www.biographic.com/welcome-to-t...

Welcome to the Great Bear Sea

After decades of discord, Canada and First Nations are working together to build a network of marine protected areas stretching from Vancouver Island to Alaska.

www.biographic.com

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Beth Hoots @whatahoot.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great presentation @timothy-d-clark.bsky.social 👏👏

Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · Aug 20

How many meals did a #fish eat today? What energy did it gain from that? Did it use that energy to travel up a fishway?

For today’s first #ASFB2025 plenary, Timothy Clark discussed some of the powerful technology used in tagging to give us better understanding of fish than ever before.

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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · Aug 20

Everyone say "fish!" 📸

The #ASFB2025 delegates assemble outside the #Darwin Convention Centre for the obligatory group photo.

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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · Aug 17

New fish species keep popping up in Sweden, most likely because of ocean warming!

Today a large Mahi Mahi in Lysekil!
(Photo Janice Melander)

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · Aug 15

FYI if you're not in the right time zone for this do not fret! Sign up as an online attendee to get access to the required docs and Discord site, then you can contribute when it's a good time for you and chat with others awake at the same time on Discord. Fun for all time zones!

Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Aug 13

Reminder to sign up to our upcoming hackathon!

We'll be discussing and testing a protocol to assess whether data/code associated with published literature is actually reproducible, and if not, why.

Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤

Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV

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Beth Hoots @whatahoot.bsky.social · Aug 18

I was really moved by this figure from @drjessmt.bsky.social’s keynote address this morning at #ASFB2025

These changes are occurring faster and faster, with future generations facing #climatechange conditions that would be unthinkable to their ancestors, visualizing it like this makes it personal 🔥

A social scientists presents a slide from a stage showing the climate bands for her grandmother, her mother, herself, and her children, demonstrating the changes in climate faced by different generations in her family

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Beth Hoots @whatahoot.bsky.social · Aug 13

Congratulations Rachel! Looks like a great study and I’m not surprised at all that those little escape artists were able to figure it out 👀

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · Aug 1

Another #ConservationJobs roundup, mostly in Canada.

Please share — someone in your network will be job hunting.

All job ads #ShowTheSalary, which is rapidly becoming the norm (not just a best practice).

www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...

[1 August 2025] Another roundup of jobs related to conservation, nature, environment, etc. | Aerin Jacob

[1 August 2025] Another roundup of jobs related to conservation, nature, environment, etc. Please share to help others and add additional links in the comments. All postings include salary range. (I a...

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · Aug 11

Once abundant in California waters, the sunflower sea star was nearly wiped out by sea star wasting disease. The cause wasn't clear at first, but one culprit has been identified—a bacterium named Vibrio pectenicida. This finding may help scientists understand and control this disease.

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Dr. Austin M. Garner @agarner.bsky.social · Aug 7

See this cool TT position focused on the Sensory Physiology of Sound at Aarhus University in Denmark! www.au.dk/om/stillinge... @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-spdac.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Invertebrate #marinelife #herps 🧪

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Bioacoustic Physiology - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet

Ledig stilling ved Institut for Biologi - Zoofysiologi, Aarhus Universitet

www.au.dk

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Aug 6

Brazil is feeding shark meat to kids, hospital patients & more via government procurements.

This influx of shark meat into public buildings is exposing infants & other vulnerable groups to high levels of mercury & arsenic.

*This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network.

That ‘fish’ on the menu? In Brazil’s schools and prisons, it’s often shark

Brazil, the world’s top importer of shark meat, is feeding much of it to preschoolers, hospital patients, military staff, public workers and more via government procurements, Mongabay has found. This…

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Jude Isabella @judeisabella.bsky.social · Aug 4

For @biographic.bsky.social, writer @craigwelch.bsky.social followed @hakai.org scientist @rhizalyssa.bsky.social's quest to unveil the the killer that decimated populations of sea stars off the West Coast. It took a few years but the lab's hard work paid off: www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

Unmasking the Sea Star Killer

After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?

www.biographic.com

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Dan Killam @dantheclamman.blog · Jul 22

One like, one clam fact

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 21

One like, one opinion about how to solve climate change.

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · Jul 21

1 like, 1 housing opinion

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Maryane Gradito @gradito.bsky.social · Jul 12

I had an amazing time in Antwerp at the #SEBconference
I had the opportunity to share my research on the impact of parasites on fish behaviour🐟🪱
So many great talks!
@whatahoot.bsky.social
@lkuchenmuller.bsky.social
@timothy-d-clark.bsky.social
@sebiology.bsky.social

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Beth Hoots @whatahoot.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thanks @sebiology.bsky.social for a great conference here in #Antwerp! Looking forward to the next one 🥳

The historic train station in Antwerp. Blue skies in the background and a row of rental bikes in the foreground

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Beth Hoots @whatahoot.bsky.social · Jul 11

So many great talks on the last couple days of #SEBconference! It was great to hear from @chris-on-fish.bsky.social and @bradhowell.bsky.social about their work at Trent, as well as my #DeakinMarine friends @gradito.bsky.social on work from her M.S. and Alex Berry on his PhD research 👏

A scientist presenting a slide with several box plots

A scientist presenting a slide with takehome messages

A scientist presenting the most dramatic title slide ever of himself staring at the ocean

A scientist presenting a slide with a model for fish energetics

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Bradley E. Howell @bradhowell.bsky.social · Jul 10

Some great talks on fish metabolism, thermal tolerance, and bioenergetics by folks from @trentuniversity.bsky.social at this year’s #SEBconference in Antwerp, Belgium.

@sebiology.bsky.social
@erinmcstewart.bsky.social
@jaydebon.bsky.social
@chris-on-fish.bsky.social

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Beth Hoots @whatahoot.bsky.social · Jul 10

I’m excited to share my research in the Open Animal session today at #SEBconference! I’ll be speaking from 12:15-12:30 in the Nightingale rooms, come along for a chat about how SMR does (or doesn’t!) change with different life history traits in #fish 🐟

My title slide with fish in the background. Text reads: Life History Attributes Influencing Metabolic Variation
Authors: Elizabeth Hoots, Luis Kuchenmüller, Michael Skeeles, Timothy Clark

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