Hello! Welcome back to a new school year. Let's start off by introducing the AFS team. Say hi to Miguel Eduardo Felismino and VeronicaGroves, AFS president and vice president:)

New preprint: A global assessment of effective population sizes highlights consistent taxonomic differences in meeting the 50/500 rule, and reduced Ne in many areas with greater human footprint biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Led by Shannon + super team Concordia University Dalhousie University

New paper (w/ Open Access): Groundwater creates vastly different thermal regimes across neighboring streams in Cape Race NL (most <3km apart), impacting phenology, growth, and exposure to warming in brook trout populations doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14…

Awesome work by @DiazUlmo providing more evidence that eels are gloriously weird! Fascinating to think about all the environments individuals are exposed to across such a massive area

trout/charr/whitefish people. What's the highest altitude population of salmonid you know? Which species, where and is it self sustaining? Please RT for maximum exposure! Cheers

Mark your calendars ‼️ The 2nd annual AFS Québec subunit symposium is March 19th 2024. Scan the QR code to register by Jan. 31st. There are prizes to be won!

New paper (w/ Open Access): fine-scale demographic variation among brook trout populations in Cape Race NL generates a portfolio effect that stabilizes species abundance and reduces vulnerability to climate change doi.org/10.1002/eap.29…

No better way to kick off your new year than to sign up to the AFS Quebec Annual Symposium! Join us as we discuss the TIDES OF TOMORROW🌞🌊🐟 Register to present, attend or participate in the art competition! More info @ linktr.ee/AFSQC

It's a double post day so here's Québec. These provinces are so huge. And the shape isn't ideal aesthetically. But from what I've seen from photos, there are some excellent views over there. #quebec #canada #geography

reminding myself this as i am in the struggle

Are we doing this again - this is the original map don't let anyone tell you otherwise

This genetics-of-tail-loss study is cool, but also confirms the wisdom of Zach Weinersmith Dr. Kelly Weinersmith

Wow! What an amazing symposium! 😊 Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to making this event fun and educational. It was awesome hearing about the cutting-edge aquatic science happening right here in Quebec! #AFSQCS2024

Curious to know what effective population sizes looks like across the globe? Look no further! Out now in Molecular Ecology, our team assessed effective size of wild populations, comparing between taxonomic groups and in relation to the 50/500 rule. bit.ly/3TYrhEa

Still looking for additional candidates in our pool for this position. Please get applications in ASAP. Looking for ways to increase funding for this position as well.

#AFS154 was one for the books! Honoured to have received the John E Skinner Memorial Award & Northeastern Division Aloha Student Travel Award to support my participation alongside the formidable Erin Francispillai 🐟Feeling grateful & inspired 💙

Our lab's latest genomic work on adaptive divergence and persistence of long-isolated #brooktrout populations with small effective popn sizes reveals hidden resilience in the evolutionary history of some species. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.113… #populationgenomics #wildlifeconservation

Our lab has PhD + MSc positions available in 2025 on the molecular or evolutionary ecology of fishes. Projects are part of long-term research programs and can combine molecular, field and/or common garden experiments. Come join a great team! #brooktrout #walleye #laketrout

Was hoping we could use this… #GTFC