Great times at the European Tracking Network symposium '24 to present our #SWATnetwork and to support Edward Lavender introducing his awesome Rpackage to the #fishtracking cummunity!

Have a look at my new website!! An opportunity to say something more about me and my research. I promise new exciting posts on the blog page every month! DIVE IN aliceinplantsland.wordpress.com

Excited to see this seven-year collaborative study finally published! Straightforward handling and release practices can significantly improve post release survival of these amazing critters.

We extended the deadline for this PhD position on migratory Arctic charr along climate gradients in Greenland. New deadline November 10th. Read more and apply here: apply.refline.ch/673277/1210/pu…

I taught probabilistic programming yesterday, specifically the eternal battle against the demons of floating point arithmetic. I have an old (2023) 15min bonus lecture on the topic, for those who fancy battling monsters. Link to video (starts at 1h mark): youtu.be/mt9WKbQJrI4?li…

Delighted to see our new #paper on the #physiological impacts of #CatchAndRelease #angling, #handling and the surgical insertion of Innovasea #acoustic tags on #flapperskate published in ConservationPhysiology! #TrackingNotSlacking #conservation #physiology doi.org/10.1093/conphy…

BREAKING: The IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group has released a new report on the global conservation status of sharks and their relatives. portals.iucn.org/library/node/5…

Check out this study on implications of catch-and-release-angling for critically endangered flapper skate, including physiological responses to angling and handling, and measures to reduce stress. Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/conphy…

New Paper! Acoustic telemetry shows spurdog display year-round residency within a Scottish loch and temperature is a key driver of space use. Thanks to all authors, reviewers, and funders. Edinburgh Napier University NatureScot Scottish Government Ocean Tracking Network MASTS rdcu.be/d3gee

Our new report on the changing state of Scotland's rocky seashores is out today. Changes from 2014-15 to 2020-22 in many species, including an ongoing decline in mussels. 167 sites in 3 years nature.scot/doc/naturescot…

As Spanish fishers report the collapse of shellfish stocks, SAMS scientist Michael Burrows has co-authored a paper in nature on the looming biodiversity crisis. Read more: sams.ac.uk/news/sams-news… theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

Now accepting applicants for 25-26 intake of our #StatisticalEcology MSc: bit.ly/3ooHNyc. A unique opportunity to develop skills at the interface of #statistics and #ecology (some partial scholarships available too). Please help me share!

We are pleased to announce our new book: The World of Zero-Inflated Models: Using GLLVM. Zuur and Ieno (2025) This book explores modern statistical methods for analyzing complex datasets, focusing on multivariate models, mixed-effects models, and latent variable models.

Our new preprint Animal Tracking With Particle Algorithms For Conservation is available! We use particle algorithms to model animal movement, integrate passive acoustic telemetry & archival tracking data & assess MPA design for flapper skate in Scotland. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New paper finally out! We tested whether a 660 nm laser scanner, designed to automate crustacean data collection, affects prawn eyes 👁️🦐 📉 Single scans: no detectable issues 📈 Repeated scans: subtle tissue changes emerge Open access in @PLOSOne 👉 doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Check out our new blog post, 'Tracking animals with particles'! Edward Lavender talks about the use of particle algorithms for movement modelling in passive acoustic telemetry systems 🐟 👇 buff.ly/8AJpP7I