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YOU SEE I'M AN INVASIVE SPECIES AND YOU'RE A NATIVE SPECIES BUT WE'RE OFTEN BOTH CONSIDERED INVASIVE. HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL CHANGE AS PEOPLE LEARN MORE ABOUT FRESHWATER FISH. IN FACT, NEW RESEARCH SHOWS YOUR SPECIES CAN LIVE FOR 127 YEARS!!! bit.ly/3EWyFKf

Our paper in Nature Communications reveals that global #mangrove losses and gains over 20 years can be attributed to socioeconomic and biophysical factors. Access to markets is a strong driver of loss, but economic growth can be compatible with mangrove gains: 10.1038/s41467-022-33962-x

#MMM6 conference shout out! On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I am happy to share the call for abstracts and to invite our global #mangrove community to meet in Cartagena in July 2023. Let's celebrate that #MangrovesAreAwesome Please help us spreading the news!

#ApplyNow Ocean Exploration Trust is seeking 2023 #VideoEngineering, #OceanScience and #ROVEngineering interns. US-based #communitycollege, #undergrad, and recent #graduates gain paid, mentored, hands-on experience at sea! Apply by Dec 31: nautiluslive.org/join/internshi…

Mood (Western NY is currently about the same)

Undergrads: “The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) Undergraduate Education Program is now accepting applications for Summer 2023. The DUE date is February 15, 2023. We will host a Q&A January 12th at 3pm Mountain Time. Meeting link here: usu-edu.zoom.us/j/87049680206?…”

Turns out this was not what our marine ecologists meant by "promote our kelp and eelgrass engagement plan" :(

Check out our new paper from the AleutBio mission last year! The abyssal Bering Sea is more heterogenous than we thought, and we were able to see some pretty amazing animals at depth🪱⭐️🥒🐌🐙

New paper alert 🚨 How did rocky reef fishes in MPAs respond to the 2014-2016 pacific marine heatwave? Working with CCFRP, we found that MPAs buffered the loss of predatory fishes & fish communities recovered 75% faster than in areas open to fishing. rdcu.be/c37TP

In light of the laws passed in Tennessee and those extremely likely to pass in Texas and elsewhere: CISGENDER FACULTY IN RED STATES MUST INFORM NEW POTENTIAL QUEER GRADUATE STUDENTS OF THE LAWS THAT WILL IMPACT THEM.

Check out our blog as we steam south to investigate Antarctic invertebrates: icyinverts.com/shipboard-blog1

Rescuing hundreds of rare cacti for replanting that grow no place else in the US except South Texas as the state-funded border wall destroys thousands of acres of habitat for a fence that will do nothing to stop true criminals or cartels.

Interview in Miami Herald on some recent research out of FIU Aquatic Ecology Lab. Keep those exotic species in their tanks people. The invasives we already have in the #Everglades are bad, but there's always the potential for the next one to be worse. miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

Do you do research on cross-habitat energy flow and food web connectivty? Please consider submitting an abstract to our session at CERF 2023, "Food web linkages across habitat boundaries"! Convened by myself, Dr. Shelby Ziegler , @starryflo ! Abstracts are due May 10th.

New paper alert! We've been observing marsh herbivores in #mangrove encroached habitats for years, but just because they're still there doesn't mean they're unaffected. Thrilled to get this work out and fit another piece into the mangove encroachment effects puzzle 🌳🧩

I have funding for a student, graduate or undergraduate, enrolled in a biological illustration or art program, to come to Friday Harbor Labs for the Fall Quarter. Room, board, and lab fees for the 10 week quarter. Application for this #sciart opportunity drops soon.

To avoid straining your eyes at work, use the 20-20-20 rule: Every 20 minutes, go for a 20-minute hike and spend the next 20 years in the woods.