Big effort, exciting results - our paper on the constraints of thermal limits in tropical insects is now out in @nature.com! 🦋🐝🪰🪲🦗
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
Here are a few pupfish moments of zen from the newly opened Salt Creek Boardwalk. Literally opened only 3 days ago. We saw thousands of these relicts from pluvial Lake Manly swimming in the salty spring water. They can survive salinities over twice that of seawater and temps from 32F to 100F+!
#PFAS are widespread in modern society, including in many agricultural settings.
Our new report examines ways to mitigate the impacts of these #ForeverChemicals on human and ecological health and strengthen conservation planning.
Learn more: buff.ly/MtOEqnQ
Amb aquesta prosa sembla més aviat una invitació als jocs florals!
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) is back!!!
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
A new study, based on an analysis of thousands of publications and their authors and editors, shows paper mills are just part of a complex, interconnected system that includes publishers, journals, and brokers. scim.ag/3H9kwwQ
Excellent new video by Simon Clark interviewing @hausfath.bsky.social discussing the rate of warming and climate sensitivity in great detail.
Must watch!
Our team was out sampling fish and habitat in the restored tidal wetlands of Eden Landing — one of the South Bay’s largest restoration in the bay
#WRMP #FishAndHabitat #SanFranciscoBay #EdenLanding #WetlandRestoration #SouthBay #UCDFishLab #OGFL #SFEI #TidalMarsh #FishInTheBay
New research on the variable relationship between rivers' flow regimes and their ecosystems—in our journal "Ecological Applications"👇
Diapausing eggs are a key element in this research, as they represent a fundamental adaptive strategy for the survival and persistence of species in the face of adverse environmental conditions and they can only be produced sexually.
Molt interessant, quin bon treball! Estem fent experiments semblants, amb grans branquiòpodes.
Flow effects are non-stationary: continue to be positive but are weakening, and highly habitat-specific. Big implications for env. flows & adaptive management. Great team w/ @fishteph.bsky.social & @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social! Thanks to @deltacouncil.bsky.social @swc-cawater.bsky.social for funding 🐟
New paper led by former postdoc @psaff.bsky.social in @esajournals.bsky.social ! 🎉
Can we use flow-ecology relationships from the past to inform future management? Enter 40 years of data on the endangered Longfin Smelt in the San Francisco Estuary
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Input from new study.
Carey et al. 2026. High-frequency monitoring data reveal substantial variability in the intrinsic predictability of ecosystem dynamics. Ecology
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Rivers and streams each help remove excess nitrogen from surface waters, but there are important differences between them. New research by @abagaelpruitt.bsky.social, @ajreisinger.bsky.social, and coauthors in new @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social research.
Stream people, what features do you want in an app that pulls #USGS stream gage data? 👀
Protection is overwhelmingly driven by land-based mechanisms, which are often spatially misaligned with hotspots of freshwater biodiversity and may inadequately safeguard rivers from upstream threats. Protection is also uneven across river types (intermittent rivers less protected) and geographies.
Image of river protection status in the United States
National assessment of river protection in the U.S.
Article: doi.org/10.1038/s418...
Policy Brief: doi.org/10.1038/s418...
Rivers Explorer: map.myriver.americanrivers.org
Collaboration b/t American Rivers, Conservation Science Partners, Univ WA @americanrivers.bsky.social
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Please repost! The LOC Lab @UCSB is recruiting a #PostdoctoralScholar in forest ecology and data science to
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
Western sycamore, Fremont cottonwood, willow, and gray pine trees line the mainstem of Chalone Creek in Pinnacles National Park.
A recent study led by ESPM PhD student @rosemohammadi.bsky.social and Associate Professor @albertruhi.bsky.social reveals the vulnerability of riparian biodiversity hotspots to California’s intensifying climate whiplash. Learn more about their findings: ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/climate...
This is such a great resource on best practices for Reproducible Code. Love the explanations and examples!
More on prolonged fog in the Central Valley
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This summer, American Rivers began a multi-year effort with @yubariverpeople.bsky.social and the U.S. Forest Service to find out how many "lost meadows" there really are in California's North Yuba watershed. The results are surprising!
🌾 Read our findings: www.americanrivers.org/2025/11/redi...
As dozens of frog species have declined across Central America, scientists have witnessed a remarkable chain of events: With fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae, rates of mosquito-borne malaria in the region have climbed, resulting in a fivefold increase in cases. https://wapo.st/4paBuuT
Honoring the life of James A. Estes, a pioneering ecologist.
Honoring James A. Estes, a pioneering ecologist whose research on sea otters in Alaska revealed how predators shape entire ecosystems. His work helped define the concept of trophic cascades and inspired generations of ecologists. Read the PNAS Retrospective: https://ow.ly/leKs50XrKBH
We also found that fishes are accumulating risk faster than their zooplankton prey during key times of year. A pattern that hints at the potential for trophic mismatches that could affect the whole food web. We also found strong spatial patterns, with the strongest divergence in more saline regions.
By modeling how long-term population trends and variability impact decline probability, we examined how risk fluctuates throughout the year for age-0 fishes. We found that risk can vary from month to month, highlighting that risk might not be consistent even within the same life stage.
So excited to share our new paper out today in Ecological Applications @esajournals.bsky.social!
We used time-series modeling explore ecological risk for fishes and their prey in the San Francisco Estuary during key phenological windows that shape food web dynamics.
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Thanks to California Department of Fish & Wildlife for funding!
Check out Robert Fournier’s great new paper in @esajournals.bsky.social - phenology, phenology, phenology! Link below, and comes with an interactive R ShinyApp: baydelta.shinyapps.io/Fish-Zooplan... #BayDelta #ClimateChange
