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Alexis Longmire

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PhD Candidate at UNC-CH's Institute of Marine Sciences 🌊 Landscape Ecologist, Crab WranglerπŸ¦€, Salt Marsh Survivor🌾, Fish Stalker🐟 | How do reefs and living shorelines alter nearby habitats in estuaries? Instagram: @alexislongmire_

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Just announced I’m the cover of UNC Research’s magazine!

Check out the full issue (and my story) here: research.unc.edu/story/unc-re...

@unc-emes.bsky.social @unc-ie.bsky.social

26.09.2025 01:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rarely out here unless for work now. Woe is the life of a coastal ecologist

01.09.2025 04:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@unc-emes.bsky.social

21.08.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Recently, #UNC research headed down to the coast the film me and my work on living shorelines. Thankful for the spotlight and excited to continue and improve the work. #goheels 🐏

Check out the full story: endeavors.unc.edu/marine-cross...

#phd #research #coast #northcarolina #marinescience

21.08.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Green box with the Annual Meeting logo depicting a bass jumping over San Antonio landmarks, and text: 155th Annual Meeting, August 10-14, 2025. Call for Abstracts, Extended Deadline April 22, including Black Bass 2025.

Green box with the Annual Meeting logo depicting a bass jumping over San Antonio landmarks, and text: 155th Annual Meeting, August 10-14, 2025. Call for Abstracts, Extended Deadline April 22, including Black Bass 2025.

Abstract submission for the #AFS155 Annual Meeting is being extended until Tuesday, April 22. Plan to join us in San Antonio, August 10-14, and browse our wide array of symposia sessions and continuing education courses: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org.

11.04.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#FieldworkFriday
This newly installed "living shoreline" at the NC Rachel Carson Reserve sure seems to have attracted some living things

#biodiversity #intertidal #NC #marinescience

11.04.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
3 researchers stand on a large oyster reef exposed at low tide

3 researchers stand on a large oyster reef exposed at low tide

Gonna be speaking this Friday at the Benthic Ecology Meeting on how large-scale, natural #reefs πŸ¦ͺ influence spatial patterns of #predation on benthic fauna in neighboring habitats
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Can we use this info to determine whether restored reefs function like lost, natural reefs?

#bem2025

03.04.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of colorful flags at Market Square in San Antonio, with text β€œ155th Annual Meeting. Call for Abstracts. Deadline April 15. San Antonio | August 10-14,2025”.

Photo of colorful flags at Market Square in San Antonio, with text β€œ155th Annual Meeting. Call for Abstracts. Deadline April 15. San Antonio | August 10-14,2025”.

There are less than two weeks left to submit your abstract for the #AFS155 Annual Meeting in San Antonio! Make plans to join us August 10-14 for a great line-up of symposia sessions, including Black Bass 2025. Submit your abstract by Tuesday, April 15: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/call-for-abs...

02.04.2025 21:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A stone crab nestles in some rocks and sea lettuce (a marine algae), which can also be seen covering the shoreline in the background.

A stone crab nestles in some rocks and sea lettuce (a marine algae), which can also be seen covering the shoreline in the background.

Happy #Friday to this crab cozied-up in some sea lettuce

28.03.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ CERF 2025 is now accepting abstracts for oral and poster presentations! Don’t miss this chance to share your research and insights at the 28th Biennial Conference! Learn more at πŸ”—conference.cerf.science #CERF2025 #EstuarineScience #CallForAbstracts

21.03.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cricket from peeps over a leaf on a forest floor

Cricket from peeps over a leaf on a forest floor

Chinese wisteria, an invasive flowering vine, over takes an abandoned hunting blind and trees in a forest

Chinese wisteria, an invasive flowering vine, over takes an abandoned hunting blind and trees in a forest

A close up of a bumble bee on top of a flower

A close up of a bumble bee on top of a flower

Close up of a blooming eastern red bud tree

Close up of a blooming eastern red bud tree

Happy first day of #spring 🌸🌿

Featuring a cricket frog, Chinese wisteria (pretty but invasive), bumble bee, and eastern red bud

20.03.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#FieldworkFriday

Working on a project to track predatory fish 🦈 at large-scale living shoreline sills with #acoustictelemetry /tagging

I’ll present on my intertidal range tests next week @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
tidewater meeting

Funded by: NC Collaboratory and NC Coastal Federation

08.03.2025 03:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NC Trails Program announces grants for trail projects | Coastal Review Grants through the state's Recreational Trails Program support greenways and trails for hikers, bikers, paddlers, equestrians and off-road vehicle operators.

Applications are being accepted for grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 through the North Carolina Trails Program, and for up to $5,000 for funds through the trail program’s safety and education grant, N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced Thursday.
coastalreview.org/2025/03/nc-t...

06.03.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The intertidal zone can be a scary place…for me anyways

***volume warning πŸ“’πŸ˜…

#scallop #STEM #research #PhD #marinescience

04.03.2025 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #WorldSeagrassDay

01.03.2025 21:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Me rn:

27.02.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missing β˜€οΈwarm days out on the water…

I’m still on the water, I’m just freezing my πŸ‘ off
#PhD #research #BeachLife #fieldwork

27.02.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey Bluesky. My name is Alexis, and welcome to my life/research on the NC coast

#marinescience #ecology #STEM #PhDlife #womeninresearch #goheels

22.02.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0