Just announced Iβm the cover of UNC Researchβs magazine!
Check out the full issue (and my story) here: research.unc.edu/story/unc-re...
@unc-emes.bsky.social @unc-ie.bsky.social
@alexislongmire
PhD Candidate at UNC-CH's Institute of Marine Sciences π Landscape Ecologist, Crab Wranglerπ¦, Salt Marsh SurvivorπΎ, Fish Stalkerπ | How do reefs and living shorelines alter nearby habitats in estuaries? Instagram: @alexislongmire_
Just announced Iβm the cover of UNC Researchβs magazine!
Check out the full issue (and my story) here: research.unc.edu/story/unc-re...
@unc-emes.bsky.social @unc-ie.bsky.social
Rarely out here unless for work now. Woe is the life of a coastal ecologist
@unc-emes.bsky.social
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 π
Check out the full story: endeavors.unc.edu/marine-cross...
#phd #research #coast #northcarolina #marinescience
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.
#FieldworkFriday
This newly installed "living shoreline" at the NC Rachel Carson Reserve sure seems to have attracted some living things
#biodiversity #intertidal #NC #marinescience
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 π¦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
Photo of colorful flags at Market Square in San Antonio, with text β155th Annual Meeting. Call for Abstracts. Deadline April 15. San Antonio | August 10-14,2025β.
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...
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
π’ CERF 2025 is now accepting abstracts for oral and poster presentations! Donβt miss this chance to share your research and insights at the 28th Biennial Conference! Learn more at πconference.cerf.science #CERF2025 #EstuarineScience #CallForAbstracts
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
A close up of a bumble bee on top of a flower
Close up of a blooming eastern red bud tree
Happy first day of #spring πΈπΏ
Featuring a cricket frog, Chinese wisteria (pretty but invasive), bumble bee, and eastern red bud
#FieldworkFriday
Working on a project to track predatory fish π¦ at large-scale living shoreline sills with #acoustictelemetry /tagging
Iβll present on my intertidal range tests next week @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
tidewater meeting
Funded by: NC Collaboratory and NC Coastal Federation
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 programβs safety and education grant, N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced Thursday.
coastalreview.org/2025/03/nc-t...
The intertidal zone can be a scary placeβ¦for me anyways
***volume warning π’π
#scallop #STEM #research #PhD #marinescience
Happy #WorldSeagrassDay
Me rn:
Missing βοΈwarm days out on the waterβ¦
Iβm still on the water, Iβm just freezing my π off
#PhD #research #BeachLife #fieldwork
Hey Bluesky. My name is Alexis, and welcome to my life/research on the NC coast
#marinescience #ecology #STEM #PhDlife #womeninresearch #goheels