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Mário Mota-Ferreira

@mmotaferreira

#Dad of two and #Fish #Ecologist at Fischereiforschungsstelle Baden-Württemberg @ffsbw.bsky.social #Freshwater #Ecology #BayesStats #rstats linktr.ee/mmotaferreira

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Hello Bluesky. I'm here because Meta doesn't want me. Looking forward to post unfiltered, unhinged and un-whatever stuff here. Tell your friends!

19.10.2025 12:51 👍 1348 🔁 257 💬 89 📌 31
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

24.09.2025 20:30 👍 29693 🔁 9979 💬 727 📌 1546
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GitHub - MMotaFerreira/Copernicus-DEM-Downloader: A Python script to query and download Copernicus DEM (GLO-30, DGED, COG) tiles for a given area of interest (AOI) using the Copernicus Data Space Ecos... A Python script to query and download Copernicus DEM (GLO-30, DGED, COG) tiles for a given area of interest (AOI) using the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem STAC API and authenticated S3 access. Sup...

🌍 Just published a small Python script to help download Copernicus DEM tiles (30m) for any AOI using the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem.
Supports parallel downloads & simple setup.

🔗Repo here: github.com/MMotaFerreir...

Feedback & bug reports welcome 🙏

#Copernicus #DEM #GIS #Python

12.09.2025 06:40 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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GitHub - MMotaFerreira/ProgressClocks_BitD: 🕒 A Shiny app for managing Progress Clocks in Blades in the Dark — create, customize, and track multiple clocks in your browser. 🕒 A Shiny app for managing Progress Clocks in Blades in the Dark — create, customize, and track multiple clocks in your browser. - MMotaFerreira/ProgressClocks_BitD

The full source for my Blades in the Dark Progress Clocks app is open!
🛠 Built in R Shiny — easy to customize and extend.
Check it out here:
📂 GitHub: github.com/MMotaFerreir...
🕒 Try the live app: mmotaferreira.shinyapps.io/Progress_Clo...
#BladesInTheDark #TTRPGTools #OpenSource

25.07.2025 13:11 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of the app Progress Clocks for Blades in the Dark

Screenshot of the app Progress Clocks for Blades in the Dark

🕒 TTRPG friends — I made a free app to track Progress Clocks for Blades in the Dark!
Create & manage multiple clocks with custom colors and segments.
Great for GMs running digital or hybrid games.
👉 mmotaferreira.shinyapps.io/Progress_Clo...
#TTRPG #BladesInTheDark #ShinyApp

25.07.2025 13:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Our new paper in @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social shows that genetic data confirms the non-native status of Austropotamobius crayfish in Spain, despite repeatedly published claims of the contrary
Since it is in Spanish, we provide an English version in this link digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
(1/10)

24.06.2025 15:18 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 1
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What’s driving the change?
🚧 Dams & barriers
🌡️ Climate change
🏙️ Land use & invasives species

#Dams #ClimateChange #InvasiveSpecies

17.06.2025 10:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We propose a new Species Deviation Index (SDev) that captures both losses and gains of native species offering a clearer picture of riverine fish community change.

Sites with high deviation often align with human pressure points:

17.06.2025 10:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Rivers in Baden-Württemberg have seen a ~64% decline in #native #fish species richness compared to historical references.

17.06.2025 10:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Site-specific survey and reference data reveal drivers of fish community diversity changes in southwest Germany - Hydrobiologia Despite efforts to minimize human impact on rivers, native teleost fish and lamprey species communities in Germany remain threatened. The aim of the study was to quantify current species diversity in ...

Our new #OpenAccess study shows a 64% drop in #fish species richness in SW Germany’s #rivers vs. historical reference. Dams, climate shifts & invasives drive the change. We propose a new Species Deviation Index that captures gains & losses #Freshwater #Conservation link.springer.com/article/10.1...

17.06.2025 08:17 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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El cangrejo del rey
The king's crayfish
A 30-minute documentary on the history of crayfish in Spain
In Spanish, with English subtitles (in settings)
Enjoy!
(and, if enjoyed, please distribute)
YouTube link in next post

13.12.2024 21:23 👍 19 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0
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Our article "A framework for large-scale risk assessment of road-related impacts, with application to #mustelids" is now online: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... #roadecology

29.11.2024 09:43 👍 30 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 1
An AI-generated illustration depicting climate research. A scientist analyzes a digital map with data on rivers, biodiversity hotspots, and agricultural zones, set against a diverse landscape with mountains and lowlands. The scene emphasizes sustainability, with clear skies, flowing water, and thriving ecosystems.

An AI-generated illustration depicting climate research. A scientist analyzes a digital map with data on rivers, biodiversity hotspots, and agricultural zones, set against a diverse landscape with mountains and lowlands. The scene emphasizes sustainability, with clear skies, flowing water, and thriving ecosystems.

🌍Job post:
1-year research position at LAZBW in #Germany! Focus: #climatechange impacts on #biodiversity, water, & land use. Tasks: downscaling #climate data, #HydrologicalModeling, & adaptation strategies. Ends:31.12.2025, extension possible.
More info: shorturl.at/6HTz0
#ClimateJobs #Hydrology

28.11.2024 07:54 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Can you add me please? I'm working with fish ecology in south Germany.

22.11.2024 19:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
esearchers opening a cormorant as part of a study to examine its stomach contents, aiming to assess the impact of cormorant predation on native fish species at Lake Constance

esearchers opening a cormorant as part of a study to examine its stomach contents, aiming to assess the impact of cormorant predation on native fish species at Lake Constance

Close-up of researchers extracting the stomach contents from a cormorant to analyze its diet, focusing on the impact of predation on native fish species in Lake Constance

Close-up of researchers extracting the stomach contents from a cormorant to analyze its diet, focusing on the impact of predation on native fish species in Lake Constance

Today we sampled cormorant stomachs at Lake Constance to assess their impact on #native #fish species.

22.11.2024 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks!!

22.11.2024 08:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks!!

21.11.2024 08:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can I be added?

21.11.2024 07:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Can I be added?

I usually model river dwelling species. I'm based in the south of Germany.

21.11.2024 07:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ah ah!

20.11.2024 22:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Continuo à procura de contas Portuguesas, ou baseadas em Portugal, relacionadas com #ecologia e #biodiversidade.

20.11.2024 21:03 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Can I be added?

19.11.2024 13:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If you hate statistics like I do, then you'll love my free lectures. Putting science before statistics, 20 lectures from basics of inference & causal modeling to multilevel models & dynamic state space models. It's all free, made with love and sympathy. 🧪 #stats www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

19.09.2024 10:56 👍 852 🔁 229 💬 29 📌 26

Estou criar um "Starter pack" de Ecólogos Portugueses. Aceito sugestões!

#Ecologia #Biodiversidade
go.bsky.app/GK8QPTJ

18.11.2024 19:40 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
O maçarico-de-bico-fino está extinto

O maçarico-de-bico-fino está extinto

Com a ultima observação confirmada em 1995, o Maçarico-de-bico-fino está, com probablidade elevada, extinto:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

18.11.2024 15:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris), the latest addition to the list of extinct birds. A warning about the possible fate of other shorebirds facing a steep decline. 📷 from www.curlewaction.org/slender-bill...; @ibisjournal.bsky.social paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

18.11.2024 12:06 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Hello, I'm fish ecologist based on South Germany.

Can I be added?

18.11.2024 11:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Left the other place run by Trump's buddy? Here's a starter pack of freshwater scientists to get you started. Also, if you're a freshwater scientist and want to be added, let me know. Still space available.
go.bsky.app/K5ubDhb

11.11.2024 00:24 👍 196 🔁 76 💬 73 📌 8

Hello

I'm fish ecologist base in south Germany. Can I be added?

Cheers!

18.11.2024 10:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm giving bluesky a new chance in the face of the latest event with the other platform.

Who is here?

18.11.2024 08:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0