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Dr. Valeriya Komyakova

@anthrofish.bsky.social
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Ecologist|Educator|Writer. Fish- habitat associations. Habitat restoration. Green-marine engineering. Equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM. Co-owner: www.lunalodge.com.au Views are my own.

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Meaghan Efford @mefford.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Teaching, training, or supporting the next generation of aquatic science/sector or blue economy professionals? Have an innovative approach to supporting skill and career development? We want to hear about it in Session EP005 at #ASLOSIL26! Abstracts due Nov 25! #BlueEconomy @ubcoceans.bsky.social
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Dr. Valeriya Komyakova @anthrofish.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I didn't think the pressure could possibly get any higher...but the sky is the limit... apparently www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists
Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.
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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Damn - this is really good. Modeling plant communities with Dirichlet regression. I use beta and ordered beta (thanks, @rmkubinec.bsky.social!) a lot, but this is very cool. Something I'd normally use gllvm for, but maybe... ecogambler.netlify.app/blog/plant-c...
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Compositional modeling of plant communities with Dirichlet regression | GAMbler
Compositional data appears everywhere in scientific research, yet many analysts fall back on problematic approaches that ignore fundamental mathematical constraints. I demonstrate how Dirichlet regres...
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🚨 #DiscoveryProjects #DP26 announcement: ❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2026❗️ See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D... /bot
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 26/10/2025
Uncovering the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions buff.ly/On0nuux | #ProcB #Ecology #EnvironmentalScience
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Dr. Valeriya Komyakova @anthrofish.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
It was an absolute honour to be part of the Future engineers program, empowered by Women In Subsea and Energy, inspiring young girls into engineering and other STEM careers. We ran a transdisciplinary workshop with my amazing engineering colleagues to demonstrate the importance of working together.
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Dr. Valeriya Komyakova @anthrofish.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Super happy with this piece of work being finally out. Fantastic cross-disciplinary collaboration with lead author Dan Luo from UQ. Here we address challenges and opportunities of floating artificial structures. Check out the whole book! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Design and Fabrication of Floating Artificial Reefs: Enhancing Biodiversity and Food Production
The expansion of aquaculture and renewable energy infrastructure into offshore environments offers a unique opportunity to integrate ecological innovation and engineering expertise to address critical environmental and economic challenges. This chapter explores the...
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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Our #FishOfTheWeek this week is… the Pacific Blue Eye (Pseudomugil signifer) 🐟 👇More #fishfacts and the latest #research featuring ASFB members: zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoo... 🌐 Info via Fishes of Australia: fishesofaustralia.net.au #Australia #fish #biology
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
"When you plan your work, be careful to give yourself time to think." - Advice given by British ecologist Charles Elton to his graduate students over 60 yrs ago (Crowcroft 1991).
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Our May job round-up is here! Here are 5 roles suitable for early career and graduate marine conservationists. (As always, get in touch with the advertiser directly about any positions, we're just sharing like a job board!) 🦑🌍🌐🧪🌊🐟 #marinejobs #conservationjobs #conservationcareers
cover image for ' may uk-based marine job opportunities' the background is a grey seal looking at the camera underwater.
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Dr. Valeriya Komyakova @anthrofish.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Excited to be a small part of this great collaboration. Hot off the press, work led by Amelia Mannering. Here, we report that microplastic ingestion increases oxidative stress in fish, but doesn’t make them easier prey. 🐟🧪 #Microplastics #FishHealth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Microplastic consumption elevates fish oxidative stress but does not affect predator-driven mortality
The ubiquity and abundance of plastic debris is one of the most significant challenges facing marine environments. Recent research has demonstrated th…
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Dr. Valeriya Komyakova @anthrofish.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Joining online to see the final presentation of my amazing Master student, Alyaa Shara Shaharuddin who investigated microplastic contamination in small reef fish. Excellent work, Alyaa! Co-supervised with Alyssa Marshell, @joelfishecology.bsky.social and Thomas Rodemann.
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Michelle Jewell @michellejewell.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Friends, I am seeking a historian in either Irish or Scottish lore specialized in leviathans, basking sharks, or any other marine creatures.
Basking shark historical sketch.
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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We have new additions to our #CoastalHistory starter pack, so take a look if you're interested in coastal history! Likewise, if you're researching and writing about coastal history topics, please let me know if you want to be part of our community. go.bsky.app/Pfa95p7
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
With current trends and policies, we'll transgress all planetary boundaries in 2050, except for ozone depletion. Targeted interventions — e.g., the Paris Agreement — can help, but not enough. More effective policy measures are needed to ensure we live well within the planetary boundaries.
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Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries
Nature - Current trends imply that we will transgress most of the planetary boundaries by 2050; however, ambitious, urgent and universal action to ameliorate climate change and increase resource...
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Andreas Bryhn @bryhn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New paper on ten ecological restoration measures for shallow coastal habitats of the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak, with particular focus on effectiveness, costs and knowledge gaps. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Ecological restoration measures for shallow coastal habitats of the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak – effectiveness, costs and knowledge gaps
Human-induced pressures are interfering with the environmental status of marine and coastal areas impacting their ability to maintain ecosystem functi…
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Dr. Valeriya Komyakova @anthrofish.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
What absolute cuteness looks like...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
If you're in the DC/Baltimore area, there are still a few tickets left for Friday's public lecture on endangered species in US waters! marylandnature.wildapricot.org/event-614437... 🧪🦑🌎
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Natural History Society of Maryland - Endangered Species in US Waters: What threatens them? How can we save them?
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Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🦪Wow: New study shows that noise pollution also disturbs mussels: shipping noise caused stress-related inflammation with increased energy demand, higher protein turnover & disrupted nervous system activity,promoting delayed larval metamorphosis in suboptimal habitats. www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊
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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This is a fascinating study on fishing altering fish migratory patterns. It’s management implications are important. I’ve argued that Limit Reference Points also need to consider the ecological role of the fished stock. This is an example of why that matters. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Herring spawned poleward following fishery-induced collective memory loss - Nature
A critically low abundance of older herring due to age-selective fisheries resulted in an approximately 800-km poleward shift in main spawning.
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 07/05/2025
Resolving the context-dependency of local heterogeneity–#diversity relationships across rocky reefs worldwide #EvidenceSynthesis #ProcB royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #OpenAccess
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 03/05/2025
Anthony Albanese wins 2025 federal election with Labor on track for majority
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Anthony Albanese wins 2025 federal election with Labor on track for majority
Peter Dutton set to lose his own seat of Dickson in Brisbane as Coalition suffers collapse in support * Election 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat counts * Listen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has won the federal election and is poised to retain majority government after a nationwide swing to Labor. The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, is set to lose his home seat of Dickson in Brisbane in a disastrous result for the Coalition. Continue reading...
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Nina Rønsted @ninaronsted.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology. Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement. Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg
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WWF-Canada @wwfcanada.org · 02/05/2025
“Climate change is so widespread across the Arctic & we’re seeing this magnitude of warming at 4X the rate than the rest of the 🌎. We expected to see very concrete trends & trajectories. Because in other biomes, we are. But the Arctic is a special & often unexpected place.” - Mariana García Criado
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Arctic plant study reveals an ‘early warning sign’ of climate change upheaval
A warming tundra has seen unexpected shifts, raising the alarm about fragile ecosystems and those who rely on them
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Science Magazine @science.org · 02/05/2025
In a blow to many foreign medical researchers who rely on U.S. funding, the NIH has announced that by the end of September, it will halt what are known as “foreign subawards,” in which U.S. researchers share their grant money with overseas collaborators. scim.ag/42UpRyQ
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‘This is insane:’ New NIH policy on funding foreign scientists stirs outrage
Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 01/05/2025
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Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
New study on eastern oysters 🦪 concludes: "#Plastic pollution may therefore reduce shell growth, initiate immune and stress responses, alter sex differentiation, and impact reproductive output of eastern oysters through changes in transcription." #microplastic journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Exposure to plastic debris alters expression of biomineralization, immune, and stress-related genes in the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
The degradation of marine plastic debris poses a threat to organisms by fragmenting into micro- and nano-scale pieces and releasing a complex chemical leachate into the water. Numerous studies have in...
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Jose M. Fariñas-Franco @drjosemfarinas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
One week left to apply to this postdoc opportunity I'm offering in native oyster restoration in Ireland. Get your applications in before the 9th May 12 pm deadline! Any questions contact me. Details in the application documents, link below.
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Dr. Valeriya Komyakova @anthrofish.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Just chilling with Buddy
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We’re hiring! Help us find the right director 🦄 to build the next phase of @urbanoceanlab.bsky.social. Opportunity to lead a bold, justice-centered organization working at the intersection of ocean policy, climate resilience, and city innovation. multiplier-careers.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...
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Managing Director - Urban Ocean Lab
Job Opening: Managing Director - Urban Ocean Lab at Multiplier in Remote.
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 24/04/2025
Welcoming our partner @rare.org to Blue Sky... Current projects in: 🌊 €6.7m to empower coastal communities in 🇲🇿 ogy.de/s1ga 🌊 €4.9m for ocean conservation & thriving coastal communities in 🇭🇳 ogy.de/2lt5 ... and one in the pipeline in 🇵🇭 go.bsky.app/TBuGkQx
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Arlo Hemphill @arlohemphill.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Environmental group @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social described the move by TMC as “a slap in the face to international cooperation.” www.wsj.com/articles/tru... #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep
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Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for U.S. Deep-Sea Mining
The administration moves to sidestep U.N. body governing the ocean floor and the harvesting of minerals and metals in international waters.
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Urgent advice for US researchers….
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Nature recently compiled a list of the most-cited scientific journal papers of all time. I replicated their analysis for papers from my field, and looked for any patterns. Please enjoy! www.southernfriedscience.com/these-are-th... 🧪🦑🌎🦈
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These are the 10 most-cited shark science papers of all time
Nature recently shared a list of the most-cited papers of all time in any scientific field. That got me thinking: what are the most-cited papers in my field? And do they have any traits in common? …
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Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I've seen in my relatively short career the slow death of some of the most beautiful places on earth, and it is soul destroying. Nearly 83% of all coral reefs have bleached in the last year. What is it going to take for us to see some serious action? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record
An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should be fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Published in Nature, an important analysis of the liability of fossil fuel polluters for climate change impacts. “Chevron, the highest-emitting company, very likely caused between US $791 billion & $3.6 trillion in heat-related losses over the period 1991–2020” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability - Nature
A transparent and reproducible scientific framework is introduced to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, whi...
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 24/04/2025
Added KfW Development Bank alias @kfwfz.bsky.social... Welcome to the Blue Sky go.bsky.app/86hT6V7
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Going through old family photos and this one popped up! A dork through and through. This is me aged 12. And now I’m studying the dolphins of Sydney Harbour and Gamay (Botany Bay). #wildsydneyharbour #dolphin #dolphins #throwback #kid #kids #family #year6 #school #marine
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Dr. Valeriya Komyakova @anthrofish.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Such a tremendous effort, wonderful collaboration among excellent scientists. It was an honour to be part of the team. Huge thanks for an exceptional leadership @louisefirth.bsky.social
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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Feeling very grateful that our paper “Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: an update on the state of the art” has been awarded #Halcrow Prize by the Institution of Civil Engineers. 🌿🌊 This recognition means a lot to me & 51 brilliant coauthors. www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10....
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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
At what point does fiction become lived narratives for the trajectory that we are steering our planet along? The Forcing and The Decent by #PaulHardisty are unsettling yet captivating. As a global change ecologist, these novels were a powerful call to arms for the change we so desperately need. 🌏🌐
Two novels - 'The Forcing' and 'The Descent' by Paul E. Hardisty are sitting side by side on a white background.A close up of the cover of 'The Forcing' by Paul E. Hardisty, showing a quote by Tim Glister.A close up of the cover of 'The Descent' by Paul E. Hardisty, showing a quote by The Times.
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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Starting a kelp ecologist starter pack. Let me know if you want to hop on! go.bsky.app/9HNjC1T
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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
What an end to a day of talks at the @stonelivinglab.bsky.social nature-based solutions conference. City of #Boston Chief Climate Change Officer telling us about plans of the newly appointed Climate Council AND Office of Climate Resilience. #Resilience #Decarbonisation #Energy @jebyrnes.bsky.social
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Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Thanks to Oceanographic magazine for this nice article on our new paper about the value and decline of #sustainable #fisheries oceanographicmagazine.com/news/urgent-... @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🐟
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"Urgent action" needed to stop collapse of UK sustainable fisheries - Oceanographic
Policymakers urged to take crucial steps to maintain marine biodiversity, support sustainable fisheries, and preserve UK’s coastal heritage.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨🐟🚨 By 2100, cold-water fish like cod, herring & haddock could decline by 10-80% in the North Sea due to the climate crisis, when modelled under high emissions scenarios. 📉❌ 1/3 @plymouthmarine.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Multiple Models of European Marine Fish Stocks: Regional Winners and Losers in a Future Climate
Using state-of-the art models we projected changes for 17 key commercial fish species in the Northeast Atlantic under two climate scenario. Carrying the analysis at the species level and regional sca...
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Ocean Tracking Network @oceantracking.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
📣 We’re hiring! Join OTN as our Data Operations Manager. Lead the ops side of a global aquatic tracking data team. Manage resources, drive projects, and coordinate people. Learn more & apply: oceantrackingnetwork.org/were-hiring-...
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Helmut Hillebrand @hillebr1.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We offer a 5-year research position in the #PlanktonEcology lab in Wilhelmshaven. Are you interested in empirically testing ecological concepts? We offer a stimulating scientific environment, experimental facilities & support to establish an independent research profile uol.de/en/job/postd...
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Postdoctoral researcher in Plankton Ecology // University of Oldenburg
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