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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We are recruiting 4 Postdoctoral Fellows! 🌊🌊🌊 Applications are open now! Deadline is 10th October 2026. More details and updates here: climate-hub.ie/msdm/ #postdoc #marine #MarieSkłodowska-Curie #MarineLife!

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Marine Species Distribution Modelling – AIB Trinity Climate Hub

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Very excited for these new training offerings from Atomoc Ecology. Learn alongside an international group of peers in a course tailored to your own research project. Group courses | Atomic Ecology share.google/G91HOgtjepgM...

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Group courses | Atomic Ecology

Online and in-person training in stable isotope ecology

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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Group courses | Atomic Ecology

Online and in-person training in stable isotope ecology

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Opportunity of a lifetime!! Roll up, roll up!!

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EveryHeron 𓅣 @everyheron.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Stay low. So low. Reflections are eliminated and the fish won't see you approaching... #HeronTipOfTheDay

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

And sometimes we understand the driver of the extinction: in this case, invasive species (zebra & quagga mussels) introduced through the release of ballast water by transoceanic ships.

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Some new training options from Atomic Ecology - the Academic Path is tailored to current studnets. We start with theory in the autumn and tackle data in the winter through regular group tutorials www.atomicecology.com/academic-pat...

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Academic Path | Atomic Ecology

"From atoms to ecosystems....."

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I recently caught up with Victor Deklerck from World Forest ID to chat about their work verifying the supply chains behind many of the products, textiles and foods we rely on. Isotopes in action for the latest Atomic Ecology Meets! www.atomicecology.com/post/atomic-...

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Training got a refresh at Atomic Ecology recently: new courses, new rates and new ways to learn - www.atomicecology.com/training

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Training | Atomic Ecology

"From atoms to ecosystems....."

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ProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Trophic Niche Partitioning Between Lake Whitefish and Cisco: Post-glacial Patterns and Response to Anthropogenic Cisco Introductions . Canadian Journal of Zoology. Just-IN doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

As #ESA2026 starts to wind down, a quick shout to any studnets using stable isotopes their research - the #AtomicEcology academic path course is build on 10+ years teaching these techniques & allows you to lear with a cohort of international peers www.atomicecology.com/academic-pat...

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

As #FSBI2026 starts to wind down, a quick shout to any studnets using stable isotopes their research - the #AtomicEcology academic path course is build on 10+ years teaching these techniques & allows you to lear with a cohort of international peers www.atomicecology.com/academic-pat...

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Great to see conference # being useful again, a real pleasure to follow #FSBI2026 from home this week & find new faces to follow - sincerest thanks to @thefsbi.bsky.social @marianilab.bsky.social @otolithgirl.bsky.social @drwillperry.bsky.social et al for spreading the good news

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Stable Isotope Ecology - Theory, Data and Effective Applications - A new online group course from Atomic Ecology will take place in November 2026. Through an intensive week we will cover the essential theory underpinning the field and

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5 Day Intensive Course | Atomic Ecology

"From atoms to ecosystems....."

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Training got a refresh at Atomic Ecology recently: new courses, new rates and new ways to learn - www.atomicecology.com/training

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Training | Atomic Ecology

"From atoms to ecosystems....."

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Academic Path | Atomic Ecology

"From atoms to ecosystems....."

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Great to chat with @vdeklerck from @world-forest-id this morning fort a new episode of Atomic Ecology Meets. Isotopes in action to trace food and timber fraud! We discussed how it works, why its important and how you can get involved. Video will be online next week!

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Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Thanks to a couple of recent Ws on the funding front, we have 3 open postdoc positions in Helsinki, Finland in the field of salmonid fish ecological and evolutionary genomics. DL 7.8. More details in advert: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Basic details of the amazing post doc positions on offer with amazing image of a large Teno River salmon in background

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Looking to strengthen your data analysis and reproducibility skills in R? At Physalia, we have three upcoming online courses that may be of interest to researchers, data scientists, and anyone working with biological and ecological data #Rstats #DataScience www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

New isotope just dropped....

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A brief overview of stable isotopes and what they can bring to your research - I gave a talk for the Freshwater Biological Association last week and enjoyed it so much I recorded a version earlier today! vimeo.com/1201459099?s...

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A version of an invited keynote I gave to the Freshwater Biological Association in 2026. We cover stable isotopes, lakes, rivers, ecological function and more besides!

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Not even @aiannucci.bsky.social could write that! What an image!

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A global study of 41,499 lakes reveals that lake sediments experience heatwaves that are often longer, more frequent, and slower to cool than surface waters. ...boosting production of GHGs (e.g. CH4) and altering freshwater ecosystems worldwide. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Lake sediment heatwaves under global warming - Nature Geoscience

Model analyses and projections of sediment heatwave duration, intensity and frequency across 41,499 representative lakes suggest that lake sediment heatwaves are more persistent and frequent than lake...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Folks, some quick professional news here: After teaching the "Ecology and Conservation of Sharks" course for 5 years at Nova Southeastern, the graduate school has opted not to renew my contract. I'm fine, this course was a small part of my overall income.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

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Attenborough at 100 — A Nature Documentary Archive

Explore nearly 5,000 episodes across 90 series — from Zoo Quest in 1954 to Secret Garden in 2026. Search by animal, habitat, location, or theme.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Context: $9 billion is more than the entire annual NSF budget allocated for all science research in the US. If the NSF budget had actually been disbursed this year (it has not). www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

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White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 22/05/2026

Isotopes and food residue show that as people in Kenya’s Turkana Basin transitioned from fishing and foraging to herding cattle, around 5,000 years ago, they took a full millennium to fully shift to a specialized diet centered around livestock. In PNAS: ow.ly/NTIa50Z3eRr

Domestic cattle in the Turkana region, Kenya.
CREDIT: Katherine Grillo.

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So, I've just been bellyaching about the (book) publishing world. So it makes sense to re-up this post, about a super easy way you can support an author. (Could be me but definitely doesn't have to be!). And remove some money from Jeff Bezos' pocket at the same time.

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How to give Jeff Bezos less money – and support an author, artist, or craftsperson

Jeff Bezos (the founder of Amazon) has a lot of money. Not “a lot” in the sense that you or I might have a lot of money if we’d just been paid, or received an inheritance, or even won the lottery –…

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Really enjoying my first run at delivering a course with Physalia! Half way through and we have already evaluated data QC, played with biplots and run all sorts of mixing models. TRophic position and group exercises today and finishing with food webs tomorrow!

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

AI-Assisted Scientific Writing course (online, 3–5 June). Learn how to use LLMs & AI agents for literature search, drafting, fact-checking & peer review workflows. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #AI #ScientificWriting

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AI-Assisted Scientific Writing: From Literature Search to Publication

3-5 June 2026

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

There are still a few of seats for next week's Stable Isotope Data Analysis course with Physilia - This online course will cover data validation, mixing models, foods webs, niches and trophic position, lots of R packages and time to discuss your data www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Applied stable isotope ecology with R – from data to decisions

18-21 May 2026

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

If you would like to learn how to analyse stable isotope datasets in R, you can still join us next week for this 4-day online course taught by @drhaydo.bsky.social: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... Dates and time: 18-21 May (2-6 PM Berlin time).

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Applied stable isotope ecology with R – from data to decisions

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freshwater fELA 🇨🇦 @not-klaatu.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Across lakes and species, eDNA reads follow rank-based abundance metrics. Lots of potential for non-destructive future applications. So happy to have worked on this paper with powerhouse eDNA researcher @jlittlefair.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Environmental DNA metabarcoding reflects rank‐based abundance of fish

This approach provides a practical tool for managers to rapidly assess rank abundance of freshwater fishes, offering particular value for monitoring smaller species that are often missed by conventio...

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Science Magazine @science.org · 07/05/2026

A giant fish called the arapaima is the focus of a conservation success story in the Brazilian Amazon. Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3PtCVIN

A giant fish called the arapaima is the focus of a conservation success story in the Brazilian Amazon. Scientists have worked with local villages to protect the commercially valuable fish from poachers while allowing villagers to profit from a sustainable arapaima harvest. The project has spurred development and led to the protection of some 150,000 km2 of tropical forest.

Photo: Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Physalia turns 10 this month! 🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who joined our courses, collaborated with us, or followed our journey. To celebrate, we’re offering 10% off all May courses for our followers. Interested? Email us at info@physalia-courses.org www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Science is better with friends, and isotope ecology is no different! Delighted to join the folks from The eDNA Consultancy for a FREE IFM webinar explaining how to combine new techniques to develop a better understanding of fish community structure and function! ifm.org.uk/events/moder...

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Modern Tools for Fisheries Management: eDNA & Stable Isotopes in Practice – Institute of Fisheries Management

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Interested in applying isotopes to your ecological work but don't know where to start? Im giving an introductory webinar for the ESA tomorrow! Learn about applications from carbon capture to food webs and animal migration. Registration below esa.org/career-devel...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 27/04/2026

Environmental DNA from lakes and rivers in Southeast China shows that sites with frequent tropical cyclones have more nonnative fish than less storm-prone sites, partly because flood waters and high winds facilitate species movement. In PNAS: ow.ly/bC5150YQEl8

Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, one of the nonnative species commonly detected in the study. Stock photo.

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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

📣Reminder that today is the LAST DAY to fill out the Google Form to order a meeting t-shirt. More information here: csee-scee.ca/csee-merchan...

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Brian Hayden @drhaydo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Back on the road with Atomic Ecology - visiting my Alma Matter to give a seminar on stable isotope ecology and why Irish researchers need to be doing more of it!

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I got into eel history by studying the Dutch eel ships on the Thames. We don't generally remember them much now, but they were there from the c.1470 - 1938. They used to be low-key famous, even appearing in Nicolas Sarony's 1929 cigarette card collection, "Ships of All Ages." 🗃️🧪

Front of the card, showing two ships in calm water with sails slack. A label in the water below them reads: "Dutch eel boat." They are somewhat orange in color, suggesting a setting sun -- another indication that they are not British. The shadow from the boats looks an unhealthy green on the water, which is perhaps appropriate for the Thames. Overall, the whole image is done in washed out citrus-y colors, which makes it warm and inviting, and also a good source of Vitamin C.

These ships and their predecessors supplied live eels to London for something like 500 years. You've never done anything for that long in your whole life. And you never will. Eel ships were there during the War of the Roses, and during Shakespeare's life, and during WWI. They are gone and forgotten now, but they were once a part of the living city.

The back of the card, with text describing the ships. The text is surrounded by a framing of ropes, with some blocks and tackles and hooks and such. It looks very nautical. The text which these lines frame reads thus:

"Ships of All Ages, a series of 50. No. 25.

Dutch Eel Boat

The Thames barge is considered to be of Dutch origin, and it sometiems meets in the estuary its relative, the Dutch eel schuyt, which, like the barge, is designated for work on both salt and fresh water. The schuyt is typically Dutch, stoutly built and comfortable looking, and is considered to be the most representative of the seagoing craft of Holland; it is also easily navigated on the crowded canals of the country.

Issued by
Nicolas Sarony & Co.
84 Picadilly
London, W.I."

FTR -- if someone describes you as stoutly built and comfortable looking, you should object. Unless you're an eel ship.

Are you an eel ship?

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