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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

That's a wrap for #Interrail2026, onto #FSBI2026! Happily doing #FSBIGreenTravel by taking 2 trains (Strasbourg>Paris>London) yesterday & a train to Southampton this morning. Duty free in hand. Big thanks to France's high speed rail! Join me at the #JFB workshop at 1330 to talk publishing/publicity!

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "What big eyes you have! Well, until 500 m, that is": doi.org/10.1111/jfb..... Using an incredible image repository, authors show that larger eye investment peaked at 500m, after which expensive eye structures weren't worth it. Paper by Pinti et al.

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Toxic tiddlers? Mechanisms driving within species mercury levels uncovered in anchovies ": doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Dietary shift occurs, which looks to facilitate growth, at the expense of increasing mercury. Paper by Chen et al doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Travelling in the omics time machine part II: Keeping natural history museums relevant ": doi.org/10.1111/jfb..... Are some museums diverting attention away from collections, undermining their relevance? Paper by Nambiar et al doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Uncovering the lazybones of the shark world": doi.org/10.1111/jfb..... Stable isotopes, going beyond identifying where a fish has come from, or where it has been - now providing data on life-history traits! Paper by Delgado et al doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "School's out, but not for fish that want to pass ": doi.org/10.1111/jfb..... Groups had a lower metabolic rate than individuals that made it past a barrier (important for the efficacy of fish passes)! Paper by Crawford et al: doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Put it in reverse! Captivating deep-sea footage reveals the mysterious movements of abyssal fish", featuring some amazing footage: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... It highlights a paper by Priede and Jamieson doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

📢 #PhD opportunity! Interested in #eDNA and protecting our #rivers? We are recruiting a PhD researcher to tackle a very topical challenge: Empowering citizen scientists with an eDNA toolbox to safeguard #freshwater fishes. Deadline: January 16th 2026. #PhDPosition #CardiffUniversity bit.ly/49bl4gO

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Such a pleasure to give the welcoming address to #WEEN25 last week in my capacity as one of the Wales Ecology and Evolution Network's directors. I gave a brief history of the network, how it has developed in recent years, while also welcoming early career researchers from all over Wales to Cardiff

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Tough mothers and tender fathers: New assays reveal the behavioural complexity of the common #clownfish": doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Highlights a paper by Graham et al doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... showing the behavioural depth of these little fish!

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Are you doing a Masters/PhD/Postdoc in Ecology/Environment/Evolution in Wales? Make sure you don’t miss one of the most important dates in the calendar: the Wales Ecology & Evolution Network (WEEN) Annual Conference! #WEEN25 ween.wales/event/ween/ @lswalescddcymru.bsky.social @epwales.bsky.social

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Hot off the press! Our #JFB paper showing #eDNA #metabarcoding's ability to give quantitative insights in #AtlanticSalmon distribution in a river: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Showing, once again, the value of integrating eDNA into #freshwater #biodiversity monitoring. Big thanks to Nigel Milner!

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: The grime fighting potential of fish #guts and the battle for responsible consumption doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... It covers some big topics around #capitalism, #consumption, #CircularEconomies and... fish guts? Original article: doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Just published 'Dietary Differentiation Between Sympatric #Ecotypes of #Astatotilapia calliptera From Lake Masoko, #Tanzania Revealed by Metabarcoding'! bit.ly/3GTRKjI Great to be part of this work led by Dr Kirthana Pillay (FSBI PhD)! Nostalgic, given that my MSci thesis looked at these #cichlids!

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: Lump by name, but not by nature: 1000km migration of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Highlights work by Kennedy et al recording #lumpfish #migration of up to 1,612 km. Original article: doi.org/10.1111/JFB....

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Had such a laugh hosting the #FSBI2025 pub quiz last night. Turns out, coming up with 60 questions for a room full of academics, arbiters of truth, is far more difficult than first anticipated...! Felt like a second viva!

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The last leg of yesterday's #FSBIGreenTravel, crossing the Irish Sea, quick stop in Dublin and then up north! Such a smooth trip, and a new found love of ferries. The perfect start to #FSBI2025!

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The #FSBIGreenTravel to #FSBI2025 continues after a pit stop in Bangor, spending a wonderfully raucous evening with dear friend and colleague, Gary Carvalho! Treated to a bounty of vegetarian dishes. Produce which was in the garden 5 mins before. Now a quick train to Holyhead and the ferry awaits!

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

On my way to #FSBI2025 in Belfast, and my #FSBIGreenTravel is well underway! The first leg involves a journey from #Cardiff to #Bangor. After making my way through a sea of bucket hats, with the aftermath of Oasis' opening night in Cardiff, I'm on one of Transport for Wales' new, greener trains!

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Pick on someone your own size! Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) do". It contains one of JFB newest features, embedded videos! Bringing research to life. doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Original study by Holubová et al doi.org/10.1111/JFB.... #Alaska #FishSci

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

It was a joy to be at NoWPaS again! Taking place in Halifax (NS), it's as vibrant/stimulating as when I attended in 2018. I presented work on #AtlanticSalmon #eDNA, which was selected as best talk in the session! Thanks to @thefsbi.bsky.social & @gensocuk.bsky.social for travel funding! #NoWPaS2025

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