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Edward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🧵 New paper out today in @peercommunityin.bsky.social Journal! @joelpick.bsky.social et al. introduce the first standardised guidelines for data & code quality control in #ecology & #evolutionarybiology, on behalf of @sortee.bsky.social 🔓 doi.org/10.24072/pcj... #OpenScience #EEB [1/5]

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The SORTEE guidelines for data and code quality control in ecology and evolutionary biology

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

This was such a cool project to be a part of! We used ML models to build a high-res (1.4m) land cover map, and combined terrain+weather data w/ algae+water samples from >200 lagoon sites over 4 years to understand connections between land use, precipitation, water quality, and microbial communities.

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

course schedule as a table. Available at the link in the post.

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

These findings emphasize the importance of land-sea connections in shaping the quality of waters that sustain life, restore spirits, and protect communities. From the tropics to the poles, impacts of activities on land eventually make their way to the ocean - and it's up to us to mitigate them.

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Planktonic microbial communities (esp. those close to shore) were also affected by terrestrial stressors, and among nearshore sites, those with the most nutrient enrichment had microbial communities that were the most unique from more offshore lagoon sites.

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

We found that precipitation plays a dynamic role in short- (days) and long-term (weeks-to-months) nutrient enrichment but that land cover is an important driver of nutrients regardless of the time-scale of precipitation. Water column fDOM indicates nutrients are coming at least in part from land.

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Smoke pours over Little Lakes Valley at sunset; view from Morgan Pass (Saturday night). The Garnet Fire is about 40 miles away but prevailing winds bring poor air quality to the High Sierra. #GarnetFire #CAfire #CAwx

Smoky skies over Little Lakes Valley, downwind of the Garnet Fire

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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology doi.org/10.32942/X24...

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Joel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24... Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵

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Edward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

🎉New preprint! "TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing" tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA! Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.

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TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

So cool to see all the awesome work here in the comments! I’d be interested too. I ask a variety of landscape questions related to climate and land use change, spanning arctic plant phenology, alpine ungulate migration, and tropical lagoon biogeochemistry. Field work, remote sensing, & rstats :)

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bioRxiv Ecology @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Terrigenous inputs link nutrient dynamics to microbial communities in a tropical lagoon www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I’ve noticed that when pasting rstudio auto indents code and the first cmd-z unindents code and the second unpastes it on a Mac. Maybe related to that?

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Chhaya Werner, PhD @restoration.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Wrapping up a quarter-long Intro to Scientific Computing class -- we've had a blast! So grateful for @allisonhorst.bsky.social amazingly joyful illustrations and @uslter.bsky.social LTER datasampler package of simplified environmental datasets for teaching and learning 🧪🌎🌱⌨️

Cute monsters in witches hats add code and field notes to a bubbling cauldron, set along a picturesque mountain stream

Illustrated representations of different data sets in the package fill a "box," including a buffalo, trout, pika, fiddler crab, maple seedling, snowfall, and hurricane

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Great list! Would love to get on this if possible

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Jon Kuntz, PhD 🦈 @sharkeye.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

My first first-author paper was published this morning! Did you know eye lenses grow in layers throughout life and can be analyzed to study movement and foraging ecology. But eye lenses differ in bio molecular composition across fish taxa, especially for sharks! 🧪🌎🦑 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Investigating eye lens composition for stable isotope analysis in fishes: a comparison between Chondrichthyes and Actinopterygii - Environmental Biology of Fishes

Life history ecology provides a framework for understanding the complex interactions between organisms and their environments but is challenging to resolve for long-lived and migratory species. In fis...

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Happy holidays and happy end of the year to all of you. Thank you for making 2024 a wonderful and exciting year for our society. Let's continue working towards Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2025. Join us at: sortee.org/join

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Oh my bad I thought you meant like pull lever manual haha

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Juras seem pretty pricey, so I’m assuming budget is a little flexible? I’ve really enjoyed my breville barista express but it’s a bit more than that delonghi option. Had it for about a year now and it’s been good for a house of 2 incl 1 covfefe fiend

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I can’t dm you :( but am volunteering on the sortee advocacy committee starting 2025!

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Heyo! Tracking plant phenology with time-lapse cameras. <3 monitoring

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

nice, thanks for all the suggestions!!!

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Megan S. Reich @megansreich.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Super stoked to share our latest research on the migratory patterns of painted lady butterflies across the Sahara! 🦋🏜️ www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

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Trans-Saharan migratory patterns in Vanessa cardui and evidence for a southward leapfrog migration

Chemistry; Nature conservation; Ecology; Entomology

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Christian John @jepsonnomad.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Great list! Would love to be added

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Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I made one! I’ve realized when going to conferences that graduate students and early career professionals in the wildlife world are constantly communicating and will be working together later down the road. LMK if you want to be added, I def missed folks! go.bsky.app/FFFHs9U

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Benjamin Nowak @bjnnowak.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Sharing some #dataviz reflections I've had to go from the classic choropleth map on the left to the map on the right [...]

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BWEEMS @official-bweems.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Hi Bluesky! We are BWEEMS, Black Women in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Science. A non-profit dedicated to amplifying and supporting Black women in EEMS spaces! It's nice to be here! 🐟 🪴 🐊 www.bweems.org

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Black Women in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Science

BWEEMS is a global network of Black Women driving innovation in ecology, evolution, and marine science despite being historically overlooked and isolated in the field.

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