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Mike Williamson

@mjw-marine.bsky.social
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Zoological Society of London. Investigating European eel behaviour and movement in UK reservoirs with the Fish Movement Ecology Group - www.fishmovementecologygroup.com

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
NEW RESEARCH 🚨 Researchers identify ultrasonography as reliable method of determining sex in migrating silver eels. This technique was shown to be more reliable than molecular marking, and removes the need for sacrifice. @mjw-marine.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🦑🧪🌍🦤🌐
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Mike Williamson @mjw-marine.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Non-lethal tools for accurate sex identification in European #eel are required. Our new #OpenAccess paper shows ultrasonography is an accurate, non-lethal tool for identifying sex, but molecular markers were less reliable. Link here ▶️ www-tinyurl.com/b414e8a2 @zslscience.bsky.social #Science
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Assessment of two minimally invasive methodologies for sex identification in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla
Sex is an important driver of variation in behaviour, ecology and physiology. Sex identification in the Critically Endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla) currently requires fish sacrifice, or th...
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Mike Williamson @mjw-marine.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New paper out! 📢 We tested whether boat activity from an eel telemetry study disturbed protected waterbirds in a UK reservoir. 🦆 No evidence of disturbance. 🌦️ Bird numbers varied with weather + season. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The impact of boat activities associated with an acoustic fish telemetry study on waterbird populations in a Special Protection Area
It is widely recognized that the research techniques used to monitor and study wildlife have the potential to disturb and alter the behavior of the study species. However, other impacts on sensitive,...
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Mike Williamson @mjw-marine.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Amazing animation by @laurens-colours.bsky.social #aquatic #ecology #beavers #animation www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXVM...
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Beavers: Nature's Ecosystem Engineers
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Know a PhD student or Early Career Researcher in aquatic ecology who's research deserves a prize? 👀 👑 🧠 We are offering a talk at our upcoming September conference, ticket expenses reimbursed and a chance to work with a Global Change Biology editor to publish your research! Link in the comments 😊
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Dr. Miriam Lerma @miriamlerma.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
In this month's blog post, I demonstrate how to visualize shipping traffic data using R. The tutorial covers downloading the dataset from EMODnet, performing exploratory data analysis, and creating a map using ggplot2. #Rstats #GeospatialAnalysis #DataVisualization #ShippingTraffic
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David Jacoby @netlab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Herculean collation of >12K megafauna tracks, >100 species, reveals 75% overlap of critical habitats with shipping, fishing, pollution or warming. Protection targets not enough to safeguard megafauna. New paper in @science.org, led by @anammsequeira.bsky.social 👇 📸silvana-palacios,daniel-torobekov
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
📢✨ Aquatically-inclined and looking for an autumn conference? Join us for this year's #BESAG2025 to discuss all things #freshwater and #marine science! Where: ZSL London When: 15/16th September 2025 Registration and abstract submission info ⬇️ www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/besa...
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#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025
Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!
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Rosie Williams @rosiewilliams.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Also thanks to @DefraGovUK @welshgovernment.bsky.social and @ScotGovMarine for supporting this research and wider monitoring through the long-term UK strandings programmes. Many thanks as well to @natreswales.bsky.social and @ascobans.bsky.social for providing funding for additional samples 🙏
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Mike Williamson @mjw-marine.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Great to see our new paper on the impacts of water flow and crest shape on juvenile #eel movement on fish passes now out in the Journal of #Fish #Biology! #openaccess #science #freshwater @zslscience.bsky.social @jack-brand.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Improving eel pass efficiency: The role of crest shape and water flow in facilitating upstream juvenile eel migration
River connectivity is crucial for the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) to complete its complex life cycle, which is vital for upstream recruitment to the declining population of this critically endan...
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Jack A Brand @jack-brand.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Super happy to see our new article on how pharmaceutical pollution can influence salmon migration out in @science.org! This was a huge effort by a great team of researchers over the last few years! You can read the paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…!
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Mike Williamson @mjw-marine.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Nice new paper out reviewing the use of #biologging as a platform for monitoring environmental threats and aiding marine management. Also introduced me to the term Internet of Animals, which made me happy #science #behaviour #Marine www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Biologging as a potential platform for resolving ocean environmental issues and threats: Towards the development of the Internet of Animals
Biologging is a method that utilizes animal-borne devices to study the behavioural ecology, physiology, and surrounding environment of animals. This i…
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Mike Williamson @mjw-marine.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Looking for data, and plots for presentations, on stock trends from your study species? Check out @icesmarine.bsky.social adviceXplorer, a visualisation tool for ICES fisheries advice. ices-taf.shinyapps.io/advicexplorer/ #fisheries #stock #plots
Trend in European Glass Eel recruitment 1960 - 2024
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
PhD SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY 🚨 @exeter.ac.uk is proud to offer several studentships supporting Black British Researchers, to improve access and participation in PhD study. 🌍🧪🦤🌐 DEADLINE: 28th Feb 2025 For more details, visit - www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... #BlackinSci #BlackSky #AcademiaSky
Blue background with pink seaweeds graphic around the edge. a wave in a circle frame is on the right. text reads: PHD OPPORTUNITY. PhD Scholarships for Black British researchers in the faculty of Environment, science and economy. This programme offers 4-year fully funded phd studentships to support Black British researchers. The aim of these scholar ships is to help improve access and participation in PhD study for talented Black British students. Deadlines for applications: Friday 28th February 2025. To find out more visit exeter.ac.uk/study/funding.'
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Mike Williamson @mjw-marine.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Great new paper out on the impacts of pharmaceutical pollution in salmonids by @jack-brand.bsky.social and colleagues.
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Mike Williamson @mjw-marine.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
First post on #Bluesky, thought I'd highlight some of our research this year with @netlab.bsky.social. Acoustic telemetry can be used to answer a whole variety of questions including; Residency in reef #sharks - doi.org/10.1038/s420...
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Environmental stress reduces shark residency to coral reefs - Communications Biology
Environmental stress on coral reefs is increasing. Authors show a stress-related reduction in residency of grey reef sharks on the remote reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, promoting more diffuse space ...
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