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Rob Briers

@robbriers.bsky.social
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Professor of Ecology & Biodiversity at Edinburgh Napier University. Evolved in freshwater but have adapted to both marine and terrestrial environments.

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Jason Newton @jasonisotopes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Stable isotopes show how land use shapes stream chemistry and entire foodwebs. The study demonstrates links between low drainage soils / agricultural pastures, increased CH4 and C isotopes in consumers. Funding of measurements- @isotopesuk.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @robbriers.bsky.social
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Catchment Influences on Carbon Stable Isotope Variation in Trout; Might It Be Methane?
Trout stable carbon isotope values vary significantly and appear to relate to catchment characteristics. Low carbon stable isotope values are linked to catchments with low drainage soil and high cove...
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Rob Briers @robbriers.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Our distance learning MSc now accredited by CIEEM - learn professionally recognised skills with us at a distance!
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Claire Branston @clairebranston.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
What a cracking start to the @edinburghnapier.bsky.social MSc Wildlife Biology & Conservation field tour. Today we were at St. Abbs NTS reserve learning about their seabird monitoring, seals & reserve management! Thanks to all the reserve staff for their knowledge and enthusiasm, it was infectious!
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Rob Briers @robbriers.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Great initiative for freshwater ecoacoustics, led by @wildaudiojack.bsky.social please contribute more sounds to help improve understanding!
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bioRxiv Ecology @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The Freshwater Sounds Archive www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career. predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
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What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
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Rob Briers @robbriers.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The @ukceh.bsky.social Lakes Portal is a great source of information on lakes across the UK. Now you can access the data straight from #rstats using my 'uklakes'📦. Take it for a spin robbriers.github.io/uklakes/
an outline image of the UK with a fill resembling rippling water, and the text 'uklakes' written over the top
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Jennifer Dodd @druisge.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Looking for your first teaching step for a career in academia in ecology? Come work with us @edinburghnapier.bsky.social as a University Tutor. 2 yrs fixed term 0.4FTE 🌍🌎 #ecology www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLR353/u...
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University Tutor - Animal & Plant Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University
Discover an exciting academic career path as a University Tutor - Animal & Plant Sciences at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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Daniel Hering @danielheringude.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Interested in multiple stressor research in rivers? Interested in a PhD under excellent supervision in one of Europe’s largest freshwater research centres? We seek 8 doctoral researchers for the CRC RESIST at the University of Duisburg-Essen! sfb-resist.de/people/open-... #rivers #PhDjobs
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Martin Wilkes @wilkesma.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Two unique opportunities for fully funded interdisciplinary PhD research on #biodiversity #conservation @Uni_of_Essex, blending #ecology with #sociology and #business as part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Sustainable Transitions programme jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT611/p... jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT503/p...
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
#eDITH: an #Rstats package to model transport of environmental DNA in #river #networks. Allows to spatially project #eDNA-based #biodiversity estimates across river networks /w minimal prior information. 🧬🐟🌊🦠🐞 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... lucarraro.github.io/eDITH/ 1/4
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Rob Briers @robbriers.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Fully-funded 3.5-year #PhD available at EdinburghNapier University to advance understanding of wild #mammal community responses to #rewilding. Start date 1 Mar 2025. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... Please circulate if you know anyone who may be interested. 🌱🦌🐾
Combined image of a developing native forest that has been rewilded and a camera trap image of a deer
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