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Samantha Rumschlag

@rumschsl.bsky.social
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Ecologist specializing in water quality trends, ecotoxicology, and biodiversity.

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Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
PFAS levels in #GreatLakes fish are dropping, study finds The declining levels were driven by an industry phase-out of legacy PFAS chemicals www.wpr.org/news/pfas-le...
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PFAS levels in Great Lakes fish are dropping, study finds
A new study shows PFAS levels in Great Lakes fish are on the decline as manufacturers have phased out some chemicals in recent decades.
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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
National assessment of river protection in the U.S. Article: doi.org/10.1038/s418... Policy Brief: doi.org/10.1038/s418... Rivers Explorer: map.myriver.americanrivers.org Collaboration b/t American Rivers, Conservation Science Partners, Univ WA @americanrivers.bsky.social Thread 👇 | DM for PDF
Image of river protection status in the United States
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Steve Ormerod @steveormerod.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
How #climatechange is reshaping fish communities in the United States as temperatures rise and non-native fishes proliferate: @ian-vaughan.bsky.social overviews recent extensive work by @rumschsl.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Climate change is reshaping fish communities in the United States
Rising temperatures and the introduction of non-native fishes have been linked to rapid changes in fish communities across the United States.
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Ian Vaughan @ian-vaughan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Climate change is reshaping the fish communities of rivers across the US - my commentary in @nature.com to accompany the new study led by @rumschsl.bsky.social rdcu.be/eHY6B 🌍🧪
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Climate change is reshaping fish communities in the United States | Nature
Rising temperatures and the introduction of non-native fishes have been linked to rapid changes in fish communities across the United States. Rising temperatures and the introduction of non-native fishes have been linked to rapid changes in fish communities across the United States.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 24/09/2025
Changing water temperatures and human-driven introductions of fish have altered the composition of fish populations in streams and rivers across the USA over the past three decades, a study in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/47ZCcWH 🧪
Photo of field crew conducting electroshock sampling for fish as part of the US EPA National Rivers and Streams Assessment in Little Hunting Creek in Virginia, USA. 

Photographer: Kevin Biallas
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Ian Vaughan @ian-vaughan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Fish communities in US rivers have changed a lot since the 1990s, linked to climate change and species introductions - new research in @nature.com led by @rumschsl.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Diverging fish biodiversity trends in cold and warm rivers and streams - Nature
In the past three decades, fish abundance, richness and uniqueness have diverged across cold and warm streams, and the effects on native fish communities of stream warming and increases in introduced fishes have magnified each other.
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Travis S Schmidt @ecotoxman.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Sometimes you set out to ask one question and you end up addressing something different. Here is an example of that where we set out to synthesize US biomonitoring data and pesticide data and ended up asking a biodiversity question. Fun working with this team!
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Michael Mahon, PhD @mmahon.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Our research group just published a study in Nature on how fish biodiversity in U.S. rivers and streams has been changing over the past 27 years (1993–2019). The results show sharply diverging trends depending on historic and changing water temperature. 🧵 rdcu.be/eH0l8
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Ecotoxicology lab RC One Health Ruhr @ecotox.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Exciting collaboration with colleagues from the US and Frederik de Laender - lead by S. Rumschlag and Mike Mahon - on how climate change has lead to alterations in US fish diversity over the last decades. Paper just out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Diverging fish biodiversity trends in cold and warm rivers and streams - Nature
In the past three decades, fish abundance, richness and uniqueness have diverged across cold and warm streams, and the effects on native fish communities of stream warming and increases in introduced fishes have magnified each other.
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