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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

😂 I've struggled with this my entire life!! not as common as Centre vs Center, Colour vs Color, etc. 🙃

Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Now that I've been reading more UK based science, I've started second guessing how things are spelled. Todays adventure modeled vs modelled ... apparently modeled is the "American English" spelling while modelled is the "British English" common spelling. The little things that cause side quests 🤦‍♂️

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The past several months I've been pushing really hard working on data analyses, writing papers, doing presentations, updating work flows, etc. This week I think I hit the wall ... It feels like screaming into the void, professional edition 🫩😔

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy belated #WorldRiversDay! The Everglades is more than a “River of Grass.” It is a landscape of rivers, creeks, estuaries, marshes, and mangroves, all connected by water. Restoring those connections strengthens the resilience of the entire ecosystem. 🌱🐊🌊

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spent all afternoon wrestling with rjtools package template for a paper submission to get the quickest review decision known to man.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another outside scope of journal rejection 🫩 Unfortunately this one took longer than the others getting a full on peer review where reviewer 1 didn't apparently read the paper and reviewer 2 liked it, just not my writing style. Something is amiss in the universe, no snarky comments from R2!!

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Warwickshire Wildlife Trust @warwickshirewt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today, we celebrate the autumnal equinox 🍂 Do you want to learn how to spot an ancient woodland this autumn? 🌳 Visit our blog to find out what to look out for: www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/spot-ancient-woodland-during-your-autumn-walk 📸 Ben Porter

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not yet, but I can. Once I post them somewhere I'll let you know.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thanks!! Yes, that's the ball park. The localized SLR has been significant and climbing.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What happens when rising seas, freshwater flows, hurricanes, droughts, nutrients, and algae all enter the same ring? 🎪 Step right up to the Salt Circus! Taming the Salt Circus: Restoration, Rising Seas, and Algae Antics in Florida Bay 📅 17 Sept 2026 🕐 1:00 PM EST💻 Online sws.org/events/Event...

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Awesome!! Congrats, I've been wondering about this for the treatment wetlands in the Everglades. We've focused so long on getting these systems to reduce P concentration to oligotrophic P conc we've never asked about other things.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've been working on a couple of rapid evidence assessment (in a supporting role and lead). It has opened a whole new world of wetland science and application. Its also cool to read papers and then get to (virtually) meet authors who are also involved in the reviews. So cool!!

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Interesting research! I wonder how late summer weeds help native bees and other native pollinators? I'm sure there is some overlap.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Beautiful!! I can always use a floral pick-me-up. 💚

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A perfect example of how broken the peer reviewed literature system is broken. The editor invited 10 reviewers and 2 accepted. 🤦

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'll try to start slipping in Mersey Mosses 😉

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The peer-review system is so broken ... 1) I have a paper thats been in review for 194 days, the editor has so far invited 6 reviewers. 2) impactor factors are garbage 3) the statistics on days in review/acceptance, etc. are skewed 4) the system is biased (reviewer2 can tank the entire thing)

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I wrote a thing about DMSTAr, a new open-source R package that brings a legacy wetland water-quality model out of spreadsheet/VBA land and into reproducible #rstats workflows. Because the swamp deserves reproducible code. 🌿💧 swampthingecology.org/news/2026063...

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Hearing a peatland as "unmanaged and economically inactive" is strange to me. Having natural areas in of itself is economically active (ie ecotourism, conservation, water protection and security, etc). What it means no exploitation of natural capital (ie timber harvest, peat cutting, mining, etc).

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

New paper out in Freshwater Biology! We found that nutrient reductions in a hypereutrophic Québec lake led to a shift from colonial Microcystis toward filamentous Dolichospermum — a reminder that lake recovery is rarely simple. I 💚 working with stellar collaborators!! doi.org/10.1111/fwb....

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Phytoplankton Regime Shift Toward Filamentous Cyanobacteria Following Nutrient Reductions in a Hypereutrophic Lake

Phytoplankton community responses to nutrient-management interventions in agricultural catchments remain poorly understood, particularly with respect to functional group transitions. Petit-lac-Sai...

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Thanks! Not 100% sure but it might be Crataegus crus-galli or Crataegus coccinea.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) has started blooming here in central NY!! In the UK, hawthorn typically blooms in May (giving it the name May Tree). It is also known to be an indicator of when it's time to plant temperature sensitive plants. We've been watching the trees in our woodland ... waiting.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Absolutely!! I would love to apply some of aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry expertise studying these systems.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Chalk streams have always fascinated me once I learned what they were. From a wildlife to water quality and geology perspective they are so neat!!

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Catching up on Beechgrove Garden episodes, one episode did a segment on grass/lawn (after winter). The presenter mentioned grass/lawns have ecological value. Everything I've read & observed lawns have limited ecological value. Meanwhile grasses, not the monoculture lawn have ecological value.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Yay!! happy #WorldCurlewDay These little birds are pretty amazing. I fell in love with them at a young age and always love seeing their subtropical north American cousins the white ibis.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I'm planning on joining from the US (central NY). We've had the usual suspects of robins, sparrows, crows, etc all singing earlier and earlier in the mornings.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

It might too many layers but I have @classicfm.com and Den stora älgvandringen (the great moose migration) playing in the background.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Something that always brings excitement and a smile on my face, hearing owls in our (and/or adjacent) woodland. Late afternoon, early morning it doesn't matter.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Is it just me or did Gardeners World drop the beginning music? Cramming more garden goodness into the limited hour of programming?

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

It's like the forest is happy to see me now that the snow is all gone (for now).

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

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Sarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Hey fellow aquatic biologists! You should move to Buffalo! 💧🌎🧪

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Whilst writing up a new R-package I had my music playing in the background. This morning was a lovely couple of hours of @classicfm.com. So many great pieces ... This afternoon required a little more umph, "The Blood of Cu Chulainn" came on, that song always gives me goosebumps.

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 11/02/2026

🚨 #PhD opportunity 🚨 Disturbance Impacts on swamp and forested peatlands in southern Québec This project will quantify how disturbances affect carbon cycling and hydrology in swamp and forested peatlands of southern Québec More info here: wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com/Opportunitie...

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Goals!! Time to build the moss and liverwort megacluster :D ;)

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I'm so confused ... Apparently I'm in the UK/British corner of the BlueSky-verse ...

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Wow!! Those are amazing! All that practice is definitely paying off.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sometimes the coffee can be just that bad that it warrants a loud (digitally) "audible" scream. ;)

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

What is the best way to reachout?

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Here is my go to ... It's pretty easy, despite the long explanations. If you don't want an unformed loaf you can use a loaf pan and cook it for about 40 mins

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Jess Corman @limnojess.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The USDA postdoc fellowship is back! If you're interested in studying eutrophication issues in working lands, let's write a proposal together. Check my lab webpage for how to get in touch (ecostoich.weebly.com/join.html).

Three lab members examining a farm pond covered in bright green duck weed. A bridge extends above the pond in the background.

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Paul Julian @swampthingpaul.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I love it when reviewers think they know what they are talking about to refute the paper but it turns out they dont ... don't challenage me on a statistical approach unless you made the method. If it made it into the paper, there was a lot of effort involved. Don't hate the GAM, hate the player. ;)

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