Lai, S.Y., Pálsson, A., Guðbergsson, G., Jónsson, I. R., Ólafsson, J. S., & Bárðarson, H. (2024). The prey availability and diet of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in low-productivity rivers in northern Europe. Journal of Fish Biology, 1–13. doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15…

1. New open access paper with Steve Dugdale and freshwaterflows in Journal of Hydrology: Understanding the effects of spatially variable riparian tree planting strategies to target water temperature reductions in rivers. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Well worth a read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jf…

Amazing that fish can occupy these habitats - HT Chris Harrod

*Spaces available!* 🧬 eDNA conference in Inverness, 25-26th April, registration £65 inc conference dinner! Check out the fantastic line-up here: ukeof.org.uk/documents/uk-d…

After conference visits to Dundreggan Rewilding Centre 🌳 & South Clunes Farm 🦫.

Book here: ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukdna…

Important new paper from colleagues in Norway: International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List does not account for intraspecific diversity academic.oup.com/icesjms/articl…

East Antarctica 38.5C above seasonal average on March 18th.

Biggest jump in temperature ever recorded at a met station - anywhere on Earth.

Just staggering.

Make no mistake.

Anything is now possible. And I mean anything.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

The green circle gets significantly smaller every year

Pasionate about #Conservation ?
Launching our new Applied Conservation Science MSc University of Glasgow UofG_SBOHVM. Embark into a transformative journey where advanced quantitative methods meet practical ecological skills!
Info here: gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/t…
(Photo: Jana Jeglinski)

Thrilled to have collaborated with Joe Langan Jordan_T_Watson and Skip McKinnell to synthesize 60+ years of INPFC/NPAFC high seas survey data to describe the marine distribution of Pacific salmon and quantify thermal preferences onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
UAF CFOS
FishandFisheries

New in nature, we show that commonly applied approaches have failed to accurately represent global trends in biodiversity. So what's the problem and what's the solution?

nature.com/articles/s4158…

Our summary of 60 years #ecohydrology research into #salmon & #environment interactions at the #Girnock Burn in the #Cairngorms National Park. With Iain Malcolm Doerthe Tetzlaff Scot Gov Marine IGB Berlin
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hy…

Six decades of ecological monitoring on a stream close to King Charles’ Deeside home is providing the science needed for the fight to preserve one of Scotland’s keystone but threatened species - the Atlantic salmon. abdn.io/y2

Detection and comparative analysis of SVs, SNPs and indels in two putatively locally adapted Atlantic salmon populations with different life histories

by Laurie Lecomte et al

doi.org/10.1111/eva.13…

This case study found that fish survival and in-river performance differed markedly between fish that were tagged by two surgeons who followed the same surgical procedure. A reminder to always consider how handling procedures might influence results. bit.ly/3IECAMy

Postdoctoral position in evolutionary ecology

Note the role of invasive species in bringing native whitefish to the brink: 1) goby predation on juveniles, & 2) quagga mussel filtration, which has depleted phytoplankton and increased exposure to UV light, creating 'an existential crisis for whitefish'. greatlakesnow.org/2024/02/whitef…

Quote: 'Human pressures, such as dam construction, large-scale irrigation and global warming, have altered freshwater resources to such an extent that their capacity to regulate vital ecological and climatic processes is at risk.' phys.org/news/2024-03-a…

Hundreds of thousands of salmon dead from ‘gas bubble disease’ in US river theguardian.com/environment/20…

1 week left to apply! Deadline March 8th for a #PhD position on #eDNA applications for bycatch monitoring in sharks and rays. Part of larger EU-funded Marine Beacon project on eliminating bycatch and lots of collaboration with partners. Link: gmit.ie/research/postg… #PhdFairy