Happy World Oceans Day! 🌊 Today, we celebrate the ocean and reaffirm our commitment to protecting it for future generations. Swipe to learn more about how our research supports ocean conservation around the world. #WorldOceansDay Photo Credit: 1, 4 Michele du Plo 9 Christophe Chellapermal

I'm very excited to announce that I’ll be joining the University of North Florida as an Assistant Professor! I’m so grateful for the support and collaborations that made this possible.

So excited to share our new paper out today in Ecological Applications @esajournals.bsky.social! We used time-series modeling explore ecological risk for fishes and their prey in the San Francisco Estuary during key phenological windows that shape food web dynamics. dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap....

Phenology‐informed decline risk of estuarine fishes and their prey suggests potential for future trophic mismatches

Conservation scientists have long used population viability analysis (PVA) on species count data to quantify critical decline risk, thereby informing conservation actions. These assessments typically...

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Billions of gallons of water flow daily through California’s water projects. In this National Academies Report we examined key actions to protect endangered fish & Bay-Delta ecosystems while considering human water needs nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2913... #WaterResources #CentralValleyProject

Review of the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

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At my first Western Society of Naturalists meeting presenting some of our work looking at sea otter restoration! Looking forward to introducing myself to a new scientific society and engaging with a new audience. Please reach out if you want to connect! #WSN2025

How vulnerable are riparian trees to drought? Using groundwater and satellite data from a California waterhsed, our new paper found that trees by drying rivers lost up to 5 weeks of growing season, suggesting they’re nearing critical groundwater limits. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Groundwater and Remotely Sensed Phenology Reveal Vulnerability of Riparian Trees to Drought

We asked how vulnerable riparian trees are to droughts, examining their water use and growing season timing and duration via groundwater data and satellite imagery. Drought shortened the growing seas...

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Does tidal marsh #restoration "work", if the goal is bringing back key species AND the trophic interactions that support them? A thousand stable isotope samples later, we have answers! 💯 work by PhD student Megan Pagliaro: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #SanFrancisco #BayDelta

Does tidal marsh restoration lead to the recovery of trophic pathways that support estuarine fishes?

Evaluation of tidal marsh restoration success is typically based on the recovery of habitat size and target species. However, food-web structure may provide valuable insight into ecosystem functionin...

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Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social ‪‪@caseagrant.bsky.social‬

Rachel Carlson@rachelspatial.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We're hiring! My lab is seeking a 2-yr Postdoc in 🌊 marine ecology + 🛰️ remote sensing. You'll work with a big team (including @albertruhi.bsky.social @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social) to study the impacts of changing rainfall on marine freshwater plumes + coastal organisms. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05114

So great to see our work on blue dasher dragonflies highlighted in the New York Times. Excellent piece by @cjgiaimo.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...

Meet the Beautiful Dragonfly That Thrives in Your Pollution

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Anyone at #esa2025 this year? Get in touch!

Read the full story here -> aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... Thanks to the the International Associated Laboratory "MacLife" for funding! CC @matbuoro.bsky.social @fishteph.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social

UC-Berkeley has an open-rank faculty position in our incredible Climate Equity and Environmental Justice (CEEJ) research cluster. It is an extraordinary interdisciplinary group working across multiple colleges and departments at the university! More information here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Climate Equity and Environmental Justice - Rausser College of Natural Resources

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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👥 10 students. 🌎 1 mission: a healthier planet. Meet the 2025 Benioff Scholars—driving real-world solutions to some of the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges.

An international, interdisciplinary group focused on advancing seaweed research, cultivation, and application gathered at UC Berkeley in early May for the inaugural workshop of the International Bioeconomy and Macroalgae Center.

Conference fosters connection in growing seaweed industry

The inaugural workshop of the International Bioeconomy and Macroalgae Center convened an international, interdisciplinary group to focus on advancing seaweed research, cultivation, and application.

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This threat represents an immeasurable loss to community-driven research and to the training pipeline for the next generation of collaborative conservation leaders

Nicolas Gonzalez@nicosgonzalez.bsky.social · last yr.

USGS’ biological research arm could vanish next week www.hcn.org/articles/usg... via @highcountrynews.org

New collaborative paper out in Ecology - subsidy timing matters in producing intraspecific life-history diversity; Led by Rui Ueda at Kyoto University esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Seasonal timing of ecosystem linkage mediates life‐history variation in a salmonid fish population

Life-history variation can contribute to the long-term persistence of populations; however, it remains unclear which environmental factors drive life-history variation within a population. Seasonally...

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Professors at USGS coop units were absolutely critical parts of my education at 3 different universities. They're probably affiliated with more useful conservation research than any other agency on earth. Join the rally to defend science next week! 🌎🐟🦉🐍🦊🌿🧪 #hydrology #Invert mobilize.us/s/JyAqUI

Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science · National Wildlife Federation

We need YOU as we rally in support of _critical_ federal government services at risk of being lost forever. The U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area is responsible for many of the programs t...

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Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump: Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without

David Malakoff@davidmalakoff.bsky.social · last yr.

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

The result of nearly two decades of work, my coauthors and I have just described two new crayfish species from western North America: introducing the Misfortunate Crayfish and Okanagan Crayfish (doi.org/10.11646/zoo...). More to follow soon, but it should be open access - message if you need a PDF.

Genome skimming supports two new crayfish species from the genus Pacifastacus Bott, 1950 (Decapoda: Astacidae) | Zootaxa

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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.

Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.

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Happy about this one, skillfully led by Adrianne Smits & w/ many great coauthors!-> "Despite substantial increases in the volume of #freshwater data collected worldwide, many regions and ecosystems still lack sufficient data collection and access." esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Too much and not enough data: Challenges and solutions for generating information in freshwater research and monitoring

Evaluating progress toward achieving freshwater conservation and sustainability goals requires transforming diverse types of data into useful information for scientists, managers, and other interest ...

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📢 GLOSSAQUA is out in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social. Big collaboration w/40+ coauthors led by myself, @chaevangelista.bsky.social & @ignasiarranz.bsky.social. It compiles global size spectra parameters from aquatic ecosystems globally👉: doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #datapaper #aquaticecology 🌍🧪🧵(1/4)

Looking for a quantitative ecology #postdoc? Check out this opening on time-series modeling of estuarine food webs - based in my group @natureatcal.bsky.social, in collaboration w/ State agency scientists. Apply ASAP - review of applications starts Apr 4. More info: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04818

Postdoc Employee – Quantitative ecology – ESPM: Organisms & The Environment

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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University of California announced a systemwide hiring freeze. This affects not 1 but 10 campuses (including UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, UC San Diego among others) plus 3 national labs with impact on medical and scientific research and local economies. www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

University of California sets hiring freeze in anticipation of Trump cuts

The University of California has imposed a system-wide hiring freeze and made additional cuts, its president said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to try to mitigate the impact of sharp cuts in federal funding.

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As a USGS Coop Alum (PhD at the Arkansas Unit) this is incredibly alarming. These units are key engines of applied research and training of the next generation of scientists, biologists and land managers. My peers are now leaders across state and federal agencies, non profits and universities.

Tim Van Deelen@trvandeelen.bsky.social · last yr.

The Cooperative Wildlife Research Units are under threat. #WildlifeScience #EcologyandConservation www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

Delighted to share our new paper in Ecology Letters: Variation in Salmon Migration Phenology Bolsters Population Dynamics but is Threatened by Drought. With @fishteph.bsky.social, Ted Grantham, and Mariska Obedzinski. #rivers #fishes #salmon 🧪🐟 🧵(1/8) doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Variation in Salmon Migration Phenology Bolsters Population Stability but Is Threatened by Drought

We show that intrapopulation variation in juvenile movement and rearing strategies enhances population stability in endangered coho salmon near their southern range limit. However, variation in reari...

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A 12-year-long study led by @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social and @caseagrant.bsky.social researchers finds that the alternative life histories of coho salmon have made their populations more stable. Read more at the Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship site. nature.berkeley.edu/stewardship/...

Diversity in Coho Salmon Could Be Key to Species Survival

The Russian River estuary just downstream of the confluence with Willow Creek. New research published today in Ecology Letters from the Stone Center found that coho salmon, one of five Pacific salmon...

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Check out my favorite dissertation chapter 👇🏻 made possible by @adamsiepielski.bsky.social, & former lab mates Tara Lanzer and Taylor Ping, who helped me assay hundreds of bugs when covid restrictions were in place.

Mike Moore@moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 2y ago

awesome paper that measures selection on plasticity itself. nice integration of a mesocosm experiment and a field study by @boyswillbebugs.bsky.social @adamsiepielski.bsky.social 🧪🌍🦑 academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

If you're interested in river drying and cross-ecosystem linkages, check out our new Ecology paper led by undergraduate extraordinaire Amin al-Jamal! -> Aquatic top predator prefers terrestrial prey in an intermittent stream esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A really cool paper from our incredibly talented former undergraduate, Amin al-Jamal (so far bluesky-less) is out in Ecology! It’s also my first senior author paper! We looked at the feeding habits of everyone’s “favorite” predatory stream insect—the giant water bug. doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

Aquatic top predator prefers terrestrial prey in an intermittent stream

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