The flyver for this year's AMARE PhD school in lovely Malta is up: www.ogs.it/en/amare-med.... I look forward to present the new developments of FEISTY, and Andre Punt will introduce size-based stock assessment methods. Note: deadline coming up soon!

Not 1 but 2 evening #sciart events (w drinks) during #OSM26 in #Glasgow!

* zine-making in the pub, Mon 23 Feb (link below)

* opening for Constraint Made Visible (Transmission Gallery, 24 Feb)—collabs among local mathematicians, artists, crafters, and ocean modellers

Pls help spread the word!

Seventh Workshop on Trait-based Approaches to Ocean Life The 7th Workshop on Trait-based Approaches to Ocean Life will bring together scientists to discuss how functional traits shape marine ecosystems, using experimental, statistical, and modeling approach...

Applications are now open for participation in the 7th workshop on Trait-Based Approaches to Ocean Life in Asilomar, California: carnegiescience.edu/seventh-trai...

Particle-associated N2 fixation by heterotrophic bacteria in the global ocean Heterotrophic bacteria fix N2 in more diverse environments than previously thought, critical for the oceanic nitrogen cycle.

We usually think of photosynthetic bacteria as the main N2 fixers in the world's oceans . Using a mechanistic model we estimate that heterotrophic bacteria are responsible for 10% of the global N2 fixation. And it also occurs temperate waters. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Squid die when they reproduce. We estimate that sinking squid carcasses locks away 11-12 Mt carbon/year in the deep oceans. Increasing squid fisheries interrupts this sequestration and sends it to our dinner plates - where it is respired to the atmosphere. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our online simulator of the FEISTY fish community model is now live. Simulate the food web structure fish communities based on bottom depth and zooplankton production:
oceanlife.dtuaqua.dk/FEISTY/

The importance of teaching units ecological theory and modelling is under-appreciated. Great to hear that units are being taken seriously!

We have an open associate professor/tenure track position in oceanography at the Technical University of Denmark. Be part of our expanding oceanography section and contribute to our new education in Ocean Engineering: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid....

FEISTY Fortran library and R package to integrate fish and fisheries with biogeochemical models The FishErIes Size and functional TYpe model (FEISTY) is a mechanistic ecosystem model that fully integrates ecosystem structure across trophic levels through functional types. We present an R pa...

Finally in print: R package of the FEISTY global fish community model. Fast Fortran backend with an R interface makes it fast and easy to use FEISTY for your own applications. Used in the EU projects #NECCTON and @oceanicu.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/2041...

I have moved my online presence from twitter to Bluesky. Delighted to see so many from the old community are here already.

#trait #trai-based