Post Doc position alert! Come work with us on the evolution of cannibalism. Full job description in link below. Salary starts at $58k plus benefits. (Please help spread the word)
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wildebeest in the savanna
Big picture: large animals don't just move nutrients, they move microbes and restructure food webs from the bottom up. As megafauna decline, we're losing ecosystem functions we've barely begun to describe.
hippos in a hippo pool
More wildlife = more multichannel feeding across detrital and algal pathways. At high input sites, river flow barely affected consumer diets...hippo subsidies may buffer the food web against hydrological variation.
In Freshwater Biology, Frauendorf et al. show wildlife subsidies restructure the Mara River food web. Fish shifted from 2% to 73.5% reliance on wildlife-derived resources along a hippo/wildebeest gradient. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70208
In Environmental Microbiology, we argue animals are "mobile bioreactors"...ingesting environmental microbes, transforming them in the gut, and depositing novel communities back into the environment. Case studies from hippos, coral reef fish, and earthworms. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.70291
elephants crossing a river
Two new papers from our group! Dutton & Subalusky labs @ufresearch.bsky.social, Frauendorf lab at @colgate.edu, @cgrupstra.bsky.social lab at #FAU, and Post lab at #Yale on how large wildlife reshape ecosystems 🦛🌊🧵
Finally, @baileywallace.bsky.social and colleagues show that temperate and filamentous bacteriophages are significantly associated with stony coral tissue loss disease, a disease of unknown pathogen. Lysogenic conversion would make it really hard to detect pathogens! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thanks Hannah! Please connect me with Rebecca :-)
I'm teaching invertebrate zoology in the fall. I'm looking for textbook recommendations with good online resources like slides and study guides? Does anyone have presentations they're willing to share? Thanks! #Invert #Zoology #Invertebrate #lecture
Congrats Raúl! Very well deserved :-) 🎊🎉👏🥳
Excited to share JK Da'Anoy's first dissertation chapter published in @sicbjournals.bsky.social! What started off as a side project morphed into great work!
"Microbial depletion is associated with slower cnidarian regeneration"
LOTS of wondergrads made this happen!
Go team :)
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We have used uhaul’s ubox service twice. It’s the cheapest and has worked out well. Their units are small but you can add additional units for just a couple $100 and you don’t have to pay additional shipping fees.
Ever wonder what role corals play in tropical reef ecology? Find out by taking up the mantle of Team Coral 🪸! Cover the reef with colonies clad in sturdy calcium carbonate 🧪 and fend off dastardly, quick-growing algae!
What is your favorite #reef creature you’d love to see in #benthosgame?
It’s been a devastating 24 hours with 3 NIH grants terminated…all focused on the health and wellbeing of trans or intersex youth. If folks have any ideas of foundations that may be interested in supporting the completion of these projects so years of work aren’t wasted, please let me know. 🙏
What! Such a cool pic
Rapid butterfly declines across the US during the 21st century
Total butterfly abundance fell by 22% across the 554 species & species richness fell by as much as 28% across 7 regions.
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“Genuinely care and act for a better world.” @aoc.bsky.social
Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪
Assistant Professor (TT) in Computational Biology at U of North Georgia. Broadly defined, biostatistics and bioinformatics included. Come work with me in a wonderful department!
Rolling reviews start March 21st until filled.
Please share widely!
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To understand how climate change affects natural ecosystems we need to know how warming influences species interactions. In our newest paper we show that predator-prey interactions fundamentally change across latitude leading to context dependent effects of warming. 🧪
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Upcoming dates of protests:
2/28: Economic blackout
3/4: 50501 protests AND @aftunion.bsky.social's #ProtectOurKids day of action
3/7: March for Science protests
I’d love to be added!
Globally important marine protected areas like World Heritage Ningaloo and Shark Bay are under severe heat stress 🔥 . Corals are bleaching.
🗣️We must cut climate-harming carbon emissions now if we are serious about protecting these wild places. #RealZero
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN CASE OF ICE: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:
DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door. NO ABRAS TU PUERTA. ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.
ASK THEM TO LEAVE. If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission. 2 PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN. Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.
REMAIN SILENT. You have the right to remain silent. If the agents ask you questions, tell them, "I wish to remain silent." PERMANECE EN SILENCIO. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio. Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles: "Deseo permanecer en silencio".
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.
New paper out led by Ilaria Greco in @plosbiology.org : Landscape-level human disturbance results in loss and contraction of mammalian populations in tropical forest. A huge effort with a global team! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗
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I think it's worth repeating plainly that a federal judge halted Musk's federal funding freeze nearly two weeks ago but funds are still very much being frozen in violation of the court order.
