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Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
Rigorous validation of ecological models against empirical time series - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Validating theoretical models against empirical data presents challenges. Here the authors present an assumption-light method to validate ecological models against time series data, along with a dedic...
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
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Just the good news we need - a nature-based solution for climate change mitigation that could be scaled up to help with carbon sequestration plus is a tasty food source - at least for those of us that like oysters #ClimateChange #CO2reduction #OysterFarming
A delicious win-win: Oyster farming helps sequester carbon, not just because the bivalves lock CO2 in their shells but even more so because the oysters promote primary production and organic carbon sedimentation in the sea around them. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Just the good news we need - a nature-based solution for climate change mitigation that could be scaled up to help with carbon sequestration plus is a tasty food source - at least for those of us that like oysters #ClimateChange #CO2reduction #OysterFarming
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Evolution of endothermy in marine fishes is related to competition with cetaceans. This incredible paper is a masterpiece of phylogenetic comparative methods and a future classic for marine biologists
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy
Cetacean interactions, body size, and genomic innovations shaped endothermy evolution in ray-finned fishes in the Eocene-Miocene.
www.science.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Evolution of endothermy in marine fishes is related to competition with cetaceans. This incredible paper is a masterpiece of phylogenetic comparative methods and a future classic for marine biologists
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Scale-dependent effects of biodiversity and stability on marine ecosystem dynamics vist.ly/3n7k9f2 #Community #Ecology #Functional #Diversity
June 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Scale-dependent effects of biodiversity and stability on marine ecosystem dynamics vist.ly/3n7k9f2 #Community #Ecology #Functional #Diversity
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Matthew Hatton's first (!) PhD paper is out, mapping the potential expansion of large-scale trawling off West #Greenland as sea ice retreats. New fishing grounds, new bottom habitats; a new challenge for ecosystem-based #fisheries management.
#EBFM #MarineScience
@mastscot.bsky.social / SUPER DTP
#EBFM #MarineScience
@mastscot.bsky.social / SUPER DTP
Climate Change Opens Up New Fishing Possibilities for Large‐Scale Trawling Vessels Off West Greenland
Climate change is transforming marine ecosystems, opening new fishing possibilities for large-scale trawling vessels in the Arctic. This study investigates the potential for new fishing grounds to em....
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May 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Matthew Hatton's first (!) PhD paper is out, mapping the potential expansion of large-scale trawling off West #Greenland as sea ice retreats. New fishing grounds, new bottom habitats; a new challenge for ecosystem-based #fisheries management.
#EBFM #MarineScience
@mastscot.bsky.social / SUPER DTP
#EBFM #MarineScience
@mastscot.bsky.social / SUPER DTP
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🌀 How do we really shift systems?
Join Karen O’Brien, Hannah Gosnell, Julia Leventon + Bruce Goldstein as they reflect on the making of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment 🌍
📅 Day 3 of #TCXYork
▶️ Watch this first: buff.ly/VvTy6v8
#IPBES #TransformativeChange
Join Karen O’Brien, Hannah Gosnell, Julia Leventon + Bruce Goldstein as they reflect on the making of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment 🌍
📅 Day 3 of #TCXYork
▶️ Watch this first: buff.ly/VvTy6v8
#IPBES #TransformativeChange
Turning Insight into Action: How the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Can Drive Real Change | Transformations Community
The IPBES Transformative Change Assessment offers a powerful lens for understanding—and advancing—systemic change.
transformationscommunity.org
June 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌀 How do we really shift systems?
Join Karen O’Brien, Hannah Gosnell, Julia Leventon + Bruce Goldstein as they reflect on the making of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment 🌍
📅 Day 3 of #TCXYork
▶️ Watch this first: buff.ly/VvTy6v8
#IPBES #TransformativeChange
Join Karen O’Brien, Hannah Gosnell, Julia Leventon + Bruce Goldstein as they reflect on the making of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment 🌍
📅 Day 3 of #TCXYork
▶️ Watch this first: buff.ly/VvTy6v8
#IPBES #TransformativeChange
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Today is the 1 year anniversary of my favorite paper on #marine ecosystem-based management.
Here are some statistics about the performance of the paper thus far: citations 14, in the top 5% of all research tracked by #altmetric🧪🌊🦑 #EBM
Read the #openaccess paper here
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Here are some statistics about the performance of the paper thus far: citations 14, in the top 5% of all research tracked by #altmetric🧪🌊🦑 #EBM
Read the #openaccess paper here
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Marine ecosystem-based management: challenges remain, yet solutions exist, and progress is occurring - npj Ocean Sustainability
npj Ocean Sustainability - Marine ecosystem-based management: challenges remain, yet solutions exist, and progress is occurring
www.nature.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Today is the 1 year anniversary of my favorite paper on #marine ecosystem-based management.
Here are some statistics about the performance of the paper thus far: citations 14, in the top 5% of all research tracked by #altmetric🧪🌊🦑 #EBM
Read the #openaccess paper here
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Here are some statistics about the performance of the paper thus far: citations 14, in the top 5% of all research tracked by #altmetric🧪🌊🦑 #EBM
Read the #openaccess paper here
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Careful placement of MPAs is important because closed areas in the wrong locations can increase environmental impacts. academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
Predicting the effects of area closures and fishing effort restrictions on the production, biomass, and species richness of benthic invertebrate communities
Abstract. To effectively implement an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF), managers need to consider the effects of management actions on the fishery and
academic.oup.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Careful placement of MPAs is important because closed areas in the wrong locations can increase environmental impacts. academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
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🌊 What have we learned from a decade of collaboration with ocean keystone actors?
As UNOC3 begins today in Nice, we reflect on 10 years of collaboration through SeaBOS – a pioneering partnership between scientists and the world’s largest seafood companies.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/4Cc3nhH
As UNOC3 begins today in Nice, we reflect on 10 years of collaboration through SeaBOS – a pioneering partnership between scientists and the world’s largest seafood companies.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/4Cc3nhH
June 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🌊 What have we learned from a decade of collaboration with ocean keystone actors?
As UNOC3 begins today in Nice, we reflect on 10 years of collaboration through SeaBOS – a pioneering partnership between scientists and the world’s largest seafood companies.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/4Cc3nhH
As UNOC3 begins today in Nice, we reflect on 10 years of collaboration through SeaBOS – a pioneering partnership between scientists and the world’s largest seafood companies.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/4Cc3nhH
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Why throwing all potential predictors into your model and letting it decide has, and always will, be bad for inference.
Ecologists’ endless quest for automatic inference
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/05/28/e...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/05/28/e...
Ecologists’ endless quest for automatic inference | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
May 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Why throwing all potential predictors into your model and letting it decide has, and always will, be bad for inference.
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While #ecosystem-based mgmt offers a holistic approach for environmental decisions, #social-sciences/humanities (SSH) studies are often absent. Andrews et al. reviewed Atlantic Canada literature & found missed opportunities for actionable SSH research @icesmarine.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ices...
May 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
While #ecosystem-based mgmt offers a holistic approach for environmental decisions, #social-sciences/humanities (SSH) studies are often absent. Andrews et al. reviewed Atlantic Canada literature & found missed opportunities for actionable SSH research @icesmarine.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ices...
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▶️Follow along live
The final day of ICES @fao.org Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour #WGFTFB annual meeting from Sicily www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWjn...
🎣You can also watch back the recording of the past few days
www.youtube.com/@cnr-irbim
The final day of ICES @fao.org Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour #WGFTFB annual meeting from Sicily www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWjn...
🎣You can also watch back the recording of the past few days
www.youtube.com/@cnr-irbim
ICES/FAO WGFTFB - 20 May 2025
YouTube video by CNR-IRBIM
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May 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
▶️Follow along live
The final day of ICES @fao.org Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour #WGFTFB annual meeting from Sicily www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWjn...
🎣You can also watch back the recording of the past few days
www.youtube.com/@cnr-irbim
The final day of ICES @fao.org Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour #WGFTFB annual meeting from Sicily www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWjn...
🎣You can also watch back the recording of the past few days
www.youtube.com/@cnr-irbim
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This article very much reflects our own recently published research on the same topic: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Recognising and Protecting the National Benefit of Sustainable Fisheries in the UK
Sustainable commercial fishing makes valuable contributions to coastal regions and broader national benefits. This paper offers three arguments in relation to what is required for the societal benefi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This article very much reflects our own recently published research on the same topic: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Shocking new paper shows that well-designed marine protected areas that get staffing and implementation work
(This is my shocked face)
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
(This is my shocked face)
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Marine protected areas stage of establishment and level of protection are good predictors of their conservation outcomes
Global targets should track MPA quality and quantity. This is the first study using
a new science-based framework across 123 MPAs and tying levels of protection and stages
of establishment directly to...
www.cell.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Shocking new paper shows that well-designed marine protected areas that get staffing and implementation work
(This is my shocked face)
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
(This is my shocked face)
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Whales have big eyes, so they should have good eyesight.
But as it turns out, humpbacks have relatively few retinal ganglion cells--the photoreceptors on the back of the eye that capture light.
The result is that, from a distance, a net is hard to pick out, and harder to avoid.
But as it turns out, humpbacks have relatively few retinal ganglion cells--the photoreceptors on the back of the eye that capture light.
The result is that, from a distance, a net is hard to pick out, and harder to avoid.
May 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Whales have big eyes, so they should have good eyesight.
But as it turns out, humpbacks have relatively few retinal ganglion cells--the photoreceptors on the back of the eye that capture light.
The result is that, from a distance, a net is hard to pick out, and harder to avoid.
But as it turns out, humpbacks have relatively few retinal ganglion cells--the photoreceptors on the back of the eye that capture light.
The result is that, from a distance, a net is hard to pick out, and harder to avoid.
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Fish are important benthic bioturbators too! Great new #ConvexSeascapeSurvey paper from our @exetermarine.bsky.social PhD student Mara Fischer. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A functional assessment of fish as bioturbators and their vulnerability to local extinction
The seabed is one of the key ecological interfaces on the planet, exerting a major influence on global biogeochemical cycles. Biological processes suc…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Fish are important benthic bioturbators too! Great new #ConvexSeascapeSurvey paper from our @exetermarine.bsky.social PhD student Mara Fischer. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Under Trump, US retreats from global #fisheries and oceans leadership: news.mongabay.com/2025/04/unde...
Under Trump, US retreats from global fisheries and oceans leadership
This is Part 2 of a two-part series on fisheries management and oceans governance under the second Trump administration, which took office Jan. 20. Part 1 looks at the potential impacts that cuts and ...
news.mongabay.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Under Trump, US retreats from global #fisheries and oceans leadership: news.mongabay.com/2025/04/unde...
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Interesting paper:
'After 17 years from the cessation of bottom fishing in marine reserves, we found subtle differences between benthic communities across adjacent open and closed areas with no consistent pattern in effects across taxa'
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
'After 17 years from the cessation of bottom fishing in marine reserves, we found subtle differences between benthic communities across adjacent open and closed areas with no consistent pattern in effects across taxa'
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Natural and fishing disturbances combine to drive seafloor conservation outcomes from spatial closures on Georges Bank
Marine reserves have emerged as a leading management response to address benthic habitat impacts from bottom-towed fishing gears; however, empirical e…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Interesting paper:
'After 17 years from the cessation of bottom fishing in marine reserves, we found subtle differences between benthic communities across adjacent open and closed areas with no consistent pattern in effects across taxa'
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
'After 17 years from the cessation of bottom fishing in marine reserves, we found subtle differences between benthic communities across adjacent open and closed areas with no consistent pattern in effects across taxa'
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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MPA results in a decrease in burrowing brittle stars because of increased predation pressure by flatfish. So food web effects thus override the decrease in mortality of macrofauna caused by the cessation of trawling.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
MPA results in a decrease in burrowing brittle stars because of increased predation pressure by flatfish. So food web effects thus override the decrease in mortality of macrofauna caused by the cessation of trawling.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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A contribution to build “Fisheries performance indicators for assessing the ecological sustainability of wild-caught seafood products in Europe”
#ecocertification #fisheries #sustainability
#scoring #biodiversity #seafood #protein
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ecocertification #fisheries #sustainability
#scoring #biodiversity #seafood #protein
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fisheries performance indicators for assessing the ecological sustainability of wild-caught seafood products in Europe
The increasing global demand for seafood has intensified pressure on marine resources and hence the need to adopt sustainable fishing practices and pr…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A contribution to build “Fisheries performance indicators for assessing the ecological sustainability of wild-caught seafood products in Europe”
#ecocertification #fisheries #sustainability
#scoring #biodiversity #seafood #protein
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ecocertification #fisheries #sustainability
#scoring #biodiversity #seafood #protein
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Alarming study on dolphins in Ireland & UK shows "an increase in cases of animals dying due to starvation". Add that to record numbers of common dolphins & harbour porpoise washing up dead and it does not paint a pretty picture
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Emaciated enigma: Decline in body conditions of common dolphins in the Celtic Seas ecoregion
The nutritional health of stranded common dolphins in the Celtic Seas ecoregion has recently declined, as evidenced by a decrease in nutritional status and an increase in starvation-related deaths. V...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Alarming study on dolphins in Ireland & UK shows "an increase in cases of animals dying due to starvation". Add that to record numbers of common dolphins & harbour porpoise washing up dead and it does not paint a pretty picture
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The “European Oceans Pact”: A call for evidence is now open => Have your say now! #blueeconomy #fisheries #aquaculture
*How we affect the ocean
*How the ocean affects coastal communities
*The opportunities that the ocean provides us with
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
*How we affect the ocean
*How the ocean affects coastal communities
*The opportunities that the ocean provides us with
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
ec.europa.eu
January 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The “European Oceans Pact”: A call for evidence is now open => Have your say now! #blueeconomy #fisheries #aquaculture
*How we affect the ocean
*How the ocean affects coastal communities
*The opportunities that the ocean provides us with
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
*How we affect the ocean
*How the ocean affects coastal communities
*The opportunities that the ocean provides us with
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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New 🧪paper: We show the importance of selecting several indicators, both diversity and trait-based, to capture the broader signals of change in benthic communities due to bottom trawling activities.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
October 12, 2024 at 3:57 PM
New 🧪paper: We show the importance of selecting several indicators, both diversity and trait-based, to capture the broader signals of change in benthic communities due to bottom trawling activities.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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"Implementing the EU MSP Directive: Current status and lessons learned in 22 EU Member States"
sometimes we need to stop and analyze the impact of policy implementation
#MarineEcology
#policy
#marinespatialplanning
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
sometimes we need to stop and analyze the impact of policy implementation
#MarineEcology
#policy
#marinespatialplanning
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Implementing the EU MSP Directive: Current status and lessons learned in 22 EU Member States
This paper takes stock of the impact the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU has had on developing maritime spatial planning (MSP) practice…
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January 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"Implementing the EU MSP Directive: Current status and lessons learned in 22 EU Member States"
sometimes we need to stop and analyze the impact of policy implementation
#MarineEcology
#policy
#marinespatialplanning
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
sometimes we need to stop and analyze the impact of policy implementation
#MarineEcology
#policy
#marinespatialplanning
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Our new paper on fish dynamics of thermal tolerance plasticity is finally out in Journal of Thermal Biology! This was an amazing collaboration with great researchers across the World!
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Dynamics of thermal tolerance plasticity across fish species and life stages
Climate warming with associated heat waves presents a concerning challenge for ectotherms such as fishes. During heatwaves, the ability to rapidly acc…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Our new paper on fish dynamics of thermal tolerance plasticity is finally out in Journal of Thermal Biology! This was an amazing collaboration with great researchers across the World!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...