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Trevor A. Branch

@trevorabranch.bsky.social

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Professor at Univ of Washington @uwsafs.bsky.social I run models and synthesize data, love R graphics, and do research on the status of marine fisheries, fishing quotas, and blue whales @bluewhalenews.bsky.social

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Mar 19

Sorting out the history of whaling pressure on five populations of blue whales in the Indian Ocean and SW Pacific. So many years of work went into this monumental collaboration with many many coauthors. So pleased to see this paper finally published.
doi.org/10.1111/mms....

Blue whale news @bluewhalenews.bsky.social · Mar 19

Published! Our huge effort to obtain catch series for each of five overlapping populations of pygmy blue whales. Big collaboration with 30+ coauthors using spatial patterns of blue whale song (unique to each population) to figure out where each resides 1/n

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2h

Jordy created a website where visitors can contribute $35 to “provide an inflatable costume for a True American.™”

He initially hoped to collect enough to buy a couple dozen suits.

But as he put it -- “This whole thing has blown up a lot.”

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 4h

Soap opera science??? ;)

Reposted by Richard Waite, Trevor A. Branch, Tom Broekel , and 1 more Richard Waite, Trevor A. Branch, Tom Broekel, Ryan K. Brook

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 9h

WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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Jon Robinson @jonr1183.bsky.social · 9h

Baby orca mini breach! 🦑

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 9h

What did you find? Left in the NH and right in the SH? Or not?

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 9h

My favorite exhibit, at the Natural History Museum. Perfect for 10 hour layovers via Heathrow.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 9h

Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards – in pictures

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an annual competition hosted by the Natural History Museum in London, which awards top honours in various categories for outstanding photography

www.theguardian.com

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 9h

Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards – in pictures

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an annual competition hosted by the Natural History Museum in London, which awards top honours in various categories for outstanding photography

www.theguardian.com

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 23h

I love my cheap little Nissan Leaf, 2020 car for $20K. I plug it into a regular wall socket overnight a couple of nights a week. Better acceleration than any car or truck on the road, so fun to drive. No maintenance costs, tiny energy costs.

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

📢 Check out all the BHL presentations at #LivingData2025!
On #Day1, our Communication Director @nicolekearney.bsky.social will provide a crucial update about BHL's Transition from the #Smithsonian to an autonomous & sustainable global consortium. www.livingdata2025.com/program.html... 🌱 📖 🌏

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Jessica Gephart @jagephart.bsky.social · 1d

There is still time to submit!
The special issue "Blue Foods in Local to Global Food Systems" deadline was extended to November 30 🐟 🦐 🍣

Jessica Gephart @jagephart.bsky.social · Mar 18

Working on blue foods? Consider submitting to our new special issue in Environmental Research: Food Systems - Blue Foods in Local to Global Food Systems.

The journal is society owned and the papers are OA, with OA fees currently waived.

iopscience.iop.org/collections/...

Two women fish processors drying fish on a beach.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Frontiers | Twelve years of fin whale song evolution in the central North Pacific www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 🧪🌎🦑

Frontiers | Twelve years of fin whale song evolution in the central North Pacific

Fin whale song consists of low frequency notes arranged in regular, repeating patterns of note type pairings and inter-note intervals (INIs). In the central ...

www.frontiersin.org

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah sure offhand I can still remember 4 phone numbers of my friends from 35 years ago.

Reposted by Valerie M. Delmotte, Kimberly A. Prather, Peter Thorne , and 5 more Valerie M. Delmotte, Kimberly A. Prather, Peter Thorne, Amir Attaran, Trevor A. Branch, James Goodwin, Jason Lyall, Paul Nightingale

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder how they will combat fouling to avoid the weight dragging it down (and slowing it down).

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2d

Right whales in Hermanus: why their calf production is slowing down

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d

Southern right whales are having fewer calves: what this says about ocean health

The link between feeding and breeding makes whales a living barometer of ocean health.

theconversation.com

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2d

Whaling catches since 1985 now available in a sortable list on the IWC website
iwc.int/management-a...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d

Southern right whales are having fewer calves: what this says about ocean health

The link between feeding and breeding makes whales a living barometer of ocean health.

theconversation.com

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2d

Some weird patterns in prospective student emails this year: about 80% from a single country to which I have no scientific ties, and none of the students have the right match of skills for my lab.

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2d

"Just how protected are America's rivers?" Seminar by @oldenfish.bsky.social on Thursday 4pm PST (sorry no live streaming)

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah Endnote is a bit clunky sometimes but absolutely worth it. Especially when you need to submit to a different journal. One button and it's all updated and fixed.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d

Robotic underwater glider sets out to circumnavigate the globe | New Scientist

Robotic underwater glider sets out to circumnavigate the globe

Redwing, a robotic submarine about the size of a surfboard, is embarking on a five-year journey that will follow the famed explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage around the world

www.newscientist.com

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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 3d

#salmon
"These findings (and many others showing similar patterns) led Ruggerone to conclude that pink salmon can cause food web-scale effects, triggering what amounts to a “trophic cascade"

“The Pink Effect” share.google/YSIwwY4yrgf4...

“The Pink Effect”

Pink salmon populations are leaving visible fingerprints across ocean ecosystems.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 5d

Wonderful infographic on my paper showing that "flight" species of baleen whales generally call too deeply and quietly to be heard by hunting killer whales, unlike the "fight" club.

By A Haddock & C.A. Gallagher, SMM Education Committee

Paper here: doi.org/10.1111/mms....

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 6d

Self-repairing DNA in naked mole rats holds the key to their extreme longevity
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.

www.bbc.com

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 7d

@oldenfish.bsky.social any interest or know someone in NC?

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 7d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 7d

Look at this incredible whale museum that opens in 2027 in northern Norway (north of the Lofoten Islands)

dortemandrup.dk/work/whale

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 7d

Why does it start with "Hello" instead of "Dear Dr McAnulty"?

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