Will Bugg
@wbuggiii.bsky.social
Liber Ero Fellow
PhD from the University of Manitoba.
Postdoc with UBC and PSF.
Conservation and physiological responses to environmental stressors.
From NC -> AL -> MB -> BC.
PhD from the University of Manitoba.
Postdoc with UBC and PSF.
Conservation and physiological responses to environmental stressors.
From NC -> AL -> MB -> BC.
New lake sturgeon work out investigating transcriptional shifts in the gill during early development
mRNA changes associated with histone modifications, DNA methylation, and apoptosis were conserved across both populations, as well as population-specific processes
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tinyurl.com/bdekwzed
mRNA changes associated with histone modifications, DNA methylation, and apoptosis were conserved across both populations, as well as population-specific processes
🧪🌎🌐🐠
tinyurl.com/bdekwzed
April 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
New lake sturgeon work out investigating transcriptional shifts in the gill during early development
mRNA changes associated with histone modifications, DNA methylation, and apoptosis were conserved across both populations, as well as population-specific processes
🧪🌎🌐🐠
tinyurl.com/bdekwzed
mRNA changes associated with histone modifications, DNA methylation, and apoptosis were conserved across both populations, as well as population-specific processes
🧪🌎🌐🐠
tinyurl.com/bdekwzed
#sturgeonsaturday
Many hatcheries use tumbling jars to incubate sturgeon embryos by constantly turning them while they develop
But by allowing embryos to stick to a substrate, like they would in the wild, we can dramatically decrease larval stress and mortality
tinyurl.com/mry9bhbd
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Many hatcheries use tumbling jars to incubate sturgeon embryos by constantly turning them while they develop
But by allowing embryos to stick to a substrate, like they would in the wild, we can dramatically decrease larval stress and mortality
tinyurl.com/mry9bhbd
🐠🧪🌐🌎
January 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#sturgeonsaturday
Many hatcheries use tumbling jars to incubate sturgeon embryos by constantly turning them while they develop
But by allowing embryos to stick to a substrate, like they would in the wild, we can dramatically decrease larval stress and mortality
tinyurl.com/mry9bhbd
🐠🧪🌐🌎
Many hatcheries use tumbling jars to incubate sturgeon embryos by constantly turning them while they develop
But by allowing embryos to stick to a substrate, like they would in the wild, we can dramatically decrease larval stress and mortality
tinyurl.com/mry9bhbd
🐠🧪🌐🌎
January 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A white sturgeon release from one of our sampling trips this past fall. Truly incredible creatures
Happy #sturgeonsaturday
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Happy #sturgeonsaturday
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January 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A white sturgeon release from one of our sampling trips this past fall. Truly incredible creatures
Happy #sturgeonsaturday
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Happy #sturgeonsaturday
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#sturgeonsaturday
Lake sturgeon are a gregarious fish, meaning they like to hang out in groups. Sturgeon that are exposed to a stressor, like heat, in isolation were more stressed than fish that were exposed together, a phenomenon called social buffering.
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Study below:
tinyurl.com/4bd9kcc2
Lake sturgeon are a gregarious fish, meaning they like to hang out in groups. Sturgeon that are exposed to a stressor, like heat, in isolation were more stressed than fish that were exposed together, a phenomenon called social buffering.
🐡🐠🧪🌐🔥
Study below:
tinyurl.com/4bd9kcc2
January 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#sturgeonsaturday
Lake sturgeon are a gregarious fish, meaning they like to hang out in groups. Sturgeon that are exposed to a stressor, like heat, in isolation were more stressed than fish that were exposed together, a phenomenon called social buffering.
🐡🐠🧪🌐🔥
Study below:
tinyurl.com/4bd9kcc2
Lake sturgeon are a gregarious fish, meaning they like to hang out in groups. Sturgeon that are exposed to a stressor, like heat, in isolation were more stressed than fish that were exposed together, a phenomenon called social buffering.
🐡🐠🧪🌐🔥
Study below:
tinyurl.com/4bd9kcc2
For this #sturgeonsaturday here is a juvenile lake sturgeon in a respirometer to measure metabolic rates following the stimulation of an immune response
We found that once the immune response was activated there were impacts on metabolic scope for atleast 7 days
tinyurl.com/e796hmtx
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We found that once the immune response was activated there were impacts on metabolic scope for atleast 7 days
tinyurl.com/e796hmtx
🐠🧪🌎🌐
December 28, 2024 at 7:24 PM
For this #sturgeonsaturday here is a juvenile lake sturgeon in a respirometer to measure metabolic rates following the stimulation of an immune response
We found that once the immune response was activated there were impacts on metabolic scope for atleast 7 days
tinyurl.com/e796hmtx
🐠🧪🌎🌐
We found that once the immune response was activated there were impacts on metabolic scope for atleast 7 days
tinyurl.com/e796hmtx
🐠🧪🌎🌐
A lake sturgeon cuddle puddle for this #sturgeonsaturday
Developing sturgeon will gather together after they hatch and hide in surrounding rocky substrate, in tanks we provided substrate as bioballs so they don’t get crushed!!
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Developing sturgeon will gather together after they hatch and hide in surrounding rocky substrate, in tanks we provided substrate as bioballs so they don’t get crushed!!
🐡🐠🌐🧪🌎
December 21, 2024 at 7:46 PM
A lake sturgeon cuddle puddle for this #sturgeonsaturday
Developing sturgeon will gather together after they hatch and hide in surrounding rocky substrate, in tanks we provided substrate as bioballs so they don’t get crushed!!
🐡🐠🌐🧪🌎
Developing sturgeon will gather together after they hatch and hide in surrounding rocky substrate, in tanks we provided substrate as bioballs so they don’t get crushed!!
🐡🐠🌐🧪🌎
Awesome to see the Lake Sturgeon representation on #25DaysofFishmas !!
In Manitoba I worked with different populations to evaluate management practices, their thermal tolerance, and immune responses in an ever warming world
academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37102716/
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In Manitoba I worked with different populations to evaluate management practices, their thermal tolerance, and immune responses in an ever warming world
academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37102716/
🧪🐠🌎🌐
December 19, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Awesome to see the Lake Sturgeon representation on #25DaysofFishmas !!
In Manitoba I worked with different populations to evaluate management practices, their thermal tolerance, and immune responses in an ever warming world
academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37102716/
🧪🐠🌎🌐
In Manitoba I worked with different populations to evaluate management practices, their thermal tolerance, and immune responses in an ever warming world
academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37102716/
🧪🐠🌎🌐
December 7, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Recently out in Science Advances, we compiled and reviewed the evidence surrounding pathogens from salmon aquaculture and their risk to wild Pacific salmon in British Columbia. We highlight pathogen impacts in relation to climate change, evolution & management
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science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
December 4, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Recently out in Science Advances, we compiled and reviewed the evidence surrounding pathogens from salmon aquaculture and their risk to wild Pacific salmon in British Columbia. We highlight pathogen impacts in relation to climate change, evolution & management
🧪🐡🌎🐠
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
🧪🐡🌎🐠
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
#sturgeonsaturday
A juvenile white sturgeon from some of our work on the effects of warming rate on their thermal tolerance
White sturgeon acclimate to rising temperatures very rapidly, with strong increases in thermal tolerance (+5C) in just 5 days
🧪🌎🐠🐡
A juvenile white sturgeon from some of our work on the effects of warming rate on their thermal tolerance
White sturgeon acclimate to rising temperatures very rapidly, with strong increases in thermal tolerance (+5C) in just 5 days
🧪🌎🐠🐡
November 30, 2024 at 5:50 PM
#sturgeonsaturday
A juvenile white sturgeon from some of our work on the effects of warming rate on their thermal tolerance
White sturgeon acclimate to rising temperatures very rapidly, with strong increases in thermal tolerance (+5C) in just 5 days
🧪🌎🐠🐡
A juvenile white sturgeon from some of our work on the effects of warming rate on their thermal tolerance
White sturgeon acclimate to rising temperatures very rapidly, with strong increases in thermal tolerance (+5C) in just 5 days
🧪🌎🐠🐡
Out in Global Change Biology,
We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the thermal tolerance and adaptive capacity of North American Sturgeons.
While sturgeons are incredibly thermally plastic, increasing temperatures limit their physiological capacity and likely recruitment🧪🐠🐡🌎
tinyurl.com/369edzft
We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the thermal tolerance and adaptive capacity of North American Sturgeons.
While sturgeons are incredibly thermally plastic, increasing temperatures limit their physiological capacity and likely recruitment🧪🐠🐡🌎
tinyurl.com/369edzft
November 20, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Out in Global Change Biology,
We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the thermal tolerance and adaptive capacity of North American Sturgeons.
While sturgeons are incredibly thermally plastic, increasing temperatures limit their physiological capacity and likely recruitment🧪🐠🐡🌎
tinyurl.com/369edzft
We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the thermal tolerance and adaptive capacity of North American Sturgeons.
While sturgeons are incredibly thermally plastic, increasing temperatures limit their physiological capacity and likely recruitment🧪🐠🐡🌎
tinyurl.com/369edzft
Joining in on the #sturgeonsaturday fun with a photo from @madisonearhart.bsky.social’s recent sampling trip. We collected a variety of minimally invasive samples to look at stress in wild white sturgeon from the Fraser River in BC! 🧪🐟🌎🐠
November 16, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Joining in on the #sturgeonsaturday fun with a photo from @madisonearhart.bsky.social’s recent sampling trip. We collected a variety of minimally invasive samples to look at stress in wild white sturgeon from the Fraser River in BC! 🧪🐟🌎🐠
Hi everyone! I’m a postdoc with the University of British Columbia and the Pacific Salmon Foundation and my research focuses on the impacts of cumulative stressors on the early marine survival of Pacific Salmon 🐟🐠🧪
November 11, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Hi everyone! I’m a postdoc with the University of British Columbia and the Pacific Salmon Foundation and my research focuses on the impacts of cumulative stressors on the early marine survival of Pacific Salmon 🐟🐠🧪