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Monica McCard

@monicamcc.bsky.social

Aquatic invasion ecologist. Lecturer in Environmental Science at Liverpool John Moore University

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All set up and ready for the Mowgli Dog Show #mowglidogshow claremont farm representing @ljmuofficial.bsky.social school of Biological and Environmental Science and school of engineering ๐Ÿ˜€

07.06.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very excited to be coming to #icmbxii in Portugal to give a talk on my lionfish research in October @marinebioinvasions.bsky.social #invasivespecies #marinebio #FRR #lionfish

22.05.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Such a brilliant addition for all to see what is happening around the world. Nice job folks ๐Ÿ‘ #invasionecology #inns

15.05.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a fab #ASABSPRING2025 meeting. Thoroughly enjoyed being a part of such a wonderful conference at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social

25.04.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A collage with the volunteers in blue t shirts, Susi at worn at the computer and Isla with her knees up in the auditorium

A collage with the volunteers in blue t shirts, Susi at worn at the computer and Isla with her knees up in the auditorium

Thank you to all the organizers and volunteers who made #ASABSpring2025 happen! An especial shout out to Susanne Zajitschek and @islabotting.bsky.social for all your extraordinary work. It was a truly wonderful conference! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Thanks also to @ljmuofficial.bsky.social for hosting us in Liverpool!

25.04.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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First set of Flask talks Day 2 #ASABSPRING2025 @asab.org @ljmuofficial.bsky.social were excellent, looking at sleep behaviour in fish, species network structures, parental care, behaviour plasticity of honey bees, social inheritance and using Python for animal movement

24.04.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great set of morning talks on day 2 of #ASABSPRING2025 @asab.org @ljmuofficial.bsky.social from Axelle Delaunay on allomaternal care in elephants; Holgate Fourie investigating social bonds in birds; Maria Favero looking at pollution in brine shrimp and James Brooks invesitgating drumming in chimps

24.04.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 2 @asab.org ##ASABSPRING2025 meeting at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social started with a great plenary from Dr Rhaia Mashoodh on how parental care can shape the evolution of molecular genetic variation in animals.

24.04.2025 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today is the first of a three day conference here at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social for ##ASABSPRING2025 meeting. What a fantastic start to this meeting with a welcome talk by committee organiser Dr Susi Zajitschek. Very proud to play a small part in the organising of this conference #animalbehaviour

23.04.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great start to the @asab.org #ASABSpring2025 meeting here at LJMU @ljmuofficial.bsky.social with a great talk by Dr Tom Fletcher and Tom Land from Silverback Films, along with great conversation with Prof @peterfalkingham.com and chair Camilla Affleck! #ljmu

23.04.2025 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Back home in Northern Ireland for Liverpool John Moores University @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Applicant Day. Such a wonderful experience getting to meet potential new students and their families. #inspired #nextgeneration #HiltonHotelBelfast #LJMUNIAppDay25

22.03.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yesterday I was welcomed back to @ljmuofficial.bsky.social by the legendary @monicamcc.bsky.social to give a lecture and practicals on marine #microplastics. I spent a year of my PhD at #LJMU and it was surreal to be back after 5 years. Iโ€™ve missed it so much! Thank you Kostas, Jon and Monica!

11.03.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was amazing having you here and reminiscing about working together at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. The students are lucky to have gotten to meet you and talk about a jam packed day, we really put you to work!!! Loved it ๐Ÿ˜ƒ #LJMU

11.03.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Delighted to have been awarded a small pot of funding from MGS to investigate the impact storms have on the spread of invasive species #funding #inns #pollution #increaseofstorms

06.03.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Food fight: Gammarus tigrinus demonstrate competitive advantage over native G. duebeni Introductions of non-native species (NNS) are major drivers of biodiversity loss. Gammarids (Crustacea, Gammaroidea) have been particularly successful in establishing and spreading in their non-native...

In a battle for resources, the invasive amphipod Gammarus tigrinus outcompetes the native G. duebeni, showcasing behaviours that fuel its invasion success.

doi.org/10.3897/neob...

@leibnizigb.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social

04.03.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Great morning with Sixth Form College giving a lecture and info on what ljmuofficial.bsky.social have to offer. Such a welcoming school and my favourite thing about outreach, getting to engage with students getting ready for the next step of their future into higher education #LJMUoutreach #STEM

05.03.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐‚๐Œ๐ ๐—๐ˆ๐ˆ!

๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ is a Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at Queenโ€™s University Belfast (Northern Ireland).

27.12.2024 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction - Nature A global multi-taxon extinction risk assessment of freshwater fauna for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species finds one-quarter of species to be at high risk of extinction.

One-quarter of freshwater fauna is threatened with extinction! ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ€ Urgent call to action! Big shout out to many of my IUCN colleagues who published this in Nature today! search.app/vr9eKsczjAXM...

08.01.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aquatic invasion ecologist here ๐Ÿ‘‹

22.11.2024 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are 90 people in this #bioinvasions starter pack! I bet that we are more here!
If you work on biological invasion/related areas, please comment on the post below and I will add you.
Also, please repost so more people sees the call โญ

Starter packs the best way to find people working on a topic

21.11.2024 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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