@jamesmacarthur.bsky.social
PhD student at UHI Inverness - using eDNA and traditional approaches to investigate the impacts of Eurasian beavers on migratory fish and conservation priority mammals
🐟 The 2026 NoWPaS call for abstracts opens Monday, October 13th!
For early-career researchers (PhD students & postdoctoral fellows) in salmonids research - connect, share, and grow
Stay tuned for more information
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#NoWPaS2026 #SalmonidsScience #EarlyCareerResearchers
1st PhD chapter from @jjackman27.bsky.social on comparing #eDNA filtration methods in a hyper-tidal estuary. Although some methods outperform others, all are generally effective in recovering fish biodiversity, including the passive metaprobe. Paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
08.10.2025 08:09 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Hot off the press! Our #JFB paper showing #eDNA #metabarcoding's ability to give quantitative insights in #AtlanticSalmon distribution in a river: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Showing, once again, the value of integrating eDNA into #freshwater #biodiversity monitoring. Big thanks to Nigel Milner!
12.09.2025 16:46 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Fingers crossed, the phrase “Où est la moose” became common practice during our trip to Canada 🫎
26.07.2025 08:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This is iconic!
25.07.2025 17:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Congratulations to Niamh Heatley (pictured) and James Macarthur for winning 3rd place in the #FSBI2025's oral presentation award!
20.07.2025 14:47 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
My first FSBI conference did not disappoint. The spawning run, sea dip, hatchery visit and seeing the farm where my granny grew up were just some of the highlights. Topped off with an award for my talk.
Not to mention all the fantastic talks heard and people met throughout the week! #FSBI2025
Next year's @thefsbi.bsky.social conference will be at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social
See you there!
Thanks Brian they’re amazing animals, fantastic to meet you and a brilliant talk. Good luck with the new venture back in Ireland and I’m excited to see more stable isotope research in the future!
11.07.2025 07:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A #FSBI2025 icon!
11.07.2025 07:23 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
It was brilliant to catch up with so many people from #NoWPaS2025 at #FSBI2025
10.07.2025 08:38 — 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
The FSBI Medal Winners session starts with a talk from Colin Adams. Colin, previous President of the FSBI, has been awarded this year's Beverton Medal. Given the FSBI's focus on supporting ECRs, Colin draws on his wealth of experience, with a talk titled "Surviving a career in research" #FSBI2025
10.07.2025 13:40 — 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Apply now: #PhD #position “Advancing environmental DNA (#eDNA) approaches to future-proof #environmental #monitoring of #aquatic #ecosystems” 🧬 🔎 🦐 🧪 🐟 (4 years position)
➡️ apply.refline.ch/673277/1268/...
Thanks for sharing to suitable candidates! @eawag.bsky.social
Runners heading away from the camera along a path through a lawned gardens with a bridge in the background
A group of runners outside a sports centre ready to start a run
Runners coming towards the camera next to a river
Runners at the halfway point in a mid-air jump
Fun and social "spawning run" along the Lagan this morning #FSBI2025
09.07.2025 08:09 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
#FSBI2025 Spawning Run Selfies!
09.07.2025 06:59 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
A very enjoyable time presenting the first chapter of my PhD on the interactions between beaver and migratory fish at #FSBI2025
08.07.2025 11:15 — 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Phew no evidence that the presence of beavers has an impact on salmon and other migratory fishes #FSbI2025
08.07.2025 11:04 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
GUEST PANELIST ANNOUNCEMENT! ✨
Balancing the Scales
Friday 25 July, 7pm
Soutar Theatre, York Place, Perth
Panelists will include:
✨Paul Ramsay, of Bamff Estate,
✨Elliot McCandless, from Beaver Trust, and
✨Duncan Pepper, an aquatic ecologist !
BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-scree...
Citizen scientists are better at this #eDNA craic than we are 😆 But that's not the main point! A passion project of @hollybroadhurst.bsky.social, where she delves into their motivations and experiences of engaging in eDNA surveys theoryandpractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/articles/10....
25.06.2025 16:05 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
And that’s a wrap - A final thank you to all of the organising committee at the conference this year, our keynote speakers, the team at the botanic gardens, all presenters and everyone who attended the event - looking forward to doing it all again next year!
Hope you enjoyed the puns!
#SNSC2025
A beaver themed prize giving! 🦫 - Eileen Stuart then presented the prizes for best talk to James Macarthur at UHI Inverness and the best poster to Alice Turner from the University of Stirling.
#SNSC2025
PS - I promise it wasn’t rigged towards the organisers!
Back to our 2nd session of student talks: James Macarthur looks at using eDNA to understand the impacts of beavers on the distribution of migratory fish species at a catchment scale! #SNSC2025
18.03.2025 16:33 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0eDNA sampling reveals no negative effects of beaver recolonisation on the catchment-scale distribution of migratory fish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.13.653709v1
16.05.2025 16:31 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
