@crocodiledunphd.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at IGB Berlin, researching biocultural conservation of freshwater megafauna and migratory fish. National Geographic Explorer. Saving Gharial in Nepal with the Himalayan Gharial Project. Always smiles at crocodiles.
A nice summary can be found here www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/40-f... as well as on senior author @fengzhihe.bsky.social ‘s Bluesky thread!
A mixed bag of human interactions with giant aliens… 🌏 Introduced big freshwater species have a range of impacts on people, as shown by Xing Chen et al’s paper (which I was part of). There is high variation in how people perceive the impacts of 👽 🛸 species like 🐟 🐊 and 🦛 #conservationscience … a 🧵
In addition to complex impacts on local people, introduced freshwater megafauna have posed profound impacts on native biodiversity, leading to population declines or even local extinctions of native species. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Freshwater megafauna are frequently introduced outside their native range for perceived economic benefits. They could pose complex impacts on native ecosystems and local people. Some detrimental effects were indirect and difficult to identify. Hence, these detrimental effects may be underreported.
Check out our new paper in One Earth @cp-oneearth.bsky.social led by Xing Chen. We assessed the beneficial and detrimental contributions of introduced freshwater megafauna to people worldwide. Despite the widely reported benefits, they have posed detrimental impacts on local people.
Hello—Is a River Alive? is published in paperback in the UK today.
It’s dedicated to the rivers & their guardians.
Thanks to all who’ve supported its journey into the world: read it, talked about it, got in touch.
It’s @waterstones.bsky.social book of the month.
“Hope is the thing with rivers…”
Job alert!
We are looking for talented PhD researchers to write a dissertation on Benzaiten worship in modern Japan or Mazu pilgrimages in Taiwan, as part of the ERC project "Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia" (MARGO).
Omg I need one for my office! 🤩🤩
You can learn more about this work in this web story from IUCN: iucn.org/news/202601/...
In a nutshell:
Freshwater fishes🐟remain underrepresented in the CMS appendices. We argue that better links between research, science communications, policy development & CMS implementation can help enhance conservation of these important species!
The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) is an international treaty for helping transboundary collaboration in saving species on the move. Freshwater fish are currently barely listed despite many migrating across borders - we reflect on how this tool could be used for future fish conservation! 🐟
📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Polluting waterways is a crime. However, it is a remarkable state of affairs that it is a crime that is overlooked when the people doing so are water company executives earning millions in annual salaries (paid for by the public). And it is government policy to turn a blind eye.
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My pet gar that I donated to Shedd Aquarium would recognize me and swim over to say hi when I visited her exhibit ❤️🐠
A rare hybrid gar, I raised her since she was 2 inches long, and had to re-home her when I moved to Chicago. I was happy I could visit her in her new home!
TO BE CONTINUED…
Ah amazing! Thank you Dave!
I just watched this fascinating short documentary on the importance of namä’o (Lake Sturgeon) the Ancient Storyteller to the Menominee people (watch all the way to the end for the post-credits conclusion of the cute animation!) youtu.be/c5vII8Qzi3c?...
#sturgeon #freshwatermegafauna
“Trashing the living world to stimulate growth is like sacrificing virgins to secure a good harvest: it’s cruel, ignorant and ineffective.”
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To extend everyone’s little sturgeon break… very chill baby sturgeons sturgeoning.
To extend everyone’s little sturgeon break… very chill baby sturgeons sturgeoning.
I would totally research mermaid diets 🤣 looking for microbes in different types of water (whiskey being an important water?)
Can you guess my current research?
🤔 🐟 + 🎣 + 🧜♀️ + 🎏 + 🍣 = 👩💻 ➡️ 🐟📈😃
We (@gkalinkat.bsky.social and I) just did a social media for scientists workshop with @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social and thought I should practice what I preach (writing up your current research using only emojis 😅)
Just finished a fun workshop on 'Social Media in Science', so here's my PhD research topic as emojis:
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Thanks to @crocodiledunphd.bsky.social and @gkalinkat.bsky.social and to @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social for hosting this!
#phdchat #academicchatter #scicomm #dowestillusehashtags
The ultimate animal mascot for those having an existential crisis
We will host Gregor Kalinkat and Phoebe Griffith for the online workshop "Social Media for Scientists". They will explore how to optimise the visibility of our science and present the potential of various social networks! 🧑💻
🗓️ March 18th at 14:00 - 16:00 CET
📝 Register here: tinyurl.com/23pmvx3b
That is a very appropriate name 😅😅
Ah perfect! 🙏 thank you! I’ve got it ☺️☺️
