Bec Raynal, PhD

Bec Raynal, PhD

@becraynal.bsky.social

Research ecologist, interested in evolution of traits in response to temperature. 🐟🦎🐍🌑️

317 Followers 137 Following 6 Posts Joined Jul 2023
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One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction - IUCN Red List - Shoal One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction – IUCN Red List The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Speciesβ„’ to date has revealed that 24% of...

❌ BREAKING NEWS ❌
1/4 of freshwater animals are at risk of #extinction‼️
The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List to date has revealed that 24% are at high risk of extinction, according to analysis published in Nature today.
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shoalconservation.org/global-fresh...

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Yellow- tailed black cockatoo feasting on a protea.
These birds have a huge and powerful beak that can be used for everything from sipping nectar (which is what this female is doing) to gouging insect grubs out of hard wood! πŸͺΆπŸŒΏπŸŒπŸ€©

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This made me feel better about all the stupid feelings! A great read.

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Classics: Declining and small population paradigms β€˜Classics’ is a category of posts highlighting research that has made a real difference to biodiversity conservation. All posts in this category will be permanently displayed on the Cla…

#ConservationClassics: declining and small population paradigms conservationbytes.com/2008/08/23/d...

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Great idea, I would love to be added thank you :)

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Scientists counted 49 ways Australia is destroying the ecosystems we hold dear – but there is hope Many ecosystems face multiple serious threats. Recovery will be complex and difficult – but not impossible.

Australia's Threatened Ecological Communities receive less attention than Threatened Species. Public knowledge and understanding of TECs often a major threat, especially for TECs that mostly exist on private land, but is rarely considered in conservation advice theconversation.com/scientists-c...

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It's World Wildlife Conservation Day! Australia's unique wildlife needs help, so let's each do 1 thing for wildlife today. Options: write conservation letters to politicians, donate to save wildlife as a Chrissy gift, raise the profile of a 'boring' species, keep your cat indoors. πŸ“ΈMangrove Monitor.

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New paper showing a small Australian freshwater fish can acclimate quickly to rising water temps. Additionally, we found that metabolic rate measurements (SMR, MMR and aerobic scope) ALL increased as acute test temperature increased!
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
photo: G. Schmida

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Thank you!

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Hello! I'd love to be added to this list 😊

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A few years ago on 🐦 we had a wonderful culture of sharing Australian ecological science and nature photography with the #WildOz hashtag.

I'd love to bring it back to Bluesky, so here's a starterpack of Australian ecologists, botanists, naturalists & nature photographers! πŸ“ΈπŸ¦˜πŸŒ³πŸ¨πŸ¦œ

go.bsky.app/5hG9bGW

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ecoevojobs.net 2024-25

Pinning the EcoEvo job board so I’ll no longer have a reason to revisit the blue bird website.

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Screen grab of the google scholar citation count for the scientific paper Aerobic scope measurements of fishes in an era of climate change: respirometry,
relevance and recommendations

Our paper hit 1000 citations today!
Why so many? A few thoughts. πŸ§ͺπŸ¦‘πŸŸ

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The Impact of Acclimation on Standard and Maximum Metabolic Rate in a Small Freshwater Fish | Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Abstract The ability of freshwater fish to acclimate quickly to water temperature variation is imperative when living in shallow changeable environments. However, while it has often been assumed that ...

Hello, can you please add me to the feed?
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Thank you!

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