veronicagroves.bsky.social
PhD. candidate studying fish ecology & conservation @ McGill - fish lover 🐟 scrabble fiend 🔡 baker of a mean focaccia 🥖
👤 Joined on 05 February 2025
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@veronicagroves.bsky.socialCheck out this huge round goby caught by @tjcolvin.bsky.social, @hanakal.bsky.social, and me in lac Saint-François last week for @tjcolvin.bsky.social’s PhD project. It measured a whopping 125 mm! #invasivespecies #roundgoby
Show PostOur new paper: Juvenile zebra mussels settle on aquatic plants in large numbers. When plants senesce, the mussels will migrate across sediments to other substrates such as live unionid mussels, adding to the biofouling caused by settling larvae. Link to pre-print: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
Show PostThanks to the Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs program, we are looking forward to welcoming Professor Julie Lockwood, a leading invasion ecologist joining the BSE from Rutgers, who will bring her expertise in biosecurity and climate resilience. www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha...
Show PostAfter Ontario replaced the Endangered Species Act, ministry biologists were told they couldn't review developers' plans. We found that over 12 have since left, feeling their jobs "stopped feeling meaningful." Here's our latest investigation: thenarwhal.ca/bill-5-endan... #onpoli
Show PostFormer and current staff at Ontario’s Ministry of Environment tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social that Bill 5, and the death of the Endangered Species Act, left them powerless in protecting at-risk species. “We were essentially silenced.”
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