William Perry
@drwillperry.bsky.social
📈 Modelling freshwater biodiversity on the LTLS-FE project.
🏴 Based at Cardiff University's Water Research Institute.
🐟 FSBI Publicity Coordinator.
📖 Journal of Fish Biology (#JFB) Senior Editor.
🧬 Molecular ecology enthusiast.
🏴 Based at Cardiff University's Water Research Institute.
🐟 FSBI Publicity Coordinator.
📖 Journal of Fish Biology (#JFB) Senior Editor.
🧬 Molecular ecology enthusiast.
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A new installation of #InsideTheFSBI! We hear from FSBI PhD Student, Rebecca Bentley, who is based at the University of Bristol. Rebecca talks about her work on jaw shape in armoured #catfish and how it links to #ecological factors like diet, but constrained by #phylogenetics. Some amazing #microCT!
Inside the FSBI - FSBI PhD Student, Rebecca Bentley
Rebecca Bentley is an FSBI funded PhD student at the University of Bristol, working on the evolution of ecomorphology in armoured catfish (an adaptive radiation of over 1,070 species). In this video, she focuses on how jaw shape is linked to diet and other ecological factors, but constrained by phylogenetics. With some phenomenal micro-CT images of these charismatic little catfish, we get a glimpse into the anatomical features Rebecca is examining as part of her PhD.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A new installation of #InsideTheFSBI! We hear from FSBI PhD Student, Rebecca Bentley, who is based at the University of Bristol. Rebecca talks about her work on jaw shape in armoured #catfish and how it links to #ecological factors like diet, but constrained by #phylogenetics. Some amazing #microCT!
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Abstract submission is now open for #FSBI2026 in Southampton, 27-31 July! Deadline for abstracts is 2 February 2026 (17:00 GMT). You can find more info, here: fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2026/
December 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Abstract submission is now open for #FSBI2026 in Southampton, 27-31 July! Deadline for abstracts is 2 February 2026 (17:00 GMT). You can find more info, here: fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2026/
📢 #PhD opportunity! Interested in #eDNA and protecting our #rivers? We are recruiting a PhD researcher to tackle a very topical challenge: Empowering citizen scientists with an eDNA toolbox to safeguard #freshwater fishes. Deadline: January 16th 2026. #PhDPosition #CardiffUniversity bit.ly/49bl4gO
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
📢 #PhD opportunity! Interested in #eDNA and protecting our #rivers? We are recruiting a PhD researcher to tackle a very topical challenge: Empowering citizen scientists with an eDNA toolbox to safeguard #freshwater fishes. Deadline: January 16th 2026. #PhDPosition #CardiffUniversity bit.ly/49bl4gO
My debut on BBC Radio Scotland! Two clips from my recent interview on the topic of #aquaculture escapees - specifically the 75,000 #salmon released in Loch Linnhe at the beginning of October: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp7r... #Environment #Pollution
Almost 75,000 salmon escape from storm-damaged farm
YouTube video by William Perry
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December 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
My debut on BBC Radio Scotland! Two clips from my recent interview on the topic of #aquaculture escapees - specifically the 75,000 #salmon released in Loch Linnhe at the beginning of October: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp7r... #Environment #Pollution
Such a pleasure to give the welcoming address to #WEEN25 last week in my capacity as one of the Wales Ecology and Evolution Network's directors. I gave a brief history of the network, how it has developed in recent years, while also welcoming early career researchers from all over Wales to Cardiff
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Such a pleasure to give the welcoming address to #WEEN25 last week in my capacity as one of the Wales Ecology and Evolution Network's directors. I gave a brief history of the network, how it has developed in recent years, while also welcoming early career researchers from all over Wales to Cardiff
Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Tough mothers and tender fathers: New assays reveal the behavioural complexity of the common #clownfish": doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Highlights a paper by Graham et al doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... showing the behavioural depth of these little fish!
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Tough mothers and tender fathers: New assays reveal the behavioural complexity of the common #clownfish": doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Highlights a paper by Graham et al doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... showing the behavioural depth of these little fish!
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Thank you @drwillperry.bsky.social and the Fisheries Society of the British Isles @thefsbi.bsky.social for being an #a11y
Follow-up: Thank You to Dr William Perry and the FSBI
Making science on the web a little bit more-accessible.
marginalia.leaflet.pub
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Thank you @drwillperry.bsky.social and the Fisheries Society of the British Isles @thefsbi.bsky.social for being an #a11y
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When Publishers use forced italics (e.g. 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑠) in their social media posts, it makes the content less #accessible. You have a duty of care to your audience. Please stop.
Stop using stylised italics (Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols) in scientific social media posts.
Decorative characters make content inaccessible to those using assistive technology.
renderghost.leaflet.pub
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
When Publishers use forced italics (e.g. 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑠) in their social media posts, it makes the content less #accessible. You have a duty of care to your audience. Please stop.
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#JFB: Stress-linked morphological change associated with rearing techniques of hatchery reliant endemic landlocked Atlantic salmon (𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳 m. sebago) doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70149 #FishSci @drwillperry.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#JFB: Stress-linked morphological change associated with rearing techniques of hatchery reliant endemic landlocked Atlantic salmon (𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳 m. sebago) doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70149 #FishSci @drwillperry.bsky.social
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Scientists warn escaped farmed salmon could interbreed with wild fish, further endangering Scotland’s fragile populations.
Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage
Scientists warn escaped farmed salmon could interbreed with wild fish, further endangering Scotland’s fragile populations.
tcnv.link
October 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Scientists warn escaped farmed salmon could interbreed with wild fish, further endangering Scotland’s fragile populations.
After the calamitous news last week that 75,000 farmed #salmon had escaped in #Scotland, I wrote this Conversation article exploring why this is such bad news and what it means for wild salmon: doi.org/10.64628/AB....
#Environment #Aquaculture #FishFarming #Fish #Pollution #Genetics
#Environment #Aquaculture #FishFarming #Fish #Pollution #Genetics
Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage
Scientists warn escaped farmed salmon could interbreed with wild fish, further endangering Scotland’s fragile populations.
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
After the calamitous news last week that 75,000 farmed #salmon had escaped in #Scotland, I wrote this Conversation article exploring why this is such bad news and what it means for wild salmon: doi.org/10.64628/AB....
#Environment #Aquaculture #FishFarming #Fish #Pollution #Genetics
#Environment #Aquaculture #FishFarming #Fish #Pollution #Genetics
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Following the Titanic theme, with #FSBI2025 being held in Belfast, #FSBI2026 will be taking place in 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻! Be sure to get 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵-𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 in your diary, with the exciting theme of "Breaking Siloes in Fish Biology"! fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2026/
October 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Following the Titanic theme, with #FSBI2025 being held in Belfast, #FSBI2026 will be taking place in 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻! Be sure to get 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵-𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 in your diary, with the exciting theme of "Breaking Siloes in Fish Biology"! fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2026/
Are you doing a Masters/PhD/Postdoc in Ecology/Environment/Evolution in Wales? Make sure you don’t miss one of the most important dates in the calendar: the Wales Ecology & Evolution Network (WEEN) Annual Conference! #WEEN25 ween.wales/event/ween/ @lswalescddcymru.bsky.social @epwales.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Are you doing a Masters/PhD/Postdoc in Ecology/Environment/Evolution in Wales? Make sure you don’t miss one of the most important dates in the calendar: the Wales Ecology & Evolution Network (WEEN) Annual Conference! #WEEN25 ween.wales/event/ween/ @lswalescddcymru.bsky.social @epwales.bsky.social
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!
September 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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!
Ever wondered what #Zendaya and wild #salmon have in common? Check out this Conversation piece I recently wrote based on our recent #JFB paper (doi.org/10.1111/jfb....)!
theconversation.com/wild-salmon-...
theconversation.com/wild-salmon-...
Wild salmon are the Zendayas of the fish world – what that tells us about conservation
Wild salmon look incredibly symmetrical but captivity makes them more lopsided, stressed and less able to survive in the wild.
theconversation.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Ever wondered what #Zendaya and wild #salmon have in common? Check out this Conversation piece I recently wrote based on our recent #JFB paper (doi.org/10.1111/jfb....)!
theconversation.com/wild-salmon-...
theconversation.com/wild-salmon-...
A piece I wrote on our recent #JFB paper looking at the impacts of #hatchery techniques on a critically endangered population of landlocked #salmon! You can read the full paper, here: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... #FishSci #Aquaculture #Conservation
Wild salmon look incredibly symmetrical but captivity makes them more lopsided, stressed and less able to survive in the wild.
Wild salmon are the Zendayas of the fish world – what that tells us about conservation
Wild salmon look incredibly symmetrical but captivity makes them more lopsided, stressed and less able to survive in the wild.
tcnv.link
August 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A piece I wrote on our recent #JFB paper looking at the impacts of #hatchery techniques on a critically endangered population of landlocked #salmon! You can read the full paper, here: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... #FishSci #Aquaculture #Conservation
Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: The grime fighting potential of fish #guts and the battle for responsible consumption doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... It covers some big topics around #capitalism, #consumption, #CircularEconomies and... fish guts? Original article: doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
July 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: The grime fighting potential of fish #guts and the battle for responsible consumption doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... It covers some big topics around #capitalism, #consumption, #CircularEconomies and... fish guts? Original article: doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
Just published 'Dietary Differentiation Between Sympatric #Ecotypes of #Astatotilapia calliptera From Lake Masoko, #Tanzania Revealed by Metabarcoding'! bit.ly/3GTRKjI Great to be part of this work led by Dr Kirthana Pillay (FSBI PhD)! Nostalgic, given that my MSci thesis looked at these #cichlids!
July 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Just published 'Dietary Differentiation Between Sympatric #Ecotypes of #Astatotilapia calliptera From Lake Masoko, #Tanzania Revealed by Metabarcoding'! bit.ly/3GTRKjI Great to be part of this work led by Dr Kirthana Pillay (FSBI PhD)! Nostalgic, given that my MSci thesis looked at these #cichlids!
Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: Lump by name, but not by nature: 1000km migration of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Highlights work by Kennedy et al recording #lumpfish #migration of up to 1,612 km. Original article: doi.org/10.1111/JFB....
July 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: Lump by name, but not by nature: 1000km migration of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Highlights work by Kennedy et al recording #lumpfish #migration of up to 1,612 km. Original article: doi.org/10.1111/JFB....
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Our opinion piece discussing the potential spread of invasive species following riverine barrier removals is now out 🦞🐟
Excited to share my first first author publication!
@rosscuthbert.bsky.social @fengzhihe.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to share my first first author publication!
@rosscuthbert.bsky.social @fengzhihe.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Riverine Barrier Removals Could Proliferate Biological Invasions
Artificial barriers (e.g., dams) are longstanding features of global freshwater habitats, which are being removed in growing numbers due to the limitations they place on native species movements. How....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Our opinion piece discussing the potential spread of invasive species following riverine barrier removals is now out 🦞🐟
Excited to share my first first author publication!
@rosscuthbert.bsky.social @fengzhihe.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to share my first first author publication!
@rosscuthbert.bsky.social @fengzhihe.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Did you know @thefsbi.bsky.social fund up to 2 PhD studentships each year?
These include:
🐟 4 years of PhD funding.
🦈 A stipend higher than UKRI (on average).
🐠 Annual research budget of £3500.
🎣 +other benefits.
See fsbi.org.uk/phd-students... for full details or grab Melanie or me at #FSBI2025
These include:
🐟 4 years of PhD funding.
🦈 A stipend higher than UKRI (on average).
🐠 Annual research budget of £3500.
🎣 +other benefits.
See fsbi.org.uk/phd-students... for full details or grab Melanie or me at #FSBI2025
July 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Did you know @thefsbi.bsky.social fund up to 2 PhD studentships each year?
These include:
🐟 4 years of PhD funding.
🦈 A stipend higher than UKRI (on average).
🐠 Annual research budget of £3500.
🎣 +other benefits.
See fsbi.org.uk/phd-students... for full details or grab Melanie or me at #FSBI2025
These include:
🐟 4 years of PhD funding.
🦈 A stipend higher than UKRI (on average).
🐠 Annual research budget of £3500.
🎣 +other benefits.
See fsbi.org.uk/phd-students... for full details or grab Melanie or me at #FSBI2025
Had such a laugh hosting the #FSBI2025 pub quiz last night. Turns out, coming up with 60 questions for a room full of academics, arbiters of truth, is far more difficult than first anticipated...! Felt like a second viva!
July 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Had such a laugh hosting the #FSBI2025 pub quiz last night. Turns out, coming up with 60 questions for a room full of academics, arbiters of truth, is far more difficult than first anticipated...! Felt like a second viva!
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Remember, if you couldn't make it to #FSBI2025, we will be posting about all the talks and events on our Mastodon! Come join us there! fishsci.com/invite/DqK2J...
Our account is @TheFSBI@fishsci.com
Our account is @TheFSBI@fishsci.com
Mastodon
@TheFSBI invites you to join this server of Mastodon! With an account, you will be able to follow people, post updates and exchange messages with users from any Mastodon server and more!
fishsci.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Remember, if you couldn't make it to #FSBI2025, we will be posting about all the talks and events on our Mastodon! Come join us there! fishsci.com/invite/DqK2J...
Our account is @TheFSBI@fishsci.com
Our account is @TheFSBI@fishsci.com
The last leg of yesterday's #FSBIGreenTravel, crossing the Irish Sea, quick stop in Dublin and then up north! Such a smooth trip, and a new found love of ferries. The perfect start to #FSBI2025!
July 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The last leg of yesterday's #FSBIGreenTravel, crossing the Irish Sea, quick stop in Dublin and then up north! Such a smooth trip, and a new found love of ferries. The perfect start to #FSBI2025!
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#FSBI2025 here we come! Roped my lovely students into this long journey from Essex to Belfast! Walked to Wivenhoe station & now on train to Liverpool to get ferry. Wish us luck! Remember to add your own green travel stories/efforts (however small) to tinyurl.com/FSBIGreenTravel 🐟🚄⛴️ #FSBIGreenTravel
July 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#FSBI2025 here we come! Roped my lovely students into this long journey from Essex to Belfast! Walked to Wivenhoe station & now on train to Liverpool to get ferry. Wish us luck! Remember to add your own green travel stories/efforts (however small) to tinyurl.com/FSBIGreenTravel 🐟🚄⛴️ #FSBIGreenTravel