Harrison Goldspiel
@hgoldspiel.bsky.social
conservation science and all that jazz | amphibian (and reptile) enthusiast | PhD candidate at UMaine | hgoldspiel.github.io
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Trump's Environmental Pollution Agency is at it again, trying to strip Clean Water Act Protections from wetlands and millions of miles of smaller streams. I just submitted comments (only takes a minute). I hope you do too, and please share with your networks. @sierraclub.org
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November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump's Environmental Pollution Agency is at it again, trying to strip Clean Water Act Protections from wetlands and millions of miles of smaller streams. I just submitted comments (only takes a minute). I hope you do too, and please share with your networks. @sierraclub.org
First dissertation chapter is online! We evaluated taxonomic biases of different funnel traps and glow sticks on wetland-breeding amphibians in Maine. Check it out at JHerp!
doi.org/10.1670/2460...
doi.org/10.1670/2460...
Light at the End of the Funnel: Taxonomic Biases of Aquatic Trapping Methods for Studying Wetland-Breeding Amphibians at Variable Depths
Aquatic funnel traps and light lures are widely used for surveying amphibians in wetlands, but researchers must select among various trap designs and configurations for any particular study. We examin...
doi.org
April 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
First dissertation chapter is online! We evaluated taxonomic biases of different funnel traps and glow sticks on wetland-breeding amphibians in Maine. Check it out at JHerp!
doi.org/10.1670/2460...
doi.org/10.1670/2460...
Delighted to share this little essay in UMaine's Spire about salamanders, sculpture, and using environmental DNA to better understand one of nature's oddest stories.
umaine.edu/spire/2025/0...
umaine.edu/spire/2025/0...
Edna and Al - The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability - University of Maine
By Harrison Goldspiel How Can a Head It began with a man and a woman, as many stories do. They met on the beach in the Rockaways at the southern edge of Queens. It was the crux of the 20th century, ...
umaine.edu
April 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Delighted to share this little essay in UMaine's Spire about salamanders, sculpture, and using environmental DNA to better understand one of nature's oddest stories.
umaine.edu/spire/2025/0...
umaine.edu/spire/2025/0...
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In this economy, I did not expect any PhD stipend raises. Big shout-out to Texas Tech University which has gone from paying $15,984 to $21,500!
and big thanks to @mossmatters.bsky.social for keeping our database up-to-date!
rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
and big thanks to @mossmatters.bsky.social for keeping our database up-to-date!
rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
April 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In this economy, I did not expect any PhD stipend raises. Big shout-out to Texas Tech University which has gone from paying $15,984 to $21,500!
and big thanks to @mossmatters.bsky.social for keeping our database up-to-date!
rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
and big thanks to @mossmatters.bsky.social for keeping our database up-to-date!
rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
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Amphibian migration season is coming this spring. Remember to drive slow!
March 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Amphibian migration season is coming this spring. Remember to drive slow!
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From Brian McGill, a useful summary and interesting thoughts about the state of academic publishing. Spoiler: we scientists are (partly) to blame. dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/t... 🧪
The state of academic publishing in 3 graphs, 6 trends, and 4 thoughts
Eleven years ago I shared a fairly heavily researched summary of the state of academic publishing. I mostly argued that OA (aka author pays) was a red herring and that we should really pay attention t...
dynamicecology.wordpress.com
April 29, 2024 at 10:37 AM
From Brian McGill, a useful summary and interesting thoughts about the state of academic publishing. Spoiler: we scientists are (partly) to blame. dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/t... 🧪
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Many EcoEvo Analysts has been years in development with HUNDREDS of contributors from ecology analysing (and reviewing analysis) the same two datasets. Herioc effort by MetaMelb's Elliot Gould & Hannah Fraser + Tim Parker, Shinichi Nakagawa, Pete Vesk and many others ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
October 5, 2023 at 3:25 AM
Many EcoEvo Analysts has been years in development with HUNDREDS of contributors from ecology analysing (and reviewing analysis) the same two datasets. Herioc effort by MetaMelb's Elliot Gould & Hannah Fraser + Tim Parker, Shinichi Nakagawa, Pete Vesk and many others ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...