Tanya Fendler
@scifendler.bsky.social
PhD from Southern Illinois U, MSc from U Windsor.
Invasive fish & movement ecology.
First generation university graduate.
She/her 🇨🇦🇺🇲
Invasive fish & movement ecology.
First generation university graduate.
She/her 🇨🇦🇺🇲
Enjoying the scenic route into the Eastern Townships of Quebec.
December 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Enjoying the scenic route into the Eastern Townships of Quebec.
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Only one more #SundayFishSketch - #25DaysofFishmas mystery fish before the big day!
For Sunday December 21, sketch the species you think these clues are describing (don't spoil it early if you know it!). The answer will be revealed with the day's #Fishmas calendar! @lampichthys.bsky.social
For Sunday December 21, sketch the species you think these clues are describing (don't spoil it early if you know it!). The answer will be revealed with the day's #Fishmas calendar! @lampichthys.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Only one more #SundayFishSketch - #25DaysofFishmas mystery fish before the big day!
For Sunday December 21, sketch the species you think these clues are describing (don't spoil it early if you know it!). The answer will be revealed with the day's #Fishmas calendar! @lampichthys.bsky.social
For Sunday December 21, sketch the species you think these clues are describing (don't spoil it early if you know it!). The answer will be revealed with the day's #Fishmas calendar! @lampichthys.bsky.social
I'm surprised at how many Canadian scientists are complaining about this decision. (A thread)
Do I think Canadian scientists should have more funding, yes,
BUT
that doesn't mean we should invalidate this good decision. (1/n)
Do I think Canadian scientists should have more funding, yes,
BUT
that doesn't mean we should invalidate this good decision. (1/n)
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm surprised at how many Canadian scientists are complaining about this decision. (A thread)
Do I think Canadian scientists should have more funding, yes,
BUT
that doesn't mean we should invalidate this good decision. (1/n)
Do I think Canadian scientists should have more funding, yes,
BUT
that doesn't mean we should invalidate this good decision. (1/n)
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Rudolph, the red-eared reindeer! 🦌
With ears so bright, the Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) guides us into Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas! This member of the sunfish family found throughout the southeastern US is a warm-water loving ray of sun on a cold winter day ☀️
With ears so bright, the Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) guides us into Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas! This member of the sunfish family found throughout the southeastern US is a warm-water loving ray of sun on a cold winter day ☀️
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Rudolph, the red-eared reindeer! 🦌
With ears so bright, the Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) guides us into Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas! This member of the sunfish family found throughout the southeastern US is a warm-water loving ray of sun on a cold winter day ☀️
With ears so bright, the Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) guides us into Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas! This member of the sunfish family found throughout the southeastern US is a warm-water loving ray of sun on a cold winter day ☀️
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🎶It’s beginning to look a lot like #Fishmas🎶
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎶It’s beginning to look a lot like #Fishmas🎶
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
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Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
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November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
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🎶From Atlantic to Pacific, gee the fish facts are terrific!🎶
#25DaysofFishmas is hitting the road! While there's no place like H.O.M.E.S. for the holidays, we'll be traveling beyond the #GreatLakes this year to learn about freshwater fishes from across the US. The road trip kicks off December 1!
#25DaysofFishmas is hitting the road! While there's no place like H.O.M.E.S. for the holidays, we'll be traveling beyond the #GreatLakes this year to learn about freshwater fishes from across the US. The road trip kicks off December 1!
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🎶From Atlantic to Pacific, gee the fish facts are terrific!🎶
#25DaysofFishmas is hitting the road! While there's no place like H.O.M.E.S. for the holidays, we'll be traveling beyond the #GreatLakes this year to learn about freshwater fishes from across the US. The road trip kicks off December 1!
#25DaysofFishmas is hitting the road! While there's no place like H.O.M.E.S. for the holidays, we'll be traveling beyond the #GreatLakes this year to learn about freshwater fishes from across the US. The road trip kicks off December 1!
🎉 My first publication has been accepted in STOTEN!
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🎉 My first publication has been accepted in STOTEN!
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
After 4 1/2 years, my dissertation defense is scheduled!
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
After 4 1/2 years, my dissertation defense is scheduled!
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I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...
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Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share!
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share!
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
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A fascinating series worth watching again.
youtu.be/udbk7olgZTw?...
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The Last Whitefish | Episode 1 | 4K | All Too Clear | TVO Original
YouTube video by TVO Docs
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June 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A fascinating series worth watching again.
youtu.be/udbk7olgZTw?...
youtu.be/udbk7olgZTw?...
Today was a great day at #ICFT
I had the privilege to present my research this morning, and I joined in on some song and dance in the evening at the banquet.
I had the privilege to present my research this morning, and I joined in on some song and dance in the evening at the banquet.
June 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Today was a great day at #ICFT
I had the privilege to present my research this morning, and I joined in on some song and dance in the evening at the banquet.
I had the privilege to present my research this morning, and I joined in on some song and dance in the evening at the banquet.
6 days of field work and likely the last until my next position. It's nice to get out of the office once in a while and relive why I chose this career path. It's also always a great time when working with the CFAAS crew at SIU.
June 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
6 days of field work and likely the last until my next position. It's nice to get out of the office once in a while and relive why I chose this career path. It's also always a great time when working with the CFAAS crew at SIU.
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Neglecting to consider mortalities can create bias in telemetry studies. The R package 'mort' identifies potential mortalities &/or expelled tags in passive telemetry arrays, filling an important gap in workflows when analysing passive telemetry data🐾👇
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May 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Neglecting to consider mortalities can create bias in telemetry studies. The R package 'mort' identifies potential mortalities &/or expelled tags in passive telemetry arrays, filling an important gap in workflows when analysing passive telemetry data🐾👇
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⚠️ Freshwater ecosystems under global change ➡️ nature.com is encouraging the submission of studies that focus on natural freshwaters, including lentic (lakes, ponds), lotic (streams, rivers) and wetland systems. To learn more and/or to submit your study: www.nature.com/collections/...
Freshwater ecosystems under global change
In this cross-journal Collection, we highlight papers that help deepen our ecological understanding of freshwater ecosystems and the threats they face from ...
www.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
⚠️ Freshwater ecosystems under global change ➡️ nature.com is encouraging the submission of studies that focus on natural freshwaters, including lentic (lakes, ponds), lotic (streams, rivers) and wetland systems. To learn more and/or to submit your study: www.nature.com/collections/...
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Please share: (competitive) PhD funding in Strasbourg (France) to work on 🐧🔥:
Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species
Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)
amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...
Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species
Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)
amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...
April 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Please share: (competitive) PhD funding in Strasbourg (France) to work on 🐧🔥:
Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species
Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)
amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...
Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species
Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)
amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...
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New #OA paper in Movement Ecology using a combination of statistical models (HMMs & GAMMs) to understand environmental drivers of behaviour in Saimaa ringed seals. Very pleased to be invited to collaborate on this research! 🤓🦭 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniuef.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2uhxez5x
tinyurl.com/2uhxez5x
Linking ringed seal foraging behaviour to environmental variability - Movement Ecology
Background Foraging rates directly influence animals’ energetic intake and expenditure and are thus linked to body condition and the ability to survive and reproduce. Further, understanding the underl...
movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New #OA paper in Movement Ecology using a combination of statistical models (HMMs & GAMMs) to understand environmental drivers of behaviour in Saimaa ringed seals. Very pleased to be invited to collaborate on this research! 🤓🦭 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniuef.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2uhxez5x
tinyurl.com/2uhxez5x
Not a fish this week, but it's still an aquatic animal :)
April 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Not a fish this week, but it's still an aquatic animal :)
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AFS Introduced and Invasive Species Section invites abstract submissions for our symposium for #AFS2025. Students can also submit for our travel award. @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social @scifendler.bsky.social @mullyfish.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
AFS Introduced and Invasive Species Section invites abstract submissions for our symposium for #AFS2025. Students can also submit for our travel award. @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social @scifendler.bsky.social @mullyfish.bsky.social
A sketched an emerald shiner for this week's #FishSketchSunday. It's the most common shiner we catch during LTEF on the Ohio River.
March 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A sketched an emerald shiner for this week's #FishSketchSunday. It's the most common shiner we catch during LTEF on the Ohio River.
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Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
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Postdoctoral fellowship at Eawag, Switzerland. Independent position hosted in one of the research departments, including mine at Kastanienbaum.
apply.refline.ch/673277/1246/...
apply.refline.ch/673277/1246/...
March 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Postdoctoral fellowship at Eawag, Switzerland. Independent position hosted in one of the research departments, including mine at Kastanienbaum.
apply.refline.ch/673277/1246/...
apply.refline.ch/673277/1246/...
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Are you a student presenting research on invasive species at the annual AFS meeting this year? If so, please see the flyer below for a travel award opportunity 🐟! @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social @sdsufishecology.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Are you a student presenting research on invasive species at the annual AFS meeting this year? If so, please see the flyer below for a travel award opportunity 🐟! @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social @sdsufishecology.bsky.social
Why DEI are important!
🚨 Menstruation & fieldwork: an overlooked challenge in natural sciences.
🔬 The survey (429 participants, 86% women) found:
🔹 48% experience significant menstrual pain in the field
🔹 85% say first aid kits lack menstrual products
🔹 Only 30.5% feel comfortable discussing it with male supervisors
🔬 The survey (429 participants, 86% women) found:
🔹 48% experience significant menstrual pain in the field
🔹 85% say first aid kits lack menstrual products
🔹 Only 30.5% feel comfortable discussing it with male supervisors
"Sangre, sudor e investigación: el Impacto de la menstruación en el trabajo de campo en ciencias naturales"
Lectura muy recomendable de cara al #8M
www.revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec...
Lectura muy recomendable de cara al #8M
www.revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec...
March 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why DEI are important!