Veronica Groves (she/her)
@veronicagroves.bsky.social
PhD. candidate studying fish ecology & conservation @ McGill - fish lover 🐟 scrabble fiend 🔡 baker of a mean focaccia 🥖
Can you guess this years theme? ⬇️
We’re already planning this year’s AFS Symposium… 👀✨ Can you guess the theme based on these emojis?
On prépare déjà le symposium annuel de l’AFS… 👀✨
Pouvez-vous deviner le thème grâce à ces émojis ?
🌊🔬📊📜🏛️🤝
On prépare déjà le symposium annuel de l’AFS… 👀✨
Pouvez-vous deviner le thème grâce à ces émojis ?
🌊🔬📊📜🏛️🤝
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Can you guess this years theme? ⬇️
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Let’s highlight what some of our ExComms are doing behind the scenes 👀✨
When they’re not busy planning the AFS Symposium, they’re hosting SCAS sessions @scas-scsa.bsky.social
Major fish boss energy, am I right? 🐟💪
Reach out if you’d like to present a talk!
When they’re not busy planning the AFS Symposium, they’re hosting SCAS sessions @scas-scsa.bsky.social
Major fish boss energy, am I right? 🐟💪
Reach out if you’d like to present a talk!
Calling aquatic invasion scientists!
@veronicagroves.bsky.social and I are co-chairing the session "Invasive Species in Great Lakes Systems" at the 2026 @iaglr.bsky.social - @scas-scsa.bsky.social joint conference in Winnipeg May 25-29th and are looking for talks to feature!
@veronicagroves.bsky.social and I are co-chairing the session "Invasive Species in Great Lakes Systems" at the 2026 @iaglr.bsky.social - @scas-scsa.bsky.social joint conference in Winnipeg May 25-29th and are looking for talks to feature!
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Let’s highlight what some of our ExComms are doing behind the scenes 👀✨
When they’re not busy planning the AFS Symposium, they’re hosting SCAS sessions @scas-scsa.bsky.social
Major fish boss energy, am I right? 🐟💪
Reach out if you’d like to present a talk!
When they’re not busy planning the AFS Symposium, they’re hosting SCAS sessions @scas-scsa.bsky.social
Major fish boss energy, am I right? 🐟💪
Reach out if you’d like to present a talk!
Do you study the impacts of #InvasiveSpecies and plan on attending #SCAS_IAGLR2026? Consider submitting an abstract to our proposed session below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Calling aquatic invasion scientists!
@veronicagroves.bsky.social and I are co-chairing the session "Invasive Species in Great Lakes Systems" at the 2026 @iaglr.bsky.social - @scas-scsa.bsky.social joint conference in Winnipeg May 25-29th and are looking for talks to feature!
@veronicagroves.bsky.social and I are co-chairing the session "Invasive Species in Great Lakes Systems" at the 2026 @iaglr.bsky.social - @scas-scsa.bsky.social joint conference in Winnipeg May 25-29th and are looking for talks to feature!
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Do you study the impacts of #InvasiveSpecies and plan on attending #SCAS_IAGLR2026? Consider submitting an abstract to our proposed session below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
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What an awesome event! 🎉 Huge thanks to our panelists for sharing their journeys & tips on navigating the government job market. 💼 We’re sure all our AFS attendees left inspired (and maybe a little ready to conquer the job world)! 🚀
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What an awesome event! 🎉 Huge thanks to our panelists for sharing their journeys & tips on navigating the government job market. 💼 We’re sure all our AFS attendees left inspired (and maybe a little ready to conquer the job world)! 🚀
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🐠 Can you outsmart a goldfish? Come to AFS Trivia Night to test your fish knowledge and socialize with our community 🧠🐟
📍 UdeM, Room B-1007 (ML Campus, 1375 ave Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal)
📅 Oct 21
🎁 Prizes & refreshments!
📍 UdeM, Room B-1007 (ML Campus, 1375 ave Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal)
📅 Oct 21
🎁 Prizes & refreshments!
October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🐠 Can you outsmart a goldfish? Come to AFS Trivia Night to test your fish knowledge and socialize with our community 🧠🐟
📍 UdeM, Room B-1007 (ML Campus, 1375 ave Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal)
📅 Oct 21
🎁 Prizes & refreshments!
📍 UdeM, Room B-1007 (ML Campus, 1375 ave Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal)
📅 Oct 21
🎁 Prizes & refreshments!
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🌟This year, AFS is spotlighting our amazing members! Share a jaw-dropping photo📸, recent publication📖, or fun fact🤓 and get featured! Let’s celebrate YOU!
🌟Cette année, l’AFS met à l’honneur nos membres extraordinaires! Partagez une photo📸, une publication📖 ou un fait amusant🤓 et soyez mis en avant!
🌟Cette année, l’AFS met à l’honneur nos membres extraordinaires! Partagez une photo📸, une publication📖 ou un fait amusant🤓 et soyez mis en avant!
September 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🌟This year, AFS is spotlighting our amazing members! Share a jaw-dropping photo📸, recent publication📖, or fun fact🤓 and get featured! Let’s celebrate YOU!
🌟Cette année, l’AFS met à l’honneur nos membres extraordinaires! Partagez une photo📸, une publication📖 ou un fait amusant🤓 et soyez mis en avant!
🌟Cette année, l’AFS met à l’honneur nos membres extraordinaires! Partagez une photo📸, une publication📖 ou un fait amusant🤓 et soyez mis en avant!
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Welcome back to school McGill!
🌽 Stop by the AFS booth at the welcome BBQ hosted by BGSA & the Dept. of Bio— a great way to meet new faces and reconnect with returning ones... and join the AFS community!
🎉 The 2025 Welcome BBQ
📅 Friday, Sept 5 | 🕐 1 PM
📍 Stewart Biology Courtyard
🌽corn o'clock
🌽 Stop by the AFS booth at the welcome BBQ hosted by BGSA & the Dept. of Bio— a great way to meet new faces and reconnect with returning ones... and join the AFS community!
🎉 The 2025 Welcome BBQ
📅 Friday, Sept 5 | 🕐 1 PM
📍 Stewart Biology Courtyard
🌽corn o'clock
August 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Welcome back to school McGill!
🌽 Stop by the AFS booth at the welcome BBQ hosted by BGSA & the Dept. of Bio— a great way to meet new faces and reconnect with returning ones... and join the AFS community!
🎉 The 2025 Welcome BBQ
📅 Friday, Sept 5 | 🕐 1 PM
📍 Stewart Biology Courtyard
🌽corn o'clock
🌽 Stop by the AFS booth at the welcome BBQ hosted by BGSA & the Dept. of Bio— a great way to meet new faces and reconnect with returning ones... and join the AFS community!
🎉 The 2025 Welcome BBQ
📅 Friday, Sept 5 | 🕐 1 PM
📍 Stewart Biology Courtyard
🌽corn o'clock
Thrilled to take on my new role as @afsquebec.bsky.social President alongside VP @tjcolvin.bsky.social 🐟 exciting things to come!
🐟 Welcome our newest AFS members — we’re excited to kick off the new school year with such a fintastic team!
🐟 Nous sommes ravis d’accueillir de nouveaux membres au sein de l’ExComm de l’AFS ! Quelle équipe possiblement fantastique pour commencer l’année !
🐟 Nous sommes ravis d’accueillir de nouveaux membres au sein de l’ExComm de l’AFS ! Quelle équipe possiblement fantastique pour commencer l’année !
August 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Thrilled to take on my new role as @afsquebec.bsky.social President alongside VP @tjcolvin.bsky.social 🐟 exciting things to come!
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Good morning AFS... what's on the agenda today? Maybe casting your vote!!
Reminder that voting is open to all members and closes on July 30th
Bonjour AFS... quel est le programme aujourd'hui ? Peut-être voter !
Rappel : le vote est ouvert à tous les membres et se termine le 30 juillet
Reminder that voting is open to all members and closes on July 30th
Bonjour AFS... quel est le programme aujourd'hui ? Peut-être voter !
Rappel : le vote est ouvert à tous les membres et se termine le 30 juillet
AFS Québec ExComm 2025/26
Vote for your 2025/2026 American Fisheries Society Québec Student Subunit executive committee members! Votes are anonymous.
Votez pour les membres du comité exécutif de votre sous-unité étudiante de ...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Good morning AFS... what's on the agenda today? Maybe casting your vote!!
Reminder that voting is open to all members and closes on July 30th
Bonjour AFS... quel est le programme aujourd'hui ? Peut-être voter !
Rappel : le vote est ouvert à tous les membres et se termine le 30 juillet
Reminder that voting is open to all members and closes on July 30th
Bonjour AFS... quel est le programme aujourd'hui ? Peut-être voter !
Rappel : le vote est ouvert à tous les membres et se termine le 30 juillet
And that’s a wrap on our #SEB2025 session on #conservation #physiology! Thanks to all who came out - we have much to learn from animal-plant ‘cross pollination’ of ideas and techniques for improving conservation efforts! 🐟🌱
July 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
And that’s a wrap on our #SEB2025 session on #conservation #physiology! Thanks to all who came out - we have much to learn from animal-plant ‘cross pollination’ of ideas and techniques for improving conservation efforts! 🐟🌱
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Great talk today by @veronicagroves.bsky.social at the @sebiology.bsky.social regarding the use of surrogates to study at-risk fishes - working with imperilled fishes always important but has its challenges
July 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Great talk today by @veronicagroves.bsky.social at the @sebiology.bsky.social regarding the use of surrogates to study at-risk fishes - working with imperilled fishes always important but has its challenges
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While we’ve got so many amazing candidates running for AFS positions, our current AFS team is hard at work planning the Bioblitz happening on July 19th! 🌿🔬
Don’t forget to sign up!
Don’t forget to sign up!
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
While we’ve got so many amazing candidates running for AFS positions, our current AFS team is hard at work planning the Bioblitz happening on July 19th! 🌿🔬
Don’t forget to sign up!
Don’t forget to sign up!
Check out Dr. Pitcher’s presentation in our session on “Diverse approaches to physiology & conservation” (SAB2) on Thursday @ 12:15 in Gorilla room 3! @sebiology.bsky.social
Made it to the @sebiology.bsky.social conference in Antwerp - look forward to sharing some of our lab’s research regarding the improvement of captive breeding for conservation efforts using evolutionary & ecological principles with physiological/genetic tools
July 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Check out Dr. Pitcher’s presentation in our session on “Diverse approaches to physiology & conservation” (SAB2) on Thursday @ 12:15 in Gorilla room 3! @sebiology.bsky.social
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🗳️ Election time for the AFS Québec ExComm 2025/26 is coming up — meet the candidates!
🗳️ Les élections du comité exécutif de l’AFS Québec 2025/26 approchent — découvrez les candidates!
Up first: @veronicagroves.bsky.social & @tjcolvin.bsky.social for President and VP!
🗳️ Les élections du comité exécutif de l’AFS Québec 2025/26 approchent — découvrez les candidates!
Up first: @veronicagroves.bsky.social & @tjcolvin.bsky.social for President and VP!
July 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🗳️ Election time for the AFS Québec ExComm 2025/26 is coming up — meet the candidates!
🗳️ Les élections du comité exécutif de l’AFS Québec 2025/26 approchent — découvrez les candidates!
Up first: @veronicagroves.bsky.social & @tjcolvin.bsky.social for President and VP!
🗳️ Les élections du comité exécutif de l’AFS Québec 2025/26 approchent — découvrez les candidates!
Up first: @veronicagroves.bsky.social & @tjcolvin.bsky.social for President and VP!
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Goldfish generate turbidity (cloudiness) by suspending sediment when they feed. This decreases sunlight penetration in the water and negatively impacts native macrophytes and visual predators. I use a turbidimeter to accurately determine the turbidity in my mesocosms from water samples.
June 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Goldfish generate turbidity (cloudiness) by suspending sediment when they feed. This decreases sunlight penetration in the water and negatively impacts native macrophytes and visual predators. I use a turbidimeter to accurately determine the turbidity in my mesocosms from water samples.
Reposted by Veronica Groves (she/her)
Rejoignez-nous le samedi 19 juillet 2025 pour une journée de découvertes sur la biodiversité à l’Île Perrot dans le cadre de #BlitzTheGap avec iNaturalist! 🌿🐟
Nous nous intéresserons aux espèces aquatiques peu étudiées — et il y aura des prix à gagner, de la nourriture et une bonne ambiance.
Nous nous intéresserons aux espèces aquatiques peu étudiées — et il y aura des prix à gagner, de la nourriture et une bonne ambiance.
June 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Rejoignez-nous le samedi 19 juillet 2025 pour une journée de découvertes sur la biodiversité à l’Île Perrot dans le cadre de #BlitzTheGap avec iNaturalist! 🌿🐟
Nous nous intéresserons aux espèces aquatiques peu étudiées — et il y aura des prix à gagner, de la nourriture et une bonne ambiance.
Nous nous intéresserons aux espèces aquatiques peu étudiées — et il y aura des prix à gagner, de la nourriture et une bonne ambiance.
Join us to #BlitzTheGap on July 19th with @inaturalist.bsky.social thanks to funding from @qcbs.ca @biomcgill.bsky.social Register using the QR code below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Join us Saturday, July 19, 2025, for a day of biodiversity fun on Île Perrot to #BlitzTheGap with iNaturalist! 🌿🐟 We’ll be targeting understudied aquatic species—plus there’ll be prizes, food, and great company.
We hope to see you there!
We hope to see you there!
June 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Join us to #BlitzTheGap on July 19th with @inaturalist.bsky.social thanks to funding from @qcbs.ca @biomcgill.bsky.social Register using the QR code below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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⭐Editor's Choice⭐
Long-term biodiversity erosion: limited co-existence of the Eurasian zebra mussel and native mussels in a North American river after 25 years | Zwarych et al, including @ecoinvasions.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... Free access for this month
Long-term biodiversity erosion: limited co-existence of the Eurasian zebra mussel and native mussels in a North American river after 25 years | Zwarych et al, including @ecoinvasions.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... Free access for this month
Long-term biodiversity erosion: limited co-existence of the Eurasian zebra mussel and native mussels in a North American river after 25 years
North American unionid mussel populations have experienced significant mortality due to competition and fouling by the Eurasian zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771). Habitats whose water c...
doi.org
June 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
⭐Editor's Choice⭐
Long-term biodiversity erosion: limited co-existence of the Eurasian zebra mussel and native mussels in a North American river after 25 years | Zwarych et al, including @ecoinvasions.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... Free access for this month
Long-term biodiversity erosion: limited co-existence of the Eurasian zebra mussel and native mussels in a North American river after 25 years | Zwarych et al, including @ecoinvasions.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... Free access for this month
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⏰ Rappel ‼️
Tu veux rejoindre le comité exécutif de l’AFS:QC pour 2025–2026 ?
Les postes sont toujours ouverts :
👑 Président·e
🤝 Vice-président·e
📝 Secrétaire
💰 Co-trésorier·ère
🎓 Représentant·e cycles supérieurs (McGill)
🌐 Représentant·e externe (Concordia)
📅 Date limite : 27 juin 2025
Tu veux rejoindre le comité exécutif de l’AFS:QC pour 2025–2026 ?
Les postes sont toujours ouverts :
👑 Président·e
🤝 Vice-président·e
📝 Secrétaire
💰 Co-trésorier·ère
🎓 Représentant·e cycles supérieurs (McGill)
🌐 Représentant·e externe (Concordia)
📅 Date limite : 27 juin 2025
forms.gle
June 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
⏰ Rappel ‼️
Tu veux rejoindre le comité exécutif de l’AFS:QC pour 2025–2026 ?
Les postes sont toujours ouverts :
👑 Président·e
🤝 Vice-président·e
📝 Secrétaire
💰 Co-trésorier·ère
🎓 Représentant·e cycles supérieurs (McGill)
🌐 Représentant·e externe (Concordia)
📅 Date limite : 27 juin 2025
Tu veux rejoindre le comité exécutif de l’AFS:QC pour 2025–2026 ?
Les postes sont toujours ouverts :
👑 Président·e
🤝 Vice-président·e
📝 Secrétaire
💰 Co-trésorier·ère
🎓 Représentant·e cycles supérieurs (McGill)
🌐 Représentant·e externe (Concordia)
📅 Date limite : 27 juin 2025
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⏰ Reminder ‼️
Want to join the AFS:QC Executive Committee for 2025–2026?
Positions are still open:
👑 President
🤝 Vice-President
📝 Secretary
💰 Co-Treasurer
🎓 Graduate Representative (McGill)
🌐 External Representative (Concordia)
📅 Deadline: June 27, 2025
🔗 Apply here: forms.gle/tPLzHtWzRjT1...
Want to join the AFS:QC Executive Committee for 2025–2026?
Positions are still open:
👑 President
🤝 Vice-President
📝 Secretary
💰 Co-Treasurer
🎓 Graduate Representative (McGill)
🌐 External Representative (Concordia)
📅 Deadline: June 27, 2025
🔗 Apply here: forms.gle/tPLzHtWzRjT1...
forms.gle
June 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
⏰ Reminder ‼️
Want to join the AFS:QC Executive Committee for 2025–2026?
Positions are still open:
👑 President
🤝 Vice-President
📝 Secretary
💰 Co-Treasurer
🎓 Graduate Representative (McGill)
🌐 External Representative (Concordia)
📅 Deadline: June 27, 2025
🔗 Apply here: forms.gle/tPLzHtWzRjT1...
Want to join the AFS:QC Executive Committee for 2025–2026?
Positions are still open:
👑 President
🤝 Vice-President
📝 Secretary
💰 Co-Treasurer
🎓 Graduate Representative (McGill)
🌐 External Representative (Concordia)
📅 Deadline: June 27, 2025
🔗 Apply here: forms.gle/tPLzHtWzRjT1...
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Session on #Physiology & #Conservation across taxonomic boundaries, featuring zoos 🦓, aquaria 🐡& botanic gardens 🌵
Organised by our Plant Science Editor Sean Tomlinson, Britney Firth, @veronicagroves.bsky.social & Antwerp Zoo’s Zjef Pereboom.
➡️ www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... (SAB2)
Organised by our Plant Science Editor Sean Tomlinson, Britney Firth, @veronicagroves.bsky.social & Antwerp Zoo’s Zjef Pereboom.
➡️ www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... (SAB2)
May 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Session on #Physiology & #Conservation across taxonomic boundaries, featuring zoos 🦓, aquaria 🐡& botanic gardens 🌵
Organised by our Plant Science Editor Sean Tomlinson, Britney Firth, @veronicagroves.bsky.social & Antwerp Zoo’s Zjef Pereboom.
➡️ www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... (SAB2)
Organised by our Plant Science Editor Sean Tomlinson, Britney Firth, @veronicagroves.bsky.social & Antwerp Zoo’s Zjef Pereboom.
➡️ www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... (SAB2)
Join our team ⬇️❗
🌊 Want to join the AFS team? 🌊
We're diving into a new year and looking for fresh faces to join our exec team! 🐠
Open positions:
McGill:
🧑💼 President
👥 Vice President
💰 Co-Treasurers
📝 Secretary
Concordia:
🏫 Concordia Rep
Apply using this link:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We're diving into a new year and looking for fresh faces to join our exec team! 🐠
Open positions:
McGill:
🧑💼 President
👥 Vice President
💰 Co-Treasurers
📝 Secretary
Concordia:
🏫 Concordia Rep
Apply using this link:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Join our team ⬇️❗
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‼️ Calling All Students ‼️
🪼 2025 Peter A. Larkin Awards for Excellence in Fisheries 🪼
Applications are being accepted
$200 Cash & Travel to @scas-scsa.bsky.social #2026
Email YOUR application to
kyle.wellband@dfo-mpo.gc.ca today!
🪼 2025 Peter A. Larkin Awards for Excellence in Fisheries 🪼
Applications are being accepted
$200 Cash & Travel to @scas-scsa.bsky.social #2026
Email YOUR application to
kyle.wellband@dfo-mpo.gc.ca today!
May 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
‼️ Calling All Students ‼️
🪼 2025 Peter A. Larkin Awards for Excellence in Fisheries 🪼
Applications are being accepted
$200 Cash & Travel to @scas-scsa.bsky.social #2026
Email YOUR application to
kyle.wellband@dfo-mpo.gc.ca today!
🪼 2025 Peter A. Larkin Awards for Excellence in Fisheries 🪼
Applications are being accepted
$200 Cash & Travel to @scas-scsa.bsky.social #2026
Email YOUR application to
kyle.wellband@dfo-mpo.gc.ca today!