Florian Berg
@clupea-flo.bsky.social
I'm a fisheries biologist at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen, Norway @Havforskningsinstituttet
🧬 Genetic stock identification
🐟 Stock assessment
🐠 Otolith science
🧬 Genetic stock identification
🐟 Stock assessment
🐠 Otolith science
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I'm excited to share side::kick(), an experimental open-source coding agent for RStudio built entirely in R. It can interact with your files, communicate with your active #rstats session, and run code.
Check it out: github.com/simonpcouch/...
Check it out: github.com/simonpcouch/...
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm excited to share side::kick(), an experimental open-source coding agent for RStudio built entirely in R. It can interact with your files, communicate with your active #rstats session, and run code.
Check it out: github.com/simonpcouch/...
Check it out: github.com/simonpcouch/...
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⏰If you would like to join the 2026 Small Pelagic Fish symposium in La Paz, Mexico, in May next year, you have two days to submit your:
📄Abstract
🐦Early Registration fees
💰Financial Support Applications
All are due by Friday 10 October 2025!
📄Abstract
🐦Early Registration fees
💰Financial Support Applications
All are due by Friday 10 October 2025!
🌟 Registration for SPF-2026 is OPEN!🌟
Early Registration fees, Abstract Submissions, and Financial Support Applications are due by ***October 10th, 2025*** .
For all the details, visit the SPF-2026 website: meetings.pices.int/meetings/int...
Early Registration fees, Abstract Submissions, and Financial Support Applications are due by ***October 10th, 2025*** .
For all the details, visit the SPF-2026 website: meetings.pices.int/meetings/int...
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
⏰If you would like to join the 2026 Small Pelagic Fish symposium in La Paz, Mexico, in May next year, you have two days to submit your:
📄Abstract
🐦Early Registration fees
💰Financial Support Applications
All are due by Friday 10 October 2025!
📄Abstract
🐦Early Registration fees
💰Financial Support Applications
All are due by Friday 10 October 2025!
Congrats @hbrowman.bsky.social 🎉🎊🎉🎊 This is well deserved!
Congratulations @hbrowman.bsky.social - winner of the @icesmarine.bsky.social Outstanding Achievement Award! #ICESASC25
September 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Congrats @hbrowman.bsky.social 🎉🎊🎉🎊 This is well deserved!
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#Karrieremontag! 🐟
Um die Bestände von #Wanderfischen nachhaltig managen zu können, fehlen Daten zu Verbreitung und Wanderrouten der Tiere. Am Thünen-Institut für #Fischereiökologie werden diese erhoben.
Dafür wird eine technische Assistenz im Labor gesucht:
t1p.de/thuenen_2025-196-FI
#CTA #BTA
Um die Bestände von #Wanderfischen nachhaltig managen zu können, fehlen Daten zu Verbreitung und Wanderrouten der Tiere. Am Thünen-Institut für #Fischereiökologie werden diese erhoben.
Dafür wird eine technische Assistenz im Labor gesucht:
t1p.de/thuenen_2025-196-FI
#CTA #BTA
September 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#Karrieremontag! 🐟
Um die Bestände von #Wanderfischen nachhaltig managen zu können, fehlen Daten zu Verbreitung und Wanderrouten der Tiere. Am Thünen-Institut für #Fischereiökologie werden diese erhoben.
Dafür wird eine technische Assistenz im Labor gesucht:
t1p.de/thuenen_2025-196-FI
#CTA #BTA
Um die Bestände von #Wanderfischen nachhaltig managen zu können, fehlen Daten zu Verbreitung und Wanderrouten der Tiere. Am Thünen-Institut für #Fischereiökologie werden diese erhoben.
Dafür wird eine technische Assistenz im Labor gesucht:
t1p.de/thuenen_2025-196-FI
#CTA #BTA
Where are you from? Read our latest pre-print 🧪 about the origin of "invasive" European #sprat 🐟🐠 in #Iceland
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Always a pleasure to collaborate with @christophe-p71.bsky.social @mfri.bsky.social
#popgen #MarineEcology
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Always a pleasure to collaborate with @christophe-p71.bsky.social @mfri.bsky.social
#popgen #MarineEcology
Where are you from? Finding the origin of the recently observed sprat in Iceland using a panel of SNPs
The European sprat is a small pelagic fish characterised by genetically distinct populations including the Norwegian fjords, the Baltic Sea, the oceanic component ranging from the North Sea, Kattegat&...
doi.org
August 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Where are you from? Read our latest pre-print 🧪 about the origin of "invasive" European #sprat 🐟🐠 in #Iceland
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Always a pleasure to collaborate with @christophe-p71.bsky.social @mfri.bsky.social
#popgen #MarineEcology
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Always a pleasure to collaborate with @christophe-p71.bsky.social @mfri.bsky.social
#popgen #MarineEcology
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🧬Join the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference this October to explore new insights and the impact of these and 20+ other applied #biodiversitygenomics projects!
🔗 erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...
@biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
#genomes for #biodiversity
🔗 erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...
@biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
#genomes for #biodiversity
Genomics for Biodiversity Conference - from genomes to impact
29–31 October 2025Summary🗓️ Dates: 29 - 31 October 2025 (click to add to your agenda!)🔗 Online venue: ERGA YouTube Channel📢 Open call for abstracts: Deadline September 15th (more information below)...
erga-biodiversity.eu
August 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🧬Join the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference this October to explore new insights and the impact of these and 20+ other applied #biodiversitygenomics projects!
🔗 erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...
@biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
#genomes for #biodiversity
🔗 erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...
@biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
#genomes for #biodiversity
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Come work with us! 2-year postdoc position open at SLU Aqua, on the role of herring in coastal food webs of the Baltic Sea. Applications due August 25.
www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
August 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Come work with us! 2-year postdoc position open at SLU Aqua, on the role of herring in coastal food webs of the Baltic Sea. Applications due August 25.
www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
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Curious about how to study forage fishes (in Canada)? 🐟
Our new paper reviews current approaches, identifies key knowledge gaps, and offers advice on methods to address them.
Read it here 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our new paper reviews current approaches, identifies key knowledge gaps, and offers advice on methods to address them.
Read it here 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Tracking the schools: a review of approaches to address knowledge gaps in the migratory ecology and habitat use of Canadian forage fishes - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Forage fishes play a vital role to marine ecosystems by linking lower trophic levels to top predators and serving as key economic and food resources for commercial and subsistence fisheries. Despite t...
link.springer.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Curious about how to study forage fishes (in Canada)? 🐟
Our new paper reviews current approaches, identifies key knowledge gaps, and offers advice on methods to address them.
Read it here 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our new paper reviews current approaches, identifies key knowledge gaps, and offers advice on methods to address them.
Read it here 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Florian Berg
New #OA systematic review of the current state of marine
functional connectivity research in @meps-ir.bsky.social. This #SEA-UNICORN output uses an 'umbrella review' approach to summarise this growing field and includes a bibliometic analysis of 'who' is doing what. 1/2.. 🦞🐟🌊 doi.org/10.3354/meps...
functional connectivity research in @meps-ir.bsky.social. This #SEA-UNICORN output uses an 'umbrella review' approach to summarise this growing field and includes a bibliometic analysis of 'who' is doing what. 1/2.. 🦞🐟🌊 doi.org/10.3354/meps...
A systematic review of the current state of marine functional connectivity research
Marine functional connectivity underpins biodiversity and ecosystem functions, ensuring resilience in marine and land-sea interface ecosystems. Research on this topic has advanced rapidly in...
doi.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New #OA systematic review of the current state of marine
functional connectivity research in @meps-ir.bsky.social. This #SEA-UNICORN output uses an 'umbrella review' approach to summarise this growing field and includes a bibliometic analysis of 'who' is doing what. 1/2.. 🦞🐟🌊 doi.org/10.3354/meps...
functional connectivity research in @meps-ir.bsky.social. This #SEA-UNICORN output uses an 'umbrella review' approach to summarise this growing field and includes a bibliometic analysis of 'who' is doing what. 1/2.. 🦞🐟🌊 doi.org/10.3354/meps...
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Finally is this story out public!! With an amazing historical dataset from IMR (@havforskningsinstituttet) we demonstrate how human perturbations impact the genomic signal in one of the largest cod stocks in the world: the northeast arctic cod | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A century of anthropogenic perturbations impact genomic signatures of the iconic migratory Atlantic cod
Retrospective assessment of the iconic migratory Atlantic cod uncovers human-induced genome-wide changes during the last century.
www.science.org
July 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Finally is this story out public!! With an amazing historical dataset from IMR (@havforskningsinstituttet) we demonstrate how human perturbations impact the genomic signal in one of the largest cod stocks in the world: the northeast arctic cod | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New paper with @birdpicsandscience.bsky.social out TODAY!!
We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Explainer thread to come! #PopGen #PopulationGenomics #Evolution
We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Explainer thread to come! #PopGen #PopulationGenomics #Evolution
‘Highly‐Informative’ Genetic Markers Can Bias Conclusions: Examples and General Solutions
High-grading bias is the overestimation power in a subset of loci caused by model overfitting. Using both empirical and simulated datasets, we show that high-grading bias can cause severe overestimat...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New paper with @birdpicsandscience.bsky.social out TODAY!!
We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Explainer thread to come! #PopGen #PopulationGenomics #Evolution
We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Explainer thread to come! #PopGen #PopulationGenomics #Evolution
Reposted by Florian Berg
🐘 ellmer 🐘 makes it easy and fun to use LLMs from #rstats, and 0.3.0 is out now. Read about the new streamlined chat() function, improvements to tool specifications, and more at www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07....
ellmer 0.3.0
The newest version of ellmer introduces a simpler `chat()` interface that can works with any provider, a bunch of improvements to tool calling, and a handful of smaller quality of life improvements.
www.tidyverse.org
July 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🐘 ellmer 🐘 makes it easy and fun to use LLMs from #rstats, and 0.3.0 is out now. Read about the new streamlined chat() function, improvements to tool specifications, and more at www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07....
Maybe the @icesmarine.bsky.social community can help.
Herring Knowledge Wanted! Bangor University FisHistory Project is investigating the history of the Irish Sea herring fishery so if you know anything about herring read more at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...
July 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Maybe the @icesmarine.bsky.social community can help.
Registration is open for the Small Pelagic Fish #SPF symposium 2026 organized by @picesmarinesci.bsky.social and @icesmarine.bsky.social
meetings.pices.int/meetings/int...
🐟🐠🧪🦑 #MarineEcology
meetings.pices.int/meetings/int...
🐟🐠🧪🦑 #MarineEcology
2026 Pelagic Symposium - Scope - PICES
meetings.pices.int
June 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Registration is open for the Small Pelagic Fish #SPF symposium 2026 organized by @picesmarinesci.bsky.social and @icesmarine.bsky.social
meetings.pices.int/meetings/int...
🐟🐠🧪🦑 #MarineEcology
meetings.pices.int/meetings/int...
🐟🐠🧪🦑 #MarineEcology
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💡 #KnowledgeHighlight |Learn how to assemble and evaluate #GenomeAssemblies with these open resources from the #EMBOgenomeseq course:
github.com/nadegeguigli...
Explore more open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu
github.com/nadegeguigli...
Explore more open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu
ERGA Knowledge Hub - Training materials for Biodiversity Genomics
A Biodiversity Genomics training repository.
knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu
May 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
💡 #KnowledgeHighlight |Learn how to assemble and evaluate #GenomeAssemblies with these open resources from the #EMBOgenomeseq course:
github.com/nadegeguigli...
Explore more open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu
github.com/nadegeguigli...
Explore more open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu
Reposted by Florian Berg
💎 New #IJMS #HiddenGems
➡️ An open R package simplifies access to 380+ ecosystem variables—cutting delays and boosting transparency in marine science.
🎥 Watch ➡️ youtu.be/qd2RmMmuj9k?...
Full study ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/ices...
➡️ An open R package simplifies access to 380+ ecosystem variables—cutting delays and boosting transparency in marine science.
🎥 Watch ➡️ youtu.be/qd2RmMmuj9k?...
Full study ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Hidden Gems - Ecosystem matrix: A game-changer for open marine data and integrated analysis
YouTube video by ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
youtu.be
May 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
💎 New #IJMS #HiddenGems
➡️ An open R package simplifies access to 380+ ecosystem variables—cutting delays and boosting transparency in marine science.
🎥 Watch ➡️ youtu.be/qd2RmMmuj9k?...
Full study ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/ices...
➡️ An open R package simplifies access to 380+ ecosystem variables—cutting delays and boosting transparency in marine science.
🎥 Watch ➡️ youtu.be/qd2RmMmuj9k?...
Full study ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Atlantic #herring, two individuals 🐟, same species, same age. One from the cold #NorwegianSea, one from the warm #BalticSea. Guess which one is which! #MarineEcology 🦑🧪
May 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Atlantic #herring, two individuals 🐟, same species, same age. One from the cold #NorwegianSea, one from the warm #BalticSea. Guess which one is which! #MarineEcology 🦑🧪
Reposted by Florian Berg
A new v0.10.0 of #fish #rstats package #FSA is at CRAN. Growth modeling (i.e., find starting values and displaying eqns) and handling size structure length categories and standard weight eqns have been substantially modified. New demo and explainer articles are at fishr-core-team.github.io/FSA/
Simple Fisheries Stock Assessment Methods
A variety of simple fish stock assessment methods.
fishr-core-team.github.io
May 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A new v0.10.0 of #fish #rstats package #FSA is at CRAN. Growth modeling (i.e., find starting values and displaying eqns) and handling size structure length categories and standard weight eqns have been substantially modified. New demo and explainer articles are at fishr-core-team.github.io/FSA/
Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June
April 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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About 15-20 yrs ago, a bunch of reviews (inc. 1 by me) made predictions about the future of genomics in conservation. 1 yr ago at ICISB, Robin Waples assessed which of those predictions had been fulfilled. Sam May & Sam Rosenbaum now led the effort to turn this into a review:
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
April 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
About 15-20 yrs ago, a bunch of reviews (inc. 1 by me) made predictions about the future of genomics in conservation. 1 yr ago at ICISB, Robin Waples assessed which of those predictions had been fulfilled. Sam May & Sam Rosenbaum now led the effort to turn this into a review:
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Reposted by Florian Berg
I'm going to take solace in posting actual science is a simple form of resistance. This is another must read from Robin Waples.
#PopGen #ConsGen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PopGen #ConsGen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Idiot's Guide to Effective Population Size
This is a reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne), inspired by a classic, self-published manual of automotive repair ‘for the compleat idiot’....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I'm going to take solace in posting actual science is a simple form of resistance. This is another must read from Robin Waples.
#PopGen #ConsGen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PopGen #ConsGen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Tired of spending countless hours thinking thoroughly about things? Stopping could help.
Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review
Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Tired of spending countless hours thinking thoroughly about things? Stopping could help.
Reposted by Florian Berg
We’re deploying 106 receivers in the inner Oslofjord for the NMBU cod project with @oceantracking.bsky.social. This study tracks migration and movement shifts in two cod ecotypes and assessing habitat changes. Using Thelma and Innovation equipment, an open protocol is key to the project!
March 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We’re deploying 106 receivers in the inner Oslofjord for the NMBU cod project with @oceantracking.bsky.social. This study tracks migration and movement shifts in two cod ecotypes and assessing habitat changes. Using Thelma and Innovation equipment, an open protocol is key to the project!
Reposted by Florian Berg
Wow. This is sooo good. Echoing @urbanevol.bsky.social this user’s manual for Ne should be required reading for popgen and conservation genetics folks. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Idiot's Guide to Effective Population Size
This is a reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne), inspired by a classic, self-published manual of automotive repair ‘for the compleat idiot’...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Wow. This is sooo good. Echoing @urbanevol.bsky.social this user’s manual for Ne should be required reading for popgen and conservation genetics folks. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...