Harrison Goldspiel

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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

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...

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!

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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, ...

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.

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Despite raises, only 2 of the 219 entries pay a living wage.

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!

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The front end of a vehicle stopped at an intersection, held up by a salamander in a tiny safety vest and stop sign. Behind it is a large group of yellow spotted salamanders crossing the road.

Amphibian migration season is coming this spring. Remember to drive slow!

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...

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... 🧪

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...