Relentlessly optimistic shellfishionado, restoring imperiled #Unionida. There are some who call me… ‘Tim?’ & 2 who call me ‘Dad.’ Tweets are mine!
Westmoreland, TN
Joined December 2011
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Tim Lane retweeted
Just one week left to apply for this job restoring #FreshwaterMussels
💼 Job Announcement: Natural Resource Biologist IV - Freshwater Mussel Hatchery Manager
The main purpose of this position is to manage Maryland’s Freshwater Mussel Propagation and Restoration Program.
Learn more about this position and apply: bit.ly/4j85kOF
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✨NEW MUSSEL PIN✨
My new Pink Heelsplitter freshwater mussel enamel pins are a realistic and stylish way to show off your love for aquatic invertebrates, nature, and freshwater conservation!
designedwithhartman.etsy.com…
#FreshwaterMussels #NatureArt #SmallBusiness
ALT Pink heelsplitter mussel enamel pin (Potamilus alatus) displayed on a white backing card with a wood slice and pin backing visible. Ideal for aquatic biology enthusiasts and collectors of nature-themed accessories
ALT Close-up of a pink heelsplitter mussel enamel pin displayed on a circular wood slice. Perfect for nature lovers, aquatic biology enthusiasts, and collectors of unique, nature-themed accessories.
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Went to help in the Lake Lure/Chimney Rock area today, and it’s hard to describe - never seen anything like this. Post apocalyptic. It’s so overwhelming you don’t even know how to fathom what recovery looks like, let alone where to start. Going to be a long path to recovery that all levels of stakeholders are going to be needed.
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BREAKING: Virginia Tech OL Parker Clements has decided to redshirt and enter the transfer portal.
He was promised a $5 NIL coupon from Cabo Fish Taco and did not receive it.
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Interested in analyzing and visualizing natural history collections data? The @NMNH is looking to contract a Data Scientist to lead the development of tools aimed at better understanding institutional, taxonomic, spatial, and temporal biases. 1 year contract, DC or remote!
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Promote freshwater conservation and molluscs by voting for the first ever freshwater mussel in the running! Vote Coosa Fiveridge! 🙏
The International #molluscoftheyear competition 2024 has been launched!🎉 Make sure to cast your votes by April 14!👇
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Been screaming this to anyone who will listen: the world also has real-world worm riders. The tiny clam Montacutona sigalionidcola attaches attaches to the heads of polychaetes biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/…
ALT Pictures of a tiny white clam with foot extended. Lower panels show the clam attached to the head of a sand colored worm
Meet the real-life versions of Dune’s epic sandworms: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Please share: I am recruiting a master’s student to sample mussels in tributary systems of the south-central plains ecoregion in Arkansas. Position starts in January (2024)
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1. Research Rabbit
2. Connected Papers
3. Inciteful
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Tim Lane retweeted
It's great to be in the news today! The #FBA @freshwaterbio started the #FreshwaterPearlMussel #ARK back in 2007 and here's the proof of the pudding...
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cu…
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Duskystripe Shiners, Carmine Shiners and Ozark Minnows in the midst of a spawning frenzy. Video slowed to 75% of full speed.
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Superconglutinate of Hamotia subangulata (video). Found during surveys in the lower Flint River Basin in Georgia. Permitted activity. #musselhugger #riverlove
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I am recruiting a lab manager! My lab works on applied fish conservation genetics/genomics questions to inform management. Current projects use GT-seq, high throughput msats, RAD-seq, RAD capture, lcWGS, and eDNA on walleye, whitefish, sea lamprey, northern pike, musky, and more!
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Nothing beats working in caves and seeing the rarest crayfish species in North America! – at Missouri, USA
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New report from @TRAFFIC_WLTrade finds more than 120,000 tons of giant clams have been seized by authorities in SE Asia since 2003. Likely the tip of the iceberg of global illegal trade in a threatened group of species. traffic.org/site/assets/file…
ALT A bar chart of count of giant clam shells confiscated by authorities through time. The numbers have skyrocketed in the last few years, partially due to crackdowns in Philippines, China and Indonesia
