James O'Connor

@mfrcgmit | freshwater ecology #microplastics

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

New paper (see thread) - While useful for assessing #microplatics in otters, large home ranges and a wide dietary niche breadth, mean that otter spraints likely provide poor indication of local MP levels @MfrcATU @UCD_Research @MicroplasticLab @EPAResearchNews @npwsBioData

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

@LindaHeerey @HeatherLally @ioconn @NashRoisin Congratulations @LindaHeerey 👏🏻

[Roisin Nash @NashRoisin]

Delighted to be part of this really productive #microplastic #research team. Love it when a project comes together 🥰 Well done team 👏 @HeatherLally @LindaHeerey @ioconn @JimmyDOConnor john, Michael and Sinead.

[Sligo GAA @sligogaa]

The class of ‘97…

[María Pérez Tadeo @mariaptadeo]

✨New paper: First steps towards the automated detection of underwater vocalisations of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Blasket Islands, SW Ireland🎙️🦭🎶 has been published open access in @JMSE_MDPI.
@joanneob5 @MartinGammell @MfrcATU https://t.co/P1YJ6b4lza

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

https://t.co/FWBOy4hUJH

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

New paper (see thread) - While useful for assessing #microplatics in otters, large home ranges and a wide dietary niche breadth, mean that otter spraints likely provide poor indication of local MP levels @MfrcATU @UCD_Research @MicroplasticLab @EPAResearchNews @npwsBioData

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

Final version of our latest research paper now available OA. Implementation of a food web model to assess the transfer of #microplastics along a riverine food web in #Ireland 🇮🇪
@EPAResearchNews @MfrcGmit
@MicroplasticLab @UCD_Research

https://t.co/XVr2L95rjs

[St Farnan's GAA @StFarnansGAA]

We did it!! Furey's Coaches Senior Division 2 League Champions!! Final score, St. Farnan's 3-12, Curry 0-11. A massive congratulations to our lads and commiserations to Curry. @sligogaa

[Sligo GAA @sligogaa]

Connacht Minor Champ FINAL

Full time
Sligo: 0-19(19)
Roscommon : 1-11(14)

Jaysus a man landed on the moon since we last won

1968

Yesssssssssssssssss

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

Dipper in Galway city this afternoon! #birding #Galway #dipper #corrib

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

Kingfisher at Lough atalia this afternoon! #Galway #birding #birdwatching #kingfisher

[Andrew Power @aerpower]

First PhD paper out!

Pollutants in Gannet eggs in Ireland 🥚🇮🇪☣️🦢🐟

We looked at a wide range of contaminants from PCBs & DDT to mercury (we also did stable isotope ratio analysis). Look at thread below for more info!

Paper available here: https://t.co/LwYmT0YUbq

#seabirds

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

@GMIT_Research @HeatherLally @ioconn @NashRoisin @UCD_Research @MicroplasticLab @InlandFisherIE @ResearchIFI

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

Final version of our paper on #microplastics in brown #trout now available at https://t.co/HXBon7AlYa @MfrcGmit @EPAResearchNews

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

The early version of our most recent study on microplastics in brown trout is now online. A collaboration between @MfrcGmit, @UCD_Research, @wur & @InlandFisherIE, this study was funded by @EPAResearchNews. Full version available soon!
https://t.co/S1o6j8bJlw

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

@darragh_d92 @MfrcGmit @UCD_Research @WUR @InlandFisherIE @EPAResearchNews Thanks Darragh!

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

The early version of our most recent study on microplastics in brown trout is now online. A collaboration between @MfrcGmit, @UCD_Research, @wur & @InlandFisherIE, this study was funded by @EPAResearchNews. Full version available soon!
https://t.co/S1o6j8bJlw

[James O'Connor @JimmyDOConnor]

@AliciaMateos_ @MfrcGmit @UCD_Research @WUR @InlandFisherIE @EPAResearchNews Thanks Alicia!

[Dewi Roberts @DewiRoberts77]

Many caddisfly larvae build cases and attached structures out of natural material such as plant debris. Here's one on the Vyrnwy cutting a twig to the correct size - just think of the huge effort it has already put in!

[Dewi Roberts @DewiRoberts77]

Stonefly emergence.
A stonefly emerges from its larval case; its wings unfurl, harden and dry and then fold over its back. It is now ready for its first flight.
#Vyrnwy #Plecoptera