El Lower

they/them 🏳️‍🌈 | invasion biologist + science storyteller | (not often on twitter, but tag me if you need to get in touch.)

[El Lower @helloellower]

@tumblr First time logging into Twitter in years just to tell you guys that this latest update is a massive, massive mistake that will destroy the site. Please roll it back.

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

Boosting for anyone who's still on this site: #GLANSIS needs your help as #AIS experts to review our species profiles + risk assessments! Please share with your networks and contact program manager Rochelle Sturtevant if interested. @NOAA_GLERL @CIGLR_UM @MidwestInvasive

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

Great podcast! #GLANSIS communication specialist @helloellower features in this first episode, along with a number of our friends and collaborators in the world of #AIS #SciComm!

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

The final report from @miseagrant and @NAISMAorg 's Invasive Species Language Workshop is now live! Learn about best #scicomm practices for #InvasiveSpecies outreach and management and directions for future research here: https://t.co/JOH8rxsfAo
#NISAW @NOAAResearch

[Gadfly Stratton, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @NG_Stratton]

The full report from @miseagrant Invasive Species Language Workshop is now available! This was such a great experience!

Check it out here:  https://t.co/jeSoU65Xxc

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

#GLANSIS is in the news again! Check out this article on our Top 10 #GreatLakes #InvasiveSpecies paper from @GreatLakesEcho: https://t.co/H6iN74Yg0V

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

Interested in #GreatLakes #ParticipatoryScience? Join the #GLANSIS team and researchers at @GeorgeMasonU and collect invasive #MysterySnails! 🐌Scientists need your help collecting them to research their genetics + parasites. Learn more here: https://t.co/W8KG41ES1v

[Centre For Ecosystem Management @CentreEcoMgmt]

188: the number of non-native species that now call the #GreatLakes home 😲 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reveals the top ten undesirables (according to this paper @ https://t.co/bhWnQUuoVE) and the impact these invasive species can have:

[El Lower @helloellower]

Had a nice chat with the @journalsentinel this week about our recent @GLANSIS_news Top 10 paper and the impacts of invasive species in the #GreatLakes!
https://t.co/XkHBerjp5f
@miseagrant @NOAA_GLERL @CIGLR_UM

[El Lower @helloellower]

Had an absolutely delightful time at the Pleasant Peninsula festival in Grand Rapids this weekend talking about wild edibles and meeting other #scicomm folks!

[IAGLR @IAGLR]

The #IAGLR25 Call for Sessions portal is now open. We invite you to propose a scientific session for IAGLR’s 68th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. The conference will be held June 2–6, 2025, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The deadline is September 20. https://t.co/8Ykky6roF9

[El Lower @helloellower]

I’m giving a foraging talk highlighting #invasivespecies and @miseagrant ’s Freshwater Feasts recipe blog at the Pleasant Peninsula: Art & Activism Fair 2024! Come see me on August 24 at 5 pm at the Sixth Street Bridge in Grand Rapids!

[El Lower @helloellower]

Finally made a 🟦sky account under this same handle as this site continues to actively decay — much like my profile here, it’ll be mostly work-related because I do miss Science Twitter. Feel free to drop me a line with your own handles if you’d like a follow at the other place!

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

#GLANSIS is in the news! Thanks to @newsweek for some great coverage of our team's most recent paper on the top 10 most impactful #GreatLakes #InvasiveSpecies. https://t.co/HWrtxiscD0
@NOAA_GLERL @miseagrant @NOAAResearch @CIGLR_UM @UMSEAS

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

You can find our full paper "The Great Lakes’ most unwanted: Characterizing the impacts of the top ten Great Lakes aquatic invasive species" here (open-access!) in the Journal of Great Lakes Research: https://t.co/KSwL7NNdR1

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

@NOAA_GLERL @miseagrant @CIGLR_UM These quantitative rankings of the top 10 most harmful #AIS can serve as a reference point for researchers, educators and science communicators throughout the #GreatLakes region. We hope you’ll check it out! https://t.co/KSwL7NNLGz #GreatLakesSci

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

@NOAA_GLERL @miseagrant @CIGLR_UM These species come from different continents, taxa, and vectors of introduction. Their most common shared impacts are threats to/competition with native species, altering predator/prey dynamics, and costly damage to human recreation/aesthetics/economic activities. #GreatLakesSci

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

@NOAA_GLERL @miseagrant @CIGLR_UM So, which invasive species have the most significant negative impacts in the #GreatLakes? Based on #GLANSIS impact scores: #ZebraMussel, #QuaggaMussel, #Alewife, #SeaLamprey, #JapaneseStiltgrass, #GrassCarp, #WaterChestnut, #Phragmites, #RoundGoby, and #WhitePerch! #GreatLakesSci

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

Our analysis scored 78 of the 188 species listed in #GLANSIS (41%) as invasive. Of these 78 species, 32 species had moderate impacts and 36 species had high impacts. The remaining 10 species had exceptionally strong impacts in multiple categories. #GreatLakesSci

[El Lower @helloellower]

My team’s latest paper is out!

[NOAA GLANSIS @GLANSIS_news]

📢New publication alert! 📢The #GLANSIS team is proud to present “The Great Lakes’ Most Unwanted: Characterizing the Impacts of the Top Ten Great Lakes aquatic invasive species”, based on analysis of the cross-taxa impact assessments in our database: https://t.co/KSwL7NNLGz