Colin Bean

Conservation biologist who, like a dead fish, just goes with the flow.

All views expressed are my own and RTs ≠ endorsements. Leantóir CelticFC 🍀

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

🐠 new podcast episode for our recently published paper, "Invasive goldfish trigger a regime shift in experimental lake ecosystems of varying trophic state"
📝 read the paper here: https://t.co/yvlZV137BQ
🎙️ listen to the podcast here: https://t.co/zwJk4tNRmX

[Trends in Ecology & Evolution @Trends_Ecol_Evo]

Online now: A pioneering theory for anticipating changes in population growth? https://t.co/AiHgJXouSP

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

New research show biological invasions disrupt the relationship between size spectrum and trophic interactions in freshwater fish communities🌍 🐟️ 📈

🔎 Read more: https://t.co/rWuHJUhiH7

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.

- Richard Feynman

[Chris Harrod @chris_harrod]

In 1996, I was a student at @ManMetUni and did a placement with @ProfColinBean at @StirUni.

Colin introduced me to fish ecology and to @sceneUofG.
I knew from then that I wanted to be a fish ecologist. Also, 30 years later I'm the director of SCENE 😎

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

@chris_harrod @criordor Thanks for the kind words @chris_harrod

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

Interannual shifts in brook trout anadromy inferred by stable isotopes and otolith microchemistry. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Just-IN  https://t.co/jIfZYROfSl

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

A field study combining biotelemetry and biologging to determine how long the behaviour of fish is impacted by catch-and-release angling. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Just-IN  https://t.co/9bu7iKK3a0

[Chris Harrod @chris_harrod]

A very, very cool charr SIA story!
HT @fishyomics
https://t.co/AbIp0H8dT5

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

@plyons45 @MattMcGlone9 @kingmonkeyrs @STVNews Not just that, but the quality of the reporting by @STVNews - could it have been more biased and uninformed?

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

New paper on how Rising temperatures non-additively alter how different dimensions of biodiversity affect ecosystem-scale processes🌍 🖥️ 🌱

🔎 https://t.co/8Q375xRSb5

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

Economics of Mitigating Flexible Hydropower: A Systematic Review. Environmental Management 76, 185 (2026). https://t.co/NZGsLpxb5K

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

Rivers in transition: Local perceptions of a Swedish dam removal. Ambio (2026). https://t.co/GjklQa0StW

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

A new acoustic telemetry tag that identifies carrier mortality by monitoring activity level. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1–8. https://t.co/aszeUDDxtx

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

charisma: An R package to perform reproducible colour characterization of digital images for biological studies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1–16. https://t.co/F7oIAn9Ymu

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

Graph tools for analysing trophic assemblies in the isotopic space. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1–16. https://t.co/Zo9xKzxXxw

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

Does Allometric Scaling Improve Estimates of Population Abundance Based on Environmental DNA?. Molecular Ecology35, no. 6: e70303. https://t.co/iacGj7Gopr.

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

eDNA Provides Accurate Population Abundance Estimates [of Brook trout] With Bioenergetics and Particle Mass-Balance Modelling. Molecular Ecology35, no. 7: e70329. https://t.co/pq0cQ0JhVL.

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

Integrated Reanalysis of Global Riverine Fish eDNA Datasets Shows Robustness and Congruence of Biodiversity Conclusions. Molecular Ecology35, no. 8: e70340. https://t.co/sBtPnDEMxa.

[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

Potential Impacts of Low Flows on Fish Foodscapes and Production in a Braided River. River Research and Applications1–17. https://t.co/2oFwEVEqJY.