Nicole Daigle

Special shout out to @carogillis.bsky.social, @shannon-white.bsky.social, and all of my wonderful co-authors for helping me get this one to the finish line! 🙏🏻

This study marks the first genetic characterization of Atlantic sturgeon in the Restigouche region, and will hopefully aid to inform & support the future co-management of these living dinosaurs! 🦕

Stock composition of cryptic Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) in the Restigouche River and estuary, Canada Scientific Reports - Stock composition of cryptic Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) in the Restigouche River and estuary, Canada

In the third chapter (second pub) of my thesis, my co-authors & I assessed the stock composition of Atlantic #sturgeon captured in the Restigouche River & estuary (i.e., used genetics to determine where these fish came from). 🧬

Interested in finding out more? Check out our OA paper!

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madison holding a juvenile sturgeon prior to release on a boat, the sturgeon is holding their fins out and has many rows of sharp scutes

it’s not everyday i can release a sturgie with one hand! 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🌎🌐

these small sturgeon may be tiny (& adorable) but they are also feisty & covered in super sharp scutes (like small serrated knives)

these scutes protect small sturgeon from predators so they can live to be big & old!

#sturgeonsaturday

heeellpp!! does anyone have good resources or examples of turning an academic CV into an NGO resume?? 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🌎

Any recommendations are appreciated!! 🥲🙏🏼

Awesome! Welcome 🤗

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Thanks so much! Happy to hear this - collaboration is the key to conservation 🙏🏻

Tysm!! 🥹

Validation of a microwave energy meter to non-lethally estimate energetic reserves in adult sturgeon We successfully validated the Fatmeter as a tool to obtain precise, non-lethal estimates of whole-body energetic reserves in captive adult pallid sturgeon.

In the first chapter of my thesis, my coauthors and I validated the Distell fish Fatmeter as a fast and accurate estimate of whole-body energetic reserves in captive adult pallid #sturgeon.

Interested in finding out more? Click here for the open-access paper:

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Hi All! My name is Nicole & I’m a #PhD Candidate at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, NB, Canada 🇨🇦 studying the life history responses of Atlantic & pallid #sturgeon to environmental change! I validate and/or employ non-lethal techniques to help protect these living dinosaurs!