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Chris Brown’s blog on ocean science, quantitative ecology and R programming. Find us on Rbloggers.

• Chris' secret recipe to writing papers quickly - 08 Feb 2024
• Making an ocean science video game - 06 Jan 2024
• Probability intervals with GAMs - 05 Jan 2024
• Tips for providing written feedback to students - 01 Dec 2023
• New PhD opportunities in fisheries - 23 Aug 2023
• Introduction to structural causal modelling - 19 Aug 2023
• What does generative AI mean for literature reviews? - 17 Jul 2023
• What do Australian marine scientists like about their jobs? - 09 Jul 2023
• PhD projects on marine conservation and ecosystem modelling available - 17 Jun 2023
• Bayesian structural equation model tutorial - 15 Jun 2023
• University education as social media - 14 Jun 2023
• Why GLMs should be a priority when teaching statistics - 06 Jun 2023
• Tips for using chatGPT to learn R - 07 Apr 2023
• Making predictions from GAMs in R explained by an 18th century author - 07 Apr 2023
• Organising R scripts - 10 Mar 2023
• Moving to University of Tasmania - 01 Feb 2023
• Coaching your supervisor - 20 Oct 2022
• R workshops Brisbane February 2023 - 10 Oct 2022
• New vlogs on conservation mapping - 08 Oct 2022
• New vlog Conservation Hackers - 05 Sep 2022
• How to work with non-governmental organisations - 04 Sep 2022
• PhD projects on marine conservation and ecosystem modelling available - 01 Sep 2022
• Science Meets Parliament - 19 May 2022
• How to ask more questions and be a better scientist - 12 May 2022
• Climate smart mangrove restoration - 19 Apr 2022
• Reading for new quantitative ecology PhD students updated - 02 Mar 2022
• Ambitious conservation action sees a brighter future for mangroves and seagrass - 25 Feb 2022
• Tips for the design of ecological experiments - 07 Dec 2021
• Asking and answering questions at seminars - 04 Dec 2021
• Electronic monitoring offers insights into catch of western Pacific tuna longline fisheries - 15 Oct 2021
• How much time does it take to write a grant? - 02 Oct 2021
• Time for grants: grant writing strategies - 02 Oct 2021
• Are lengthy grant applications fair? - 02 Oct 2021
• Running R code for all combinations of some parameters with lapply karate - 01 Oct 2021
• Current approaches to Species Distribution Modelling in R - 22 Sep 2021
• New fellowship on predicting coastal ecological futures in an era of unprecedented change - 12 Aug 2021
• Combining local knowledge and scientific surveys to estimate declines in threatened species - 04 Aug 2021
• Predicting global emissions from mangrove deforestation - 04 Aug 2021
• Predicting interactive effects of multiple stressors on marine ecosystems - 01 Aug 2021
• PhD projects on marine conservation and ecosystem modelling available - 01 Aug 2021
• A comparison of terra and stars packages - 01 Jun 2021
• A comparison of terra and raster packages - 28 May 2021
• Filling gaps in global assessments of ecosystems to benefit coastal wetland conservation - 05 May 2021
• Seaspiracy talking points for discussions with general public - 13 Apr 2021
• How will heatwaves and coral loss affect reef fisheries? - 05 Apr 2021
• How to solve common problems with GAMs - 27 Mar 2021
• When interpolation doesn’t work with GAMs - 27 Mar 2021
• How do you forecast whether your next research project will be successful? - 22 Feb 2021
• Basic math biologist should know by heart - 02 Feb 2021
• Fast functions with pipes - 29 Dec 2020
• Encouragement not praise - 16 Dec 2020
• R workshops in Brisbane 2021 - 26 Oct 2020
• New course on preparation and graphing of biological data in R - 29 Sep 2020
• Correcting for confounded variables with GLMs - 04 Sep 2020
• Universal inference in R - 09 Jul 2020
• Research update, addressing trends emerging in 2020 - 07 Jul 2020
• PhD projects on marine conservation and ecosystem modelling available - 15 Jun 2020
• Time sinks for data wrangling - 01 May 2020
• How much has the data informed your isotope mixing model - 25 Apr 2020
• Are trees greener near salmon spawning streams? - 22 Apr 2020
• A case against pipes in R and what to do instead - 21 Apr 2020
• Adding desktop based work to your PhD? Here's some things to think about - 27 Mar 2020
• Facing uncertainty with a growth mindset - 21 Mar 2020
• Facing uncertainty - 18 Mar 2020
• Spatial predictions with GAMs and rasters - 19 Feb 2020
• Reading for new quantitative ecology PhD students - 18 Feb 2020
• Three ways to calculate distances in R - 08 Feb 2020
• Using R and power analysis to inform experimental design - 03 Nov 2019
• Seagrass habitats lack protection at a global scale - 20 Oct 2019
• Make a map of your study site with tmap - 03 Oct 2019
• Informing priors for a time-series models to detect declines in tiger sharks - 22 Sep 2019
• Three myths youve probably heard about scicomm - 21 Sep 2019
• GLM tip getting non-linear with splines - 21 Sep 2019
• R courses February 2020 - 12 Aug 2019
• Should I do more study or start a PhD? - 04 Aug 2019
• We're hiring a quantitative ecologist - 22 Jun 2019
• Working within your lab group to create a more equitable and diverse scientific workforce - 01 Jun 2019
• Dodging negativity bias in a critical work culture - 12 Apr 2019
• Diary of becoming a Bayesian - 18 Mar 2019
• R course in data wrangling and spatial analysis notes are online - 23 Feb 2019
• Hiring research assistant in spatial ecology - 22 Feb 2019
• What type of leaders should a PhD program produce - 05 Jan 2019
• How to get leadership experience in your PhD - 05 Jan 2019
• Finding confidence in your PhD and overcoming imposter syndrome - 17 Dec 2018
• Decline in large shark species on Queensland's coastline - 16 Dec 2018
• Generalized Linear Models understanding the link function - 16 Oct 2018
• How I became a science communicator without realizing it - 01 Oct 2018
• Beginner Intermediate and Advanced R courses February 2019 - 29 Sep 2018
• Enforcing marine protected areas to reach ecological targets for recovery - 24 Sep 2018
• Improving fisheries means saving their habitats - 19 Sep 2018
• Five key skills to learn in your PhD and demonstrate in job interviews - 28 Aug 2018
• Guide to posting pre-prints for ecologists - 20 Aug 2018
• New PhD opportunities to work on conserving the health of coastal wetlands - 24 Jul 2018
• Survey your audience and visualise the results with R and Google forms - 05 Jul 2018
• A brief guide to data visuals in R in 2018 - 04 Jul 2018
• Postdoctoral job in Aquatic Ecology - 02 Jul 2018
• Keeping up your publication track record when you change jobs - 12 Jun 2018
• Ecologists are misusing isotope mixing models - 18 Apr 2018
• How do I interpret the AIC - 13 Apr 2018
• Growing your international scientific career as a parent - 05 Apr 2018
• Four new postdoc and science communicator positions to work on the global health of wetlands - 29 Mar 2018
• Identifying conservation priorities for ridge to reef management in tropical catchments - 24 Mar 2018
• Should I learn sf or sp for spatial R programming - 23 Mar 2018
• The fallacy of the 90 hour work week - 16 Feb 2018
• How do I calculate the R squared metric for a Bayesian model - 29 Jan 2018
• General Linear Models The Basics - 19 Jan 2018
• New postdoc and PhD positions on multiple stressors of ecosystems - 12 Dec 2017
• In rememberance of the ecosystems I knew as a child - 25 Nov 2017
• e-media tools for the creation, publication and promotion of academic papers - 17 Nov 2017
• Aiming for balance between recreational and commercial fisheries - 15 Nov 2017
• New grant to study impacts of interacting stressors on marine ecosystems - 10 Nov 2017
• Checking residual distributions for non-normal GLMs - 06 Oct 2017
• Managing for uncertain interactions among multiple stressors of marine populations - 06 Oct 2017
• Frustration and success when trying to make a difference - 06 Oct 2017
• Queenland The Coal State - 04 Oct 2017
• Stay motivated with R programming by knowing your emotions - 18 Sep 2017
• Some thoughts about Bayesian Kriging in INLA - 07 Sep 2017
• Socially equitable recovery of fisheries - 24 Aug 2017
• seascapemodels.org version 2 - 08 Aug 2017
• Impact of the conservation optimism hashtag - 04 Aug 2017
• What analysis programs drive conservation science? - 01 Aug 2017
• Memorable dataviz with the R program, talk awarded people's choice prize - 30 Jul 2017
• What are people saying about ICCB2017 on Twitter? - 25 Jul 2017
• What analysis program do conservation scientists use? - 21 Jul 2017
• Communicating trends and detail on the same dataviz with interactive visuals in R - 06 Jul 2017
• Data visuals notes for my talks in 2017 - 26 Jun 2017
• Data visuals notes for my talks in 2017 - 26 Jun 2017
• What does under or over-dispersion look like? - 25 Jun 2017
• Smoothing a time-series with a Bayesian model - 21 Jun 2017
• Quantifying the magnitude of a population decline with Bayesian time-series modelling - 18 Jun 2017
• Enhancing your research network with social media - 13 Jun 2017
• Networks of habitats increase the vulnerability of migratory species to climate change - 30 May 2017
• Hacks for making time-effective and lower stress decisions - 25 May 2017
• Visualising uncertainty in time-series using animations - 14 May 2017
• Choosing R packages for mixed effects modelling based on the car you drive - 14 Apr 2017
• A fast method to add annotations to a plot - 29 Mar 2017
• Mean trophic levels of a genera from FishBase - 23 Mar 2017
• Make your R simulation models 20 times faster - 26 Feb 2017
• Part 3: Spatial analysis of geotagged data - 22 Feb 2017
• Protecting forests in Fiji to give coral reefs a future - 03 Dec 2016
• Create an interactive web map with geotagged photos - 23 Nov 2016
• Google controls who you cite - 21 Nov 2016
• From geotagged photos to species distribution models - 14 Nov 2016
• Extracting exif data from photos using R - 14 Nov 2016
• A 'tidyverse' approach to simulation models - 28 Oct 2016
• Create an inset plot - 11 Oct 2016
• Learning from failures - 26 Sep 2016
• Spurious doomsday scenarios? - 03 Aug 2016
• Write like a runner trains - 25 Jul 2016
• R programming tools for conservation scientists - 08 Jul 2016
• More info on my talk at SCBO 2016 - 07 Jul 2016
• Twitter stats from ICRS2016 - 27 Jun 2016
• R programming tools for coral reef scientists - 22 Jun 2016
• What is the future of coral reefs? - ICRS summary - 21 Jun 2016
• International Coral Reef Symposium Day 2 - 21 Jun 2016
• International Coral Reef Symposium Day 1 - 20 Jun 2016
• Wind predicts connectivity for coral reef fish - 08 Jun 2016
• PhD position on fisheries dependence on marine habitats - 01 Jun 2016
• Costing the impact of cyclone Winston on Fiji's ecosystem services - 16 May 2016
• Impact of recreational fishing areas - 28 Mar 2016
• How to create a culture of using R programming at your institution - 15 Mar 2016
• How long does it take to write major national grant? - 06 Mar 2016
• Automate adding labels to figures in R - 26 Feb 2016
• Species on the Move -some things I learned - 11 Feb 2016
• Species on the Move - Day 3 synopsis - 11 Feb 2016
• Species on the Move - Day 2 synopsis - 11 Feb 2016
• Species on the Move - Day 1 synopsis - 10 Feb 2016
• Measuring range shifts - 09 Feb 2016
• Are more marine protected areas needed to protect ocean biodiversity? - 03 Dec 2015
• Commandments for entering data to use in R - 13 Nov 2015
• New fellowship on fisheries and their habitats - 03 Nov 2015
• Quickly load many files into R - 23 Sep 2015
• How statistics help us get causation right - 23 Sep 2015
• Digitising graphs with R - 17 Sep 2015
• How to think like an economist - 16 Sep 2015
• Tall Young Poppy Award - 20 Aug 2015
• What are conservation priorities? - 05 Aug 2015
• The next advance in spatial R - 25 Jul 2015
• A fast start to R scripts - 20 Jul 2015
• Making continuous colour palettes with RColorBrewer - 19 Jul 2015
• Welcome to my new webpage - 15 Jul 2015
• Data Wrangling using R - 23 Jun 2015
• An Introduction to Spatial Analysis in R - 22 Jun 2015
• Making maps on Google Earth with R - 18 Jun 2015
• Marine reserves without the short-term pain - 07 Jun 2015

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