Colin Bean

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

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 😎

@chris_harrod @criordor Thanks for the kind words @chris_harrod

Without that event, I'd never have met @criordor, not have our family, not have had the tremendous fun of studying & researching fish & watery places across the world, & meeting so many fun & interesting people. Cheers @ProfColinBean. I'll get you a pint when I next see you!

Interannual shifts in brook trout anadromy inferred by stable isotopes and otolith microchemistry. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Just-IN  doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-…

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  doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-…

A very, very cool charr SIA story! HT @fishyomics pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

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

@MattMcGlone9 @kingmonkeyrs @STVNews I was utterly astonished that was the headlines,absolutely incredible

Unbelievable. It’s now the main story on @STVNews at 6pm.

New paper on how Rising temperatures non-additively alter how different dimensions of biodiversity affect ecosystem-scale processes🌍 🖥️ 🌱 🔎 buff.ly/mmSakew

Economics of Mitigating Flexible Hydropower: A Systematic Review. Environmental Management 76, 185 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s00267…

Rivers in transition: Local perceptions of a Swedish dam removal. Ambio (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s13280…

A new acoustic telemetry tag that identifies carrier mortality by monitoring activity level. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1–8. doi.org/10.1111/2041-2…

charisma: An R package to perform reproducible colour characterization of digital images for biological studies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1–16. doi.org/10.1111/2041-2…

Graph tools for analysing trophic assemblies in the isotopic space. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1–16. doi.org/10.1111/2041-2…

Does Allometric Scaling Improve Estimates of Population Abundance Based on Environmental DNA?. Molecular Ecology35, no. 6: e70303. doi.org/10.1111/mec.70….

eDNA Provides Accurate Population Abundance Estimates [of Brook trout] With Bioenergetics and Particle Mass-Balance Modelling. Molecular Ecology35, no. 7: e70329. doi.org/10.1111/mec.70….

Integrated Reanalysis of Global Riverine Fish eDNA Datasets Shows Robustness and Congruence of Biodiversity Conclusions. Molecular Ecology35, no. 8: e70340. doi.org/10.1111/mec.70….

Potential Impacts of Low Flows on Fish Foodscapes and Production in a Braided River. River Research and Applications1–17. doi.org/10.1002/rra.70….

Geomorphic Effects and Habitat Impacts of Large Wood at Restoration Sites in New England. River Research and Applications1–16. doi.org/10.1002/rra.70….

Riverine Migration Success of Salmonid Smolts Following Their Entrainment in a Hydropower Off-Channel Diversion in an Upland River. River Research and Applications1–11. doi.org/10.1002/rra.70….

Fish welfare in a changing world: New developments and current challenges. Journal of Fish Biology, 1–43. doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70…