Looking for openly available: - before-after data in space - with a restoration measure inbetween (e.g. dam/invasive spec. removal, urban green space creation...) - min. 10 sites (quadrats / random places along a stream / ponds...) - species data, env. data of some sort, GPS coordinates

ICYMI: I am offering a free online 2-hour crash course in how to write and publish a scientific paper, perfect for students and early career researchers about to write their first paper. The world of scientific writing and publishing can be confusing, but I'm here to help! 🧪🌎🦑

🥳 Meet Dr. Zsófia Horváth @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social , our new subject editor from Budapest, Hungary Get to know her and her research by reading her interview here: vist.ly/44s89

If you would like to join our mailing list, please also drop us a message and your contact info and we'll make sure to add you, so you receive future EPCN news! 💙

Last week we had the pleasure to welcome @matias-arim.bsky.social #DamianoBaldan and #ZacharyHajian-Forooshani in #Budapest as part of the #MetaHeroes #EndGame workshop! Many nourishing discussions but the best was the burst in energy that it generated! The #EndGame definitely became a #Beginning

it was great to meet all the pond friends!! @carlaulmusminor.bsky.social @stephi-gascon.bsky.social @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social, Marga Florencio and many more!

🐜🥼#PostDoc Alert! PhD in #natural #sciences, experience with #arthropod #fieldwork and #lab as well as a good #publication record?📚Knowledge of #ecological processes, #insect #taxonomy & R? Our #Forest #Entomology group is offering a two-year PostDoc position. apply.refline.ch/273855/1720/...

Calling all aquatic ecologists 📣! This is the event for you! Come along to London in September to join our special microbe themed annual conference. Tickets are on sale now! @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social @bes-microbialgroup.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

Here's part two of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on tips for speaking to journalists as a scientist, this week focusing on things every scientist should know about how interviews work (and do not work). Please read and share! www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm

Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

EPCN - the European Pond Conservation Network just arrived to Bluesky! @epcn.bsky.social You can now also find them along with several pond researchers in the Pond Ecology starter pack! go.bsky.app/4xGTu74 Let me know if I missed you and you would like to be included in it! 🐸🐟🐚🦠🪷

Are you interested in field work and data science? We're looking for a PhD student interested in data-driven analysis of non-linearity in lake ecosystems to begin September 2025. Please share far and wide, and contact Robert for any questions! Here's the official description: lnkd.in/dzTwudQz

3-5 Sept 2025: 5th International Conference on Community Ecology is coming to Budapest, Hungary! www.akcongress.com/comec/

Waterbirds have fascinating ecological interactions with brine shrimps, fairy shrimps and other large branchiopods, nicely documented in this new review @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social @aillimnologia.bsky.social @sil-limnology.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science: I am proud & grateful to work with all these smart, dedicated, inspired and enthusiastic women in my lab! @schneiderbea.bsky.social @hhuong152.bsky.social @zsuzsimrton.bsky.social @bartabarbara.bsky.social & others not on Bsky

Happy International Women & Girls in Science Day 2025 #WomenInScience #womeninSTEM #IDWGS

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (PDRA) in Freshwater Ecosystem Ecology researching the role of organic matter as a nutrient resource in freshwater ecosystems. A 4.5 year role with great training opportunites in isotope ecology and mesocosm experimental science www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU610/p...

2/Mesocosms have mostly been used to quantify impacts of environmental threats, but there's largely untapped potential in using them to test solutions! We explore the opportunities that mesocosms offer in providing controlled, realistic and replicable environments for investigating novel solutions.

How can mesocosms help tackle grand ecological challenges in aquatic ecosystems? 🌊🌍 Check out our open-access Oikos Forum article, out today: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/oik.... @oikosjournal.bsky.social

There's a postdoc in peatland biogeochemistry advertised on our project by Dolly Kothawala and Gustaf Granath at Uppsala University. I can highly recommend Uppsala as a place to live and work. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Invited commentary on our paper available at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... from @mstockenreiter.bsky.social ! Link to our paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @schneiderbea.bsky.social @hhuong152.bsky.social @csabavad.bsky.social @zsuzsimrton.bsky.social

OUT NOW Connectivity Loss in Experimental Pond Networks Leads to Biodiversity Loss in Microbial Metacommunities 📄 https://buff.ly/3BMrnJR #biodiversityloss #dispersal #aquatic

I had the very nice opportunity to write an invited comment in Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... Which is connected to great article by Beata Szabo et al @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Check it out!

📢 3-year Postdoc Opportunity ❗❗ #FoodWebs I am seeking a postdoc to reconstruct energy fluxes in food webs using gut DNA and eDNA in mesocosms under heatwave scenarios @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social 📅 31. of Jan. 2025 ➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-... Please share post ❗❗

Join us as a postdoctoral researcher in the PLURALAKES project! PLURALAKES aims to enhance lake management strategies through participatory processes with diverse stakeholders. See the full job description and apply by 04 February 2025 here: https://buff.ly/3yHe23F

I highly recommend it www.idiv.de/events/summe...

Our study led by @zsuzsimrton.bsky.social from my lab found that especially pond vegetation is crucial if you want to provide a safe aquatic haven for the local biota in your garden - based on data from more than 800 volunteering pond owners in the #MyPond citizen science program 🔵🧪👩‍🔬🏡

I'm hiring, two fully funded PhD positions! Come work in Umeå in Arctic Sweden, a leading place for high-latitude ecosystem ecology and carbon biogeochemistry

Where are all the field studies? This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer. A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

We're hiring an ecosystem ecologist (open rank) @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social It's a great place to work and live! Lots of opportunities for collaboration including with @kbslter.bsky.social KBS Long Term Agroecosystem Research careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...

Just a reminder of this new postdoctoral position in my lab! Closing date is January 20th!

☎️ calling all budding #freshwater or #molecular ecologists! Great #PhD with me, Fred Windsor, @danread.bsky.social + @jordancuff.bsky.social looking at impact of stressors + climate change on #ponds with #eDNA #metabarcoding to inform conservation + health assessment Link below - apply by 13 Jan!

The deadline for undergraduates to apply for this paid international research experience is January 2nd. Please help spread the word. See 🧵 for details or contact me. 🧪🐝

Loss of connectivity in pond networks can have a significant impact on microbial #biodiversity. A recent study shows that fragmentation disrupts vital #ecosystems, threatening microbial communities and their interdependent relationships. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #HabitatFragmentation

Interested in multiple stressor research in rivers? Interested in a PhD under excellent supervision in one of Europe’s largest freshwater research centres? We seek 8 doctoral researchers for the CRC RESIST at the University of Duisburg-Essen! sfb-resist.de/people/open-... #rivers #PhDjobs

With @schneiderbea.bsky.social @csabavad.bsky.social @zsuzsimrton.bsky.social @hhuong152.bsky.social and others, we showed how connectivity loss affects metacommunities with results from a 4-month long mesocosm experiment just published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social ! shorturl.at/9o9ak

#phd and #postdoc positions in one of the best work places for #aquatic #microbial #ecology in Europe!!! @thephdplace.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social

1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it gets taken for granted & consequently no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you will have less & less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field

Relative strength of drivers might differ for the structure of metacommunities and metapopulations within the same landscape 🔵🪁🔵 We have provided the first empirical evidence for this with Daphnia magna and Cladocera metacommunities! 🧬🧪🔬

Thank you so much Maja and Markus for having me and for your hospitality! 🍰 I really enjoyed my stay in Mondsee!! It was great to catch up, Maja! @majailiczg.bsky.social

Interested in #metacommunity dynamics in #natural systems? I'll be looking for a #PostDoc to study temporary #ponds in the #Camargue using #eDNA & #spatial analyses. Topic is broad & includes #metafoodwebs, #BEF, #parasites, #EcoHealth. Contact me via e-mail if interested!

BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce: We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky! We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct. Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions. Let's get into it!

I am looking for a PhD student to start in fall of 2025 at MSU. Potential topics include trait-based approaches to plankton community resilience, temperature effects on communities, harmful algal blooms and many others. Please get in touch if interested. More info: www.kl-lab.group.

Excited to share a new opportunity in my new lab at Cambridge! We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation. 3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/

DATA CALL - DEADLINE APPROACHING We want to add new sites to our European longtime series database of freshwater biodiversity (see doi.org/10.1038/s415...) To contribute check the link with all the details of the data call www.senckenberg.de/en/call-for-... Thank you very much! #freshwaterecology

Interested in freshwater food webs and keen to connect with like-minded researchers on Bluesky? Give me a shout-out and I will add you to the Freshwater Food Webs starter pack. go.bsky.app/R2WU99T

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Excellent thread on the fishy patterns seen in MDPI and Frontiers journals