📢 BESAG are looking for committee members! Interested in helping to bring together the aquatic ecology community? 👀 We are looking for two new members to join our committee: 🌊 Communications Officer 🌊 Practitioner Representative Apply here ➡️ www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/aqua...

🤔Looking to make your #code more #reproducible? Check out our new and improved guide to Reproducible Code! 🧪🌍️ Find it here👇️ buff.ly/10TeNok @nhcooper123.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

🚨 NEW coral eDNA PAPER 🚨🧬🪸 "Environmental DNA as a Tool for the Assessment of Coral (Anthozoa) Composition in the Chagos Archipelago" dx.doi.org/10.1002/edn3... #eDNA #coralreefs #marinescience @rdowell.bsky.social

After last year's successful refresh of the BES Reproducible Code guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...), this year we're going to refresh the Data Management guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...). Exciting! See below for how to get involved...

The marine conservation group @hifmb.de is looking for a postdoc and a Phd student to study coral genomics and conservation genetics. Join us to develop solutions for coral conservation and dive into the world of early branching metazoans: Deadlines coming up fast. jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/21...

🚨 Two funded PhDs (one int'l, one UK) - study coral restoration & corporate sustainability with us in Lancaster! Enquiries welcome, January 30, please share widely! 🚨 🪸🐠 Coral restoration (int'l): www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🌴📊 Corporate sustainability (UK): www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

If you haven't already - please help us shape our next academic conference in Autumn 2026 by filling out a quick survey!

Thanks to everyone we met at #BES2025! If you have a minute pre-xmas break, please help us shape our BESAG 2026 Annual Meeting by filling out our super short questionnaire below! Also, keep your eyes peeled on our socials in january, we'll soon be looking for a new comittee member 👀 🪸🦑🦭🌊💧🐟

Thanks to everyone who came by to say hi at the Meet the SIGs session and joint pub social last night! #BES2025 If you haven’t already, (pretty) please help us shape our 2026 annual meeting via this short questionnaire: ⬇️📝🙏 forms.gle/HCVo3gwVKLYB... @britishecologicalsociety.org

Day 2 at #BES2025, and more aquatic ecology posters to go check out! A1.97 - Living Sea Walls (Franz Bauer) A4.93 - UK river restoration (Molly Bridger) B4.14 - Coastal food web biomass (Benjamin Mooney) A4.47 - Amazonian stream fish (Yullia Alvez) 🌊🔬💧🐟 @britishecologicalsociety.org

Two funded PhD projects (one open to international applicants) with us at @lec-reefs.bsky.social - please pass on to potential applicants

We spy some #aquaticecology posters at #BES2025 👀🌊 B1.70 A1.77 B2.20 Have you got a poster on #marine and #freshwater research you’d like is to highlight? Drop us a message and we’ll come check it out! @britishecologicalsociety.org

Are you a part of our Special Interest Group community and thinking of attending our 2026 annual conference? (say yes, it’s really fun 🤩) We would be eternally grateful if you could fill out our google form survey to help us shape the 2026 event itself! ⬇️ forms.gle/sYPRkuPZCNg2... Thank youuu 💧🔬🦐

📊 Heading to #BESAnnualMeeting next week? Come and meet the Quantitative SIG at Meet the SIGs on Tuesday 18:00–19:00 at the EICC. A great chance to chat quantitative ecology, hear what we’re up to, and get involved 👋 Stick around afterwards for the SIG socials!

📈 Quantitative ecologists at #BESAnnualMeeting - we’d love to see you! Join the Quantitative SIG at Meet the SIGs (Tue 18:00–19:00), then come along to our joint social with @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social and Teaching & Learning SIG. Good company, games, food & drinks to be had! 🍻

Coming to #BES2025 this week? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We'll be there too! Come find us at the Meet the SIGs session! 🌊 📍Mezzanine 🕰️ 6-7pm We'll then head to the pub for drinks and food for a joint social with Teaching and Learning & Quantitative @bes-quantitative.bsky.social SIGs! 🍻 📍Fox & Faun 🕰️ 7.30pm

Keen to hear about job/PhD opportunities and the latest UK freshwater & marine ecology research? (yes you do 🐟) Good news: we’ve got a monthly newsletter for you! 📩 Sign up to our MailChimp for your monthly dose of aquatic goodness and all things SIG-related. 🌊 Sign up here ➡️ rb.gy/zd3ce1

4 YR Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK home fees) Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The deadline to apply for a DPhil with scholarship consideration is fast approaching on 8 January! If you or someone you know is thinking of a PhD, make sure to get in touch with a potential supervisor asap, ahead of the University's winter closure 👇 bit.ly/dphilbio25

PhD opportunity! "Benefits & impacts of use of light in UK #fisheries & their wider effect on the marine environment" (aka #scallopdiscos!) Supervision by me @thembauk.bsky.social Tom Davies @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Tim Smyth @pml.ac.uk @fishtekmarine.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

📢 Free webinar on aquatic eDNA methods! Sign up below ⬇️ @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

Don't forget to register for our next MEE live! Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪 Find out more and register 👇 buff.ly/wNIpIWm

We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...

Another great BES-Aquatic Group conference this year at ZSL London @zslofficial.bsky.social! If you don't already, follow us on Mail-Chimp and here on BlueSky for UK aquatic science news and meetings! @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social britishecologicalsociety.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

There is still time to register for our annual meeting! 📍 ZSL London 📅 15/16th Sep. 2025 💻 2x Workshops + Conference Join us if you are interested in anything #aquatic #marine #freshwater 💧🌊🌍🦠🐋🦪🦐🦀🪼🦑 **REGISTRATION DEADLINE now moved back to the 5th Sep ** www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

#BESAG2025 arriving very soon 👀

⏰ 🌊 Registration for our 2025 Annual Meeting is still open until the 1st of September - grab a ticket before they run out! 📍 ZSL London 📅 15 & 16 September 2025 🥇 2 x ECR prizes available 💻 2 x Workshops 🔗 Full details: shorturl.at/Otya6 #Marine #Freshwater #Ecology #Research #AcademicConference

New academic faculty posts available at Imperial College London! Assistant/Associate Professors in Life Sciences. Please apply and/or circulate details! www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Opportunities for visiting researchers to collaborate with scientists @thembauk.bsky.social next year. Ray Lankester Investigatorship for established researchers, Peter Baker Investigatorship for early career researchers (<10 years post PhD). Deadlines in October www.mba.ac.uk/our-membersh...

New research led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social combines tracking data to show the value of large marine protected areas in encompassing diverse megafauna movements 🐢 doi.org/10.1111/1365... @jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social

☀️August Issue Out Now!☀️ 📙South-west Finnish Archipelago, the study site in the article ‘Marine heatwaves amplify benthic community metabolism and solute flux in a seafloor heating experiment’, which features in this issue. Credit: Alf Norkko🌊 💡Read it here: 👉 buff.ly/JTXdj1C 🧪🌍

There is still time to register for our annual meeting! #BESAG2025. ZSL London Zoo, 15/16th Sept. We have great workshops and keynote talks! prices for #ECRs too. Join us if you are interested in anything #aquatic #marine #freshwater 💧🌊🧪🌍🦠🐋🦈🦪🦐🦀🪼🦑 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

The I-X Women in AI Network's Early Career Development Grant Round 4 is open for applications. We encourage women and non-binary individuals pursuing their Master’s, PhD, or Postdoc at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social to apply. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 September 🔗 Apply: www.imperial.ac.uk/ix-ai-in-sci...

AWESOME JOB OPPORTUNITY: Aldabra Science Coordinator (The Seychelles Islands Foundation) www.sif.sc/node/679 #jobs #seychelles #coralreefs #jobopportunity #marinescience #coral #sciencecoordinator #marineecology #careers #marinebiology

Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻

there is still time to join us for our annual #BESAG conference! in London (ZSL), 15/16 Sept! Check out our amazing prices for #ECRs! #aquatic #marine #freshwater 🌍🧪💧🌊

Our Quantifying Ecology series is kicking off next week! Join us on Tues 5th Aug for our first webinar 🐟

📣 Don’t forget to sign up to our first Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣 We join Dr James Orr in collab with @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social for: ”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts” 5th Aug @ 9am BST bit.ly/44SzlwG

We are conducting a short survey (5–10 minutes) to explore how different #stakeholders perceive the value of #biodiversity in #urban #ponds. 🦆🐸🪷Scan the QR-code or click the link ( forms.gle/tBV4zunkfYEp... ) to participate in our survey. Thank you 😊

How can beauty be measured? Find out how a team of marine scientists have devised a way to measure the beauty of coral reefs in order to aid restoration and sustainable tourism practices in this new article, co-authored by Dr Tim Lamont of @lec-reefs.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com 👇

JOIN US!!! @garlab.bsky.social is looking for a PhD and MS student to join our team studying ecology & conservation of gars, bowfin, and other non-game native fishes beginning Spring 2026! Posting & more info coming soon. Please DM or email [email protected] with CV if interested!

SO excited to kick off our Quantifying Ecology webinar series on 5th August. Don't forget to sign up! #QuantifyingEcology @britishecologicalsociety.org @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social

📢Abstract call for the 13th MASTS Annual Science Meeting - NOW OPEN. Abstracts for talks and e-posters are now invited for our general science sessions or one of our five special sessions, and are open to everyone. Deadline for all abstracts: 29th August. 🌊All the info: masts.ac.uk/annual-scien...

I have a fully funded open #position for a PhD student/postdoc in marine #biogeochemistry. As part of the MARBEDS project, we are seeking someone to study seafloor fluxes and their interactions with microbial communities in biodiversity hotspots. 🧪⚒️🌊 Contact me if you want more details.

Join us for our Natural Sciences Research Showcase! Explore the latest research and PhD innovations from across our community. 📅Thursday 11 September 2025 📌South Kensington 🎟️🥂Free entry and drinks 🚨Register now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...

⏰ 🌊 Countdown to submit your abstracts to speak at the BESAG2025 annual meeting: 21 days (deadline 1st Aug 2025)! 📍 ZSL London 📅 15 & 16 September 2025 🥇 2 x ECR prizes available 💻 2 x Workshops 🔗 Full details: shorturl.at/Otya6 #Marine #Freshwater #Ecology #Research #AcademicConference

Join us for our first Quantifying Ecology webinar: ”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts” With Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social in collab with ( @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social). 🐟📈 5th Aug at 9am BST. Sign-up: bit.ly/44SzlwG

Join the Aquatic Ecology Special Interest Group (SIG) for an inclusive forum hosted by ZSL. This event will focus on sharing the latest research in marine and freshwater ecology, as well as providing networking opportunities. You can now register and submit your abstracts.

🌿Climate Change Ecology Group - Postgraduate Researcher Representative 🗓️Deadline: 31 July  We are looking for two PGR/PhD student reps, who can shape events, support early career researchers, and contribute to our podcast, blog and community activities.  Apply 👉

New paper: using multiple metrics to quantify the connectivity of lakes to each other, rivers & ponds. The correlations among these metrics can be used to guide how connectivity is included in studies of freshwater biodiversity. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪 #UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social