The BESAG committee: @thackers.bsky.social, @daniaalbini.bsky.social Emma Ransome, Albert Smith & @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social

the #BESAG committee had a great time and hope you did too. Thank you to keynote speakers, workshop leaders, talk presenters and all the participants. Thanks to the sponsors, @funecology.bsky.social and to @zslofficial.bsky.social for hosting us! we hope to see all of you again next year!💧🌍🧪

Day 2 of #BESAG2025 at @londonzoo.bsky.social .Today is all about talks! we had keynotes, full and lightning talks. 👩‍💻🧑‍🔬👥🗣 🌍🧪💧🌊 Our amazing #keynote speakers are: Dr. Iestyn Woolway, Dr. Emma Cavan, Dr. Sara Benelli, Dr. Joe Taylor and Prof. Yin Chen..a mix of marine & freshwater research!

at #BESAG2025 we had great lightning talks from amazing #ECRs.. telling us all about their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼 PT2

we had two #BESAG2025 socials! The second one was a drink reception at the beautiful @zslofficial.bsky.social - drinks & anything #marine #freshwater #aquatic! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼

at #BESAG2025 we also had great posters from #ECRs.. telling us all about their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼 everyone was so interested and happy to chat and exchange knowledge

aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Daily temperature variation explains zooplankton community differences in freshwater mesocosms recovering from a natural drought. James R. Hubbard, Dania Albini & Michelle C. Jackson

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-...

New publication lead by Iris Pimentel. Hypothesis-Driven Research on Multiple Stressors: An Analytical Framework for Stressor Interactions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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 🌍🧪💧🌊

📢 🌊 Aquatically-inclined and looking for a UK autumn conference? Join our keynote speakers for this year's #BESAG2025 to showcase your #freshwater and #marine science! Where: ZSL London When: 15/16th Sept 2025 Abstract deadline: 1st Aug 2025 Registration ends: 1st Sept 2025 Link in comments ⬇️

Hi all, have you seen that the Aquatic Ecology & Microbial Ecology Groups of the BES are holding a science conference at the Zoological Society of London in September? Registration/abstract submission still open... @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social @bes-microbialgroup.bsky.social #BESAG2025 (1/5) 🧪🌊

Cara the copepod is telling her friend that she has found the event for them, in the BES Niche magazine! Come and meet your aquatic ecology community at #BESAG2025! #CaraTheCopepod #marine #freshwater #ecology @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social 🧪💦 Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

Know a PhD student or Early Career Researcher in aquatic ecology who's research deserves a prize? 👀 👑 🧠 We are offering a talk at our upcoming September conference, ticket expenses reimbursed and a chance to work with a Global Change Biology editor to publish your research! Link in the comments 😊

...we are also accepting applications for our annual award for an exceptional early career aquatic ecology researcher, sponsored by @globalchangebio.bsky.social! (5/5) 🧪🌊 #BESAG2025 @daniaalbini.bsky.social @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

Join us for our Annual #BESAG2025! We have a great price for #ECRs! send us your nomination by the 4th of August and you can have a free conference ticket and present your exciting research! #freshwater #marine #aquatic Link to register to the conference: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

📢✨. NEW DATA WORKSHOP for #BESAG2025! We're thrilled to host Dr Paul Medley and his workshop on analysing fisheries data at our upcoming autumn conference! 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025 Tickets and abstract submissions ⬇️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-....

📢✨. We're super excited to announce that Olivier Leger, UK ocean wildlife artist, will be giving a talk at this year's #BESAG2025! "Reimagining research - the art of amplifying scientific impact" 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025 www.olivierleger.co.uk Instagram: @olivier_leger

our first field work for the #webDNA project, founded by the @leverhulme.ac.uk, went very well! Thanks to the whole team and to the IT team at Tor Vergata University for the organisation and warm welcome! we will be back in October for our second sampling campaign

For our #webDNA project we are collecting many information from the Orbetello area #marine #foodwebs, from #fish sizes and their diets, to samples for #SIA and #eDNAmetabarcoding 🐟🐠🕸️🌊🔬🧪🌍

We are in Italy, Orbetello, for our first field campaign! #webDNA has officially started! the Torre Vergata Team is a great host! @marianilab.bsky.social @rdowell.bsky.social @EoinOgorman #foodweb #eDNA #fish #plankton #macroinverts #marinescience 🐟🦠🌊🕸️

📢💧This year, for our annual meeting #BESAG2025, we are partnering with 🦠 BES Microbial SIG 🦠 to bring you additional workshops & talks on marine and freshwater microbial ecology! Join us!!! Registration here: ⬇️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-... #marine #freshwater #aquatic 🧪🌏

join us this September at ZSL London (UK) for our annual meeting! #BESAG2025. Registration here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-... 🧬💦🌊💧🐟🐠🦪🦐🐋 #marine #freshwater #aquatic 🌏🧪

📢✨ Aquatically-inclined and looking for an autumn conference? Join us for this year's #BESAG2025 to discuss all things #freshwater and #marine science! Where: ZSL London When: 15/16th September 2025 Registration and abstract submission info ⬇️ www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/besa...

join us for the Annual @britishecologicalsociety.org Aquatic Group Conference! #BESAG2025. 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025. Link to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

Same energy! doi.org/10.1098/rsos... cc @daniaalbini.bsky.social

📢 Delighted to annouce our fifth and final keynote speaker for #BESAG2025! 📢 Dr Joe Taylor, UKCEH "Biodiversity and importance of microbial eukaryotes in lakes" 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-... #aquatic #ecology #diversity

Excited to share our recent paper, which is one of the first phylogenomic analyses of copepods 🧪 TLDR: the order Harpacticoida should be split, with 2 families forming their own new order—Canuelloida doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...

📢 Delighted to annouce our fourth keynote speaker for #BESAG2025! 📢 Dr Emma Cavan, Imperial College London "Carbon sequestration by oceanic plankton and microbes" 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025 Registration link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

our 3rd #BESAG2025 keynote speaker is @sarabenelli.bsky.social from University of Parma! join us at ZSL London,the 15/16th Sept to discuss "Biogeochemical interactions between micro & macroorganisms: Insights from manipulative laboratory experiments" and much more! #aquatic #marine #freshwater 💧🌊🌍🧪

It's a pleasure to annouce our second keynote speaker for #BESAG2025: Prof. Yin Chen, University of Birmingham Talk: "Methane oxidation in freshwater lakes, a microbiologist's perspective" 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025 Registration here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

first keynote speaker for the @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social annual meeting! Dr. Iestyn Woolway from @sosbangor.bsky.social. Join us at ZSL in London, 15/16th September!

#BESAG2025 conference registration is now open! ✨ Join us in London, the 15/16th of September #freshwater #marine #aquatic 🧪🌊💧🌍🪼🐟

A new special issue of Science highlights research on Earth’s frozen places—from the Arctic to the Antarctic—and how it’s changing due to climate change and the geopolitical challenges this important work faces. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4jPYRID

📢 I am very excited to share our new paper in @commsbio.bsky.social: nature.com/articles/s42... . 🔥 🌍🧪How does #warming affect #plankton #bodysize distributions? We used one of the largest outdoor #mesocosm experiments to test our hypothesis 1/

Very excited to see the mesocosms facilities here at @universityofessex.bsky.social #freshwater #science. Thanks Pablo to show me around!💧🕸🌱

very excited to be part of this @leverhulme.bsky.social project! follow us at @webdnaproject.bsky.social for updates 🕸💧🌊

I am so excited to share that in February I will be joining Eoin O'Gorman lab at @universityofessex.bsky.social as a Senior Research Officer on the @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social project WebDNA 🌊💧🕸, a collab project with @marianilab.bsky.social & Eleonora Ciccotti!More info on this cool project soon🤩!

Highly recommended!

Job: Algae Taxonomist. Great Lakes Environmental Center (GLEC), Traverse City, Michigan. MS preferred, $55-70k/yr. Apply by 1/31/2025. www.glec.com/media/upload...

📢3-year Postdoc Opportunity in Food Web Ecology #Foodwebs #Ecosystems #Heatwaves #Experiments #MolecularEcology 3 weeks left to apply❗❗ @helsinkiuni.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social Please share post ❗

We have three 4-year UKRI PhD studentships now available under the ERC REFRESH programme Researching the role of dissolved organic matter (DOM) as a nutrient resource in freshwater systems. Do get in touch via the links if you have an questions! Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... 🧪

All are invited to sign this petition in support of saving the free-flowing Tagliamento—the King of Alpine rivers—from fragmentation by two proposed barriers www.freetagliamento.org/it_IT/home-e...

Happy New Year everyone! ✨ We are looking forward to more exciting events with you and @britishecolsoc.bsky.social in 2025, of course all #water related! #marine #freshwater #aquatic 💦💧🌊

Since you all seemed to enjoy the last video, here is more Ostracod-y goodness for #Crustmas :) #nverts #BugSky #PondLife #UKWildlife #Ostracod #Freshwater

Just published in @asn-amnat.bsky.social: #Resource flow #network structure drives #Metaecosystem function. 🌍 🌐 🟦↔️🟩 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... We investigate how spatial structure of larger resource flow networks influences #ecosystem function at metaecosystem scales. 🧵1/3

Can’t wait to see everyone again at the #BESAG #BES2024 #aquatic social! 🌊💧🐟🦪🦀🦐🦠 See you there! 🎉 Wednesday 11th at the Pump House

I see #Crustmas seems to be a thing, and people are sharing Ostracod photos!? I don't need an excuse to share photos of my Favourite crustacean! Or better yet, here's a video! #BugSky #invert #PondLife