👩🏼‍💻 Ein R Paket für freshwater traits. Es umfasst: 1) Initialisierung: Registrierung und Einstellung des API-Schlüssels in der Benutzerumgebung, 2) Datenabruf und -verarbeitung: Suche, Download, Sortierung und Verwendung der Daten 3) Nachbearbeitung, Visualisierung und Berechnung ökologischer Indizes

Eine Studie aus Südfinnland zeigt: Kleine, temporäre Standgewässer (#ponds) sind für die Gewichtszunahme von Entenküken wichtiger als permanente Seen – wegen ihres höheren Vorkommens an Makroinvertebraten. Damit sind sie zumindest in borealen Gebieten bedeutende Aufzuchtshabitate.

Ein Meilenstein für kleine Standgewässer: Mit dem German Small Lake and Pond Inventory (GSLPI) liegt erstmals eine umfassende Datenbank zu über 260.000 Seen und Teichen zwischen 10 - 500.000 m² vor: 🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd... 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... @umweltbundesamt.bsky.social @epcn.bsky.social

🚨New paper🚨From a survey of 560 garden-pond owners, nearly half keep invasive macrophytes, often bought through online communities that are blind spots for researchers and authorities. #waterhyacinth #waterlettuce #invasiveplants #citizenscience 🌿🌱🌺 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention 🏙️🔵🏡 doi.org/10.1002/wat2... @epcn.bsky.social

In diesem Interview erzählt Carl Sayer aus Norfolk (England) von dem Erfolg und damit Potential verlandeter bzw. verschütteter Teiche, sogenannter 'Ghost Ponds', für die ökologische Restaurierung. Seit 2013 werden solche Teiche ausgegraben, aus deren Samenbank schnell artenreichen Biotope entstehen.

💧🌱 Wir starten mit einer aktuellen Publikation aus NRW (DE), in der kleine #Steinbruchgewässer mit anderen #Kleingewässer / #ponds hinsichtlich #Phytodiversität verglichen wurden. Steinbruchgewässer schnitten erwartungsgemäß besser ab 👉🏼 ScienceDirect share.google/KS4rD0DPhWmt... @epcn.bsky.social

Succession and evolution in a pond environment. From my coming book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~January 2026. 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology

Das Wasser wird knapp: BUND stellt Grundwasserstudie vor - Alle Berliner Grundwasserkörper von akutem Wasserstress betroffen. www.bund-berlin.de/service/pres... #Grundwasser #Berlin #Wasser #Kleingewässer #Schwammstadt #WRRL #GrundwasserSchutz #Wasserschutz

The #EPCN is delighted to announce the the renewal and update of our official website (www.europeanponds.org), featuring the newly appointed committee and refreshed content. We aim to enhance our presence here, sharing news, opportunities, and highlights from our network in the coming months.

For the first time, we have compared European #kettleholes with prairie potholes (North America) in terms of their #ecohydrology in a review. A special thanks go to Majid Taie Semiromi. 🙏🏼 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ponds @epcn.bsky.social

Just got an advance copy of my new book Ponds: An Illustrated Guide, shipping from Yale Universy Press in early 2026. 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Ponds #Ecology #Freshwater

🇬🇧 Curious about the European Pond Conservation Network or the German Small Water Bodies Network? 👉 Feel free to reach out if you’d like to know more! 🇩🇪 Neugierig auf das European Pond Conservation Network oder das Deutsche Kleingewässer-Netzwerk? 👉 Schreib mir gern, wenn du mehr erfahren möchtest!

Deadline for #2026SFS special session and workshop proposals extended to Oct 22nd. See website for more information: www.sfsannualmeeting.org/special-sess...

We’re thrilled to announce the Society for Freshwater Science 2026 Annual Meeting! 💡Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities 📍 Spokane, WA 📆 May 17–21, 2026 Explore our meeting website for program details, travel, accommodations, field trips & more: 🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org

Stoked to announce that our work has found its home in Limnology&Oceanography @aslo.org - the project EUROPONDS started 5 years ago, what a journey. Curious to read about how aquatic insect fluxes behave across Europe? aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

👍🏼#ponds @epcn.bsky.social

(Mountain) Pond lovers, we are looking for you! Within the EPCN, we are organising a new working group on mountain ponds 💙🏔️ If you are interested to join or listen to the presentations, join our kick-off meeting on 29th of October! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Thanks to all visitors of our booth at #EGU25 in Vienna. It was great to hear your ideas and successful project work. I am proud about your feedback about our solutions! See you next year at #EGU26

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! 🐸🐟🐚🦠🪷

💧 As a partner in the EU Horizon 2020 #Ponderful project, we are proud to be co-editors and authors on a major new handbook on managing, restoring and creating ponds for biodiversity and people as we adapt to climate change. Get your copy, available in 12 languages, here: zenodo.org/records/1422...

We've been PONDering for some time & now we've finally made it to bsky! 💙🦋 Excited to get in touch & chat with all pond-lovers about pond-ery things. 🐸 First order of business: We'd love to invite you to our meeting on 2nd of April, 4:30pm CET. If you want to join, drop us a message!