Steve Thackeray
@thackers.bsky.social
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Freshwater ecologist, wildlife lover, likes a bit of art π¦π¦ π¬
pinned post!
We are gathering views on the current state of freshwater monitoring in the UK (scales, focal species & pressures). If you work in these areas, we'd love to capture your views:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online...
@ukceh.bsky.social
#UKCEH_AquaEco
#freshwater
#monitoring
#data
#evidence
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The Changing Status of Freshwater Biodiversity in the UK
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online-surveys/the-changing-status-of-freshwater-biodiversity-in-the-uk-duplic
4 months ago
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Never gets old - a Herring gull doing its "worm charming" dance
#ukwildlife
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group
19 days ago
Are you a part of our Special Interest Group community and thinking of attending our 2026 annual conference? (say yes, itβs really fun π€©) We would be eternally grateful if you could fill out our google form survey to help us shape the 2026 event itself! β¬οΈ
forms.gle/sYPRkuPZCNg2...
Thank youuu π§π¬π¦
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BES Aquatic Ecology Annual Meeting
Help us design our next BES Aquatic Group Annual Meeting in 2026
https://forms.gle/sYPRkuPZCNg2785r7
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group
20 days ago
Coming to
#BES2025
this week? π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ We'll be there too! Come find us at the Meet the SIGs session! π πMezzanine π°οΈ 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! π» πFox & Faun π°οΈ 7.30pm
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group
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Keen to hear about job/PhD opportunities and the latest UK freshwater & marine ecology research? (yes you do π) Good news: weβve got a monthly newsletter for you! π© Sign up to our MailChimp for your monthly dose of aquatic goodness and all things SIG-related. π Sign up here β‘οΈ
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Aquatic Ecology Group
Aquatic Ecology Group Email Forms
https://britishecologicalsociety.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d53f75c298287e316f23bfc85&id=686e0c1508
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New study led by
@ellie-mackay.bsky.social
shows how organic nutrient fractions can stimulate the growth of algae in rivers, and explores the predictability of this effect across the UK.
share.google/qKtTDE0BMOF1...
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Beautiful reflections on Lancaster canal today. Love the effect when rotating the image π
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
about 2 months ago
Learn more about our Cumbrian lakes monitoring with this YouTube playlist!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#freshwater
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Cumbrian Lakes Long-Term Monitoring - YouTube
From 1945 to today: UKCEH and predecessors have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes for 80 years, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping o...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxBmLvubPKVWvuIkIxeUkRNJKFWlso0HT
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
about 2 months ago
π This year we marked 80 years of monitoring the Cumbrian lakes and held the 10th Cumbrian Lakes Research Forum. With so much focus on Windermere, the event highlighted the vital role of independent, long-term science in understanding change & guiding restoration.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
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The beautiful, vibrant wildlife art of
@bernoid.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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Check out this new blog from my amazing
#UKCEH_AquaEco
colleagues! A summary of a recent, innovate and highly impactful sustainable phosphorus summit, in Ghana:
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
@ukceh.bsky.social
#phosphorus
#waterquality
#collaboration
#sustainability
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The 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit β an international collaboration success story
From 30 September-3 October, UKCEH co-convened the 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit in Accra, Ghana
https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blogs/8th-sustainable-phosphorus-summit-international-collaboration-success-story
about 2 months ago
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
2 months ago
π This Fri (7 Nov) 4:30 pm PST / 8:30 am GMT, DOST-PCAARRD & UKCEH host a joint webinar: Science and Governance of Lakes β Perspectives from the Philippines and UK. Hear experts discuss sustainable lake management & modelling for resilience. Register:
bit.ly/pcaarrdukceh...
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
about 2 months ago
Long-term monitoring tells a story of change. For 80 years scientists have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes in Cumbria, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping our freshwater ecosystems. Itβs one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! π π§ͺ 1/
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It was a privilege to talk to Tristan Gooley when he was researching his latest book; The Hidden Seasons. We talked about life underwater!
#freshwater
#ecology
#NatureWriting
2 months ago
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A spooky scarecrow sketch for Halloween π
#drawing
2 months ago
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A bit of autumn
#wildlife
. Not sure at all, but maybe stubble rosegill and autumnal/November moths
#ukwildlife
2 months ago
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New paper uses 1D lake modelling to explore the extent to which floating solar panels could offset warming-related impacts of climate change:
www.kmae-journal.org/articles/kma...
#FloatingSolar
#FPV
#ClimateChange
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I love an angle shades. Always worth pausing to give them consideration π
#ukwildlife
#moth
#insect
3 months ago
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A little dragonfly sketch, for relaxation purposes
#drawing
#SciArt
3 months ago
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Not a great picture, but a male migrant hawker from
#Lancaster
canal today
#UKwildlife
#dragonfly
#insect
@britishdragonflies.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Dr Margaux Steyaert πͺΈ
3 months ago
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=...
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
at
#BESAG2025
we had a great artist, Oliver Leger (
www.olivierleger.co.uk
), exhibiting his art which was an intersection between science and art. He gave a wonderful interactive talk too!
#art
#science
#sciart
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
Tom Smith from
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
is our
#BESAG
annual prize winner for outstanding contribution for his career stage! well done, Tom, and great talk too!
#BESAG2025
#aquatic
#marine
#freshwater
#bodysize
#ecology
#evolution
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
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!π§ππ§ͺ
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group
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We would love to stay in contact: you can sign up to our mailing list, follow us on bsky & join us for the annual BES meeting, and for next year BESAG conference! let' talk & share
#aquatic
#marine
#freshwater
#ocean
#brackish
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
#BESAG2025
#ECRs
price winners:π₯Rosie Williams(prize from
@funecology.bsky.social
) & π₯
@ap3489.bsky.social
(
@zslofficial.bsky.social
price)!Rosie: sea surface temperature, pollution and infectious disease mortality in short-beaked common dolphins & Adam: how bioturbators benefit C and nutrients
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
at
#BESAG2025
we had great lightning talks from amazing
#ECRs
.. telling us all about their
#marine
#freshwater
#aquatic
research! π§ͺππ§π¦π¬π¦ πͺ±ππ³π¬π‘π¦π¦πͺΌ PT2
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
at
#BESAG2025
we also had great posters from
#ECRs
.. telling us all about their
#marine
#freshwater
#aquatic
research! π§ͺππ§π¦π¬π¦ πͺ±ππ³π¬π‘π¦π¦πͺΌ everyone was so interested and happy to chat and exchange knowledge
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
we had two
#BESAG2025
socials! The first one was our pub outing - we are very happy to see so many scientists enjoying themselves and sharing their
#marine
#freshwater
#aquatic
research! π§ͺππ§π¦π¬π¦ πͺ±ππ³π¬π‘π¦π¦πͺΌ
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
we had two
#BESAG2025
socials! The second one was a drink reception at the beautiful
@zslofficial.bsky.social
- drinks & anything
#marine
#freshwater
#aquatic
! π§ͺππ§π¦π¬π¦ πͺ±ππ³π¬π‘π¦π¦πͺΌ
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
at
#BESAG2025
we had great lightning talks from amazing
#ECRs
.. telling us all about their
#marine
#freshwater
#aquatic
research! π§ͺππ§π¦π¬π¦ πͺ±ππ³π¬π‘π¦π¦πͺΌ
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
our last
#BESAG2025
keynote speaker is Prof. Yin Chen. Yin gave us a great talk on
#methane
oxidation in
#freshwater
#lakes
, with a
#microbiologistβs
perspective π§ͺππ§π¦π¬π¦
#aquatic
#freshwater
#pollution
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Great to see that the UKCEH Molecular Ecology Group have now joined us here on BlueSky! Give them a follow! π§ͺπ§¬π¦ π§ͺπ§¬π¦ π§ͺπ§¬π¦ π§ͺπ§¬π¦ π§ͺπ§¬π¦ π§ͺπ§¬π¦ π§ͺπ§¬π¦
4 months ago
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
our next
#BESAG2025
keynote speaker is Dr. Joe Taylor from
@ukceh.bsky.social
. Joe gave a wonderful and very interesting presentation on
#biodiversity
and
#importance
of
#microbial
#eukaryotes
in
#lakes
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
our third
#BESAG2025
keynote speaker is
@sarabenelli.bsky.social
from the University of Parma. Sara gave us a great talk on
#biogeochemical
interactions between micro- and macro-organisms
#aquatic
#lagoon
#freshwater
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
@drplanktonpoo.bsky.social
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
#BESAG2025
. Our first keynote speaker is Dr. Iestyn Woolway. he gave us a very interesting talk on global
#lakes
responses to
#climate
#change
.
#freshwater
#aquatic
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
Day 2 of
#BESAG2025
at
@londonzoo.bsky.social
.Today is all about talks! we had keynotes, full and lightning talks. π©βπ»π§βπ¬π₯π£ ππ§ͺπ§π 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!
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
Day 1 of our annual
#BESAG2025
, at
@londonzoo.bsky.social
workshops day! Our second workshop was led by Prof Mike Sweet. We had great group discussions on the use of
#probiotics
in natural
#ecosystems
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Steve Thackeray
BES Aquatic Ecology Group
4 months ago
Day 1 of our annual
#BESAG2025
, at
@londonzoo.bsky.social
: workshops day! Our first workshop was led by Dr. Paul Medley. We had a great mix of discussion & R coding on assessing
#fisheries
data using
#Bayesian
models and the
#fishblicc
#R
package ππ§ͺππ π¦π§π
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Steve Thackeray
IPBES
4 months ago
π One-quarter of freshwater species are at risk of extinction, warns the IUCN Red List. From crabs to fish, these creatures are vital for ecosystems and human livelihoods. Pollution, habitat loss, and invasive species drive this crisis.ππ¦ π· IUCN ποΈ
iucn.org/press-releas...
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Dania Albini
4 months ago
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
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Daily temperature variation explains zooplankton community differences in freshwater mesocosms recovering from a natural drought
Drought events are typically studied as a single stressor. However, multiple environmental variables are altered under drought conditions, including water level and daily temperature variation. Here,...
https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.70181
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Chris Harrod
4 months ago
Calling all isotope ecologists. IsoEcol 2026 will be held between October 12-17th, 2026 at the University of Hong Kong See
www.isoecol.com/2026/
for more
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IsoEcol 2026 β 14th International Conference on the Application of Stable Isotope Techniques in Ecological Studies
http://www.isoecol.com/2026/
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Warren Currie π¦ π¦
4 months ago
Weekend
#Plankton
Factoid π¦ π¦
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What are stakeholders' visions for positive lake futures in the English Lake District? A new blog post from
#UKCEH_AquaEco
:
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
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#freshwater
#lake
@ukceh.bsky.social
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Visions for a positive lakes future in the Lake District National Park
UKCEH is part of an EU funded project bringing together multiple perspectives while aiming to improve the health of lake ecosystems. Dr Heather Moorhouse tells us more...
https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blogs/visions-positive-lakes-future-lake-district-national-park
4 months ago
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New publication on the impressive BIOPOLE project, on nutrient export in the poles:
riojournal.com/article/1637...
#UKCEH_AquaEco
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BIOPOLE - Biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning in changing polar systems and their global impacts
The export of elements (particularly carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus) from the Poles critically supports global marine biodiversity and major fisheries as well as the sequestration of atmospheric carb...
https://riojournal.com/article/163757/
4 months ago
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This survey on the current state of freshwater monitoring in the UK is still open. Have your say, and please share... π¦π§ͺ
#freshwater
#monitoring
#UKCEH_AquaEco
#data
#evidence
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Found this fab female short-winged conehead near
#Lancaster
today.
#ukwildlife
#insect
#orthoptera
4 months ago
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πΏCheck out the new floating weeds app, to help track invasives like water hyacinth. πΏYou can help to provide a fuller picture of how the weather and climate change affect the growth and spread of these plants.
www.ceh.ac.uk/data/floatin...
#UKCEH_AquaEco
@ukceh.bsky.social
π§ͺπ£ββοΈ
#CitizenScience
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Floating Weed Manager
Floating Weed Manager is a web-based tool designed to help waterbody managers, field surveyors, and biologists to monitor and control invasive plants. New for 2025: the Floating Weeds app has been dev...
https://www.ceh.ac.uk/data/floating-weed-manager#floating-weeds-app
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Time is almost up! If you want to come to our exciting
#BESAG2025
conference, you can still register (just...) π
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Maija Karala
4 months ago
#SciArtSeptember
1: Islet Somewhere in the waves of Barents Sea, a rocky islet acts as a perch for seabirds. Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and skuas are still here, though threatened by heating oceans and spreading disease. With them sits a lonely ghost of a great auk that once roamed these seas.
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