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 🧪💦💧🌊🧑‍🎨

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 💦💧🌊🧪🌍

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!💧🌍🧪

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 💦🌊💧🌍🧪

#BESAG2025 #ECRs price winners:🥇Rosie Williams(prize from @funecology.bsky.social) & 🥈 @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

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

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

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! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼

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

our last #BESAG2025 keynote speaker is Prof. Yin Chen. Yin gave us a great talk on #methane oxidation in #freshwater #lakes, with a #microbiologist’s perspective 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠 #aquatic #freshwater #pollution

Great to see that the UKCEH Molecular Ecology Group have now joined us here on BlueSky! Give them a follow! 🧪🧬🦠🧪🧬🦠🧪🧬🦠🧪🧬🦠🧪🧬🦠🧪🧬🦠🧪🧬🦠

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 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠

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 💧💦🌍🧪🪱

#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 💧💦🌍

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!

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 🌍🧪💊💧🌊

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 🌍🧪🐟🐠🦐💧🌊

🌊 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.🐟🦐 📷 IUCN 🗞️ iucn.org/press-releas...

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

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

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐

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... 🧪🌊🐟🚣‍♀️ #freshwater #lake @ukceh.bsky.social

New publication on the impressive BIOPOLE project, on nutrient export in the poles: riojournal.com/article/1637... #UKCEH_AquaEco 🧪💦

This survey on the current state of freshwater monitoring in the UK is still open. Have your say, and please share... 💦🧪 #freshwater #monitoring #UKCEH_AquaEco #data #evidence

Found this fab female short-winged conehead near #Lancaster today. #ukwildlife #insect #orthoptera

🌿Check out the new floating weeds app, to help track invasives like water hyacinth. 🌿You 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 🧪🚣‍♀️ #CitizenScience

Time is almost up! If you want to come to our exciting #BESAG2025 conference, you can still register (just...) 👇

#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.

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

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-...

It's out! 🧪 "Lines in the landscape," on the under-appreciated importance of #ditches as diverse ecosystems: doi.org/10.1038/s432.... By @peatymike.bsky.social, @fluitans.bsky.social, @drtatariw.bsky.social, @timaukel.bsky.social, @jordannabergman.bsky.social, @juliecrabot.bsky.social, ...

This stunning hoverfly was very patient with me today! I think it's Sericomyia silentis. #ukwildlife #hoverfly

A beautiful common darter from my walk by #Lancaster canal today. He kept coming back to this favoured spot following lots of excursions to hunt. #ukwildlife #dragonfly #wildlife #freshwater

Have been trying something new with my drawing - faces and expressions. This is hard! Interesting to practice, though! #drawing #artsky

🌍 A UKCEH team were observers at the latest UN talks on a global treaty to end plastic pollution. Negotiations ended without consensus after 2 intense weeks, but there are glimmers of hope 🔗 tinyurl.com/mrxmfm87 🧵🧪 1/ @samharrison.science @richardkcross.bsky.social @feuchtmayr.bsky.social #INC5

Hi #freshwater scientists! The Aquatic Ecosystems Group at UKCEH are advertising for a senior freshwater ecologist...could this be you? ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco #job #science #ecology 💦🦦🦠🐟🚣‍♂️🚣‍♀️🧪

⏰ 🌊 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

Great to see research led by our own Dr Ben Surridge and @freshwaterbio.bsky.social in @theguardian.com, The Independent, BBC News and @telegraphnews.bsky.social! The research finds ‘Poor’ water quality in many parts of Windermere. Listen again to Ben on BBC Radio 4 Today from 1 hr 14 mins in 👇

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

New online! Extreme and compound events in lakes

Hi all - still time to book for our exciting aquatic ecology conference in London, next month. We would love to see you there! #BESAG2025 #marine #freshwater #ecology

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

It's not often that a senior professorship in paleolimnology comes long, but here is one great opportunity. Deadline September 10. If you consider applying and wonder what the process is like, feel free to reach out to me! www.queensu.ca/vpr/crc/oppo...

Some caddisfly finds - male and female Glyphotaelius pellucidus from Lancaster canal. The females lay jelly-like egg masses on overhanging leaves ("tree snot"!), and the aquatic larvae build cases from leaf fragments. #ukwildlife #insect #freshwater

A magnificent (male) common hawker, which was very obliging today #ukwildlife #dragonfly #insect🐉🪰

Looking for marine starter packs to find researcher, institutional and journal Bluesky accounts? ⬇️ #marineecology #aquatic #marinebiology #oceans

Hi aquatic ecologists! 👋 We would love to see you at our annual conference in London. You can still buy tickets 🧪💦🌱🦈🦦🐟🦠🧫🚣‍♂️🚣‍♀️ @britishecologicalsociety.org #freshwater #marine #ecology

New study combines eDNA and mathematical modelling, moving beyond the detection of focal species DNA, and towards predicting actual environmental concentrations. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #UKCEH_AquaEco #eDNA #monitoring #biodiversity @lorihandley.bsky.social 🧪🌊🧬