Great to have the first set of experiments complete for the @ercrefresh.bsky.social project! Eight days in a beautiful chalk stream studying the role of DOM in freshwater systems as part of a @ukri.org and @erc.europa.eu funded programme.

That's a wrap on our @erc.europa.eu @ukri.org @ercrefresh.bsky.social programme 2nd expt.. A very different environment than the chalk stream in our 1st expt. but nonetheless with wonderful biota: Beautiful Demoiselle damselflies fluttering around us, and freshwater limpets grazing our biofilms! 🧪

Fantastic field season with the team. Looking forward to sample and data analyses over the winter, then planning for our 2026 field campaign on the back of those findings!

Come and join us. We're already underway with major experiments throughout the summer. Huge opportunity for the right candidate! See link for details. 🧪

Four time points out of 6 completed in our first experiment (chalk stream) and it's all going well. Next stop is deployment of the biofilm frames in our clay stream to develop biofilms for experiment 2 in 3 weeks time. Great help from @sydneyenns.bsky.social from our @ukri.org QUANTUM team. 🧪

Follow the team @ercrefresh.bsky.social as we investigate controls on rates & pathways of DOM uptake into stream foodwebs. This week we ran the first of 3 experiments exploring if environmental character, warming or velocity affect uptake this week. Chalk stream first, then clay stream, then peat! 🧪