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Diversidad funcional de #macroinvertebrados de sistemas lóticos andinos. Nuevo artículo -Online First- publicado en #Limnetica. Por: Laura Velandia-Pérez, Camilo Roa-Fuentes, Camila Diaz-Rojas y Yimy Herrera-Martínez. Artículo completo en: www.limnetica.net/es/limnetica...

"We’ve got the world’s biggest economy, in my view, not because of real estate developers but because of science," says @captmarkkelly.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/mark... ‪#SciAmYoungScientists: sciam.com/youngscientists @sciam.bsky.social

Missed the Rigler Award plenary at the IAGLR & SCAS-SCSA 2026 Joint Conference? Watch Dr. Irena Creed share insights on freshwater science, ecosystem resilience, and the future of water research: https://bit.ly/49YnOhB #ConnectedWaters26 #iaglr26

Bravo! Geology and habitat features drive energetic functions in streams | Freshwater Science: Vol 45, No 2 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

“Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.” — Karl Popper

Excited to see our piece advocating for embracing (or at least acknowledging) artificial aquatic ecosystems published! Indefatigable leadership from @jackiewebb.bsky.social to transform our casual conference chats to this powerful (imho) piece. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Ecology is not yet ready for AI—and why that matters www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... h/t @stevenjsmith.bsky.social

New paper out in Freshwater Biology! We found that nutrient reductions in a hypereutrophic Québec lake led to a shift from colonial Microcystis toward filamentous Dolichospermum — a reminder that lake recovery is rarely simple. I 💚 working with stellar collaborators!! doi.org/10.1111/fwb....

Understanding biodiversity trends requires long-term monitoring and baseline data. This analysis shows 20th century insect declines in Switzerland & more recent partial recoveries and identifies drivers of both trends. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The King in the Crosshairs: Evidence of a Predation Attempt on European #Bison by #Wolves: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Glad and thrilled to be speaking at this year’s York Festival of Ideas @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social, where I’ll talk about my forthcoming book on death with @princetonupress.bsky.social Looking forward to the conversation. yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026/calenda...

Anyone familiiar with SIA will know the troubling assumptions that need to be made about TDFs. This new preprint indicates that fractionation rates for nitrogen are temperature dependent, at least in lab populations of a cyprinid fish www.authorea.com/doi/full/10....

As a past participant, I highly recommend this program! Apply before June 15th 📝

Apply for the Headwaters Leadership Academy! 📅 Deadline: Monday, June 15 This program for early career freshwater scientists provides mentorship, service, and professional development opportunities beyond typical training offered in traditional academic settings. Learn more here: buff.ly/rwLK01F

For nearly 100 years, four large dams on the Klamath River blocked salmon and steelhead trout from reaching more than 400 miles of habitat. 🐟 This World Fish Migration Day, enjoy this footage of their return to historic spawning habitat post-dam removal! 🎥 Swiftwater Films

Scientists Warn Himalayan Rivers Are Becoming Increasingly Unstable Warming is making Himalayan rivers more unstable, with potentially serious consequences downstream.

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Lakatos "Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge" summarizes a symposium confronting Kuhn's and Popper's views that is very much worth reading.

Remember when science was first communicated through peer-reviewed papers instead of media ads & Youtube videos? "Unusually for a scientific breakthrough, it has not been published in a journal, meaning it has avoided the scrutiny of experts in the peer review process." news.sky.com/story/de-ext...

The PZ Ecology lab will be at #2026SFS this week! I'm excited to have two undergraduate students presenting on different aspects of body size in stream communities. I have yet another talk on estimating parameters describing individual size distributions (size spectra). See y'all in Spokane!

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Episode 149 "Invasion of the ecosystem snatchers" is out ✨ On this episode, we bring you a live recorded conversation we had with Daniel (Dan) Simberloff at the Laurel Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee!

Molt guapo això @stephi-gascon.bsky.social. Enhorabona! Al final resultarà que les xarxes tròfiques també tenen els "six degrees of separation"

📖Published📖 Our new research article shows how the characterization of the isotopic space as an isotopic-network of organisms linked by their trophic similarity significantly expands the isotopic toolbox for ecologists 🌍 🧪 🔎 buff.ly/BYDWKse

I'm really looking forward to seeing folks at #2026SFS (the annual Society for #Freshwater #Science meeting) next week! Talks by lab members & collaborators are below. Please reach out if you'd like to connect in Spokane! @freshwaterscience.bsky.social @sfs-src.bsky.social @sfsemerge.bsky.social 💧🌎🧪

I am recruiting graduate students to start in fall 2027! Several potential projects, generally focused on analyzing and forecasting changes in aquatic carbon cycling. #ASLOSIL26 I am around all week—please reach out if you would like to find a time to chat! abbylewis.github.io/join_the_lab...

So happy to share that #funMETANET has a new publication🎉 doi.org/10.1111/2041... Thanks to an amazing co-author team! A. Borthagaray, D. Boix, J. Sala & @matias-arim.bsky.social

As we pump more CO2 into the atmosphere our food supply becomes more impoverished. This Nutrient Dilution is a global problem for every organism that eats plants, or eats things that eats plants. IOW pretty much all life on Earth. bsky.app/profile/mike... s2.washingtonpost.com/4741705/69f3...

Join the SFS Early Career Committee for a job panel webinar: "Aquatic science careers in a shifting landscape". 📅 May 12th at 4:00-5:30p ET/1:00-2:30 PT The panel will focus on non-academic careers and include guided Q/A and breakout group discussions! 🔗 cornell.zoom.us/j/7626553387....

This is research that leafs an impression. Oak trees seem to outfox hungry caterpillars by unfurling their leaves three days late - so the waiting young caterpillars die rather than strip the tree of vegetation. 🌳 🧪 🦋 🐛 www.newscientist.com/article/2524...

I love that bats are 30% puppy faces, 30% weird little goblins, 30% eldritch horrors, and 10% all three at once. (📷: Merlin Tuttle, arranged by Bryan Bongey)

Otro par de ejemplos de ayer Exigir que no haya veda en Galicia el año que viene (este año la hay) es demencial. Sí el año que viene aún hay algún salmón, podemos darnos con un canto en los dientes

📰🔬 Marine forests are declining along Spanish coasts, with losses of up to 80% 👉 Scientists from @ieo.es and #CEAB are calling on the public to help by contributing through the @obsdelmar.bsky.social platform 👀🌊 🔗 http://bit.ly/4thwgA1

Please, beat us at predicting population trends. Fun game to test your intuition and see how you compare to trained models!

Are you collecting high-res chamber incubation time series with portable gas analysers to estimate in situ #GHG fluxes in #aquatic ecosystems? Read this⬇️ aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Congratulations to the 2026 SFS Career Award Winners!🎉 🏆️ Hynes Award for New Investigators: Audrey Goeckner 🏆️ Environmental Stewardship Award: John Jackson 🏆️ Award of Excellence: Jennifer Tank Please join us in celebrating their contributions to freshwater science! Learn more: buff.ly/CfplxZK

Cary ecologist Taylor Maavara trekked around Mount Everest for 16 days, taking water samples to study carbon emissions from streams fed by melting glaciers. She shares highlights, challenges, preliminary results, and incredible photos here: www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

In Freshwater Biology, Frauendorf et al. show wildlife subsidies restructure the Mara River food web. Fish shifted from 2% to 73.5% reliance on wildlife-derived resources along a hippo/wildebeest gradient. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70208

In Environmental Microbiology, we argue animals are "mobile bioreactors"...ingesting environmental microbes, transforming them in the gut, and depositing novel communities back into the environment. Case studies from hippos, coral reef fish, and earthworms. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.70291

New paper in Ecosystems led by @biogeobob.bsky.social! Fun NSF-funded collaboration tracing the immediate & delayed whole-stream respiration of dissolved organic carbon using 13C-glucose & 13C-fescue leachate additions + 13C-DIC analyses w/ Michelle Baker & Stephen Plont. 💧🌎

Check out the new issue of ECOSYSTEMS, great studies in ecosystem ecology across a wide range of systems and scales. We welcome your manuscripts! Top-notch editorial board, quality reviews, timely publication. @steve-carpenter.bsky.social @springernature.com link.springer.com/journal/1002...

📢 Join the WaldLab Ecohydrology Team! We are looking for a motivated doctoral student to work on the effects of forest management on water quality 🌲 💧 🌳 💧 -> more details about the position: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... -> more details about our research: hyd.ifu.ethz.ch/ecohydlab/wa...

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BIG news: the new SFS website is live! Our new website makes it easier for our community to collaborate and grow. It has information about member benefits, engagement opportunities, awards and grants, and more. Explore everything the new site has to offer today: www.freshwater-science.org

Ryan (and me) are hiring a PhD student! Sweden is a great country to do a PhD, see the link or ask us for more details, or share with potential students!

Not very good with oxymorons yet.