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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 14d

We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...

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Dr Margaux Steyaert 🪸 @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social · 12d

#aquatic #marine #freshwater #ocean #brackish 💦🌊💧🌍🧪

Dr Margaux Steyaert 🪸 @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social · 12d

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

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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 20d

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!💧🌍🧪

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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Aug 29

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-...

#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025

Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Margaux Steyaert 🪸 @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social · Aug 29

#BESAG2025 arriving very soon 👀

BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Aug 29

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-...

#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025

Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Aug 20

⏰ 🌊 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

#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025

Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!

shorturl.at

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Dan Davis @dandavis101.bsky.social · Aug 18

New academic faculty posts available at Imperial College London! Assistant/Associate Professors in Life Sciences. Please apply and/or circulate details!

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Description

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

www.imperial.ac.uk

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Michael Cunliffe 🏳️‍🌈 @marinemicrobes.bsky.social · Aug 8

Opportunities for visiting researchers to collaborate with scientists @thembauk.bsky.social next year. Ray Lankester Investigatorship for established researchers, Peter Baker Investigatorship for early career researchers (<10 years post PhD). Deadlines in October www.mba.ac.uk/our-membersh...

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 7

New research led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social combines tracking data to show the value of large marine protected areas in encompassing diverse megafauna movements 🐢

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

@jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Aug 6

☀️August Issue Out Now!☀️

📙South-west Finnish Archipelago, the study site in the article ‘Marine heatwaves amplify benthic community metabolism and solute flux in a seafloor heating experiment’, which features in this issue. Credit: Alf Norkko🌊

💡Read it here:
👉 buff.ly/JTXdj1C

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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Aug 5

There is still time to register for our annual meeting! #BESAG2025. ZSL London Zoo, 15/16th Sept. We have great workshops and keynote talks! prices for #ECRs too. Join us if you are interested in anything #aquatic #marine #freshwater 💧🌊🧪🌍🦠🐋🦈🦪🦐🦀🪼🦑 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025

Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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I-X @imperial-ix.bsky.social · Aug 1

The I-X Women in AI Network's Early Career Development Grant Round 4 is open for applications.

We encourage women and non-binary individuals pursuing their Master’s, PhD, or Postdoc at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social to apply.

🗓️ Deadline: 30 September

🔗 Apply: www.imperial.ac.uk/ix-ai-in-sci...

I-X Women in AI Network

Find out more about I-X Women in AI Network (IX-WAI)

www.imperial.ac.uk

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The Coral Reef Research Hub @coralreefresearch.bsky.social · Jul 31

AWESOME JOB OPPORTUNITY: Aldabra Science Coordinator (The Seychelles Islands Foundation)

www.sif.sc/node/679

#jobs #seychelles #coralreefs #jobopportunity #marinescience #coral #sciencecoordinator #marineecology #careers #marinebiology

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · Jul 31

Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻

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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Jul 29

there is still time to join us for our annual #BESAG conference! in London (ZSL), 15/16 Sept! Check out our amazing prices for #ECRs! #aquatic #marine #freshwater 🌍🧪💧🌊

BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Jul 11

⏰ 🌊 Countdown to submit your abstracts to speak at the BESAG2025 annual meeting: 21 days (deadline 1st Aug 2025)!

📍 ZSL London
📅 15 & 16 September 2025
🥇 2 x ECR prizes available
💻 2 x Workshops

🔗 Full details: shorturl.at/Otya6

#Marine #Freshwater #Ecology #Research #AcademicConference

#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025

Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!

shorturl.at

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our Quantifying Ecology series is kicking off next week! Join us on Tues 5th Aug for our first webinar 🐟

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣 Don’t forget to sign up to our first Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

We join Dr James Orr in collab with @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social for:

”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts”

5th Aug @ 9am BST

bit.ly/44SzlwG

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣 Don’t forget to sign up to our first Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

We join Dr James Orr in collab with @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social for:

”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts”

5th Aug @ 9am BST

bit.ly/44SzlwG

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Wenfei Liao @wenfeiliao.bsky.social · Jul 24

We are conducting a short survey (5–10 minutes) to explore how different #stakeholders perceive the value of #biodiversity in #urban #ponds. 🦆🐸🪷Scan the QR-code or click the link ( forms.gle/tBV4zunkfYEp... ) to participate in our survey. Thank you 😊

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Jul 23

How can beauty be measured? Find out how a team of marine scientists have devised a way to measure the beauty of coral reefs in order to aid restoration and sustainable tourism practices in this new article, co-authored by Dr Tim Lamont of @lec-reefs.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com 👇

The beauty of coral reefs is key to their survival – so we came up with a way to measure it

Researchers found that photos of restored reefs were rated just as beautiful as those of healthy reefs.

theconversation.com

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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · Jul 10

JOIN US!!!

@garlab.bsky.social is looking for a PhD and MS student to join our team studying ecology & conservation of gars, bowfin, and other non-game native fishes beginning Spring 2026!

Posting & more info coming soon. Please DM or email [email protected] with CV if interested!

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Dr Margaux Steyaert 🪸 @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social · Jul 23

And a list for cyanobacteria researchers! 🧫🦠
A pack by @cyanotrans.bsky.social
bsky.app/starter-pack...

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 16

SO excited to kick off our Quantifying Ecology webinar series on 5th August. Don't forget to sign up! #QuantifyingEcology

@britishecologicalsociety.org @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 10

Join us for our first Quantifying Ecology webinar:

”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts”

With Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social in collab with ( @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social). 🐟📈

5th Aug at 9am BST.

Sign-up: bit.ly/44SzlwG

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MASTS @mastscot.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢Abstract call for the 13th MASTS Annual Science Meeting - NOW OPEN. Abstracts for talks and e-posters are now invited for our general science sessions or one of our five special sessions, and are open to everyone.
Deadline for all abstracts: 29th August.
🌊All the info: masts.ac.uk/annual-scien...

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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · Jul 15

I have a fully funded open #position for a PhD student/postdoc in marine #biogeochemistry. As part of the MARBEDS project, we are seeking someone to study seafloor fluxes and their interactions with microbial communities in biodiversity hotspots.
🧪⚒️🌊
Contact me if you want more details.

Open position for PhD student / Postdoc in biogeochemistry
For a fully funded four-year project exploring environmental and
ecological dynamics in the Mediterranean and Red Sea, we seek a top
tier PhD student or postdoc. The project aims to understand the
formation and persistence of biodiversity hotspots, especially in light of
global climate change and local stressors. The ultimate goal is to
gather insights across different organizational levels, from molecular,
organismal, and community to habitat structure and biogeochemical
pathways, in order to construct comprehensive models that forecast
the future dynamics and fate of these ecosystems under changing
conditions. This position would be focused on a key aspect of this
project – the variability of seafloor fluxes and their interaction with the
microbial community to facilitate the habitability of shallow (up to 40 m)
and mesophotic (up to 200 m) biodiversity hotspots such as reefs.

Interested candidates, please contact by email Dr. Or Bialik (obialik@ocean.org.il) or Prof. Eyal Rahav (eyal.rahav@ocean.org.il) with a letter of motivation, CV, and contact details of at least one referee for this post not later than the 28th of August 2025.

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · Jul 11

Join us for our Natural Sciences Research Showcase! Explore the latest research and PhD innovations from across our community.

📅Thursday 11 September 2025
📌South Kensington
🎟️🥂Free entry and drinks
🚨Register now!

www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...

Natural Sciences Showcase 2025

Join a full day of presentations and stimulating discussions with the academics and prize-winning PhD students in FoNS

www.imperial.ac.uk

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