Marlene Pätzig
@marlene-paetzig.bsky.social
pond networker, former pond researcher, technical content designer, #Kleingewässer #Sölle #ponds #EPCN #kettleholes,
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Curious about the European Pond Conservation Network or the German Small Water Bodies Network?
👉 Feel free to reach out if you’d like to know more!
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Neugierig auf das European Pond Conservation Network oder das Deutsche Kleingewässer-Netzwerk?
👉 Schreib mir gern, wenn du mehr erfahren möchtest!
Curious about the European Pond Conservation Network or the German Small Water Bodies Network?
👉 Feel free to reach out if you’d like to know more!
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Neugierig auf das European Pond Conservation Network oder das Deutsche Kleingewässer-Netzwerk?
👉 Schreib mir gern, wenn du mehr erfahren möchtest!
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Submission details:
• Maximum 3 photos per person per month
• You must own the rights to the image
• By submitting, you agree to publication on EPCN platforms
• Maximum 3 photos per person per month
• You must own the rights to the image
• By submitting, you agree to publication on EPCN platforms
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Submission details:
• Maximum 3 photos per person per month
• You must own the rights to the image
• By submitting, you agree to publication on EPCN platforms
• Maximum 3 photos per person per month
• You must own the rights to the image
• By submitting, you agree to publication on EPCN platforms
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👩🏼💻 Ein R Paket für freshwater traits. Es umfasst: 1) Initialisierung: Registrierung und Einstellung des API-Schlüssels in der Benutzerumgebung, 2) Datenabruf und -verarbeitung: Suche, Download, Sortierung und Verwendung der Daten 3) Nachbearbeitung, Visualisierung und Berechnung ökologischer Indizes
🌊🐟 New #BAAE article: Introducing fwtraits, an R package unlocking freshwater ecological parameters from FWE!
Easily access traits for fishes, inverts, plants & algae to power reproducible biodiversity analyses and identify critical habitats. 🌿📊
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
Easily access traits for fishes, inverts, plants & algae to power reproducible biodiversity analyses and identify critical habitats. 🌿📊
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
👩🏼💻 Ein R Paket für freshwater traits. Es umfasst: 1) Initialisierung: Registrierung und Einstellung des API-Schlüssels in der Benutzerumgebung, 2) Datenabruf und -verarbeitung: Suche, Download, Sortierung und Verwendung der Daten 3) Nachbearbeitung, Visualisierung und Berechnung ökologischer Indizes
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Eine Studie aus Südfinnland zeigt: Kleine, temporäre Standgewässer (#ponds) sind für die Gewichtszunahme von Entenküken wichtiger als permanente Seen – wegen ihres höheren Vorkommens an Makroinvertebraten. Damit sind sie zumindest in borealen Gebieten bedeutende Aufzuchtshabitate.
New paper has been published examining how food availability in temporary #ponds affects #duckling growth. They demonstrate how aquatic invertebrate abundance drives body mass gain in ducklings, highlighting the role of temporary ponds as foraging habitats.
Take a look here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Take a look here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Duckling body mass increases with abundant aquatic invertebrates: Experimental approach
In Fennoscandia, waterbirds have declined over several decade, and this decline could be linked to problems in the breeding success and loss of foragi…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Eine Studie aus Südfinnland zeigt: Kleine, temporäre Standgewässer (#ponds) sind für die Gewichtszunahme von Entenküken wichtiger als permanente Seen – wegen ihres höheren Vorkommens an Makroinvertebraten. Damit sind sie zumindest in borealen Gebieten bedeutende Aufzuchtshabitate.
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🦫 #Beavers help bats: Where these industrious builders fell trees and dam streams, there are more #bats. New study by WSL and @eawag.bsky.social: www.wsl.ch/en/news/beav... #NatureConservation #DeadWood #Ponds #EnvironmentalProtection #RedList @vmoser.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social
Beavers create habitats for bats
A study shows that land animals benefit from beaver dam construction – for example, endangered bats.
www.wsl.ch
December 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The UK’s #wildlife is under increasing pressure, and #gardens are becoming ever more important.
That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event.
More details here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j...
#pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds
That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event.
More details here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j...
#pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds
Join me at the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium 14th January 2026 – Free Registration Now Open!
At a time when the UK’s wildlife is under increasing pressure, the everyday spaces we manage—especially gardens—are becoming ever more important. Although interest in wildlife-friendly gardening ha…
jeffollerton.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Ein Meilenstein für kleine Standgewässer:
Mit dem German Small Lake and Pond Inventory (GSLPI) liegt erstmals eine umfassende Datenbank zu über 260.000 Seen und Teichen zwischen 10 - 500.000 m² vor:
🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@umweltbundesamt.bsky.social
@epcn.bsky.social
Mit dem German Small Lake and Pond Inventory (GSLPI) liegt erstmals eine umfassende Datenbank zu über 260.000 Seen und Teichen zwischen 10 - 500.000 m² vor:
🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@umweltbundesamt.bsky.social
@epcn.bsky.social
The German Small Lake and Pond Inventory
Abstract. Small lakes and ponds are hotspots of biodiversity, biogeochemical reactions, and hydrological interactions in the landscape. While mostly providing the same functions as larger lakes, they ...
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ein Meilenstein für kleine Standgewässer:
Mit dem German Small Lake and Pond Inventory (GSLPI) liegt erstmals eine umfassende Datenbank zu über 260.000 Seen und Teichen zwischen 10 - 500.000 m² vor:
🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@umweltbundesamt.bsky.social
@epcn.bsky.social
Mit dem German Small Lake and Pond Inventory (GSLPI) liegt erstmals eine umfassende Datenbank zu über 260.000 Seen und Teichen zwischen 10 - 500.000 m² vor:
🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@umweltbundesamt.bsky.social
@epcn.bsky.social
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🚨New paper🚨From a survey of 560 garden-pond owners, nearly half keep invasive macrophytes, often bought through online communities that are blind spots for researchers and authorities. #waterhyacinth #waterlettuce #invasiveplants #citizenscience 🌿🌱🌺 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚨New paper🚨From a survey of 560 garden-pond owners, nearly half keep invasive macrophytes, often bought through online communities that are blind spots for researchers and authorities. #waterhyacinth #waterlettuce #invasiveplants #citizenscience 🌿🌱🌺 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention
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doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
Urban Ponds and the Emerging Role of Garden Ponds: Ecosystem Services and Disservices, Multifunctionality, and Trade‐Offs
Urban ponds and garden ponds—a specific subset of the former, usually located in private gardens—are both typical examples of ponds in the urban landscape. They deliver multiple ecosystem services bu...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention
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doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
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In diesem Interview erzählt Carl Sayer aus Norfolk (England) von dem Erfolg und damit Potential verlandeter bzw. verschütteter Teiche, sogenannter 'Ghost Ponds', für die ökologische Restaurierung. Seit 2013 werden solche Teiche ausgegraben, aus deren Samenbank schnell artenreichen Biotope entstehen.
Ghost pond resurrection. Is it the most successful form of ecological restoration known? www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
Ghost pond resurrection – the most successful ecological restoration ever known? — Freshwater Biological Association
Carl Sayer is Professor of Limnology & Freshwater Ecology at UCL. We were delighted that Carl was able to attend the FBA ASM to deliver a keynote talk on ghost ponds. These pond resurrections are ...
www.fba.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In diesem Interview erzählt Carl Sayer aus Norfolk (England) von dem Erfolg und damit Potential verlandeter bzw. verschütteter Teiche, sogenannter 'Ghost Ponds', für die ökologische Restaurierung. Seit 2013 werden solche Teiche ausgegraben, aus deren Samenbank schnell artenreichen Biotope entstehen.
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💧🌱 Wir starten mit einer aktuellen Publikation aus NRW (DE), in der kleine #Steinbruchgewässer mit anderen #Kleingewässer / #ponds hinsichtlich #Phytodiversität verglichen wurden. Steinbruchgewässer schnitten erwartungsgemäß besser ab
👉🏼 ScienceDirect share.google/KS4rD0DPhWmt...
@epcn.bsky.social
👉🏼 ScienceDirect share.google/KS4rD0DPhWmt...
@epcn.bsky.social
Ponds in quarries have a higher plant species richness than those in the surrounding landscape
Habitat loss is one of the main drivers of the current global biodiversity crisis, with freshwater ecosystems among those that suffer most. The aim of…
share.google
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
💧🌱 Wir starten mit einer aktuellen Publikation aus NRW (DE), in der kleine #Steinbruchgewässer mit anderen #Kleingewässer / #ponds hinsichtlich #Phytodiversität verglichen wurden. Steinbruchgewässer schnitten erwartungsgemäß besser ab
👉🏼 ScienceDirect share.google/KS4rD0DPhWmt...
@epcn.bsky.social
👉🏼 ScienceDirect share.google/KS4rD0DPhWmt...
@epcn.bsky.social
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Succession and evolution in a pond environment. From my coming book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~January 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Succession and evolution in a pond environment. From my coming book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~January 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
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Das Wasser wird knapp: BUND stellt Grundwasserstudie vor -
Alle Berliner Grundwasserkörper von akutem Wasserstress betroffen.
www.bund-berlin.de/service/pres...
#Grundwasser #Berlin #Wasser #Kleingewässer #Schwammstadt #WRRL #GrundwasserSchutz #Wasserschutz
Alle Berliner Grundwasserkörper von akutem Wasserstress betroffen.
www.bund-berlin.de/service/pres...
#Grundwasser #Berlin #Wasser #Kleingewässer #Schwammstadt #WRRL #GrundwasserSchutz #Wasserschutz
June 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Das Wasser wird knapp: BUND stellt Grundwasserstudie vor -
Alle Berliner Grundwasserkörper von akutem Wasserstress betroffen.
www.bund-berlin.de/service/pres...
#Grundwasser #Berlin #Wasser #Kleingewässer #Schwammstadt #WRRL #GrundwasserSchutz #Wasserschutz
Alle Berliner Grundwasserkörper von akutem Wasserstress betroffen.
www.bund-berlin.de/service/pres...
#Grundwasser #Berlin #Wasser #Kleingewässer #Schwammstadt #WRRL #GrundwasserSchutz #Wasserschutz
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The #EPCN is delighted to announce the the renewal and update of our official website (www.europeanponds.org), featuring the newly appointed committee and refreshed content.
We aim to enhance our presence here, sharing news, opportunities, and highlights from our network in the coming months.
We aim to enhance our presence here, sharing news, opportunities, and highlights from our network in the coming months.
EPCN | The European Pond Conservation Network
www.europeanponds.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The #EPCN is delighted to announce the the renewal and update of our official website (www.europeanponds.org), featuring the newly appointed committee and refreshed content.
We aim to enhance our presence here, sharing news, opportunities, and highlights from our network in the coming months.
We aim to enhance our presence here, sharing news, opportunities, and highlights from our network in the coming months.
For the first time, we have compared European #kettleholes with prairie potholes (North America) in terms of their #ecohydrology in a review.
A special thanks go to Majid Taie Semiromi. 🙏🏼
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ponds
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A special thanks go to Majid Taie Semiromi. 🙏🏼
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ponds
@epcn.bsky.social
Comparing Ecohydrological Characteristics of European Kettle Holes and Prairie Potholes for Effective Conservation and Management - Wetlands
The last glaciation period, known as the Wisconsin glaciation in North America and the Weichselian glaciation in North Central Europe (NCE), sculpted distinctive landscape features across these region...
link.springer.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
For the first time, we have compared European #kettleholes with prairie potholes (North America) in terms of their #ecohydrology in a review.
A special thanks go to Majid Taie Semiromi. 🙏🏼
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ponds
@epcn.bsky.social
A special thanks go to Majid Taie Semiromi. 🙏🏼
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ponds
@epcn.bsky.social
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Just got an advance copy of my new book Ponds: An Illustrated Guide, shipping from Yale Universy Press in early 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Ponds #Ecology #Freshwater
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Ponds #Ecology #Freshwater
September 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Just got an advance copy of my new book Ponds: An Illustrated Guide, shipping from Yale Universy Press in early 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Ponds #Ecology #Freshwater
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Ponds #Ecology #Freshwater
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Curious about the European Pond Conservation Network or the German Small Water Bodies Network?
👉 Feel free to reach out if you’d like to know more!
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Neugierig auf das European Pond Conservation Network oder das Deutsche Kleingewässer-Netzwerk?
👉 Schreib mir gern, wenn du mehr erfahren möchtest!
Curious about the European Pond Conservation Network or the German Small Water Bodies Network?
👉 Feel free to reach out if you’d like to know more!
🇩🇪
Neugierig auf das European Pond Conservation Network oder das Deutsche Kleingewässer-Netzwerk?
👉 Schreib mir gern, wenn du mehr erfahren möchtest!
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Curious about the European Pond Conservation Network or the German Small Water Bodies Network?
👉 Feel free to reach out if you’d like to know more!
🇩🇪
Neugierig auf das European Pond Conservation Network oder das Deutsche Kleingewässer-Netzwerk?
👉 Schreib mir gern, wenn du mehr erfahren möchtest!
Curious about the European Pond Conservation Network or the German Small Water Bodies Network?
👉 Feel free to reach out if you’d like to know more!
🇩🇪
Neugierig auf das European Pond Conservation Network oder das Deutsche Kleingewässer-Netzwerk?
👉 Schreib mir gern, wenn du mehr erfahren möchtest!
Reposted by Marlene Pätzig
Deadline for #2026SFS special session and workshop proposals extended to Oct 22nd.
See website for more information: www.sfsannualmeeting.org/special-sess...
See website for more information: www.sfsannualmeeting.org/special-sess...
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Deadline for #2026SFS special session and workshop proposals extended to Oct 22nd.
See website for more information: www.sfsannualmeeting.org/special-sess...
See website for more information: www.sfsannualmeeting.org/special-sess...
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We’re thrilled to announce the Society for Freshwater Science 2026 Annual Meeting!
💡Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities
📍 Spokane, WA
📆 May 17–21, 2026
Explore our meeting website for program details, travel, accommodations, field trips & more:
🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org
💡Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities
📍 Spokane, WA
📆 May 17–21, 2026
Explore our meeting website for program details, travel, accommodations, field trips & more:
🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org
September 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We’re thrilled to announce the Society for Freshwater Science 2026 Annual Meeting!
💡Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities
📍 Spokane, WA
📆 May 17–21, 2026
Explore our meeting website for program details, travel, accommodations, field trips & more:
🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org
💡Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities
📍 Spokane, WA
📆 May 17–21, 2026
Explore our meeting website for program details, travel, accommodations, field trips & more:
🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org
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Stoked to announce that our work has found its home in Limnology&Oceanography @aslo.org - the project EUROPONDS started 5 years ago, what a journey. Curious to read about how aquatic insect fluxes behave across Europe? aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Nutrients on the move: Investigating large scale fatty acid exports from European ponds via emerging insects
Permanent ponds are key landscape units that supply various ecosystem services. Notably, the export of aquatic subsidies to land via emerging insects may significantly influence terrestrial food webs...
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Stoked to announce that our work has found its home in Limnology&Oceanography @aslo.org - the project EUROPONDS started 5 years ago, what a journey. Curious to read about how aquatic insect fluxes behave across Europe? aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
👍🏼#ponds @epcn.bsky.social
Inaugural United Nations World Lake Day — 27 August 2025
Celebrate the critical role of lakes, reservoirs, and ponds in water security, flood mitigation, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.
#WorldLakeDay #Lakes #Freshwater #Limnology
Celebrate the critical role of lakes, reservoirs, and ponds in water security, flood mitigation, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.
#WorldLakeDay #Lakes #Freshwater #Limnology
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
👍🏼#ponds @epcn.bsky.social
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(Mountain) Pond lovers, we are looking for you! Within the EPCN, we are organising a new working group on mountain ponds 💙🏔️ If you are interested to join or listen to the presentations, join our kick-off meeting on 29th of October!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
EPCN Mountain Ponds Working Group
We are planning to bring a new mountain ponds working group to life within the network of the EPCN (European Pond Conservation Network). For this purpose, we call a meeting for all people that are int...
docs.google.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
(Mountain) Pond lovers, we are looking for you! Within the EPCN, we are organising a new working group on mountain ponds 💙🏔️ If you are interested to join or listen to the presentations, join our kick-off meeting on 29th of October!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Marlene Pätzig
EPCN - the European Pond Conservation Network just arrived to Bluesky!
@epcn.bsky.social
You can now also find them along with several pond researchers in the Pond Ecology starter pack!
go.bsky.app/4xGTu74
Let me know if I missed you and you would like to be included in it! 🐸🐟🐚🦠🪷
@epcn.bsky.social
You can now also find them along with several pond researchers in the Pond Ecology starter pack!
go.bsky.app/4xGTu74
Let me know if I missed you and you would like to be included in it! 🐸🐟🐚🦠🪷
March 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
EPCN - the European Pond Conservation Network just arrived to Bluesky!
@epcn.bsky.social
You can now also find them along with several pond researchers in the Pond Ecology starter pack!
go.bsky.app/4xGTu74
Let me know if I missed you and you would like to be included in it! 🐸🐟🐚🦠🪷
@epcn.bsky.social
You can now also find them along with several pond researchers in the Pond Ecology starter pack!
go.bsky.app/4xGTu74
Let me know if I missed you and you would like to be included in it! 🐸🐟🐚🦠🪷
Reposted by Marlene Pätzig
💧 As a partner in the EU Horizon 2020 #Ponderful project, we are proud to be co-editors and authors on a major new handbook on managing, restoring and creating ponds for biodiversity and people as we adapt to climate change.
Get your copy, available in 12 languages, here: zenodo.org/records/1422...
Get your copy, available in 12 languages, here: zenodo.org/records/1422...
March 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
💧 As a partner in the EU Horizon 2020 #Ponderful project, we are proud to be co-editors and authors on a major new handbook on managing, restoring and creating ponds for biodiversity and people as we adapt to climate change.
Get your copy, available in 12 languages, here: zenodo.org/records/1422...
Get your copy, available in 12 languages, here: zenodo.org/records/1422...