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Steve Thackeray
@thackers.bsky.social
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Freshwater ecologist, wildlife lover, likes a bit of art 💦🦠🔬
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · Aug 31
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
The Changing Status of Freshwater Biodiversity in the UK
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 2d
A little dragonfly sketch, for relaxation purposes #drawing #SciArt
Black ink drawing of a dragonfly in a cartoon, rather than realistic, style.
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 9d
Not a great picture, but a male migrant hawker from #Lancaster canal today

#UKwildlife #dragonfly #insect @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
A dragonfly perched on some vegetation. It has a black abdomen with paired blue markings, and a yellow marking like a golf tee at its leading end.
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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 · 19d
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 · 19d
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 🧪💦💧🌊🧑‍🎨
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 19d
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 💦💧🌊🧪🌍
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 19d
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 · 19d
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 💦🌊💧🌍🧪
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 19d
#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
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 19d
at #BESAG2025 we had great lightning talks from amazing #ECRs.. telling us all about their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼 PT2
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 19d
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
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 19d
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! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 19d
we had two #BESAG2025 socials! The second one was a drink reception at the beautiful @zslofficial.bsky.social - drinks & anything #marine #freshwater #aquatic! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 19d
at #BESAG2025 we had great lightning talks from amazing #ECRs.. telling us all about their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 19d
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
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 20d
Great to see that the UKCEH Molecular Ecology Group have now joined us here on BlueSky!

Give them a follow!

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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 20d
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 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 20d
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 💧💦🌍🧪🪱
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 20d
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 20d
#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 💧💦🌍
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 20d
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!
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 20d
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 🌍🧪💊💧🌊
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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 20d
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 🌍🧪🐟🐠🦐💧🌊
the picture shows a room full of people attending the first BESAG2025 workshop led by Dr. Paul Medley. discussion & R coding on assessing fisheries data using #Bayesian models and the fishblicc R package the picture shows a room full of people attending the first BESAG2025 workshop led by Dr. Paul Medley. discussion & R coding on assessing fisheries data using #Bayesian models and the fishblicc R package
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 20d
🌊 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...
A spotted ray or stingray photographed from above, showing its distinctive black body covered in white circular spots and dots of varying sizes. The ray rests on a rocky, brownish surface. The IUCN Red List logo appears in the bottom left corner. Photo credit: Torres. Underwater photograph of a grey catfish resting on a rocky riverbed in clear turquoise water. The fish has distinctive whiskers, a large round eye, and pale fins. The IUCN Red List logo appears in the top left corner. Photo credit: Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath. Split-view underwater and above-water photograph of a tropical freshwater cenote. Below the surface, crystal-clear turquoise water reveals a rocky limestone formation with bright green aquatic plants. Above water, lush palm trees and tropical vegetation line the banks. The IUCN Red List logo appears in the bottom left corner. Photo credit: Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath.
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Dania Albini @daniaalbini.bsky.social · 26d
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
Daily temperature variation explains zooplankton community differences in freshwater mesocosms recovering from a natural drought
Drought events are typically studied as a single stressor. However, multiple environmental variables are altered under drought conditions, including water level and daily temperature variation. Here,...
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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 23d
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
IsoEcol 2026 – 14th International Conference on the Application of Stable Isotope Techniques in Ecological Studies
www.isoecol.com
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