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SFS will host a townhall on finding research positions and funding opportunities in light of the US federal efforts to gut federal agencies that support science and conservation research, application, and our education programs.

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Freshwater fish community assessment using eDNA metabarcoding vs. capture-based methods: Differences in efficiency and resolution coupled to habitat and ecology Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionized ecological and environmental research by describing communities without relying on direct ob…

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Save The Date! The FBA Annual Scientific Meeting 25 June 2025 — Freshwater Biological Association We are excited to announce the restoration of the FBA Annual Scientific Meeting. This conference-style event will showcase the research and practice of FBA members including staff, early career scient...

Save the date! I'm delighted that Nottingham Trent Uni. will host the Freshwater Biological Association's 'restored' Annual Scientific Meeting on Wednesday 25 June 2025. Keynotes include @davetickner.bsky.social and other speakers include @louiselavictoire.bsky.social
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Another Caddisfly larva feeding, this time on a more typical food, scraping algae/biofilm off a dead leaf
Pretty sure this is Limnephilidae

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Fresh Blood for Freshwater 2025 application In 2025, we would like to revive the international conference of young researchers working in aquatic ecology and limnology called "Fresh Blood for Freshwater" conference series March 13, 2025 as an o...

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... . EFFS (www.freshwatersciences.eu/effs/index.a...). for researchers working in aquatic ecology and limnology: "Fresh Blood for Freshwater" conference series on March 13, 2025 as an online event!

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RECENT EEL DECLINE In A LARGE MEDITERRANEAN WETLAND
The European eel is a Critically Endangered species since 2008, but its status is worsening fast
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Main, terrible findings, below
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This is growing; let me know which journals we're missing.

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Hi Frank! Great initiative! Please add me. Tks

Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology Long-term fieldwork is essential for ecology and conservation, but is hindered by institutional barriers, such as the publish-or-perish culture of aca…

Long-term data is critical for understanding how ecosystems work and how they might look in the future. But it's getting harder and harder to do due to funding limitations. We need to prioritise this sort of research and to stop cutting funding for it.