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Mia M. Bengtsson @miamynta.bsky.social · Jul 7

PhD opportunity in my group as part of the #CONCENTRATE TRR. Marine algae-glycan-bacterial interactions. Please apply or share! www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

Research Assistant - Institute of Microbiology 25/Wi21

Stellenausschreibung Institut für Mikrobiologie, AG „Küstenmikrobiome“,

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Maria Stockenreiter @mstockenreiter.bsky.social · Jun 25

Apply👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

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Maria Stockenreiter @mstockenreiter.bsky.social · May 27

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Maria Stockenreiter @mstockenreiter.bsky.social · May 22

The abstract deadline for the next dgl annual meeting in Frankfurt am Main is approaching. www.dgl-jahrestagungen.de/phone/themen... You are a young scientist (Master, PhD student, very early PostDoc) and want to connect to others look at S25.

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Helmut Hillebrand @hillebr1.bsky.social · Apr 15

We offer a 5-year research position in the #PlanktonEcology lab in Wilhelmshaven. Are you interested in empirically testing ecological concepts? We offer a stimulating scientific environment, experimental facilities & support to establish an independent research profile
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Postdoctoral researcher in Plankton Ecology // University of Oldenburg

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SIL | International Society of Limnology @sil-limnology.bsky.social · Apr 9

⚠️ DEADLINE EXTENDED ⚠️ SIL Award Nominations
The SIL community members are encouraged to nominate their colleagues for the Lecture Awards. Share which plenaries you want to see at the next SIL Congress!!🌏🌍🌎

⭐ Baldi Award: limnology.org/funding/bald...
⭐ Kilham Award: limnology.org/funding/kilh...

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SIL | International Society of Limnology @sil-limnology.bsky.social · Apr 10

Building Bridges across the aquatic Sciences! Join our joint networking event on the 22th of April together with @aslo.org. This is an nice opportunity to learn about the ECR activities in the two associations, connect with fellow aquatic scientists and learn more about our joint 2026 conference.

Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org · Apr 10

Join us on April 22 for a virtual networking event hosted by the #ASLO and SIL Early Career Committees! Connect with fellow aquatic scientists, discover funding opportunities, and learn about our joint 2026 conference in Montreal.
👉 www.aslo.org/building-bri...

#ASLO_ECC @sil-limnology.bsky.social

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Sam Macaulay @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social · Feb 11

10/10 I hope the ideas we share here will help to inspire new, solution-oriented research directions and provoke further thoughtful discussions among those looking to use mesocosm systems in their work!

#ecology #globalchange #mesocosms #solutions #restoration #connectivity #freshwater #marine

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Sam Macaulay @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social · Feb 11

8/ Finally, integrating the results from controlled mesocosm studies with:
🔹 Large-scale observational datasets 🛰️, and
🔹 Advanced ecosystem models
will generate powerful insignts for management interventions to tackle human-driven impacts on Earth's ecosystems.

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Sam Macaulay @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social · Feb 11

7/ Leveraging mesocosms’ high replication potential to employ regression-based designs will:
✅Generate more informative data for model evaluation 📈,
✅Detect thresholds and potential tipping points of biological and geochemical responses ⚠️,
✅Help guide prioritised interventions for mitigation 🌱.

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Sam Macaulay @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social · Feb 11

6/ Metacosm studies—coordinated, distributed mesocosm experiments—spanning diverse climates & environmental gradients can tackle context dependency by:
🔹 Standardising methods of data generation
🔹 Improving cross-site comparisons
🔹 Enhancing insight into causal responses from local-to-global scales🌍

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Sam Macaulay @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social · Feb 11

5/ Tackling limitations of isolation and temporal divergence? Think about enhancing connectivity by:
✅ Facilitating dispersal from a regional species pool, e.g., using open, flow-through systems
✅ Manually manipulating dispersal or incorporating a connectivity treatment to test its role in recovery.

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Sam Macaulay @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social · Feb 11

4/ Addressing some solutions will require
🔹Scaling the system to replicate larger-scale environments.
But when restoration can’t initially be tested at scale
🔹A ‘work small to think big’ approach can yield valuable information by first testing outcomes of habitat-scale restoration at smaller scales.

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Sam Macaulay @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social · Feb 11

3/ Overcoming spatio-temporal constraints is important, because:
🔹 Restoration is a prolonged process which typically occurs at large spatial scales,
🔹 Connectivity is important in ecological recovery.

A traffic light framework of constraints, limitations and opportunities in aquatic mesocosm research for advancing solutions to environmental threats. Constraints represent broader factors or ecological issues that might limit solution-focused research relative to research quantifying anthropogenic impacts (as indicated by our survey results). Associated with these are more specific limitations of mesocosm systems that might halt or hinder solution-oriented research with mesocosms. Thirdly are the opportunities for overcoming these, which highlight several directions for moving forward in future solution-oriented research utilising mesocosms.

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Sam Macaulay @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social · Feb 11

2/Mesocosms have mostly been used to quantify impacts of environmental threats, but there's largely untapped potential in using them to test solutions!

We explore the opportunities that mesocosms offer in providing controlled, realistic and replicable environments for investigating novel solutions.

Conceptual diagram representing an empirical domain space for ecological research constrained by scales of realism, replication and control. The relative placement of different approaches to empirical research represented by the cubes within the three-dimensional space illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of each approach, with the advantages of micro/mesocosm-based approaches in balancing and extending these three dimensions (scales) illustrated by the positioning of these cubes towards the upper corner nearest the viewpoint.
Specific study designs and experimental systems using the approaches pictured will vary considerably and influence the positioning of any one study within this space. The approach taken and experimental design used to address a particular research question will be informed by the ecological and biological variables of interest, factors manipulated, responses measured and desired application of the findings. The positioning of the cubes here is intended to illustrate the general tradeoffs within these key three scales relative to other approaches.

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Sam Macaulay @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social · Feb 11

How can mesocosms help tackle grand ecological challenges in aquatic ecosystems? 🌊🌍

Check out our open-access Oikos Forum article, out today: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/oik....

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Addressing grand ecological challenges in aquatic ecosystems: how can mesocosms be used to advance solutions?

Rapid and drastic anthropogenic impacts are affecting global biogeochemical processes and driving biodiversity loss across Earth's ecosystems. In aquatic ecosystems, species distributions are shiftin...

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Sam Macaulay @samuelmacaulay.bsky.social · Feb 11

9/ Thanks to all those who contributed their thoughts and ideas to this synthesis; @jaypiggott.bsky.social, @csabavad.bsky.social, @spilling.bsky.social, @mstockenreiter.bsky.social, @aquafink.bsky.social, @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social and all those not yet on Bluesky - I enjoyed collating them all!

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · Feb 5

INVITED COMMENTARY
Stay Connected to Be Diverse!

📄 https://buff.ly/40Qqhqb
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Maria Stockenreiter @mstockenreiter.bsky.social · Feb 3

Excellent talk by @janaisanta.bsky.social in our EES Seminar Series!!
Thank you for sharing your research with us!

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Maria Stockenreiter @mstockenreiter.bsky.social · Jan 31

👇👇👇👇👇👇
PHD OPPORTUNITY @ufz.de

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PhD Researcher (f/m/x) - Aquatic food web analyses

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Maria Stockenreiter @mstockenreiter.bsky.social · Jan 23

I had the very nice opportunity to write an invited comment in Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social

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Which is connected to great article by Beata Szabo et al @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social

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Check it out!

Stay Connected to Be Diverse!

Plankton biodiversity is crucial for the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, influencing nutrient cycling, food web dynamics, and carbon storage. Global change and habitat destruction disrupt these ec....

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Maria Stockenreiter @mstockenreiter.bsky.social · Jan 21

We just started with our @dfg.de Forschergruppe DynaSym. Stay tuned

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Maria Stockenreiter @mstockenreiter.bsky.social · Dec 9

Xmas parties are so much better with #plankton cookies :)

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Dec 5

Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Perception of Temperature Even in the Absence of Actual Change is Sufficient to Drive Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance

Can processes occurring in one individuals nervous system influence the physiology of the descendants? Here we explored the provocative hypothesis that parents sensation or perception of environmental...

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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · Nov 22

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