The River Communities Group
@qmulrivercomms.bsky.social
We seek to advance understanding of freshwater ecosystems such that they can be better protected and managed sustainably in a changing environment.
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/researchcentresandservices/rivercommunity/
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/researchcentresandservices/rivercommunity/
Spent last week surveying plant communities living in streams across Britain as part of the long-running Upland Waters Monitoring Network (uwmn.uk) assessing impact of air pollution on freshwater ecosystems. We had all four seasons over the week!
July 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Spent last week surveying plant communities living in streams across Britain as part of the long-running Upland Waters Monitoring Network (uwmn.uk) assessing impact of air pollution on freshwater ecosystems. We had all four seasons over the week!
Delighted that the EU COST Action DNAqua-Net collaboration has once more borne fruit. We undertook a structured experiment across seven DNA labs to assess sources of uncertainity in metabarcoding for freshwater macroinvertebrate community assessment.
Open Access.
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Open Access.
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
July 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Delighted that the EU COST Action DNAqua-Net collaboration has once more borne fruit. We undertook a structured experiment across seven DNA labs to assess sources of uncertainity in metabarcoding for freshwater macroinvertebrate community assessment.
Open Access.
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Open Access.
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Glorious spring weather for sampling the chalkstreams of SE England! Plenty of water bubbling up out of the Chilterns despite the current dry spell.
May 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Glorious spring weather for sampling the chalkstreams of SE England! Plenty of water bubbling up out of the Chilterns despite the current dry spell.
Reposted by The River Communities Group
NEWS: Despite fears about insect declines, we know very little about 99% of species globally 🌍📉.
Scientists are proposing a new approach to get a more complete picture of insect populations and analyse how they are responding to threats.
Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/some-i... 🧪
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Scientists are proposing a new approach to get a more complete picture of insect populations and analyse how they are responding to threats.
Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/some-i... 🧪
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April 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
NEWS: Despite fears about insect declines, we know very little about 99% of species globally 🌍📉.
Scientists are proposing a new approach to get a more complete picture of insect populations and analyse how they are responding to threats.
Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/some-i... 🧪
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Scientists are proposing a new approach to get a more complete picture of insect populations and analyse how they are responding to threats.
Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/some-i... 🧪
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Working with colleagues at @lborouniversity.bsky.social @rothamsted.bsky.social @zoologyotago.bsky.social we have shown that organic component of excess fine sediment in stream bed governs invertebrate community response.
Open Access paper now out in Freshwater Biology doi.org/10.1111/fwb....
Open Access paper now out in Freshwater Biology doi.org/10.1111/fwb....
March 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Working with colleagues at @lborouniversity.bsky.social @rothamsted.bsky.social @zoologyotago.bsky.social we have shown that organic component of excess fine sediment in stream bed governs invertebrate community response.
Open Access paper now out in Freshwater Biology doi.org/10.1111/fwb....
Open Access paper now out in Freshwater Biology doi.org/10.1111/fwb....
Ready for a Night of Science @qmulse.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ready for a Night of Science @qmulse.bsky.social
UK parliament Science Innovation & Technology committee recommends that government needs a “clear strategy for sustaining long-term insect monitoring research”
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
committees.parliament.uk
February 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
UK parliament Science Innovation & Technology committee recommends that government needs a “clear strategy for sustaining long-term insect monitoring research”
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
For years, the storied French waterway was nearly biologically dead. Now, it’s teeming with marine life once again, as it did centuries ago. ow.ly/u1Au50USnsP
February 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Prof Iwan Jones will be at the Arctic Frontiers (arcticfrontiers.com) meeting this week in Tromsø, Norway to discuss ways to encourage scientific collaboration across and beyond the Arctic and to present our work on the pink salmon invasion of the Arctic. #ArcticFrontiers @qmulse.bsky.social 🧪🐟🐻❄️
January 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Prof Iwan Jones will be at the Arctic Frontiers (arcticfrontiers.com) meeting this week in Tromsø, Norway to discuss ways to encourage scientific collaboration across and beyond the Arctic and to present our work on the pink salmon invasion of the Arctic. #ArcticFrontiers @qmulse.bsky.social 🧪🐟🐻❄️
Read Prof Iwan Jones' commentary on a comprehensive assessment of the risk of extinction of freshwater species. theconversation.com/a-quarter-of...
A quarter of freshwater animals threatened with extinction, finds major new study
Scientists have assessed more than 23,000 species.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Read Prof Iwan Jones' commentary on a comprehensive assessment of the risk of extinction of freshwater species. theconversation.com/a-quarter-of...
Please come and chat with us at the BES annual meeting next week. Learn about the work we are doing on the NERC-funded GLiTRS project
December 4, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Please come and chat with us at the BES annual meeting next week. Learn about the work we are doing on the NERC-funded GLiTRS project