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Wenfei Liao
@wenfeiliao.bsky.social
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PhD, urban ecologist & entomologist 🐞 at the University of Helsinki, doing research on #aquatic #biodiversity #conservation in #urban #ponds
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epcn.bsky.social
(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!

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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...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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wenfeiliao.bsky.social
Teemme lyhyen kyselyn (5-10 minuuttia) selvittääksemme, miten eri #sidosryhmät kokevat #kaupunkilampien #luonnon #monimuotoisuuden arvon. Skannaa QR-koodi tai avaa linkki ( forms.gle/tBV4zunkfYEp... ) ja vastaa kyselyyn 🦆🐸 🌺
July 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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wenfeiliao.bsky.social
We are conducting a short survey (5–10 minutes) to explore how different #stakeholders perceive the value of #biodiversity in #urban #ponds. 🦆🐸🪷Scan the QR-code or click the link ( forms.gle/tBV4zunkfYEp... ) to participate in our survey. Thank you 😊
July 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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emofthewoods.bsky.social
@wenfeiliao.bsky.social taking us for some foraging and learning on the go 🙏
July 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
wenfeiliao.bsky.social
We are conducting a short survey (5–10 minutes) to explore how different #stakeholders perceive the value of #biodiversity in #urban #ponds. 🦆🐸🪷Scan the QR-code or click the link ( forms.gle/tBV4zunkfYEp... ) to participate in our survey. Thank you 😊
July 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
wenfeiliao.bsky.social
Teemme lyhyen kyselyn (5-10 minuuttia) selvittääksemme, miten eri #sidosryhmät kokevat #kaupunkilampien #luonnon #monimuotoisuuden arvon. Skannaa QR-koodi tai avaa linkki ( forms.gle/tBV4zunkfYEp... ) ja vastaa kyselyyn 🦆🐸 🌺
July 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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olefeldt.bsky.social
This new map provides a global view of the distribution of a multitude of aquatic ecosystems, including various wetlands. It's a pretty big step forward, and I look forward to seeing how it will be used e.g. to study wetland greenhouse gases.

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Mapping the world's inland surface waters: an upgrade to the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (GLWD v2)
Abstract. In recognition of the importance of inland waters, numerous datasets mapping their extents, types, or changes have been created using sources ranging from historical wetland maps to real-tim...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
wenfeiliao.bsky.social
Urban dytiscid research findings on @yliopistolehti.bsky.social 6-year data show #dytiscid species richness and abundance were declining in #urban ponds, indicating the negative effects of #urbanisation can be long-term 😕 @geohelsinkiuni.bsky.social

#UrbanNature #pond #biodiversity
June 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
wenfeiliao.bsky.social
#Fieldwork season 💪 Collecting diatoms to study #urban #pond quality!! Great thanks #RamiroMartinDevasa for helping in the field 😊
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May 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
wenfeiliao.bsky.social
Amazing Balfour-Browne Water #Beetle Club Meeting 2025 in southern France 🇫🇷 Wonderful beetles, landscapes, and delicacies!!! 🥰🥰🥰 Read my blog to find out what we did!

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#Dytiscidae #WaterBeetle #Flamingo
BBClub Meeting 2025 in southern France
After working day and night in my Helsinki urban ponds in early May, I managed to attend our Balfour-Brown Water Beetle Club Meeting near Montpellier in southern France (Pictues 1 & 2)! As usua…
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May 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
wenfeiliao.bsky.social
I have sisu 💪😎 I do fieldwork no matter it rains or shines 😎
#sisu #urban #pond #fieldwork
May 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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dralanlaw.bsky.social
Beaver Versus Human: The Big Differences in Small Dams
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Beaver Versus Human: The Big Differences in Small Dams
Illustration of the net benefits and costs of different types of dams considered in this paper. The types of dams are ordered by relative benefit from left to right, with the most beneficial on the l...
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March 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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highlandsrewilding.bsky.social
👉Read our blog www.highlandsrewilding.co.uk/blog/where-h... 

If you missed part two, watch here 👉https://bsky.app/profile/highlandsrewilding.bsky.social/post/3llvdv6urac2s

#EcosystemRestoration #NatureRecovery #HopeForNature #MPA
Where have all the oysters gone?    — Highlands Rewilding
Highlands Rewilding have uncovered an alarming decline in native oyster numbers within the Loch Sween Marine Protected Area (MPA). Marine biologist and oyster expert Dr David Smyth expected to find 10...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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helsinki.fi
Monimuotoinen kaupunkiluonto tarvitsee sukeltajakuoriaisia. Ne ovat muiden vesieliöiden, kuten hyttysten toukkien saalistajia ja suurempien eläinten, kuten kalojen, sammakoiden ja lintujen ravintoa.
Sukeltajakuoriaiset kertovat kaupunkiluonnon monimuotoisuudesta | Helsingin yliopisto
Monimuotoinen kaupunkiluonto tarvitsee sukeltajakuoriaisia. Ne ovat tärkeä osa ravintoketjussa. Kaupunkisuunnittelulla ja lampien huoltotoimilla voidaan heikentää tai parantaa kuoriaisten elinoloja.
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April 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
wenfeiliao.bsky.social
Over six years, we found a decline in diving #beetle numbers and species richness in #urban #ponds, and the ponds are losing their shared species.

#Dytiscidae #Coleoptera #DivingBeetle #Insect #AquaticInsect #biodiversity

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Caring for diving beetles boosts urban biodiversity | University of Helsinki
Ponds in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area serve as habitats for diving beetles. Urban planning and pond maintenance can either degrade or enhance their living conditions.
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April 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
wenfeiliao.bsky.social
Kuusi vuotta jatkuneissa tutkimuksissa selvisi, että #sukeltajakuoriaisten kokonaismäärä on #vähentynyt ja lajisto yksipuolistunnut etenkin #kaupunkilammissa, jotka eivät olleet yhteydessä muihin lampiin tai vesistöihin.

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Sukeltajakuoriaiset kertovat kaupunkiluonnon monimuotoisuudesta | Helsingin yliopisto
Monimuotoinen kaupunkiluonto tarvitsee sukeltajakuoriaisia. Ne ovat tärkeä osa ravintoketjussa. Kaupunkisuunnittelulla ja lampien huoltotoimilla voidaan heikentää tai parantaa kuoriaisten elinoloja.
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April 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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natureali.bsky.social
Interesting... [depressing] The best time to restore grasslands? 75 years ago. Failing that, today!
March 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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sepponet.bsky.social
Protecting & restoring #public #forests is good for #climate, #nature and #people!
Cartoon with old forest, humans and birds. Protecting & restoring public forests is good for climate, nature and people!
February 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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jmbecologist.bsky.social
No wonder people get confused about rewilding

It is “Old Lea River Restoration project”

Yet the BBC call it rewilding
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Hackney Marshes: Rewilding efforts sees 'overnight' animals rebound
Animals are returning to the Hackney Marshes following years of decline, environmentalists say.
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February 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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dralanlaw.bsky.social
Naming a beaver Alan is a perfectly acceptable in my opinion.
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Beavers return to Northamptonshire for first time in 400 years
A family of eight is released into an enclosure in Rushden.
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February 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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rosemarymosco.com
Nature valentines.
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
A group of six nature valentines. A picture of a bog with pitcher plants, with text saying "Our love is like a bog. Built up over time, resistant to decay, deeply interesting to just a small number of people." A yellow slime mold stretching out and exploring. "our love is like a slime mold. Collaborative, complex, at times unnerving to behold." A piece of limestone with a small trilobite in the corner. "Our love is like limestone. Layered, useful for many purposes, shaped by the friends we met along the way." A ring-billed gull with a french fry on a beach. "Our love is like a ring-billed gull. Abundant, found in North America, sometimes sustained by french fries." An Atlantic horseshoe crab walking on the sand. "Our love is like a horseshoe crab. Tough, timeless, unrelated to true crabs." A drawing of the phosphorus cycle, with arrows connecting various parts of a scene, including algae and fish and a farm and a river and a forest. "Our love is like the phosphorus cycle. Important, really hard to draw."
February 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
wenfeiliao.bsky.social
Our new article by @wenfeiliao.bsky.social & #JanneSoininen shows #urban #dytiscid assemblages experienced #biotic #heterogenisation. Clustered #ponds are more likely to maintain stable populations due to immigration than isolated ponds. doi.org/10.1111/fwb....

@geohelsinkiuni.bsky.social
Temporal Alpha and Beta Diversity of Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) Reveals Biotic Heterogenisation in Urban Ponds
Urbanisation has led to decreasing quantity and quality of both terrestrial and aquatic habitats, resulting in biodiversity loss in urban ecosystems. Current research has focused on spatial patter...
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January 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM