Amy Thorpe
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Amy Thorpe
@amycthorpe.bsky.social
Molecular Ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
Freshwater microbial ecology & ancient sedDNA 🧬
🔍 We applied #network and threshold #indicator analysis to identify bacterial indicator taxa responding to environmental gradients.

Integrating microbes such as biofilm bacteria into routine #monitoring can provide earlier, more sensitive detection of ecosystem change 🦠 🧬 🌊
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In our study, we:

🦠 Characterised the diversity and community structure of river biofilm bacteria at a national-scale

🌊 Showed that bacterial communities are shaped by environmental factors such as alkalinity, nitrate, dissolved oxygen, and water temperature.
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
We analysed over 1,600 #biofilms from 700 sites across England's rivers, combining 16S rRNA gene #sequencing with high resolution water chemistry 🧬 💧
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM