Florian Altermatt
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Florian Altermatt
@florianaltermatt.bsky.social
Full Professor of Aquatic Ecology University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social | Kuratorium Forum Biodiversity | Founding Director https://biodiversitaet.uzh.ch/en.html | all & beyond #biodiversity, #eDNA & #AquaticEcology | Like=interesting
www.altermattlab.ch
5/6 Species richness, functional, and genetic sequence diversity exhibited stronger negative responses to human activities in larger catchments. In contrast, phylogenetic diversity showed the strongest negative effects in smaller catchments.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
4/6 ➡️ 2nd #paper quantified #species #richness, functional #redundancy, #phylogenetic #diversity, and genetic sequence diversity, and related them to drainage characteristics and human activities📉 .
September 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
3/6 Contrastingly, congruence of species identity varied more extensively. Restricting taxonomic assignment to basin-specific species pools improved accuracy, as did year of sampling 📈 , reflecting improved reference database coverage over time.

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September 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
2/6 ➡️ 1st #paper evaluated robustness of eDNA-derived biodiversity patterns, using original results & re-analysis w/ common bioinformatic workflow.

Species richness estimates were overall consistent with original analyses, despite high variability in bioinformatic approaches in original studies.
September 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
thanks for your interest, but credits should go especially to @merinrejichacko.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
it's Saga pedo, one of the #largest and #rarest #insects of #Europe. tip to toe its close to 15 cm. almost exclusively females that reproduce parthenogenetically.
September 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
yes indeed, but not just any grasshopper!
September 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
happy to be speaking about "Utilising aquatic environmental DNA to address local to global biodiversity targets"

@eawag.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
4/4 Integrating spatial range & magnitude of LULC effects is needed to predict fish species richness, and allows to showcase future gains/losses across the river network as a scalable basis for biodiversity conservation, needed for highly diverse yet data-deficient (sub-)tropical riverine habitats.
September 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM