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AU Freshwater Ecology
@freshwaterau.bsky.social
Freshwater Ecology section at the Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Denmark. Lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, reservoirs, and mesocosms - we love them all.
https://ecos.au.dk/en/researchconsultancy/research-areas/freshwater-ecology
What will the future hold for the aquatic sciences? Let's chat about this at next year's ASLO-SIL Joint Meeting in Canada!

How can we expand our science by using remote sensing 🛰️, data science 💾, machine learning 🤖, modeling 📈, and/or open science 🫶 - creative approaches for impactful research! 🧪
October 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Don’t mind us, just recovering a buoy and upgrading it for more high-frequency data gathering!
July 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Testing the ECO ADCP at Lake Ormstrup (thanks to our colleagues in Roskilde who lent it to us!). Now, we hope for the wind to pick up, so we can measure some velocity profiles.
June 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Got to love a bit of early morning sampling with the mist rising off the lake before the days 'heat' arrives.
May 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Still going strong at EGU, Robert explains why he loves ensemble models.. @hydrobert.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Finally, Janvière Tuyisenge discussed the methane fluxes from cage aquacultures in Kivu and Muhazi
April 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
@tubabucak.bsky.social followed up with insights into how important sampling frequency is to capture GHG dynamics
April 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Afterwards, @thosdavidson.bsky.social underscored how frequent mixing in Lake Ormstrup is driving GHG emissions
April 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
First, Sharon Gubamwoyo highlighted the differences in GHG emissions of springs in East Africa
April 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We're making waves at #EGU25 today in the amazing GHG dynamics in aquatic ecosystems session! In case you have missed it, continue reading 🫰
April 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
THE BUOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!

We got new buoys today to extend our lake monitoring for the Danish Long-Term Ecological Research. These will extend our high-frequency data sets of oxygen and temperature in two new lakes to better understand slow as well as rapid environmental changes.
April 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Just published! 🚨 Microplastics are persistent pollutants and hotspots for bacterial biofilms, including halotolerant pathogens. Could these plastic carriers be spreading harmful microbes? 🦠 Dive into this research in Anatolian saline lakes 🌊 @juanppacheco.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1007/s107...
April 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
🚨 New paper out! Tackling Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Mar Menor, Spain 🌊🌿 @juanppacheco.bsky.social et al. coupled SWAT+ and WET models to explore how agricultural best management practices can help mitigate HABs in one of Europe’s most vulnerable coastal lagoons

doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
April 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
@edevardtdanielsen.bsky.social, @tubabucak.bsky.social, @etileter.bsky.social and @thosdavidson.bsky.social launched Ed’s PhD project at the Lemming mesocosms! We study how nutrients, temperature, and macrophytes affect oxygen dynamics and GHGs in aquatic systems. Excited to see what we uncover!
March 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Join us at Aarhus University to research improved ways to simulate lake ecosystems using high-frequency data!

1.5 months left until the deadline to apply for this PhD position: phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
March 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Frogs, toads, newts paddling
Sampled across Europe’s ponds
what drives their numbers

Hot off the press a nice paper from the PONDERFUL project on what drives Amphibian diversity in ponds, happy Friday.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Are you interested in field work and data science? We're looking for a PhD student interested in data-driven analysis of non-linearity in lake ecosystems to begin September 2025.
Please share far and wide, and contact Robert for any questions!

Here's the official description: lnkd.in/dzTwudQz
January 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Villum funds the work
for computers to think big,
lakes should be as clear.

We're very happy to share that @hydrobert.bsky.social got the Villum Young Investigator Grant for his project, "Integrating AI into Aquatic Ecosystem Models to Decode Ecological Complexity." villumfonden.dk/en/news/mill...
January 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Uncertain future
Why are models so unsure?
Computers should think.

To develop the next generation of models, we couple process-based models with deep learning. These hybrids integrate buoy data to better capture complex ecosystem dynamics! doi.org/10.1029/2023... @hydrobert.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Fish numbers reduced
Fine dinner, bugs aplenty
Plankton be wary

We went knee-deep in fish guts to find out what happens to fish diets after a lake restoration. Check out the scoop at: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... @andreasbert.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hello World 👋! We are Freshwater Ecology Group at Aarhus University, Dept of Ecoscience. Our interests span all aspects of freshwater ecology with a special focus on lake ecology/functioning, biodiversity, GHG emissions, stream ecology, nature-based solutions, ecosystem modelling, and management!
January 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM