Martin Kainz
mjmkainz.bsky.social
Martin Kainz
@mjmkainz.bsky.social
Reposted by Martin Kainz
hot off the press! Led by the mighty Marie Perga, including many members of the Fooδ-webs team, and kindly funded by the Foundation for Research on Biodiversity/CESAB

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A global estimator of C and N isotope baselines for fresh waters
Baselines are the pebbles in the shoes of isotope ecologists. The extreme variability of the isotope composition of resources at the base of food webs governs the spatial differences of consumers'...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A new paper led by Cihelio A. Amorim on fishpond biodiversity: Eutrophic fishponds contain up to 3-times higher plankton species richness than mountain lakes.
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Shifts in Assembly Rules and Loss of Zooplankton Functional Diversity Across Hypereutrophic Fishponds
Functional diversity of zooplankton declined sharply with increasing eutrophication in hypereutrophic fishponds, despite stable species richness. Community assembly shifted from competition to habita...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Interested in pursuing your PhD-research on freshwater pond food webs? Knowing that there are >300 million ponds worldwide, this research may be of interest: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/55211...
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April 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reposted by Martin Kainz
#WorldHeritage glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate, losing an average of 58 billion tonnes of ice every year.

Urgent action is needed to protect these irreplaceable ecosystems.

21 March is #WorldGlaciersDay: www.un-glaciers.org/en/world-day... #IYGP #Glaciers2025
March 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The UNESCO Venice office organized a panel today about the “role of Science Diplomacy in Water Supplies” to find effective ways to improve water management and science in Europe.
March 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM