Dr. Rosie Blackman
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Dr. Rosie Blackman
@rosiecblackman.bsky.social
Aquatic Ecologist. Postdoc researcher interested in biodiversity, ecosystem function and food webs.
Macroinvertebrates | Macrophytes | Flooding | Invasive Sp | Rivers
www.rosettablackman.com
…And last but certainly not least, new for 2025 — our newest little human! We’re absolutely smitten with our tiny munchkin and her proud big brother 🥰 #WorkLifeBalance #Parenting #Sleeping 8/8
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
And led by @florianaltermatt.bsky.social how we can utilise #aquatic #eDNA to address global #biodiversity targets & contribute towards Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework #GBF
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@natrevbiodiv.nature.com
@lorihandley.bsky.social
@leeselab.bsky.social 6/8
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October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Next up…from our fieldwork in 2018🤣 we ask how does biodiversity control decomposition in river networks? Macroinverts drive decomposition, while functional diversity reduces decomposition variability! Network-scale #BEF Great to have this out @rubendelcampo.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ecm.... 5/8
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October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
...and then we use #eDNA and hyperspectral imagery to assess land-water linkage of #biodiversity across aquatic functional feeding groups.
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 4/8
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October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Next, thanks to Hank for leading these two: we show terrestrial land cover shapes #fish #diversity in a major subtropical #river catchment. @commsbio.nature.com @lynseyrharper.bsky.social @berndhae.bsky.social @florianaltermatt.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42... 3/8
www.nature.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Firstly... a project we started in 2020: we show the factors influencing precision and accuracy of metabarcoding freshwater macroinverts for biomonitoring👏
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/2041... 2/8
Sources of uncertainty in DNA metabarcoding of whole communities: Implications for its use in biomonitoring
Advancements have been made in the use of DNA-based methods for the detection of single species. However, the routine application of DNA-based methods to monitor whole communities using a metabarc...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM