This was a really nice forested stream for fieldwork - apart from the sandflies #namu

If you ever thought habitat wasn't a limiting factor then you should read this paper: Landscape-scale recovery of amphibians via pond creation - mechanisms included increased habitat availability and #connectivity between ponds #restoration #conservation pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Happy to report the investment in a #Benthotorch has yielded dividends already - It was able to discriminate differences in the benthic algal biomass of a stream running through native forest and then impacted by agricultural land-use downstream. Very quick and easy to use

Great day in the field yesterday. We found a yellow morph of Stenoperla prasina in this forested stream draining the Kaimai Range #Plecoptera #streamecology

Three common pāua haplotypes were recovered with both eDNA and tissue samples, while three rare haplotypes were more elusive. However, this study indicates that #eDNA methods can be an effective, noninvasive tool for genetic monitoring onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ed…

It's been over a year since I read this paper and it's one that would be great to repeat in another system with some additional twists involving traits and genomics. Maybe it will happen #SIA #isotopes #trophicniche
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3443

This is an excellent paper in Ecology Letters - simulations and empirical investigations on how random or targeted disturbances shape network topology. This work is a rich source of predictions for #foodweb ecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

Amazing progress can be achieved in less than 5 years #restoration #biodiversity

Compound-specific hydrogen and carbon stable isotopes of fatty acids (δ2HFA and δ13CFA) may be useful biomarkers to identify the movement of fish over different spatial scales #connectivity pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Mayflies as sentinels of environmental problems - many families require cool, clean and well-oxygenated water which is increasingly scarce due to drivers of global change. Article in the The Washington Post explores the decline of these iconic stream insects washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/…

New paper argues that rewilding efforts should target trophic complexity, natural disturbances, and dispersal as interacting processes that can improve ecosystem #resilience and maintain #biodiversity science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

This is a cool paper led by Dan Perkins and including The EcoDiv Lab - Consistent non-linear scaling of predator biomass and total prey biomass within #foodwebs suggests biomass pyramids become systematically more bottom-heavy with increasing prey biomass nature.com/articles/s4146…

I've been thinking about the use of drones for sampling eDNA in difficult to sample wetlands - this is cool stuff

New study further demonstrates thermal buffering of forests: strongest buffering occurred under very hot conditions (PET > 35°C), where forests reduced strong to extreme heat stress day occurrence by 84.1% #NbS