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David Boukal

@davidboukal.bsky.social
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Ecologist and occasional photographer. Interested in [the ways we humans destroy] life on Earth and what can be done about that. Aquatic habitats, experiments, modelling. Wild East, south of Prague. Professor @JihoceskaUni. Opinions my own.

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David Boukal @davidboukal.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Like Pavel @kratina.bsky.social, I greatly enjoyed the friendly atmosphere at the GRC conference on predator-prey interactions. Main highlights: lots of inspiring talks and posters, meeting new colleagues and old friends, and night-spotting endemic salamanders. Hoping to come back in two years!
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David Boukal @davidboukal.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Extended deadline! Until 15 Feb 2026, you can apply for #experimental #PhD position in our group to study species #invasions in the context of climate #warming and #eutrophication together with @kratina.bsky.social, Arnaud Sentis and Otto Seppälä. See bit.ly/4pcWMIV for details.
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David Boukal @davidboukal.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Still time to apply for one #modelling #postdoc and one #experimental #PhD position to study species #invasions in the context of climate #warming and #eutrophication together with @kratina.bsky.social, Arnaud Sentis and Otto Seppälä. See bit.ly/4pcWMIV for details.
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David Boukal @davidboukal.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We are hiring! One postdoc and two PhD positions to study (i) species invasions along environmental gradients and (ii) zooplankton-cyanobacteria interactions. See bit.ly/4pcWMIV for details. Application deadlines: 31 Jan 2026 for postdoc, 15 Jan 2026 for both PhD positions. Please repost.
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David Boukal @davidboukal.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
#SEBconference is underway! Many talks focus on the effects of #climate #warming and other stressors on aquatic animals. My colleague Claire Duchet presented our #mesocosm study linking individual responses to warming and #pharmaceuticals to changes in communities and ecosystem services.
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David Boukal @davidboukal.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Fresh blood for freshwaters goes virtual in 2025! Great networking and learning opportunity for ECRs working on all freshwater related things.💧
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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
We have a few funded spots left for ECRs! Join us if you’re interested in the ecology/evolution of size in unicells!
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Pavel Kratina @kratina.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The first comprehensive assessment, just published in Nature, shows that 24% of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction: theconversation.com/a-quarter-of...
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A quarter of freshwater animals threatened with extinction, finds major new study
Scientists have assessed more than 23,000 species.
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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Barbora Trubenová has been newly appointed as a Group Leader in the Eco department and Assistant Professor of Pathogen Evolution at @ethzurich.bsky.social. She is interested in the resistance of bacteria, fungi and parasitic worms to drugs. 👉 More about her group: www.eawag.ch/de/abteilung...
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
A critical read for anyone who has used or is thinking of using #TRY plant trait data -- "Currently, ecological analyses using TRY data appear, at best, not as powerful as they can be and, at worst, wrong." -- We likely need to start anew and rebuild how we share, access, and cite #PlantTrait data
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 10/01/2025
Call for Fellows! 🚨 @ipbes.bsky.social is seeking #EarlyCareer experts to join the Biodiversity #SpatialPlanningAssessment. Contribute to crucial work on conservation, restoration, land/sea use planning & connectivity! 🌍 🗓 Apply by 24 Jan 2025 🔗 More info: www.ipbes.net/spatial-plan...
An aerial image shows a landscape divided between lush green forest on the right and patchy agricultural land on the left. The road between the two areas runs vertically through the image. The text reads: "Call for Fellows: IPBES Spatial Planning Assessment. Deadline: 24 January 2025." The IPBES logo appears in the upper-right corner.
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