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Florian Altermatt

@florianaltermatt.bsky.social
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Full Professor of Aquatic Ecology University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social | Kuratorium Forum Biodiversity | Founding Director biodiversitaet.uzh.ch/en.html | all & beyond #biodiversity, #eDNA & #AquaticEcology | Like=interesting www.altermattlab.ch

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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Riparian land use reduces multitrophic #community #stability in #rivers 🐟🐠🌍🌐. In #GlobalChangeBiology by Feilong Li et al. dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... 🚜 🏙️ We combined #eDNA 🧬 metabarcoding across a river network to analyze land use intensification on biodiversity and community stability.📈 🧵1/5
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
N-SDM 2.0: a reengineered #software with extended features for nested #species #distribution #modelling 🪲 🦫 🐟 🌳 📈 🌍 🌐 #SDM just out in @ecography.bsky.social: led by Antoine Adde, the popular N-SDM software has been reengineered: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Markus Hofmann @markushofmann.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The Biggest Lie Ever Told Is Only Four Words Long thebiggestlie.wedonthavetime.org
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The Biggest Lie Ever Told Is Only Four Words Long
Not carbon dioxide. A lie, spoken calmly in parliaments and boardrooms, only four words long.
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A functional-trophic pathway links #riparian #land use intensification to #riverine #community stability: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🐟 🦠🦟📈 Intensive land use is transforming 🔄 #river 🌊 corridors #worldwide 🌍 🌐, with agricultural 🚜 and urban 🏙️ land use intensification being most prominent. 🧵1/4
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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Europe's Summer of Reckoning is "Just the Beginning": Article in @nytimes.com with statements from J. Rockström, @frediotto.bsky.social & myself. We should realise that such extreme summers will get even worse if we continue to burn fossil fuels. @usyseth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/w...
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Europe’s Summer of Reckoning Is ‘Just the Beginning’
The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Gone with the #wind: 🌬️the #fireweed 🌸(Epilobium angustifolium) produces >100,000 #seeds that are passively transported over many kilometers. As a pioneer species it colonises bare ground, such as after a fire🔥and can form dense stands.
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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Green roofs differ from ground-level habitats in terms of biodiversity. This can help to boost biodiversity in cities. 🌱🪱 f.mtr.cool/rvuvszuipu @florianaltermatt.bsky.social  @laurenmcook.bsky.social @kperrelet.bsky.social
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Green roofs provide additional habitats
Green roofs differ from ground-level habitats in terms of biodiversity. This can help to boost biodiversity in cities.
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍 Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#Cross-#ecosystem #biodiversity action is systemically #overlooked in biodiversity #policy and treaties⚖️: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🌐 🌍 🎯 🦐 🍃 #IPBES #BiodiversityPolicy #GBF #KunmingMontreal 🧵1/8
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#Cross-#ecosystem #biodiversity action is systemically #overlooked in biodiversity #policy and treaties⚖️: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🌐 🌍 🎯 🦐 🍃 #IPBES #BiodiversityPolicy #GBF #KunmingMontreal 🧵1/8
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
#Postdoc #Position opening up in my group: Developing Analytical #Pipelines and #Analyses to Survey #Invasive Alien #Species in Aquatic Systems using #eDNA (2 years) 🧬 📈 ❗ 🦐 🦀 🐠 🌍🌐❗ #JobOpening 🎯 apply.refline.ch/673277/1364/... 📍 Apply now & thx for spreading the word (deadline Aug 14th)
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#Postdoc #position (3 years) in spatial #genomics of aquatic #invertebrates opening up in my group. 🧬 🦐 🥼 🧑‍💻 ❗ More info: apply.refline.ch/673277/1363/... The project aims to establish & analyse #genomic #diversity of aquatic invertebrates (EPT & Amphipods) in a spatially explicit approach. 🌍 🌐 📈
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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A global analysis of fish biodiversity using environmental DNA reveals how human activity and climate influence biodiversity patterns in river ecosystems 🌱💧 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... @florianaltermatt.bsky.social
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Environmental DNA Reveals Impact of Climate and Humans on Global River Fish Biodiversity
A global analysis of fish biodiversity using environmental DNA (eDNA) reveals how human activity and climate influence biodiversity patterns in river ecosystems. An international research team led by ...
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Unified analysis of #global 🌐 🌍 #riverine #eDNA 🧬 reveals common associations of #fish #biodiversity 🐟 🐠 with drainage characteristics. Out now @natecoevo.nature.com : www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵1/6
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Interested in #SpeciesDistributionModelling? Then this is of interest to you: The N-SDM software has been reengineered with extended features for nested #species #distribution modelling. #SDM Just out in Ecography Journal: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #AntoineAdde et al. 🌍🌐
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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#eDNA in biodiversity, a whole morning on eDNA ahead in Davos #WBF2026 introduced by @florianaltermatt.bsky.social #consgen
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Forum Biodiversität Schweiz @biodiversity.scnat.ch · 17/06/2026
💧 Les #eaux souterraines sont notre principale ressource d'eau potable, mais aussi des #écosystèmes encore largement méconnus. M.Knüsel, @romanalther.bsky.social et @florianaltermatt.bsky.social appellent à un suivi biologique dans #HOTSPOT 53 👉 biodiversite.scnat.ch/id/J53dp @eawag.bsky.social
Citation tirée d'un article du HOTSPOT 53 : « Étant donné que la biodiversité des eaux souterraines n'est évaluée ni dans les programmes, ni dans les suivis cantonaux, on ignore quasiment tout de son état. »
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Forum Biodiversität Schweiz @biodiversity.scnat.ch · 17/06/2026
💧 #Grundwasser ist nicht nur unsere wichtigste Trinkwasserressource, sondern auch ein wenig erforschter #Lebensraum. M.Knüsel, @romanalther.bsky.social und @florianaltermatt.bsky.social fordern ein biologisches Monitoring in #HOTSPOT 53 👉 biodiversitaet.scnat.ch/id/J53dp @eawag.bsky.social
Zitat aus dem HOTSPOT 53: «Weil die Grundwasserbiodiversität weder in nationalen noch in kantonalen Programmen erfasst wird, ist ihr Zustand nur schlecht oder gar nicht bekannt.»
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Tadashi Fukami @fukamit.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Assistant Professor position available at Stanford University, in any area of Earth System Science. Apply by October 1, 2026. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor, Department of Earth System Science - Stanford University, California, United States
The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Earth System Science (https://earthsystemscience.stanford.edu). Ea...
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Explore titles from our new imprint Island Press—many of which are now 50% off through June 9th with code SPRING50! Find them here: press.princeton.edu/imprints/isl... Some exclusions apply. @islandpress.bsky.social @taralohan.bsky.social
Island PressUndammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life by Tara LohanA Healthy Union: How States Can Lead on Environmental Health by Susan B. KaplanLiving Off Grid: 50 Steps to Unplug, Become Self-Sufficient, and Build the Homestead of Your Dreams by Ryan Mitchell
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A year ago we published our perspective "Utilizing aquatic #environmental #DNA 🧬 to address #global 🌍 🌐 #biodiversity 🦐 🐟 🦠 targets 🎯 " in Nature Reviews Biodiversity: www.nature.com/articles/s44... 1/10🧵
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Francois Keck @francoiskeck.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
To my big surprise, there was no amphipod simulation game. 🦐🍃🌐 With #EvaCereghetti, we fixed this using fresh science from the lab 🔬🧪(cc @florianaltermatt.bsky.social ). Try it out now: amphipodfeast.francoiskeck.fr #AcademicSky #SciComm #GameDev
A screenshot of the game Amphipod Feast. The screenshot shows the typical gameplay where two players are fighting the stream current to catch leaves.
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Open #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/... ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Highly interesting & relevant lecture on "Taking the Pulse of the #Earth" by Johan Rockström & Millie Chapman. Yes, #planetary 🌍🌐situation is grim and humanity must act to avoid catastrophic outcomes by all means. We are at the brink of leaving the holocene safe space. 1/2 #CoalitionOfTheWilling
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Emanuel Fronhofer @efronhofer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
New paper: "From #proteins to species #ranges: a framework for understanding #thermal #adaptation during range expansions" led by @saismit.bsky.social doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @isemevol.bsky.social @royalsociety.org @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social
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From proteins to species ranges: a framework for understanding thermal adaptation during range expansions
Abstract. Traditionally, ecological factors have been the primary focus of species distribution studies, but recent work emphasizes the importance of rapid
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Francois Keck @francoiskeck.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I’m super happy to share that we’re looking for a PhD student to join us! It’s an exciting project and a great opportunity to work together on big questions about biodiversity and human impacts. Come work with us! and please share with people who might be interested 👉 m.refline.ch/673277/1356/...
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PhD position “Projecting the Human Impact on Biodiversity” (4 years position)
The Altermatt lab at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies of University of Zurich and the Department of Aquatic Ecology of Eawag have a vacancy for a
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Open #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/... ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Local #resource availability and #subsidy flow mediate the effects of #disturbances in meta-ecosystems. 🌐 🌍 Out now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Effective #biodiversity 🐟 🐠 🤝 policy making depends on #comparable and #generalisable data. We demonstrate how #eDNA 🧬 is empowering 💪 🌍 🌐 global biodiversity analyses. 1/8
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Effekte von #invasiven #Arten über #Ökosystemgrenzen hinweg 🦀 🌸 ↔️ : Ein Bericht von @marlenawegner in #Natur.de über das Drüsige #Springkraut und unsere Forschung, wie invasive Arten ökosystem-übergreifende Effekte haben. Artikel: www.wissenschaft.de/naturplus/in...
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Invasiv: Das Drüsige Springkraut
Es ist groß, wächst schnell und verdrängt die Pflanzenvielfalt an Fluss- und Bachufern. Doch das Drüsige Springkraut bringt auch im Wasser die Nahrungskette
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#Research and #innovation depends on good ideas, but also on #funding to turn these into reality. I am thus very grateful to Schweizerischer Nationalfonds SNF for supporting our project "#BioTesselate: Projecting the #Human #Impact on #Biodiversity". 🌎 🐜 🦠 🦐 🦀 🏭 🎣 🧪
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Francois Keck @francoiskeck.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Original publication: 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... With on Bluesky: @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @tiannapeller.bsky.social @rosiecblackman.bsky.social @kirschdo.bsky.social @ericcapo12.bsky.social @ceciliabarouillet.bsky.social @romanalther.bsky.social
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The global human impact on biodiversity - Nature
Key measures of biodiversity were quantified and found to be affected by human pressures that shifted community composition and decreased local diversity across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecos...
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Francois Keck @francoiskeck.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I wrote a short blog post 🗒️ about this figure and the odd excitement of seeing years of work suddenly become visible. 🔗 www.pieceofk.fr/stacked-evid...
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Stacked evidence
This week marks one year since the publication of our paper on the global human impact on biodiversity1. In that study, we brought together a very large body of ecological evidence to ask a broad q…
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Give #time ⏳ to #Meta-#Ecosystem 🍂 🍃 🌊 #Ecology! Interested in integration of a temporal dimension in meta-ecosystem research? Join our session (#13) at #NSO-#GFÖ conference in Odense, Denmark, Sep. 13–17 2026. Abstract submission: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/joint-...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/02/2026
Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation's most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday at 84. Follow live.
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Updates: Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 84
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Improving #species #abundance information from #river #eDNA metabarcoding data: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🐜 🧬 📈 🌐🌍
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Save the date! 2nd #Zurich #Biodiversity #Career day 2.11.2026: www.biodiversitaet.uzh.ch/de/career_da... 🎯 🔬 🦠 👩‍🎓 🧬 🐟 📈 🍃 🦐 🤝
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Highly independent 2-Year #Postdoctoral #Fellowship in the field of #aquatic #science and #technology 🌍 🔬 🧬 🐟 🚰 🚹 🌊 🛰️ 🥼 at Eawag @eawag.bsky.social Apply now: apply.refline.ch/673277/1335/...
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Tracking the #phenology ⏰ of #riverine #insect 🦟 🐜 communities using #eDNA 🧬🌐🌍. Out now by Eva Cereghetti et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... a🧵/1/4
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Utilizing aquatic #eDNA 🧬 to address global 🌍🌐 #biodiversity targets 🎯 Our #article @natrevbiodiv.nature.com is now freely available (upon registration) till Feb 16th: ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s44... part of special collection 📚 on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework #GBF 🌍 🦐 🐟 🧬
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Study #Biodiversity 🐟 🍃 🦐 🧬 🌍 🔬 🦠 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdy... BSc & MSc #study #program @ University #Zürich 👩‍🎓 teaching students giving students the foundation on patterns, processes and functions of biological diversity with a high interdisciplinary focus 🎯📈 📚
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Discover the Biodiversity degree program at UZH!
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
#Biodiversität studieren! 🐟 🍃 🦐 🧬 🌍 🔬 🦠 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdy... BSc & MSc Studienprogramme "Biodiversität" @UZH 👩‍🎓 vermitteln umfassendes wissenschaftliches Verständnis der Muster, Prozesse & Funktionen der biologischen Vielfalt. Starker interdisziplinären Fokus 🎯📈 📚
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Discover the Biodiversity degree program at UZH!
YouTube video by Universität Zürich
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Gábor Békés @gaborbekes.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Vibe coding kills open source. Our most direct title yet. @koren.mk @julianhi.nz @aaron-lohmann.bsky.social Theory paper with numbers and policy recs. First at arxiv.org/abs/2601.15494 Comments welcome. @ceu-economics.bsky.social @kiel.institute
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Shifting leaf fall #phenology disrupts #ecosystem #function. Out now @currentbiology.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... ➡️ Leaf litter fall 🍂 and processing in temperate streams is one of the most pervasive resource subsidies and ecosystem functions globally 🌍 .
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Forum Biodiversität Schweiz @biodiversity.scnat.ch · 15/01/2026
🌱 #Biodiversität in der #Schweiz: Der Zustand bleibt ungenügend. Trotz verlangsamtem Rückgang besteht grosser Handlungsbedarf. Unser neuer datenbasierter #Report zeigt #Fakten, Entwicklungen und Lösungsansätze 👉 biodiversitaet2026.ch #Wissenschaft #Forschung
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Emanuele Giacomuzzo @ema-giacomuzzo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
New paper in Oikos! 🎉 Ecosystems are connected by resource flows, and ecosystem size can mediate their effects. But how does size mediate the effects of resource flows between autotrophic and heterotrophic ecosystems—one of nature's most ubiquitous linkages?
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Ecosystem size reverses the effect of the spatial coupling between autotrophic and heterotrophic ecosystems
The flow of non-living resources between autotrophic and heterotrophic ecosystems can impact their ecosystem function. However, ecosystem size is similarly known to influence ecological properties an...
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
A quiet start to the Holidays🎄: a bit of #birding with my son around Lake Pfäffikon. Kingfisher, kestrel, merganser 🐦‍⬛🦉🦆🦅🪶. No particular spectacular observation, yet wonderful foggy scenery. Spending time in nature nearby is among the best things one can do—pure happiness and relaxation.
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
2-years #postdoc #position: #eDNA 🧬🔬for integrated #ecosystem and #biodiversity assessment apply.refline.ch/673277/1297/... In the new Eawag/WSL Biodiversity Monitoring Initiative we will strengthen & advance effective and scalable #biodiversity #monitoring methods & implement into practice. 🌐🌳🐟📈
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Manuela Bizzozzero @mbizzozzero.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🎉 Excited to share the 2nd chapter of my PhD! From 270 eDNA samples across Shark Bay (🇦🇺), we identified 106 fish species and mapped their diversity with remote sensing — all non-invasively! 🌊🐠 A scalable framework for characterising marine biodiversity 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70074
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Integrating Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Remote Sensing Reveals Known and Novel Fish Diversity Hotspots in a World Heritage Area
Aim Shark Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Western Australia, is highly vulnerable to climate change, yet its fish biodiversity remains poorly understood at fine spatial scales. We integrated en...
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Out now by Zhang et al: Hyperspectral imagery 🛰️, LiDAR point clouds 🛩️, and #eDNA 🧬 to assess land-water linkage of #biodiversity across #aquatic functional feeding groups.🐟🪰🦠🔬🌐🌍 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @eawag.bsky.social #UZH
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