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Ana Ramón-Laca

@lacadna.bsky.social
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noninvasive genomics for conservation 🧬🐟🐡🦐🐸🦎🐋👩‍🔬🧪🖥️🥼 #eDNA #eRNA #nanopore

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📖Published📖 This study investigates the practical application and sensitivity of eRNA for detecting fish in the wild🧬🐟️ Find out more here 👇 buff.ly/yq0tRrh
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Stefan Schoenfelder @stefanschoenfelder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The number of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship applications in 2026 (21,627) has more than doubled since 2024 (10,360 proposals) and more than tripled since 2022 (7,044). Stating the obvious here but this is not sustainable.
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Marcello D'Amico @marcellodamico.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our new #ProyectoSAFE paper, “A method to estimate actual infrastructure-induced mortality by integrating hierarchical sources of imperfect detection”, is now online in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ebdonana.bsky.social #RoadEcology
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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales @mncn-csic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
¡Las relaciones entre especies nunca dejarán de sorprendernos! Un equipo del MNCN-@csic.es ha descubierto una esponja marina que se alimenta de sus bacterias durante el periodo reproductivo. 📷 @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social www.mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
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Ana Ramón-Laca @lacadna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New #eRNA paper in MethodsEcology&Evolution 📣 We tested field-ready protocols for eRNA. Targeting high-copy structural transcripts (12SrRNA) ⬆️ 🐟 detection sensitivity in aquatic ecosystems. #eDNA #eRNA #ConservationGenomics #Biomonitoring #fisheries Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
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Enhanced fish detection sensitivity in aquatic systems using environmental RNA
Environmental RNA (eRNA) can potentially augment the biological monitoring ability of the established environmental DNA (eDNA) application in conservation. Despite faster degradation, environmenta...
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Anna Santure @annasanture.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
University of Auckland is looking for: Lead Technologist – Genomics - Te Kura Mātauranga Koiora | School of Biological Sciences in Auckland, New Zealand. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...
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Lead Technologist – Genomics - Te Kura Mātauranga Koiora | School of Biological Sciences
Company Description:  Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandKo te whare Pūtaiao | The Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland is the largest and most highly...
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Tom Near @tjnear.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🧵1/11 New paper alert! One of 2 out today from #NearLab. Tunas are basically the superheroes of the ocean — warm-blooded, massive, and blazing fast. But HOW did they get that way? A new study just cracked open 50+ million years of evolutionary history. Let's dive in. 🐟⬇️
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Alex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Sailing in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ready for summer, our study on the iconic Portuguese man o' war 🪼 is out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We use (epi)genomics to understand a critter that fascinates me since childhood. Massive team effort with @obog.bsky.social, Cummins and Neely groups. 🧵
the indo-pacific bluebottle (Physalia utriculus)
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Sociedad Ibérica de Ictiología/Sociedade Ibérica de Ictiologia @sibic.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
1/4 🔴 Se cierra la temporada del salmón y se confirman los peores pronósticos. 106 salmones capturados en Asturias (mínimo histórico) y 3 en Cantabria. Las cifras de 2026 vuelven a reflejar el grave declive que sufren las poblaciones de salmón atlántico en España. #SalmónAtlántico #SalmoSalar
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Ocean Diagnostics Inc. @oceandiagnostics.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Dr. Kim Parsons is a research geneticist at @fisheries.noaa.gov in Seattle. Her team uses Ocean Diagnostics' #eDNA depth and surface samplers to study large #marinemammals. By uncovering how #cetaceans travels in marine waters they can better inform conservation measures. 🐳🐬 (Video by Paul Hillman)
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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🌍 Cat colonies reshape the abundance and body size of lizards doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
A lizard on Tenerife, Canary Islands, taking the sun ilustrates the cover of the July issue of Biology Letters journal. Photo: Beneharo Rodríguez
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Raphidophyte @raphidophyte.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The deadline has been extended, due to high number of abstracts coming in, to June 12th! Are you working on #corals, #biodiversity, #restoration, #conservation, #ocean, #monitoring, #eDNA spaces and have questions on this? Let the organizing folks know or DM here. www.mtsociety.org/global-edna-...
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2026 Global eDNA Conference
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Alex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Capolavoro 🎨 alert 🚨! What is the role of gene body methylation in invertebrates? Despite extensive speculation linking it to plasticity and environmental responses, its mechanistic effects and heritability remain unclear. Our take out in @natecoevo.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/
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Gene body methylation suppresses intragenic transcription and permits epigenetic inheritance in a cnidarian - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Experiments in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis show a role of gene body methylation in transposable element suppression and that epigenetic inheritance is constrained by chromatin context and tra...
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The Conversation ES @es.theconversation.com · 30/05/2026
"Uno de los aprendizajes más duros de estos días es que la ciencia, cuando entra en directo, pierde la esencia de su espacio natural".
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Doce días, 82 entrevistas y una lección: la ciencia en directo
Un experto inmunólogo cuenta para The Conversation el torbellino mediático que vivió durante la crisis del hantavirus, una labor de servicio público que llegó a poner a prueba su resistencia.
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Santiago Martín Barajas @santimartinbarajas.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Después de más de un mes han capturado un salmón en Asturias. Que "orgulloso" posa con posiblemente uno de los últimos salmones de su Región. El gobierno asturiano ha asistido impasible a la extinción de la especie, sin hacer nada por evitarlo. Son unos auténticos irresponsables.
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Laura Bertola @lauradbertola.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Prospects of multipurpose biomonitoring for fisheries assessment based on environmental nucleic acids onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Prospects of multipurpose biomonitoring for fisheries assessment based on environmental nucleic acids
Methods using environmental nucleic acids have become highly effective for monitoring aquatic biodiversity, with an array of suitable use cases, including metrics for fisheries assessment. Traditiona...
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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales @mncn-csic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🧵¡Nueva lista en YouTube! 'Preservar es investigar. Las colecciones del Museo'. 🎥El Archivo conserva + de 250 años de historia científica a través de documentos, fotografías, grabados... que testimonian la evolución de las ciencias naturales en España. youtu.be/8Px_8ISgiZY?...
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Archivo Histórico del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
YouTube video by Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
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Ana Ramón-Laca @lacadna.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🐟 monitoring can be non-invasive. 🐟💧 = eDNA + eRNA Check out this comprehensive perspective article on how eNA can improve fisheries monitoring without harming the fish! The aim is to move beyond species detection, from estimating abundance to capturing reproductive status and lots in between.
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Prospects of multipurpose biomonitoring for fisheries assessment based on environmental nucleic acids
Methods using environmental nucleic acids have become highly effective for monitoring aquatic biodiversity, with an array of suitable use cases, including metrics for fisheries assessment. Traditiona...
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Marcello D'Amico @marcellodamico.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We are pleased to share that our book “ #RoadEcology: Synthesis and Perspectives ”, published by @springernature.com, is now online, with the full volume and all chapters available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @ebdonana.bsky.social
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Road Ecology
This book is the first to comprehensively present both the current state of knowledge and future directions in the emerging discipline of Road Ecology.
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Dr.Kat Stewart @ecoevoedna.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🔥Population genetic inferences from #eDNA going strong 💪: check out my lab's recent work on screening for hybrid zones using nuclear SNPs #conservationbiology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Hybrid Horizons: Screening Hybridisation Through Nuclear Environmental DNA
Effective monitoring of hybrid zones is essential for understanding evolutionary dynamics and mitigating species loss caused by human-mediated hybridisation. Conventional methods rely on sampling num...
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Nature @nature.com · 18/04/2026
Scientists have long pulled DNA from water and soil, but they have only just started to see the air as a source of genetic information go.nature.com/4tUdRcA
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The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
Nature - Airborne genetic material can be used to paint a picture of ecosystem health, watch for invasive species and even identify humans.
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Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Fishing a species to extinction. Seven days and not even a single salmon captured. And still, it is claimed to be sustainable and stable. www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/astu...
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El campanu se resiste a salir en el séptimo día de la temporada de pesca de salmón
En consecuencia, tampoco se ha celebrado su esperada subasta
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Iago Ferreiro @iagoferreiro.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
1/8 🐺📢 Our study in Behavioral Ecology is out now! We explore the drivers of daily movements of wolves in human-dominated landscapes and found out that they shorten considerably their movements 🔗 Paper: sl1nk.com/xkue00q 🧵👇 (📸 Francisco J. Lema Fuentes).
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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales @mncn-csic.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
#seminario 'Gritando a los cuatro vientos: the emergence of airborne eDNA analysis'. Por @drbarnes.org (Department of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University) 📆10 de abril, a las 12h Presencial y online👉 www.youtube.com/live/DkHby6D...
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Olivia Hewitt @oliviahewitt.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
How many ways are there to wear a sea sponge? Check out these dolphins for some fun fashion! #Ocean #Dolphins #Seasponge #environment #wildlife #VitaminSea www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Male dolphins spotted donning sea-sponge wigs to attract females
Scientists observe male humpback dolphins parading sea sponges on their heads to impress females off Western Australia's northern coast.
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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales @mncn-csic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Han analizado las reacciones de los ejemplares monitorizados en 26 enclaves de ríos de Asturias y León a través de más de 200 videos como este: youtu.be/Ry3A2mgnk2g?...
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otter exploring sniffing and marking
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Ana Ramón-Laca @lacadna.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Very interesting thread on #eulachon below! Where do #eulachon actually go when they hit the ocean? 🐟 🌊, We used #eDNA to track their marine phase. Check it out. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Mapping the marine distribution of eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) in the Northeast Pacific using environmental DNA - Communications Biology
This manuscript combines eDNA data with a statistical model to describe the spatial distribution of eulachon, a threatened smelt. DNA was positively associated with river mouths, offshore banks, warme...
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Eulachon have such a high oil content (15-20% of their entire body weight!) that they burn can like a candle when dried - hence the name “candlefish." Their valuable rendered oil was also historically traded among tribes along the Pacific coast on routes known as grease trails #25DaysofFishmas
Two eulachon burning because of their high oil content
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MidniteRain is resting @midniterain.bsky.social · 18/04/2018
#BellaCoola sees biggest #eulachon run in almost 20 years - www.coastmountainnews.com/news/bell…
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Bella Coola sees biggest eulachon run in almost 20 years
Runs have been slowly coming up since 2012
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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Out now and led by the impeccable GJ Jeunen: a new way to squeeze #eDNA sequences from preserved natural samplers! NO need to damage the old specimens: just take out the DNA leached into the ethanol! Also: we have a new entry into the #nsDNA world: #bryozoa! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Mikel López Iturriaga @mikeliturriaga.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Magnesio, melatonina, ashwaghanda, maca… todos los suplementos de moda son un timo sin evidencia científica que los sustente. No caigas en la trampa. elpais.com/salud-y-bien...
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Magnesio, la nueva píldora milagro para mejorar el sueño sin evidencia científica
Los expertos advierten de que es más adecuado revisar el estilo de vida y su efecto en el dormir que incorporar este suplemento de moda, que en el último año tomó el 15% de los españoles
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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This has to be cause someone told him it’s called gut flora.
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Ted R. Kahn @tedrkahn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Free science (a giant book I coauthored & edited-my name appears way too many times for what I did). I worked w/ 108 coauthors over many years to produce this third-iteration of the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan. Have it for free. Enjoy!🐸Download it here: portals.iucn.org/library/node... Enjoy!
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
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Iñigo Martínez-Solano @batracofistro.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Recién publicado (descarga libre): especies crípticas en el tritón alpino: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales @mncn-csic.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#seminarioMNCN 'The New Paleobiology: Fossils, Technology, and the Biology of Deep Time' Por Jesús Marugán Lobón (@uam.es) 📆6 de marzo, a las 12h Presencial y online👉 www.youtube.com/live/YV4RtEd...
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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
More than 30 researchers question the scientific, ethical, and legal validity of a method that involves the use of live decoys #birds to conduct censuses. This method would be helping to give the return of 'silvestrismo' a scientific appearance. #ornithology doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
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Redirecting
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Diana Lobo @dianaclobo.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🚨 PhD opportunity in evolutionary genomics Interested in working with ancient DNA and genomics of carnivores to study adaptation to human-dominated landscapes? I’m looking for a candidate to apply for an FCT PhD fellowship (Portugal). 📅 Deadline: 31 March Feel free to contact me for details! 🐺🐻🦊🧬
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Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm @mkddueholm.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
A new era for #ONT amplicon sequencing? We show that #ONT #amplicon sequencing now achieves accuracy sufficient for #ASV resolution using standard Illumina-based pipelines. We validated this by sequencing identical amplicons on #ONT and #PacBio. @nanoporetech.com www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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World Weather Attribution @wwattribution.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
NEW STUDY: Winter downpours are getting heavier in parts of Spain, Portugal and Morocco as the region recovers from a month of relentless storms. Between mid-January and mid-February nine named storms brought torrential rain hurricane force winds causing major damage and disruption. 1/5
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marinemicrobiome.bsky.social @marinemicrobiome.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Due March 31, 2026. Microgrant for 10 people from historically underfunded geographies/institutions to attend the Global eDNA Conference, Seattle, WA Oct 28-30. Covers 4 nights hotel and conference registration; does NOT cover travel and other expenses. #eDNA #grant forms.gle/99jEZj6K8cD7...
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The eDNA Collaborative's 2026 Global eDNA Conference Support Microgrant
Thank you for your interest in the eDNA Collaborative's 2026 Global eDNA Conference Support Microgrant! This microgrant provides 1) conference registration and 2) four nights of hotel accommodation fo...
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Keith @minguseyes.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
"The men implicated in the Epstein files reinforces that I spend half my life explaining to men that their simplified, optimistic view of other men doesn’t line up with the experience of women and girls trying to dodge sexual harassment, assault and abuse attempts." - Leslie Morgan Steiner
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Fernando Valladares @fernadovalladares.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Un documental amable, informativo y necesario sobre el lobo. Si aún no lo viste, no lo dudes youtu.be/oKFhUXaBQo4?...
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Documental Tierra de lobos, escuela de pastores
YouTube video by IESA CSIC
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Bettina Thalinger @bettinathal.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
🦉 New publication! 🦆 BirT: A Novel Primer Pair for Avian Environmental DNA Metabarcoding onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Want to amplify birds from #eDNA samples? This new primer pair is the way to go! @dirch3.bsky.social, Rachel Empey, Megan Cowperthwaite, Katerina Coveny #metabarcoding
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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"Matar 100 lobos, como ya ha sucedido en los montes asturianos y cántabros, es una muestra de populismo rural que desprecia el conocimiento científico y la ética. " por @ernestodmartin.bsky.social @fondolobo.bsky.social elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
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Podemos vivir sin lobos; viviremos peor
Matar 100 ejemplares, como ya ha sucedido en los montes asturianos y cántabros, es una muestra de populismo rural que desprecia el conocimiento científico y la ética
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Ben Taylor @btaylornz.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Giving rivers room to move, can benefit people and nature.   As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme floods, rethinking our approach to managing floodplain rivers has never been more urgent.   floodplain river systems are among the most valuable ecosystems. #rivers
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Estos días vas a oír a gente diciendo que no hay evidencia científica para proteger a la anguila @sibic.bsky.social ha enviado a todas las CCAA esa evidencia Te la resumo en un hilo 1- Lista Roja Española 2- Lista Roja Global 3- Informe ICES 2025 4- Dictamen CC @miteco.gob.es @ebdonana.bsky.social
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Sara Aagesen @saraaagesen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🔵 La supervivencia de la angula no tiene precio. El próximo día 17, en el comité de flora y Fauna, propondremos a las CCAA declarar la anguila en peligro de extinción. Gracias a los científicos, asociaciones ecologistas y cocineros de Euro-Toques por su apoyo.
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Nieves López-Rodríguez @nmlr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
📢 JOVENOMICS Call for Participation! JOVENOMICS, the latest collaborative early-career project funded by the @aillimnologia.bsky.social, warmly invite early-career researchers to join this initiative. + info: lnkd.in/eUW3S7nC #AquaticEcology #eDNA #Taxonomy #MolecularEcology #CollaborativeScience
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#jovenomics #aquaticecology #edna #taxonomy #molecularecology #ail #sibecol #collaborativescience | Nieves López Rodríguez
📢 JOVENOMICS Call for Participation is now open! Alba M. Losa Calleja and me, as IPs of JOVENOMICS, the latest collaborative early-career project funded by the Asociación Ibérica de Limnología. We wa...
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Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Os esperamos en el XV congreso del grupo de microbiología del medio acuático 🦠💧 de la Sociedad Española de Microbiología. Se celebrará en el @mncn-csic.bsky.social en Madrid del 10 al 12 de junio de 2026. Toda la info en la web: www.xvmmamadrid.es
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