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Michelle Jackson

@michcjackson.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Oxford | Global change & food webs in aquatic ecosystems

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DrZP @zarahpattison.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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Persistent river heatwaves are emerging worldwide under climate change - Nature Communications
River heatwaves are becoming stronger and longer-lasting globally. Nearly half of the world’s rivers will reach a ‘permanent’ (year-round) heatwave state by the 2090 s under high greenhouse gas emissi...
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Michelle Jackson @michcjackson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🌍🦦🏞️
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Hightailing along high streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain
Still rare only 20 years ago, the charismatic animals are in almost every UK river and a conservation success story
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Michelle Jackson @michcjackson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Our new paper on global drivers of stoichiometry is out- see thread below! 🧪🌍
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Warming waters are shifting the diversity of American river fish www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n... 🧪🌎🦑🐠
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Warming waters are shifting the diversity of American river fish
A pair of studies show that American rivers are getting hotter, posing a risk for many fish species.
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Michelle Jackson @michcjackson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Visiting a beaver wetland in Argyle (Scotland) with the NERC EcoWild PhD students 🌍🧪
People looking over a lochBeaver activity evidence on a treeA wetland with a beaver lodge
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Michelle Jackson @michcjackson.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Sampling seaweed in Weymouth for our new water pollution herbarium project 🧪🌍 Each sample will be analysed for d15N to see how it correlates with nitrates in the water
Seaweed in a tray
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
join us this September at ZSL for our annual #BESAG meeting! #aquatic #marine #freshwater
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Rachel Stubbington @rstubbington.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Excited that Nottingham Trent Uni will host the Freshwater Biological Association Annual Scientific Meeting on Wednesday 25 June. Awesome lineup including keynotes @davetickner.bsky.social, @michcjackson.bsky.social, Steve Ormerod and Julia Martin-Ortega. Registration is open: t.co/GRdq6E33v2
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Dania Albini @daniaalbini.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
📢 I am very excited to share our new paper in @commsbio.bsky.social: nature.com/articles/s42... . 🔥 🌍🧪How does #warming affect #plankton #bodysize distributions? We used one of the largest outdoor #mesocosm experiments to test our hypothesis 1/
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Warming alters plankton body-size distributions in a large field experiment - Communications Biology
Warming reduces zooplankton size by up to 57% at +8° C, with some nonlinear trends and breakpoints. This large-scale mesocosm study highlights the importance of intergenerational responses to warming ...
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 19/01/2025
Are you a PhD student hoping to attend an ecological conference or training that could boost your research? Apply for a training and travel grant today.  Applications for round 1 close on 24 January at 11:59 pm (GMT).  Find out more about the grant and eligibility criteria:
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Training and travel grants - British Ecological Society
This grant supports the training and development of PhD students and postgraduate research assistants.
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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🌎 Colombian Tree Frog Found in the UK 🐸 A scientific paper🧪reveals how global trade enables invasive species like this frog to disrupt local ecosystems. Found in a Sheffield florist, it highlights the need to address biodiversity threats. bit.ly/3DWe7mx #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity #Conservation
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Colombian tree frog found by Sheffield florist highlights invasive species threat
Scientists say frog’s journey shows difficulty of spotting insects or fungi spread by global plant trade
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Global Ecology 🌐 @global-ecology.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
24% of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction ! 👉 By Sayer et al. Jan 2025 in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔑 Multi-taxon global IUCN red list freshwater fauna (23,496 species) assessment shows that pollution, dams, water extraction, agriculture and invasion are the main threats. 🌐🌍
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Global Ecology 🌐 @global-ecology.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Global Diversity of Glacier-Fed Stream Microbiomes Under Threat ! 👉 by @layeb.bsky.social et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔑 Glacier-fed streams harbor unique microbiomes, 62% specific to mountain ranges. Retreating glaciers threaten this biodiversity and its role in mountain ecosystems. 🌐🌍
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Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams - Nature
Leveraging metabarcoding and metagenomics, a survey of bacteria in the benthic microbiome across 152 glacier-fed streams (GFSs) provides a global reference for future climate-change microbiology studi...
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Dr Christopher F Clements @expecocons.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🚨We are HIRING! 🧪 Please repost! Lecturer/Senior lecturer in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Priority areas: ‘Responding to anthropogenic change’ ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Bryan White, MS Bio, MPH 🧬 @crvscience.com · 05/12/2024
Honey can be used as a proxy for detecting heavy metal pollution. First large scale use of honey in biomonitoring. Researchers found high, but not unsafe, levels of arsenic in PNW 🍯 (pesticide remnants?), and lead in So. Carolina 🍯 (mining?) 🧪🐝🍯🌎 #Bees #Bugs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Metals in honey from bees as a proxy for environmental contamination in the United States
This is the first large bio-surveillance study examining the contents and geographic variation of metals of public health concern—arsenic (As), lead (…
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Michelle Jackson @michcjackson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Some very flooded rivers in Oxfordshire for this months fieldwork investigating water quality 🧪🌍
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
DPhil Biology deadline at @oxfordbiology.bsky.social . 29 projects, including a very interesting one with @michcjackson.bsky.social on #Foodweb subsidies in #wetlands under #multiplestressors
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
A PhD position is available at Trinity College Dublin - Future Marine Food Webs in Offshore Windfarms (supervised by Prof Helen Wiltshire and co-supervised by me, Ian Donohue and Sarah McCormack). Contact Prof Wiltshire for details: peoplefinder.tcd.ie/Profile?User... #PhD #FoodWebs #Modelling
Karen Wiltshire Chair of Climate Science at Trinity College Dublin
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📖Published📖 Richard et al. presents the Aquatic Metatron, a unique mesocosm facility providing a large-scale experimental resource to study the combined effects of global change components on the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of aquatic ecosystems 🌊 🧪 🌎 buff.ly/3V5LYzq
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James Orr @jamesaorr.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
New paper that may be of interest to ecologists studying global change, disturbances, biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, or response diversity: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Variability of functional and biodiversity responses to perturbations is predictable and informative - Nature Communications
Measures of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning show variable responses to perturbations, complicating the prediction of responses to global change. This study shows that the variability of communi...
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Rachel Stubbington @rstubbington.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Joining @davetickner.bsky.social, two other (equally awesome) keynote speakers are now confirmed for the FBA Meeting: @michcjackson.bsky.social and Prof. Steve Ormerod 😁💦
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Blake Matthews @ebmatthews.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This paper was a massive team effort that culminated in a simple story: More biodiverse communities of invertebrates, in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, have a higher content of "good fats" that are available for predators (e.g. bird, bats, fish, etc...). doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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Consumer biodiversity increases organic nutrient availability across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
Human land-use intensification threatens arthropod (for example, insect and spider) biodiversity across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Insects and spiders play critical roles in ecosystems by acc...
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
we are now on Bluesky! if you don't know us already, we are the #aquatic group of the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social . We post about #marine #freshwater and all #aquatic! give us a follow and we are looking forward to interact with you all! #BESAG 🌊💧💦🌍🧪
BESAG is now on Bluesky! we talk about marine, freshwater and all aquatic
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Dave Zanatta @mimusselman.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Come work with us!Central Michigan University Department of Biology (www.cmich.edu/academics/co...) is hiring a new TT faculty! 🔬🧬 www.jobs.cmich.edu/postings/416... #biotechnology
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CMU Applicant Portal | Biology (Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor) | Print Preview
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Michelle Jackson @michcjackson.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I’m recruiting 2 fully funded PhD students for October 2025 to investigate multiple stressors in wetlands: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Come join our lab! 🧪🌍
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Michelle Jackson @michcjackson.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Thanks for having me @mastscot.bsky.social #Glasgow - links to some of the #multiplestressor papers I mentioned in my talk below: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
Interesting piece from @michcjackson.bsky.social on river water quality and changes in metrics/regulation which accounts for some (most?) of the apparent recent deterioration www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is pollution in England’s rivers really getting worse? There’s more good news than you might think | Michelle Jackson
River wildlife is on the up and there’s little evidence that storm overflows are being used more often. But protest is still vital, says academic Michelle Jackson
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Dani cRabaiotti 🦀 @danirabaiotti.bsky.social · 19/07/2024
We have a bunch of paid work coming up doing species identification work. If you can ID bats, birds or frogs from audio, plants from images, or mammals from camera traps - apply using your form and we will be in touch! 🐦🦇🐸🌿 🧪🌍 www.researchgate.net/job/1013726_...
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ECOLOGISTS, NATURALISTS, AND TAXONOMIC EXPERTS - REMOTE JOB at Pivotal in London, UNITED KINGDOM
Jul 17, 2024 | Can you identify birds, bats or frogs from acoustic data? Or can you identify plants, mammals and insects found from high-resolution images? Do... | NEW JOB
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 19/07/2024
We are still looking for an Assistant Freshwater Ecologist at UKCEH in Lancaster to be a part of long-term and campaign based lake research & outdoor experiments, and to boost our fish ecology skills. 💦🚣‍♀️🐟🦠🧪💦🚣‍♀️🐟🦠🧪💦🚣‍♀️🐟 ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
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Assistant Freshwater Ecologist
Salary - £30,684 - £32,563 Permanent We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early. UKCEH is looking for an experienced Assistant F...
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Dania Albini @daniaalbini.bsky.social · 01/07/2024
Big thanks to all co-authors from UNIS, Oslo Uni & @oxfordbiology.bsky.social for making this exciting project happen! @khuongdinh.bsky.social @michcjackson.bsky.social , Mathieu Lutier, Martin Heimböck, Jan Heuschele, & Janne Søreide! Project and fellowship founded by Norges forskningsråd
a collage image with picture from the experiment, Svalbard and lab analysis
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James Orr @jamesaorr.bsky.social · 27/06/2024
I’m really excited to share our new synthesis of 2,396 (!) multiple-stressor experiments conducted in freshwater ecosystems that’s just been published in Ecology Letters: doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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Michelle Jackson @michcjackson.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
PhD opportunity with me @oxfordbiology.bsky.social on multiple stressors in wetlands with a placement in the beautiful Lake District! Learn more here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🧪🌎
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Wetland recovery from extreme events at University of Oxford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Wetland recovery from extreme events at University of Oxford, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Michelle Jackson @michcjackson.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
Not the best set of pictures but can anyone help me identify this amphipod from Antarctica: www.inaturalist.org/observations... (more photos on link). 🧪🌎
Amphipod crustacean in test tube
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Dania Albini @daniaalbini.bsky.social · 04/03/2024
Happy to contribute to The Conversation UK, discussing the research done with @michcjackson.bsky.social et al. at @oxfordbiology.bsky.social & Somerville College , on how river pollution in the UK is leading to harmful outbreaks of #sewage fungus lnkd.in/dt23Tq3v 🧪🛢🦠💧🌎
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Dania Albini @daniaalbini.bsky.social · 18/02/2024
Great article by The Guardian on sewage fungus in UK, featuring our recent research @michcjackson.bsky.social @oxfordbiology.bsky.social #sewage #sewagepollution #riverpollution www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪🌏💧🦠
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Everything you wish you never needed to know about sewage fungus
The smelly, nasty bacteria that spells bad news for rivers is flourishing in the UK. Here is how to spot it and what it means
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Dania Albini @daniaalbini.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Just like in #GoT, winter is coming! Our new opinion paper on Global Change Biology discusses about this interesting topic: "Winter is coming: Interactions of multiple #stressors in #winter and implications for the natural world" ❄️
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16956
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Dania Albini @daniaalbini.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #sewage #sewagepollution #riverpollution
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Treated and untreated sewage greatest threat to river biodiversity, says study
More water company regulations and improvements at treatment plants needed to protect rivers, say authors
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James Orr @jamesaorr.bsky.social · 30/01/2024
Here’s our new paper just published in Freshwater Biology where we used process-based models and large biomonitoring datasets to study multiple-stressor interactions at a landscape level: doi.org/10.1111/fwb....
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