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Valerio Viligiardi

@valerioviligiardi.bsky.social
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MSc Ecobiology student interested in aquatic ecology and food web dynamics 🌱🌍 Sapienza - University of Rome📍

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Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Our paper has just been published in the latest issue of @nature.com! We analysed 318 food webs spanning marine, freshwater & soil ecosystems worldwide & found that ecosystem functioning increases consistently with biodiversity across multiple trophic levels. 🌐🧪🕷️🦠🍄🌿 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Food web complexity underlies biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning - Nature
Analyses of the relationship between taxon richness and multi-trophic ecosystem functioning across marine, lake, stream and soil ecosystems show that food web complexity underlies biodiversity effects...
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Thu-Hương Huỳnh @hhuong152.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Garden ponds are easy to dismiss as too small to matter, but they contribute meaningfully to #urbanbiodiversity. Our new paper looks at what zooplankton live in garden vs urban ponds, and how fish and urban cover shape those communities. Check it out: doi.org/10.1002/lno....
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Zooplankton communities and their responses to fish presence and urban cover across garden and other urban ponds
As cities expand globally, the ratio of artificial to natural freshwater habitats is increasing. While public urban ponds have been the subject of an increasing number of biodiversity studies, the bi...
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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A study found that melting ice has drastically reduced levels of nitrate, a key nutrient in the ocean, a change, that may be irreversible, may lead to serious nutrition loss in the foundations of marine food webs. 🌎🧪 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
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The Arctic Ocean May Have Passed a Crucial Tipping Point That Could Harm Food Webs and Worsen Climate Change
Sea ice loss seems to have triggered a decline in the nutrient nitrate, affecting the tiny organisms that form the foundations of marine food chains and absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to...
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Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Published today in @nature.com, our study shows that the #foodweb trophic structure is critical for #ecosystemfunctioning. Read it here: rdcu.be/frxEl This has been an incredibly rewarding collaboration with many amazing scientists! 🌐🧪🦑🍁🌱 @waikatouniversity.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social
Geographic distribution of the 318 food webs across four ecosystem types that were analysed to test how food web architecture modulates BEF relationships
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Valerio Viligiardi @valerioviligiardi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Had a great week in Rome during the “H₂O pollution: holistic approach and nature-based solutions” summer school, under the #CIVIS universities alliance! We discussed with experts from all over Europe about emerging contaminants and new sustainable technologies to address #water #pollution ♻️💡💦
Sampling activities at Lake Bracciano, ItalyRome tour with other students and professors Sampling activities at Lake Bracciano, ItalyTeam work activities at Sapienza University
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varsharani.bsky.social @varsharani.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🌊 Our new paper is out now! What happens when an invasive omnivore gets warmer? We found that the mysid Limnomysis benedeni shifts toward a more ‘herbivorous’ diet. 🦐🌡️ More here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @csabavad.bsky.social @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social @kratina.bsky.social
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Temperature‐driven diet shift in an invasive omnivorous crustacean feeding on plankton
Global warming alters the physiology of ectotherm consumers, potentially making their diets more herbivorous. However, the relevance and generality of these changes remain poorly understood in a mult...
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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
New publication: Prototype of a global model for regulating ecosystem services of inland #wetlands. #eutrophication #greenhousegases #climatechange doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
Graphical abstract De Klein et al. (2026)
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European Pond Conservation Network @epcn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This month’s selected photo was taken in #Italy and kindly submitted by @valerioviligiardi.bsky.social. A large #water body in the Castelporziano Estate, a protected Mediterranean reserve, framed by wetland vegetation. 🌿💧 Submissions are now open for next month’s Photo of the Month! 📸
A large water body in the Castelporziano Estate, an important reserve for Mediterranean ecosystems, framed by wetland vegetation
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Valerio Viligiardi @valerioviligiardi.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Sampling session at the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano 💧🪱🪲 Located in central Italy, this natural reserve includes rare mediterranean wetlands that are facing increasingly anthropogenic pressures.
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