💦 Work on aquatic ecosystems and fancy a late summer conference? Join us for the BES Aquatic Ecology SIG annual meeting! 📅 3–4 Sept 2026 📍 ZSL London Hear the latest research, present your work, network, and attend workshops 💦 Registration & abstract submission are OPEN: tinyurl.com/2rv3dzpw

📢 BESAG are looking for committee members! Interested in helping to bring together the aquatic ecology community? 👀 We are looking for two new members to join our committee: 🌊 Communications Officer 🌊 Practitioner Representative Apply here ➡️ www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/aqua...

Aquatic Ecology Group Vacancies - British Ecological Society

Support, connect, and inspire our community - join the Aquatic Ecology Group committee! Applications close 2 March 2026.

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🤔Looking to make your #code more #reproducible? Check out our new and improved guide to Reproducible Code! 🧪🌍️ Find it here👇️ buff.ly/10TeNok @nhcooper123.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

🚨 NEW coral eDNA PAPER 🚨🧬🪸 "Environmental DNA as a Tool for the Assessment of Coral (Anthozoa) Composition in the Chagos Archipelago" dx.doi.org/10.1002/edn3... #eDNA #coralreefs #marinescience @rdowell.bsky.social

Environmental DNA as a Tool for the Assessment of Coral (Anthozoa) Composition in the Chagos Archipelago

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding using ITS2 markers reliably recovered 18 coral genera, with strong overlap but also complementary detections compared to benthic transect surveys. eDNA uniquely...

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After last year's successful refresh of the BES Reproducible Code guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...), this year we're going to refresh the Data Management guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...). Exciting! See below for how to get involved...

The marine conservation group @hifmb.de is looking for a postdoc and a Phd student to study coral genomics and conservation genetics. Join us to develop solutions for coral conservation and dive into the world of early branching metazoans: Deadlines coming up fast. jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/21...

🚨 Two funded PhDs (one int'l, one UK) - study coral restoration & corporate sustainability with us in Lancaster! Enquiries welcome, January 30, please share widely! 🚨 🪸🐠 Coral restoration (int'l): www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🌴📊 Corporate sustainability (UK): www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

If you haven't already - please help us shape our next academic conference in Autumn 2026 by filling out a quick survey!

BES Aquatic Ecology Group@bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Are you a part of our Special Interest Group community and thinking of attending our 2026 annual conference? (say yes, it’s really fun 🤩) We would be eternally grateful if you could fill out our google form survey to help us shape the 2026 event itself! ⬇️ forms.gle/sYPRkuPZCNg2... Thank youuu 💧🔬🦐

Thanks to everyone we met at #BES2025! If you have a minute pre-xmas break, please help us shape our BESAG 2026 Annual Meeting by filling out our super short questionnaire below! Also, keep your eyes peeled on our socials in january, we'll soon be looking for a new comittee member 👀 🪸🦑🦭🌊💧🐟

BES Aquatic Ecology Group@bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Are you a part of our Special Interest Group community and thinking of attending our 2026 annual conference? (say yes, it’s really fun 🤩) We would be eternally grateful if you could fill out our google form survey to help us shape the 2026 event itself! ⬇️ forms.gle/sYPRkuPZCNg2... Thank youuu 💧🔬🦐

Thanks to everyone who came by to say hi at the Meet the SIGs session and joint pub social last night! #BES2025 If you haven’t already, (pretty) please help us shape our 2026 annual meeting via this short questionnaire: ⬇️📝🙏 forms.gle/HCVo3gwVKLYB... @britishecologicalsociety.org

Day 2 at #BES2025, and more aquatic ecology posters to go check out! A1.97 - Living Sea Walls (Franz Bauer) A4.93 - UK river restoration (Molly Bridger) B4.14 - Coastal food web biomass (Benjamin Mooney) A4.47 - Amazonian stream fish (Yullia Alvez) 🌊🔬💧🐟 @britishecologicalsociety.org

Two funded PhD projects (one open to international applicants) with us at @lec-reefs.bsky.social - please pass on to potential applicants

Tim Lamont@timlamont.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 Two funded PhDs (one int'l, one UK) - study coral restoration & corporate sustainability with us in Lancaster! Enquiries welcome, January 30, please share widely! 🚨 🪸🐠 Coral restoration (int'l): www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🌴📊 Corporate sustainability (UK): www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We spy some #aquaticecology posters at #BES2025 👀🌊 B1.70 A1.77 B2.20 Have you got a poster on #marine and #freshwater research you’d like is to highlight? Drop us a message and we’ll come check it out! @britishecologicalsociety.org

Are you a part of our Special Interest Group community and thinking of attending our 2026 annual conference? (say yes, it’s really fun 🤩) We would be eternally grateful if you could fill out our google form survey to help us shape the 2026 event itself! ⬇️ forms.gle/sYPRkuPZCNg2... Thank youuu 💧🔬🦐

BES Aquatic Ecology Annual Meeting

Help us design our next BES Aquatic Group Annual Meeting in 2026

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📊 Heading to #BESAnnualMeeting next week? Come and meet the Quantitative SIG at Meet the SIGs on Tuesday 18:00–19:00 at the EICC. A great chance to chat quantitative ecology, hear what we’re up to, and get involved 👋 Stick around afterwards for the SIG socials!

📈 Quantitative ecologists at #BESAnnualMeeting - we’d love to see you! Join the Quantitative SIG at Meet the SIGs (Tue 18:00–19:00), then come along to our joint social with @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social and Teaching & Learning SIG. Good company, games, food & drinks to be had! 🍻

Coming to #BES2025 this week? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We'll be there too! Come find us at the Meet the SIGs session! 🌊 📍Mezzanine 🕰️ 6-7pm We'll then head to the pub for drinks and food for a joint social with Teaching and Learning & Quantitative @bes-quantitative.bsky.social SIGs! 🍻 📍Fox & Faun 🕰️ 7.30pm

Keen to hear about job/PhD opportunities and the latest UK freshwater & marine ecology research? (yes you do 🐟) Good news: we’ve got a monthly newsletter for you! 📩 Sign up to our MailChimp for your monthly dose of aquatic goodness and all things SIG-related. 🌊 Sign up here ➡️ rb.gy/zd3ce1

4 YR Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK home fees) Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience at University of Stirling on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience at University of Stirling, listed on FindAPhD.com

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The deadline to apply for a DPhil with scholarship consideration is fast approaching on 8 January! If you or someone you know is thinking of a PhD, make sure to get in touch with a potential supervisor asap, ahead of the University's winter closure 👇 bit.ly/dphilbio25

Oxford Biology@biology.ox.ac.uk · 12mo ago

Want to do a PhD in biology? Our projects for 2026 are now live! If you're considering a PhD, or know someone who is, we have projects that span the biosciences to serve as inspiration. Reach out to our academics to discuss these or more options if you have an idea of your own 👇 bit.ly/dphilbio25

PhD opportunity! "Benefits & impacts of use of light in UK #fisheries & their wider effect on the marine environment" (aka #scallopdiscos!) Supervision by me @thembauk.bsky.social Tom Davies @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Tim Smyth @pml.ac.uk @fishtekmarine.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

Benefits and impacts of use of light in UK fisheries and their wider effect on the marine environment

Applications are invited for three 3.5 year PhD studentships: Benefits and impacts of use of light in UK fisheries and their wider effect on the marine...

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📢 Free webinar on aquatic eDNA methods! Sign up below ⬇️ @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

Methods in Ecology and Evolution@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Don't forget to register for our next MEE live! Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪 Find out more and register 👇 buff.ly/wNIpIWm

Don't forget to register for our next MEE live! Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪 Find out more and register 👇 buff.ly/wNIpIWm

We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...

Another great BES-Aquatic Group conference this year at ZSL London @zslofficial.bsky.social! If you don't already, follow us on Mail-Chimp and here on BlueSky for UK aquatic science news and meetings! @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social britishecologicalsociety.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

BES Aquatic Ecology Group@bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · last yr.

the #BESAG committee had a great time and hope you did too. Thank you to keynote speakers, workshop leaders, talk presenters and all the participants. Thanks to the sponsors, @funecology.bsky.social and to @zslofficial.bsky.social for hosting us! we hope to see all of you again next year!💧🌍🧪

There is still time to register for our annual meeting! 📍 ZSL London 📅 15/16th Sep. 2025 💻 2x Workshops + Conference Join us if you are interested in anything #aquatic #marine #freshwater 💧🌊🌍🦠🐋🦪🦐🦀🪼🦑 **REGISTRATION DEADLINE now moved back to the 5th Sep ** www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025

Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!

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#BESAG2025 arriving very soon 👀

BES Aquatic Ecology Group@bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · last yr.

There is still time to register for our annual meeting! 📍 ZSL London 📅 15/16th Sep. 2025 💻 2x Workshops + Conference Join us if you are interested in anything #aquatic #marine #freshwater 💧🌊🌍🦠🐋🦪🦐🦀🪼🦑 **REGISTRATION DEADLINE now moved back to the 5th Sep ** www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

⏰ 🌊 Registration for our 2025 Annual Meeting is still open until the 1st of September - grab a ticket before they run out! 📍 ZSL London 📅 15 & 16 September 2025 🥇 2 x ECR prizes available 💻 2 x Workshops 🔗 Full details: shorturl.at/Otya6 #Marine #Freshwater #Ecology #Research #AcademicConference

#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025

Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!

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New academic faculty posts available at Imperial College London! Assistant/Associate Professors in Life Sciences. Please apply and/or circulate details! www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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Opportunities for visiting researchers to collaborate with scientists @thembauk.bsky.social next year. Ray Lankester Investigatorship for established researchers, Peter Baker Investigatorship for early career researchers (<10 years post PhD). Deadlines in October www.mba.ac.uk/our-membersh...