Zsófia Horváth
@zsofiahorvath.bsky.social
Aquatic ecologist. Metacommunities, connectivity, biodiversity, ponds, urbanisation, citizen science. https://scholar.google.hu/citations?user=gY7r-D0AAAAJ&hl=hu & https://metacomlab.com/
We sampled zooplankton from 90 garden and urban ponds across Budapest as part of the #MyPond project lead by @metacomlab.bsky.social With @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social @csabavad.bsky.social @bartabarbara.bsky.social @zsuzsimrton.bsky.social @schneiderbea.bsky.social @uhrinmarton.bsky.social
Urban cover shifted communities in urban ponds (fewer crustaceans, more rotifers), while garden ponds stayed largely buffered by surrounding greenery. Fish were the strongest driver in both pond types, with stronger effects on garden ponds due to their smaller size 🐟
We found 95 zooplankton species, including 2 rotifers new to Hungary (Lecane tudicola, Monommata arndti), in both pond types, and 3 non-native species only in urban ponds. Over half (58%) of species were shared between garden and urban ponds.
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....
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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Check out this quirky video I made about #garden #pond nightlife. Material is from the 1st week of our current survey in #MyPond, with my ⭐amazing⭐ team @metacomlab.bsky.social (...my best work so far as video editor... 😅) 🦡 Did you know badgers and boars sometimes take a bath in garden ponds?? 🐗
Horváth Metacommunity Lab@metacomlab.bsky.social · 3w ago🤩 A few exciting highlights from the first week of our summer survey! (Sound on! 🔊) 📸 Our wildlife cameras are currently monitoring the first 40 #MyPond #ponds, capturing all animal visitors until the end of the month, so we're hoping for many more exciting encounters! 🐸🐗🦉🐈⬛🦔🦡🐾 #citizenscience
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.
🌞 Heatwaves reveal just how important garden ponds can be for wildlife 🐸 #MyPond #citizenscience
🌊 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
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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Together with @bartabarbara.bsky.social and @uhrinmarton.bsky.social, we had a great session yesterday to talk about ‘urban waters under pressure’. Thank you to all the attendees, and a special thank to the session chairs @majailiczg.bsky.social, @branslab.bsky.social, @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social.
Extended deadline! Until 15 Feb 2026, you can apply for #experimental #PhD position in our group to study species #invasions in the context of climate #warming and #eutrophication together with @kratina.bsky.social, Arnaud Sentis and Otto Seppälä. See bit.ly/4pcWMIV for details.
Opportunities
Web presentation of David Boukal and his research group.
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We are hiring🚨 We are looking for 2 postdocs and 1 reasearch assistant to work in the ERC project “Tipping dynamics and resilience in adapting ecological systems” at @eawag.bsky.social Find the description of each position and the link to apply in the thread ⬇️
This month’s selected photo was taken in Germany and kindly submitted by @marlene-paetzig.bsky.social. Even under a blanket of #snow, #ponds remain an essential part of European landscapes. Thank you for sharing! ❄️💧 Submissions are now open for next month’s Photo of the Month! 📸
Barbara Barta@bartabarbara.bsky.social · 8mo ago🚨New paper🚨From a survey of 560 garden-pond owners, nearly half keep invasive macrophytes, often bought through online communities that are blind spots for researchers and authorities. #waterhyacinth #waterlettuce #invasiveplants #citizenscience 🌿🌱🌺 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
STOTEN is now dead. It has been completely removed from Web of Science mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠@jutfelt.bsky.social · 2y agoWarning to environmental scientists! 🧪🦑🌎🐟 The journal STOTEN has been placed on hold by Clarivate, meaning it is under investigation and may lose its indexing (including impact factor). Consider publishing elsewhere. mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
Fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD Opportunity - *Understanding The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance by Migratory Birds* Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention 🏙️🔵🏡 doi.org/10.1002/wat2... @epcn.bsky.social
Urban Ponds and the Emerging Role of Garden Ponds: Ecosystem Services and Disservices, Multifunctionality, and Trade‐Offs
Urban ponds and garden ponds—a specific subset of the former, usually located in private gardens—are both typical examples of ponds in the urban landscape. They deliver multiple ecosystem services bu...
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📢for abstracts! Join us on the joint ASLO-SIL26 Confluence: Science, People, Knowledge Meeting / @majailiczg.bsky.social, @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social and I organize session 78 "Urban waters under pressure: socio-ecological feedback and anthropogenic stressors in city ponds, streams, and estuaries"
SS082 Mesocosm-based approaches for tackling grand challenges in aquatic ecosystems With @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social members Cihelio Alves Amorim, Anna Schmidt, Gabriela Ágreda-López and Gülce Yalcin
Abstract submission for ASLO-SIL 2026 in Montreal is open! Together with several colleagues, I will be co-hosting three sessions. For more information, please see below (each session mentioned in the comments). Session list (with session descriptions): www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-202...
(Mountain) Pond lovers, we are looking for you! Within the EPCN, we are organising a new working group on mountain ponds 💙🏔️ If you are interested to join or listen to the presentations, join our kick-off meeting on 29th of October! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
EPCN Mountain Ponds Working Group
We are planning to bring a new mountain ponds working group to life within the network of the EPCN (European Pond Conservation Network). For this purpose, we call a meeting for all people that are int...
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Looking for openly available: - before-after data in space - with a restoration measure inbetween (e.g. dam/invasive spec. removal, urban green space creation...) - min. 10 sites (quadrats / random places along a stream / ponds...) - species data, env. data of some sort, GPS coordinates
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🥳 Meet Dr. Zsófia Horv��th @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social , our new subject editor from Budapest, Hungary Get to know her and her research by reading her interview here: vist.ly/44s89
Welcome Zsófia Horváth - New SE | Oikos Journal
Welcome Zsófia Horváth - New SE | Oikos Journal
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Last week we had the pleasure to welcome @matias-arim.bsky.social #DamianoBaldan and #ZacharyHajian-Forooshani in #Budapest as part of the #MetaHeroes #EndGame workshop! Many nourishing discussions but the best was the burst in energy that it generated! The #EndGame definitely became a #Beginning
it was great to meet all the pond friends!! @carlaulmusminor.bsky.social @stephi-gascon.bsky.social @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social, Marga Florencio and many more!
