CRC RESIST 1439

Merry X-mas from the Aquatic Ecology group!

Picture: A person taking sediment samples in North Rhine-Westphalia. Text: When Microbes Feel the Heat. International Study Uncovers Climate-driven Stress on Riverbed Microbes

The complex #microbialcommunities in #rivers and streams are essential for stable #ecosystems. However, #microbes in sediment are under constant stress. This has been revealed by a study led @probstlab.bsky.social. #heatstress www.uni-due.de/2025-12-10-s...

@crc-resist.bsky.social

They made up the Data Reuse Core Team along with @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social @folker.bsky.social and had the support of the Data Reuse Consortium, composed of 167 scientists globally who were pivotal in driving this effort forward! Thank you all! 🧬

@unidue.bsky.social

See UDE press release on our latest paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution! www.uni-due.de/2025-11-11-e...

Effects of Biodiversity Loss on Freshwater Ecosystem Functions Increase With the Number of Stressors The paper reports results of a meta-analysis addressing the effect of multiple stressors on the relationship between biodiversity and four measures of ecosystem function in freshwater ecosystems. We ....

New paper out in Global Change Biology! We show that the biodiversity–ecosystem function relationship in freshwaters intensifies as the number of stressors rise. Multiple stressors make ecosystems more dependent on biodiversity—and amplify the impacts of its loss. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Meta-analysis-derived estimates of stressor–response associations for riverine organism groups - Nature Ecology & Evolution This global meta-analysis of freshwater stressor–response relationships reveals that the biodiversity loss of five riverine organism groups reflects elevated salinity, oxygen depletion and fine sedime...

Led by Wim Kaijser, we published a global analysis on how five different organism groups respond to seven stressor categories. New paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution. www.nature.com/articles/s41....

It’s happening again! Our @crc-resist.bsky.social team from @unidue.bsky.social is in Hesse to prepare the next large #ExStream experiment. Stay tuned.
#freshwater #biodiversity #multiplestressors

Check out this new article on null model selection for multiple stressor research. Fantastic work by Iris Pimentel from @leeselab.bsky.social within the @crc-resist.bsky.social.
Freely available at: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Multiple-stressor effects on the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship were largely predictable from single-stressor impacts. Great community effort with many colleagues from @crc-resist.bsky.social

New article on equitable reuse of public sequencing data, published in @natmicrobiol.nature.com!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!

Fair Rules for Sharing Sequence Data - new paper in Nature Microbiology by @probstlab.bsky.social @alexjprobst.bsky.social, associated to @crc-resist.bsky.social.
www.uni-due.de/2025-09-26-f...

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Excited to welcome @hsintunglai.bsky.social and @renaandraes.bsky.social as PhD students to our group!! They will be working within Phase 2 of @crc-resist.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social under the supervision of @alexjprobst.bsky.social and @cristinamoraru.bsky.social.

Want to know more about aquatic parasitology? For free? Check out the link below for online open access ⬇️

Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites A unique open access collection on ecological and environmental parasitology in marine and freshwater. Covers climate change and parasite conservation.

Great News: Our book Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites has been published online open access! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @nicojsmit.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

We are looking for a large coordinated research project on multiple stressors in river ecosystems for a postdoc that could syntheses like meta-analyses. @crc-resist.bsky.social
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...

We published a special issue on #multiplestressors in #rivers: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu.... Stories about #ExStream experiments and the impact of 9 stressors on 5 organism groups from Europe and New Zealand. @crc-resist.bsky.social, @berndsures.bsky.social

Bernd Sures presenting achievements of Phase I!

Today, we have the kickoff of Phase 2 of our #multistressor #CRC1439 #RESIST @crc-resist.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social @danielheringude.bsky.social

Daniel Hering explaining the ideas of Phase II!

Bernd Sures giving an overview on achievements of Phase I of RESIST!

Capture—Incubate—Release: An Animal‐Friendly Approach to Assess Local Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Species Diversity Through Environmental DNA Metabarcoding We assessed whether we can combine the advantages of both bulk and eDNA metabarcoding, that is, obtaining a local signal and being minimally invasive, to improve local invertebrate detections in stre...

New paper out by #MandySander via @umweltstiftung.bsky.social fellowship &supported by @crc-resist.bsky.social
Capture—Incubate—Release: An Animal-Friendly Approach to Assess Local Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Species Diversity Through eDNA Metabarcoding
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

How is a restored #watershed, formerly open sewers, recolonised by invertebrates? Which role play habitat development, #dispersal and #competition? Answers in our recent paper @svgillmann.bsky.social et al. in Ecological Processes. doi.org/10.1186/s137...
@crc-resist.bsky.social #restoration #rivers

Two postdoc positions in Peter Haase's lab @Senckenberg, one in connection with @crc-resist.bsky.social. Long-term ecological research in a highly productive group. www.senckenberg.de/de/karriere/... (search for "Gelnhausen").

Gammarus fossarum precopulatory pair. Copyright: Martina Weiss

Happy #DNAday 🧬
Just on time: our new study that appeared today showing how urbanization leaves a genetic footprint in 2 stream amphipods in river Emscher catchment. Tools like #ddrad help map connectivity & recovery paths #Ruhrgebiet onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @crc-resist.bsky.social

Erster Spatenstich für ACTIVE SITES! 🎉 Auf dem Turmfeld in Essen griffen dafür NRW-Wissenschaftsministerin Ina Brandes, Essens OB Thomas Kufen, Rektorin Barbara Albert, Kanzler Ulf Richter und Prof. Dr. Stephan Barcikowski gemeinsam zur Schaufel. 1/3

RESIST – a Collaborative Research Centre on multiple stressors affecting streams and rivers YouTube video by WaterHeroes

Interested in the CRC RESIST? Watch this video to get informed about the main ideas!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgFK...

#TBT to @joernstarke.bsky.social and @katharinasures.bsky.social presenting their amazing work at the @vaam-microbes.bsky.social AC 2025 which took place at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de just last week! Well done you two!
@crc-resist.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

Small study from our lab @unidue.bsky.social shows advantage of having wings to surpass barriers in urban environments. High population connectivitiy of Sialis lutaria in the #Emscher region. Different in purely aquatic species like isopods. @crc-resist.bsky.social
bdj.pensoft.net/article/1419...

Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) on LinkedIn: Celebrating Women in Science – International Women in Science Day 2025 🌟 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 – 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 2025 🌟 On this…

Celebrating women in science affiliated to the CRC RESIST: www.linkedin.com/posts/zwu_in...

Postdoc position in RESIST at the Faculty of Biology, UDE! Working location will be Senckenberg, Department of River and Floodplain Ecology, Gelnhausen. www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...