Daniel Grabner

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

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....

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....

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.

The wait is over!! Our Open Access @springernature.com book on Aquatic Parasitology was just published! 23 Chapters, 202 illustrations & 662pp with everything you ever wanted to know about the amazing world of marine & freshwater parasites. @berndsures.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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

In conclusion we had a great meeting with high quality international presentations! Already looking for the 41st meeting next year!

Presented results on parasite communities in mangrove forests yesterday at the Ichthyoparasitological Symposium in Germany, a collaboration of Hasselt University, ULB, @ird-fr.bsky.social and @uwsafs.bsky.social
Thanks to the organisers! @danielg1978.bsky.social @berndsures.bsky.social

Discussing talks over a beer at the Ichthyoparasitology meeting organized by @berndsures.bsky.social group at @unidue.bsky.social!

Starting the 40th Ichthyoparasitological Symposium in Oer-Erkenschwick today with great lineup of speakers!

Daniel Hering explaining the ideas of Phase II!

Photo of a freshwater lake

Looking for a PhD? There is an opening for a PhD-student in evolutionary ecology on phenotypic plasticity in aquatic organisms at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway – with two super-good supervisors (Sigurd Einum and Tim Burton) - highly recommended! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Stelle für eine(n) wissenschaftliche(n) Mitarbeiter/in an der TU Dresden, Limnologie. Schwerpunt Fische oder molekulare Ökologie. www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste...

Chargé ou chargée de recherche en invertebres non-arthropodes à 100%

The Natural History Museum of Geneva is looking for a post-doc specialized in in non-arthropod invertebrates (preferably but not exclusively on terrestrial or freshwater mollusks, annelids, or nematodes)! www.geneve.ch/administrati...

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

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

‘Unique and important’: Tongue-biting louse is wonderfully gruesome The inventive parasite Cymothoa exigua can survive for years by taking over a fish’s tongue and keeping its host alive

Nice to see parasites making it to the shortlist of the Guardian’s invertebrate of the year competition! Let's all vote freaky Cymothoa exigua to the top!!
tinyurl.com/2vru7c54

‘Parasites should get more fame’: the nominees for world’s finest invertebrate – podcast Invertebrates don’t get the attention lavished on cute pets or apex predators, but these unsung heroes are some of the most impressive and resilient creatures on the planet. So when the Guardian opene...

It's about time...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

My first contribution to aquatic parasitology! 🤓🙌 We propose a new method using fish smoothies for DNA-based ID & detection of fish parasites 🤯🐟🦠 still room for improvement, but the method is highly comparable with morphological ID; 🔜 #metabarcoding
➡️Check out the preprint: doi.org/10.21203/rs....

#IMPACT is a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social project that brings together parasite ecologists and social scientists across Europe.

We will break down barriers to parasites in national and international biodiversity management and conservation strategies.

More info 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT

Wondering why we should care about parasites?

Lots of parasite ecology today at the Joint Parasitology Spring Meeting organised by BSP, DGP and SSTMP in Würzburg, including Sofia Rainey and Kamil Hupala from our EU Biodiversa+ project @impact-parasites.bsky.social ky.social !

Wow!

New paper on temporal trajectory of ecosystem functioning in streams over a year - pointing to the adverse effects of fungicides. Remarkably clear pattern. Joint study with @leeselab.bsky.social. Paper freely available at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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...

Why I do research! Interview with one of our doctoral researchers about his experience of scientific work!
www.uni-due.de/2025-01-28-w...

Saving the Ryukyu Rabbit Tick: The Posterchild of Parasite Conservation • The Revelator This endangered invertebrate is harmless to humans — and rabbits. Saving it from extinction might even benefit both species.

Parasite conservation sounds like a counterintuitive idea, but actually there are lots of reasons why this is important for the long term sustainability of biodiversity and ecosystem processes. #parasitology #ticks #ectoparasite 🪱🧪🌍
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Effects of floodplain decoupling on taxonomic and functional diversity of terrestrial floodplain organisms When rivers are dammed or incised, the adjacent floodplains are often hydrologically decoupled from the river, with potentially drastic impacts on ter…

We explored how #floodplain decoupling affects three organism groups: plants, molluscs and ground beetles. Good cooperation with UFZ and BfG. Just published in Ecological Indicators.
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MERLIN Academy launches free course on freshwater restoration The EU MERLIN project has today launched a new, open-access learning module on implementing freshwater restoration. Across 62 lessons, the module – hosted on the MERLIN Academy – guides visitors th…

Did you know? Just before Christmas, we launched a new module in the 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆: freshwaterblog.net/2024/12/18/m...

PhD (m,f,x), 3 years with 65%, PhD Project in the framework of DFG CRC 1439 RESIST

Another open postion for 3 years doctoral researcher at the Ruhr-University Bochum in one of the RESIST subprojects!
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New Phd positions in our group (Essen, Germany):
1) Multiple stressors and fungi in streams (with Verena Schreiner)
2) Modelling of meta-communities under multiple stressors in streams
both in @crc-resist.bsky.social Please share
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