Dan Perkins

a dragonfly perched on a hand wearing pink nailpolish

Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete our survey gathering data on observations of insects for our study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to our survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in participating!

15.06.2025 14:58 — 👍 54    🔁 37    💬 4    📌 4

Honoured to present results from our AquaSYNC-funded working group at the 1st Symposium on Synthesis Research in Aquatic Ecosystems 🇩🇰

Inspiring science + big questions: Are human impacts on streams consistent globally? Some surprising patterns emerging—stay tuned! #AquaticEcology #AquaSYNC

13.06.2025 11:55 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Physiological and behavioural responses of aquatic organisms to microplastics and experimental warming Microplastics are an emerging contaminant of concern because of their potential to cause harm to aquatic biota, such as reproduction, growth, and surv…

New study, where we experimentally tested the independent & combined impacts of microplastics & different temperature regimes on aquatic invertebrates, under the leadership of PhD Danielle Marchant, with @drdanperkins.bsky.social & @qmulrivercomms.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

12.04.2025 09:42 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Using 21 years of fish data from Brazil’s Upper Paraná River Floodplain, we show that the biomass of large native fish has declined, while large non-native species are thriving — leading to a >50% drop in fishery value.

Great team and outstanding leadership by Dieison Moi!

30.04.2025 17:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

PhD student Emma Brind presenting some of our latest research on the Hogsmill Restoration Project.

Great to share our findings and contribute to the discussion on river restoration.

02.04.2025 17:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That was a cracking River Restoration Centre Conference!

A standout moment: the video of @kneppwilding.bsky.social pigs holding their breath to forage on swan mussels. 🐷🌊 A surprising food web interaction!

02.04.2025 16:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Dear 🌐colleagues, don't hesitate to join the 3rd wave of Global Ecology! -> DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to be added
go.bsky.app/MkLHiKU

31.03.2025 08:11 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Check out this amazing dataset! Size spectra are key for understanding community-level impacts of environmental change. Fragmented literature + nuances in the analyses have hindered direct comparisons within / across ecosystem types. This standardized, open-source dataset enables those comparisons 😊

25.03.2025 10:37 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

As the chair of a previous working group, I highly recommend this opportunity! Fantastic team, support and location.

25.02.2025 10:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Proud to be part of this great work & team. Stay tuned for publication details!

08.02.2025 09:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Testing the global ecology feed with some of our recent research =] 🌐 ft. @drdanperkins.bsky.social @kratina.bsky.social

"Untangling the complex food webs of tropical rainforest streams"

Are these food webs stable despite the high dynamism of tropical ecosystems?

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

04.02.2025 13:41 — 👍 24    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 3

Thanks for the introduction @kratina.bsky.social! Great to see so many familiar (and new) ecology folk here 😀

08.02.2025 09:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0