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A traffic light framework of constraints, limitations and opportunities in aquatic mesocosm research for advancing solutions to environmental threats. Constraints represent broader factors or ecological issues that might limit solution-focused research relative to research quantifying anthropogenic impacts (as indicated by our survey results). Associated with these are more specific limitations of mesocosm systems that might halt or hinder solution-oriented research with mesocosms. Thirdly are the opportunities for overcoming these, which highlight several directions for moving forward in future solution-oriented research utilising mesocosms.

3/ Overcoming spatio-temporal constraints is important, because:
🔹 Restoration is a prolonged process which typically occurs at large spatial scales,
🔹 Connectivity is important in ecological recovery.

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Conceptual diagram representing an empirical domain space for ecological research constrained by scales of realism, replication and control. The relative placement of different approaches to empirical research represented by the cubes within the three-dimensional space illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of each approach, with the advantages of micro/mesocosm-based approaches in balancing and extending these three dimensions (scales) illustrated by the positioning of these cubes towards the upper corner nearest the viewpoint. Specific study designs and experimental systems using the approaches pictured will vary considerably and influence the positioning of any one study within this space. The approach taken and experimental design used to address a particular research question will be informed by the ecological and biological variables of interest, factors manipulated, responses measured and desired application of the findings. The positioning of the cubes here is intended to illustrate the general tradeoffs within these key three scales relative to other approaches.

2/Mesocosms have mostly been used to quantify impacts of environmental threats, but there's largely untapped potential in using them to test solutions!

We explore the opportunities that mesocosms offer in providing controlled, realistic and replicable environments for investigating novel solutions.

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Addressing grand ecological challenges in aquatic ecosystems: how can mesocosms be used to advance solutions? Rapid and drastic anthropogenic impacts are affecting global biogeochemical processes and driving biodiversity loss across Earth's ecosystems. In aquatic ecosystems, species distributions are shiftin...

How can mesocosms help tackle grand ecological challenges in aquatic ecosystems? 🌊🌍

Check out our open-access Oikos Forum article, out today: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/oik....

@oikosjournal.bsky.social

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Invited commentary on our paper available at:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
from @mstockenreiter.bsky.social !

Link to our paper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@schneiderbea.bsky.social
@hhuong152.bsky.social @csabavad.bsky.social @zsuzsimrton.bsky.social

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Effects of urbanisation, habitat characteristics, and management on garden pond biodiversity: Findings from a large-scale citizen science survey The rapid expansion of urban areas often leads to degradation, fragmentation, and loss of natural habitats, threatening biodiversity. While urban pond…

Excited to share our new paper on garden pond biodiversity 🐸🐦‍⬛ resulting from our citizen science project MyPond. Dive into the details here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it gets taken for granted & consequently no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you will have less & less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field

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An Editor's Guide to Writing and Publishing Science A good research paper is more than just a clear, concise, scientific expose. It is a document that needs to go beyond the science to attract attention. There are both strict and less definable norms f...

A preview of Part 1 of my book "An Editor's Guide to Writing and Publishing Science" is now freely available on Google Books shorturl.at/0xo93
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With @schneiderbea.bsky.social @csabavad.bsky.social @zsuzsimrton.bsky.social @hhuong152.bsky.social and others, we showed how connectivity loss affects metacommunities with results from a 4-month long mesocosm experiment just published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social !

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Relative strength of drivers might differ for the structure of metacommunities and metapopulations within the same landscape 🔵🪁🔵
We have provided the first empirical evidence for this with Daphnia magna and Cladocera metacommunities! 🧬🧪🔬

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