@ellie-mackay.bsky.social
Freshwater ecologist. Lake fan.
Windermere
Esthwaite Water
Loughrigg Tarn
Happy #WorldLakeDay from the English Lake District. Home to some pretty special lakes and some really great monitoring work #CumbrianLakesMonitoring #UKCEH_AquaEco
27.08.2025 19:58 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Inaugural United Nations World Lake Day — 27 August 2025
Celebrate the critical role of lakes, reservoirs, and ponds in water security, flood mitigation, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.
#WorldLakeDay #Lakes #Freshwater #Limnology
In recognition of #WorldLakeDay, here is some beautiful #SciArt from "The fresh-water fishes of China" (1943), digitised for #BHLib by @amnh.org. 🐠 🐡 🐟 #ILoveBHL 🧪
➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12398729
A person stands in a boat on a lake, raising their arm while holding aquatic plants, with mountains and cloudy skies in the background. The image includes colorful sketches of birds, fish, and trees overlaid on the photo. Large white text in the center reads: “LET’S REVIVE OUR LAKES. Join #GenerationRestoration.” At the bottom left is the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 logo.
Lakes are essential to life. They hold most of the world’s freshwater, but are degrading faster than any other ecosystem.
On today’s first-ever #WorldLakeDay, check the #GenerationRestoration Lakes Portal & learn how you can help bring lakes back to life: www.decadeonrestoration.org/take-action-...
I think we should get a Daphnia costume @thackers.bsky.social...
04.07.2025 16:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
📢 🌊 COUNTDOWN FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION!
Days remaining: 29 days (deadline 1st Aug 2025)
📍 ZSL London
📅 15 & 16 September 2025
🔗 Full details: shorturl.at/Otya6
Please share widely!
#Marine #Freshwater #Ecology #Research #Microbiome #AcademicConference
New paper: using multiple metrics to quantify the connectivity of lakes to each other, rivers & ponds. The correlations among these metrics can be used to guide how connectivity is included in studies of freshwater biodiversity.
link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪 #UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social
Climate stripes for Windermere north basin, showing long term warming. The stripes go from blue to red (cooler to warmer) from the 1940s to present.
Climate stripes for Windermere south basin, showing long term warming. The stripes go from blue to red (cooler to warmer) from the 1940s to present.
Climate stripes for Esthwaite Water, showing long term warming. The stripes go from blue to red (cooler to warmer) from the 1940s to present.
Climate stripes for Blelham Tarn showing long term warming. The stripes go from blue to red (cooler to warmer) from the 1940s to present.
It's #ShowYourStripes day &, inspired by @edhawkins.org, here are climate stripes for surface water temperatures in 4 lake basins in the English Lake District
These plots, by @ellie-mackay.bsky.social, clearly show long-term warming of these iconic lakes.
#lakes #ClimateChange @ukceh.bsky.social
See this great video by UKCEH about the citizen science app Bloomin' Algae
youtu.be/-kfKxBSL2Ks?...
Download the app and help mapping cyanobacteria blooms👇
Adroid: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Apple: apps.apple.com/nl/app/bloom...
Day 2 of the #WindermereScienceFestival canoe safari. Another beautiful day with the lake residents taking an interest. Spring bloom of #phytoplankton is underway with lots of #Asterionella and #Tabellaria in the tow sample. @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaticEco
11.05.2025 09:03 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Beautiful morning at #Windermere getting ready for our canoe safari exploring the ecology of this fantastic #lake as part of #WindermereScienceFestival www.windermeresciencefestival.org/whats-on/ @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaticEco
10.05.2025 08:41 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Hi there, #marine and #freshwater ecologists!
Will you join @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social and @bes-microbialgroup.bsky.social at our joint annual conference this September at the Zoological Society of London?
🧪🐟🐧💦🦠🦆🚣♀️📈🔬👩🔬
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...
Advertisement for a 4.5 year role as a Senior Research Associate in Biogeochemistry on the ERC, and UKRI funded REFRESH programme
Advertisement for 3 x 4 year PhD studentships funded by UKRI under the ERC REFRESH programme
In addition to the 3 x 4-yr PhD studentships and 4.5-yr Senior Research Associate in Biogeochemistry recently advertised, I am pleased to announce we now have a 3.5 year role now open for a Specialist Technician in Biogeochemistry in the same team. 🧪🌿🐌🐟
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