#HoldenME - #StreamExplorers Workshop at #FieldsPond

April 25 from 10:00 am-12 pm

Location: 216 Fields Pond Rd. Holden, ME

Free, registration required.

"Do you want to volunteer your time to care for your local streams? Do you want to learn more about the critters that live in the water? Come and practice your sampling methods and #macroinvertebrate identification skills at this in-person training workshop. Learn how to sample a stream for science and identify the organisms you find, to help professional scientists monitor water quality. Marsh and Stream Explorers is our community science project featuring #AquaticInsects and what they can tell us about #WildlifeHabitat and #WaterQuality. Educational resources for classroom teachers will be available."

FMI and to register:
https://maineaudubon.org/events/stream-explorers-fields-pond/

#SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScience
#NatureBasedLearning #StreamExplorers #WaterIsLife #ClimateChange #CitizenScientists #ObservingNature

Capture—Incubate—Release: An Animal-Friendly Approach to Assess Local Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Species Diversity Through Environmental DNA Metabarcoding

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/edn3.70112

#eDNA #macroinvertebrate #nondestructive #metabarcoding

New paper in Scientific Data using @gbif mediated data:

A spatial inventory of #freshwater #macroinvertebrate occurrences in the Guineo-Congolian biodiversity hotspot 🇨🇩🇨🇬🇬🇦🇸🇹🇨🇫🇨🇲🇳🇬🇧🇯🇹🇬🇬🇭🇨🇮🇬🇳🇱🇷🇸🇱🇬🇶

#CiteTheDOI: ✅

#OpenAccess: ⭐️

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04471-5

#Job 2 year #postdoctoral position in modeling the effects of ecological restoration and global change on #freshwater #macroinvertebrate
communities on the Rhône #River

https://sfecologie.org/offre/two-year-postdoctoral-position-in-modeling-the-effects-of-ecological-restoration-and-global-change-on-freshwater-macroinvertebrate-communities-on-the-rhone-river-2/
#PostDoc #Biodiversity #Ecology #Biology

A global indicator of soil macroinvertebrate community composition, abundance and diversity

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105138

#macroinvertebrate #indicators #ISO #morphology #soil

Macroinvertebrate monitoring citizen science program in Belllingen

"Twice a year, community members and scientists come together to test for waterbugs at six sites along the Bellinger and Kalang catchments. Macroinvertebratese include juvenile stages of many insects like dragonflies, damselflies, mayflies, caddisflies, water beetles, and more."

"Our macro program was requested by the scientists supporting the recovery of the critically endangered Bellinger River Snapping Turtle."

"The ongoing recovery of the Bellinger River Snapping Turtle in the Bellinger Catchment is linked directly to the aquatic macroinvertebrate communities of the catchment’s rivers. Not only are aquatic macroinvertebrates an important component of the Bellinger River Snapping Turtle diet, the macroinvertebrate communities are sensitive to changes in water quality and will, therefore, be an important indicator of river health into the future.”

https://www.ozgreen.org/macromuster
#macroinvertebrate #waterbugs #water #pollution #monitoring #Bellinger #Kalang #BellingerRiverSnappingTurtle #RiverHealth