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

At the start of the pandemic I was teaching my aquatic #macroinvertebrate course. Our Provost decreed we couldn't change our syllabi which left me trying to make remote lab practicals.
I spent about 180h on a microscope camera making montages of common genera in central NY. Feel free to use them, filenames have order:family:genus. It'd be nice if you gave credit, please DO NOT charge anyone for anything related to these. Feel free to share the link.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/qTSzHrBjW7ua5BhV8
#insects #entomology