RE: https://ecoevo.social/@DrPlanktonguy/115554189599941981

When large quantities of brown #algae are repeatedly #washedashore over an extended period, my first question as an acarologist is naturally which interesting, and possibly phoretic, terrestrial #organisms, such as mites, are specifically #adapted to these #conditions. But these algae are a phenomenon with #ecological #repercussions that must be understood. It is particularly interesting, thus, that it is the #phosphorus content that affects #symbiotic #cyanobacteria, which promote algal growth

The #ephemeral #habitat #debris of #washedashore on #freshwater lakes (here Berlin Wannsee) and an interesting inhabitant, a #beetle of the genus Dryops that is adapted to watery habitats. Visible in my attached photos is seemingly #Dryops #luridus that is also known to occur in Berlin-Brandenburg.
A. De Kesel and D. Haelewaters (2014) studied #Laboulbeniales fungi on D. luridus in Belgium.
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2023/24

Source
Parasitic fungi on D. luridus (2014):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269985686_Belgian_records_of_Laboulbeniales_from_aquatic_insects_3_-_species_from_Dryops_luridus