What co-benefits do we gain when planting trees along stream margins? We don't fully know. PhD funded by the George Mason Charitable Trust going now — mapping food webs across Mt Taranaki's "ring of restoration" 🌱🐟 Please repost among your networks More info here: tinyurl.com/TreesInsects...

What co-benefits do we gain when planting trees along stream margins? We don't fully know. Fully-funded PhD going now — mapping food webs across Mt Taranaki's "ring of restoration" 🌱🐟 Please repost among your networks Email: frank.burdon@waikato.ac.nz

We live in a time where machines are increasingly automating routine tasks, but also creative ones. Does generative AI have a role in science communication? One tool turned a published paper into a comic - a study I lead-authored from my postdoc work on EcoImpact in Switzerland @eawag.bsky.social

Invasive species are widely recognised as a major threat to biodiversity—yet quantifying their true impact can be challenging without long-term data. Our recent research highlights just how significant these effects can be.

What a great location for a conference ##SFS2026 I'm feeling invigorated and energized after seeing some really cool talks over the week. You can't beat the scale of the USA as an incubator for research excellence

I'm not superstitious, but my encounter with this adult Pteronarcys californica at the #SFS2026 social last night felt momentous - a timely reminder of the spatial footprint for riverscapes - and the cool bugs that call freshwaters home (for some of the time, at least) freshwaterscience.bsky.social

This will be a primer for the study, and sets the scene for the results coming down the pipeline.

Excited to be in Spokane, WA for the 2026 Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. I'll be presenting on Tuesday at 1:45PM in the Land-Water Connections 2.0 session (Room 102).

Good day for freshwater ecology with our BIOEB304 class at Lake Tikitapu @waikatouniversity.bsky.social

I was lucky enough to spend the last 10 days in Northland sampling streams like this for a Marsden-funded project on cross-ecosystem effects of biodiversity on system functioning.

If you are at the joint NZFSS/AFSS conference in Ōtautahi Christchurch are in interested in stream ecology I recommend you attend my students' talks on Wednesday.

Impressed to see a whole tree snagged mid-channel below the Victoria Bridge in Hamilton. The Waikato River is running very high at the moment.

Interested in applying fatty acid biomarkers and functional traits to understand landscape drivers in stream-riparian food webs? Look no further than our recent paper published here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The landscape theory of food web architecture (LTFWA) describes relationships between body size, trophic position, mobility, and energy channels that couple habitats, which in turn promotes stability. This study in Lake Michigan explores evidence for the LTFWA doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... Image: NASA

The Living Planet Report published yesterday continues to paint a sobering picture of freshwater #biodiversity decline. We need to take further action with pressing issues like climate change and intensive land uses to bend the curve! livingplanet.panda.org

Just looking at a long-term record of fish in the Rangitukia Stream and there are some interesting declines in key species. Here's a photo of a headwater tributary on the Rangitukia

Three kinds of scientific research

Great hearing from Emily Bernhardt at a Waikato ERI seminar about what could happen to the metabolic pulse of streams and rivers in a warmer, flashier world #climatechange #foodwebs #ecosystems

I am looking for 2 PhD candidates to join my group at the University of Waikato next year to investigate #biodiversity and ecosystem processes across stream-riparian boundaries. Both projects will focus on #foodwebs and ecosystem functioning in forested streams. Please RT! tinyurl.com/4pf76n8u