In the first part of the ‘Highlights of 2024’, we give our readers a recap of the scientific publications we covered this year.
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Tag Archives: Research
How algae and fungi team up to nourish aquatic invertebrates
In this blog post, Alexander Feckler and his colleagues explore the role of autochthonous primary production for the quality of microbially-colonized leaf material as food in heterotrophic food web in headwater streams. Despite reduced autochthonous primary production in shaded headwater streams, this study indicated a potential for enhanced secondary production and energy transfer to higher trophic levels within the aquatic ecosystem due to so-called “algal priming”.
Continue readingFreshwater ecology positions at Aarhus University, Denmark
Apply now for these two interesting job positions in the field of freshwater ecology in the Department of Ecoscience at Aarhus University!
Continue readingEcotoxBlog welcomes its new Senior Editor and Social Media Manager!
Meet our new Senior Editor and Social Media Manager, M. Sandhya. She is pursuing her Master’s in Ecotoxicology and currently involved in her internship at the Julius-Kühn Institute (Siebeldingen).
Continue readingAssociate Professor position in Environmental Toxicology at Uppsala University
Uppsala University in Sweden is hiring an Associate Professor in Biology, especially Environmental Toxicology, placed at the program for Environmental Toxicology in the Department of Organismal Biology.
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