José María Fernández-Calero

🔄 Working on ecological processes where dispersal matters?
Submit your work to Dispersal Special Session (SE15) at AIL Congress, Bilbao.
All freshwater organisms and all methodological approaches are welcome 🐟🦟🍃
📬 Deadline: 28 Feb
See more here: www.uik.eus/en/activity/...
@aillimnologia.bsky.social

Diatoms and macroinvertebrates show distinct metacommunity assembly patterns in temporary rivers - Aquatic Sciences Environmental and spatial filtering are key drivers of metacommunity assembly in streams. Their relative importance may depend on factors such as network connectivity or species’ dispersal abilities. ...

#ArticleIRBio
📄 Diatoms and macroinvertebrates show distinct metacommunity assembly patterns in temporary rivers
👥Authors: Guillermo Quevedo‑Ortiz, José María Fernández‑Calero, Núria Bonada et al
📕 Aquatic Sciences (2026) 88:18
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
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📄 Reading rivers from libraries: A participatory initiative to assess and improve urbanised rivers using citizen science
👥: P. Fortuño, N Bonada, N López, J M Fernández, C Sánchez, M Soria, et al. #FEHM
📕 Environmental Science and Policy
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Carta de apoyo de AEET al Observatorio del Cambio Global de Sierra Nevada, solicitando a la Junta de Andalucía que garantice la continuidad del Obsevatorio, restaurando un marco de colaboración y asegurando recursos para mantener sus programas de seguimiento, análisis y transferencia de conocimiento

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Introducing fwtraits – an R package for obtaining freshwater biodiversity trait information Species ecological parameters are crucial for understanding the functional responses to environmental perturbations, aiding in informing conservation …

#Freshwater #Ecologists - check out this new #RPackage called fwtraits which integrates parameters from FWE www.freshwaterecology.info

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#FreshwaterEcology #RStat #Statistics #BigData 🌍

First day of the Young-AIL Intermeeting Course in Coimbra, Portugal

Great speakers and discussions, hands-on sessions, and an amazing mix of early-career researchers sharing ideas about freshwater ecosystems!💧✨

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#AIL #Limnology #FreshwaterScience #EarlyCareerResearchers

2nd day of the J-AIL intermeeting course and a glimpse into the future of Iberian limnology.
Thanks to the @aillimnologia.bsky.social for supporting early-career researchers!

#Limnology #AIL

#NotíciaIRBio
Els refugis aquàtics temporals: claus per a la dispersió i la resiliència de la biodiversitat fluvial
Investigadors de l’ #IRBio i el #FEHM-UB demostren el paper fonamental de les basses desconectades en rius temporals mediterranis
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@josemaferca.bsky.social

Groundwater and Remotely Sensed Phenology Reveal Vulnerability of Riparian Trees to Drought We asked how vulnerable riparian trees are to droughts, examining their water use and growing season timing and duration via groundwater data and satellite imagery. Drought shortened the growing seas...

How vulnerable are riparian trees to drought? Using groundwater and satellite data from a California waterhsed, our new paper found that trees by drying rivers lost up to 5 weeks of growing season, suggesting they’re nearing critical groundwater limits.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Huge thanks to all co-authors and everyone who helped with the experiments! 🙌
@fehm-lab, @dvonschiller.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social

• Disconnected pools act refuges during dry phases, serving as stepping stones and hosting colonisers that facilitate community recovery after the dry periods 🏞️🏞️

• Maintaining and promoting these habitats is essential to prevent biodiversity loss in temporary rivers facing more frequent drying 🏜️🏜️

📌📌 Key insights:

• Stable isotopes can effectively trace multi-taxa dispersal in natural settings 🧪🧪

• Isotopic enrichment successfully detected dispersal across generations 🐛🦋

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🚨🚨 New paper from my PhD is out in Freshwater Biology!
We tracked macroinvertebrate dispersal using stable isotopes and mesocosms — showing how disconnected pools act as refuges and stepping stones for community recovery.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/fwb....

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New paper out led by @josemaferca.bsky.social ! Using stable isotope enrichment, we tracked aerial dispersal in a temporary river. As drying intensifies, conserving pools as refuges will be essential to prevent biodiversity loss. Access OA paper here: doi.org/10.1111/fwb.... @biologiaub.bsky.social

No solo desaparecen los insectos, también los expertos que los estudian Hoy, Fernando Cortés-Fossati y Marcos Méndez nos presentan un reciente trabajo donde documentan el declive de la comunidad española de expertos en insectos, disciplina que se conoce como entomologí…

🚨ALERTA ENTOMOLÓGICA 🐞

De la mano de @fercfossati.bsky.social y M. Méndez analizamos el declive de los expertos en insectos en España. Un colectivo clave, ya que sin él, no podremos conocer ni conservar nuestra biodiversidad!🔍🦋

ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/n...
doi.org/10.1093/isd/...