Full Professor of Aquatic Ecology University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social | Kuratorium Forum Biodiversity | Founding Director https://biodiversitaet.uzh.ch/en.html | all & beyond #biodiversity, #eDNA & #AquaticEcology | Like=interesting www.altermattlab.chhttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mw4dxtpfac22#Riparian land use reduces multitrophic #community #stability in #rivers 🐟🐠🌍🌐. In #GlobalChangeBiology by Feilong Li et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.71117 🚜 🏙️ We combined #eDNA 🧬 metabarcoding across a river network to analyze land use intensification on biodiversity and community stability.📈 🧵1/522 Sep 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4dxtpfac22https://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mulrtqujas2sN-SDM 2.0: a reengineered #software with extended features for nested #species #distribution #modelling 🪲 🦫 🐟 🌳 📈 🌍 🌐 #SDM just out in @ecography.bsky.social: led by Antoine Adde, the popular N-SDM software has been reengineered: https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecog.0854703 Sep 2026 06:06 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulrtqujas2shttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mtoper33yk2nA functional-trophic pathway links #riparian #land use intensification to #riverine #community stability: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeg0180 🐟 🦠🦟📈 Intensive land use is transforming 🔄 #river 🌊 corridors #worldwide 🌍 🌐, with agricultural 🚜 and urban 🏙️ land use intensification being most prominent. 🧵1/422 Aug 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoper33yk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mrfv7gpqkk2aGone with the #wind: 🌬️the #fireweed 🌸(Epilobium angustifolium) produces >100,000 #seeds that are passively transported over many kilometers. As a pioneer species it colonises bare ground, such as after a fire🔥and can form dense stands.24 Jul 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfv7gpqkk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mqu73ikscs26I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍 Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.17 Jul 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu73ikscs26https://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mqmaenbzfs2j#Cross-#ecosystem #biodiversity action is systemically #overlooked in biodiversity #policy and treaties⚖️: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/con4.70067 🌐 🌍 🎯 🦐 🍃 #IPBES #BiodiversityPolicy #GBF #KunmingMontreal 🧵1/814 Jul 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmaenbzfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mqmaenbzfs2j#Cross-#ecosystem #biodiversity action is systemically #overlooked in biodiversity #policy and treaties⚖️: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/con4.70067 🌐 🌍 🎯 🦐 🍃 #IPBES #BiodiversityPolicy #GBF #KunmingMontreal 🧵1/814 Jul 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmaenbzfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mqeemymcek2o#Postdoc #Position opening up in my group: Developing Analytical #Pipelines and #Analyses to Survey #Invasive Alien #Species in Aquatic Systems using #eDNA (2 years) 🧬 📈 ❗ 🦐 🦀 🐠 🌍🌐❗ #JobOpening 🎯 https://apply.refline.ch/673277/1364/pub/1/index.html 📍 Apply now & thx for spreading the word (deadline Aug 14th)11 Jul 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqeemymcek2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mpo6tijjq22v#Postdoc #position (3 years) in spatial #genomics of aquatic #invertebrates opening up in my group. 🧬 🦐 🥼 🧑‍💻 ❗ More info: https://apply.refline.ch/673277/1363/pub/1/index.html The project aims to establish & analyse #genomic #diversity of aquatic invertebrates (EPT & Amphipods) in a spatially explicit approach. 🌍 🌐 📈02 Jul 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpo6tijjq22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mp24b4hf322eUnified analysis of #global 🌐 🌍 #riverine #eDNA 🧬 reveals common associations of #fish #biodiversity 🐟 🐠 with drainage characteristics. Out now @natecoevo.nature.com : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03106-1 🧵1/624 Jun 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp24b4hf322ehttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3morzoga4os2uInterested in #SpeciesDistributionModelling? Then this is of interest to you: The N-SDM software has been reengineered with extended features for nested #species #distribution modelling. #SDM Just out in Ecography Journal: https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecog.08547 #AntoineAdde et al. 🌍🌐21 Jun 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3morzoga4os2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mmoilvc2jk2yA year ago we published our perspective "Utilizing aquatic #environmental #DNA 🧬 to address #global 🌍 🌐 #biodiversity 🦐 🐟 🦠 targets 🎯 " in Nature Reviews Biodiversity: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00044-x 1/10🧵25 May 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmoilvc2jk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mkpvg45urc2pOpen #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: https://apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/pub/1/index.html ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!30 Apr 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpvg45urc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3ml27eatisc2rHighly interesting & relevant lecture on "Taking the Pulse of the #Earth" by Johan Rockström & Millie Chapman. Yes, #planetary 🌍🌐situation is grim and humanity must act to avoid catastrophic outcomes by all means. We are at the brink of leaving the holocene safe space. 1/2 #CoalitionOfTheWilling04 May 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml27eatisc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mkpvg45urc2pOpen #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: https://apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/pub/1/index.html ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!30 Apr 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpvg45urc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mkk65uxxlk2sLocal #resource availability and #subsidy flow mediate the effects of #disturbances in meta-ecosystems. 🌐 🌍 Out now: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.7351628 Apr 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkk65uxxlk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3mjubuaqpek25Effective #biodiversity 🐟 🐠 🤝 policy making depends on #comparable and #generalisable data. We demonstrate how #eDNA 🧬 is empowering 💪 🌍 🌐 global biodiversity analyses. 1/819 Apr 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjubuaqpek25https://bsky.app/profile/florianaltermatt.bsky.social/post/3migk3khtq22bEffekte von #invasiven #Arten über #Ökosystemgrenzen hinweg 🦀 🌸 ↔️ : Ein Bericht von @marlenawegner in #Natur.de über das Drüsige #Springkraut und unsere Forschung, wie invasive Arten ökosystem-übergreifende Effekte haben. Artikel: https://www.wissenschaft.de/naturplus/invasive-pflanzen/01 Apr 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:ydzmya3tppgd3h2udjzu4iph/app.bsky.feed.post/3migk3khtq22b