The document summarizes recent news articles related to freshwater biology and conservation from around the world. It discusses the following:
1) A study finding that freshwater creatures were less affected by the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs than other habitats, as many freshwater species are adapted to periods of low oxygen.
2) Efforts in the UK to install bristly boards and eel passes on rivers to help endangered eel populations recover in lakes like Windermere.
3) Research demonstrating that ecosystems can change long before species are actually lost, using studies of dragonflies and diving beetles.
Freshwater Matters is a monthly electronic bulletin of the most recent freshwater news from around the world, compiled by the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA). It includes updates of what is happening at the FBA and ways to get involved
Saccharomyces has become a model genus for evolution and genomics. Improvements in genome sequencing and isolation protocols will allow us to produce high-quality genome sequences for all the major populations and lineages. In the mean time, multilocus phylogenetic and population genetic approaches are helping classify our strain collection for population genomic studies. In this talk, I will introduce some of the advances we have made in the description of populations of the newly discovered species S. eubayanus, the wild stock of lager-brewing hybrids. Using a combined pipeline of population and phylogenetic studies, we have described two well-differentiated populations in Patagonia (Argentina), indicating that S. eubayanus is native. Although S. eubayanus may not be endemic to South America, it is likely native. Lager-brewing hybrids isolated in Europe showed shared alleles with the S. eubayanus population P-B (L) and had low genetic diversity, suggesting the S. eubayanus alleles involved in hybridization were drawn from a small subpopulation derived from P-B (L). From our Wild YEAST Program, a yeast isolation project conducted by undergraduate students and citizen scientists from across the world, we identified three new S. eubayanus strains from Sheboygan, WI (USA). In contrast to the clear population differentiation in Patagonia, the North American strains represent a recent and possibly transient admixture of the two Patagonian populations. To capture reticulation and summarize it in a phylogenetic framework, we combine state-of-the-art Bayesian methods with phylogenetic network analysis. Our findings support the hypothesis that genetically divergent microbes can produce rare but economically important hybrids when they migrate from their natural ecological context.
It's no secret that environmental degradation has been shown to have damaged people's health, often fatally, in many specific cases.
Now, however, world-leading research at the University of Adelaide has linked the two on a staggering global scale.
Using data from over 100 countries, Professor Corey Bradshaw has examined the relationships between key indicators of human health and environmental quality and discovered a clear correlation, with dire implications.
As only one example, his findings indicate just a 10% overall reduction in water quality would raise infant deaths by many millions per year.
It's vital information for people and planet. And in this important presentation Professor Bradshaw will reveal the full story.
Vanishing Wildlife: Ten American Species Our Children May Never See is a report from the Endangered Species Coalition. Learn more about our work and ways you can take action to protect endangered species at www.endangered.org and @endangered on Twitter.
Freshwater Matters is a monthly electronic bulletin of the most recent freshwater news from around the world, compiled by the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA). It includes updates of what is happening at the FBA and ways to get involved
Saccharomyces has become a model genus for evolution and genomics. Improvements in genome sequencing and isolation protocols will allow us to produce high-quality genome sequences for all the major populations and lineages. In the mean time, multilocus phylogenetic and population genetic approaches are helping classify our strain collection for population genomic studies. In this talk, I will introduce some of the advances we have made in the description of populations of the newly discovered species S. eubayanus, the wild stock of lager-brewing hybrids. Using a combined pipeline of population and phylogenetic studies, we have described two well-differentiated populations in Patagonia (Argentina), indicating that S. eubayanus is native. Although S. eubayanus may not be endemic to South America, it is likely native. Lager-brewing hybrids isolated in Europe showed shared alleles with the S. eubayanus population P-B (L) and had low genetic diversity, suggesting the S. eubayanus alleles involved in hybridization were drawn from a small subpopulation derived from P-B (L). From our Wild YEAST Program, a yeast isolation project conducted by undergraduate students and citizen scientists from across the world, we identified three new S. eubayanus strains from Sheboygan, WI (USA). In contrast to the clear population differentiation in Patagonia, the North American strains represent a recent and possibly transient admixture of the two Patagonian populations. To capture reticulation and summarize it in a phylogenetic framework, we combine state-of-the-art Bayesian methods with phylogenetic network analysis. Our findings support the hypothesis that genetically divergent microbes can produce rare but economically important hybrids when they migrate from their natural ecological context.
It's no secret that environmental degradation has been shown to have damaged people's health, often fatally, in many specific cases.
Now, however, world-leading research at the University of Adelaide has linked the two on a staggering global scale.
Using data from over 100 countries, Professor Corey Bradshaw has examined the relationships between key indicators of human health and environmental quality and discovered a clear correlation, with dire implications.
As only one example, his findings indicate just a 10% overall reduction in water quality would raise infant deaths by many millions per year.
It's vital information for people and planet. And in this important presentation Professor Bradshaw will reveal the full story.
Vanishing Wildlife: Ten American Species Our Children May Never See is a report from the Endangered Species Coalition. Learn more about our work and ways you can take action to protect endangered species at www.endangered.org and @endangered on Twitter.
Designing Your Best Work In A Lean Ecosystem (25 Diagrams)Giles Phillips
This talk, which is structured as 25 diagrams, is intended to help you achieve your best, as a designer working within a Lean ecosystem. It provides a handful of specific tips that you can immediately leverage within your design projects.
Find out everything you need to know about Ireland's economy, including the latest mortgage arrears figures, AIB returning to profit for the first time since the crash and which company has revealed it is to sell almost 3% of Bank of Ireland shares.
Fisheries harvest Antarctic Krill in the Southern Ocean where the krill both breed and live. The krill can become six centimeters long and weigh up to two grams. They have large black eyes and translucent pink shells.
Cleaning up the global aquarium trade - CSMonitor : CCEMIndonesiaFraud - Redditcoenraadclement
About 30 million fish and other creatures are caught annually to supply the home aquarium market, taking a toll on some reef ecosystems. But conservationists are working to improve the industry by ending destructive practices and encouraging aquaculture.
WTT's Conservation Awards, supported by Thames Water and the River Restoration Centre, seek to recognise and encourage excellence in wild trout habitat management and conservation and celebrate the efforts, ingenuity and imagination of all those involved.
Examples of papers arising from recent aquatic MSc theses at Qeen Mary Univer...Lancaster University
Many of our MSc projects are of publishable quality. This a list of some of the recent projects undertaken that have resulted in papers for our graduates
MSc freshwater and marine ecology at Queen Mary University of LondonLancaster University
Revamped MSc to be taken full time, part time, or as a PG Certificate. All aquatic environments covered. Multiple field courses for practical hands on training and opportunities for workshops and projects with potential employers.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
When stars align: studies in data quality, knowledge graphs, and machine lear...
Freshwater Matters September2013
1. Freshwater Matters
What’s happening at the FBA?
An Algal Update
In the last few months, thanks to volunteer Brenda Leese, we have checked and
digitised all the sheets in the Fritsch Collection of Algal Illustrations for just one
diatom genus and twelve closely related genera.
That doesn’t sound much but there were 376 species and 725 sheets. In the
genus Fragilaria we have 60% of the type figures and many original diagnoses;
others are new combinations or new names and types maybe included elsewhere.
Some sheets were corrected, mainly as incorrect authorities were given by later
authors (carelessness followed by that old game of ‘Chinese whispers’!), or
repaired (finding loose fragments in the file requires detective work!). This is a
reminder that the use of algal names still requires care.
We now have a system for digitizing any of the algal sheets instead of xerox
copying and posting, so brief requests are welcome and there will be a small
charge; please contact Dr Elizabeth Haworth, Fritsch Collection Curator
(ehaworth@fba.org.uk).
FBA Bespoke Training Courses
Alongside our programmed courses (the 2014 course programme is currently
being planned and should be out early Autumn), we can also offer flexible and
tailored tuition to suit your aquatic training needs. Whether this be any of the
types of training listed as part of our course programme, but at a time and
venue to suit you, or in another subject entirely, we can design and deliver an
appropriate course.
Some of the subjects we can cover are: subterranean freshwater fauna; electron
microscopy; fish health; fish scale ageing and interpretation; RIVPACS/RICT;
September 2013
Freshwater Matters is a monthly electronic bulletin of the most recent
freshwater news from around the world, compiled by the Freshwater Biological
Association (FBA). It includes updates of what is happening at the FBA and ways
to get involved.
Contents
What’s happening at the FBA?
This month’s articles
Worst summer in two decades for salmon fishing
Iraq creates first National Park
Freshwater creatures less affected by dino-killing asteroid
Endangered eels to be given special chutes into Windermere in bid to halt decline
Smithsonian scientists use rare fossils to catch up to speedy snail evolution
River health revealed in birds’ eggs
Loss of marshland threatens rare bat species
Ecosystems change long before species are lost
Mountaintop mining pollution has distinct chemical signatures
Testicle-Biting fish may be invading Denmark
2. phytoplankton identification, CPET, macroinvertebrates to mixed taxon
level; introduction to macroinvertebrate identification and sampling methods
(Derry); Diptera identification; introduction to common macrophytes and non-
native aquatic plants; and data management and curation. We can also arrange
a variety of other freshwater and generic-skills based training not listed here, so
please contact us with your specific requirements.
The FBA has sites in Dorset and Windermere or we can come to you, with dates
and times arranged for your convenience.
To discuss bespoke training options, please contact us: events@fba.org.uk; 01539
442468.
Book now!
There are a number of autumn courses in the 2013 programme, and there are
currently still places available on the following: River InVertebrate Prediction And
Classification System (RIVPACS)/River Invertebrate Classification Tool (RICT)
bioassesment training (1-2 October); Freshwater fish: assessment of condition
and ageing (15 October); Fish health, parasites and disease (16 October); and
Invertebrate identification for biotic assessment (including examination) (22-24
October).
Please contact us for further details or to book a place: events@fba.org.uk; 01539
442468.
And finally...A big thank you to Louise
We would like to say a big thank you to Louise for the work she has done on the
newsletter over the past 7 years, and we wish her all the best for her maternity
leave.
This month’s articles
Worst summer in two decades for salmon fishing
The July heat wave has been bad news for anglers, with the Environment Agency
reporting that nearly 50,000 fish have died due to plummeting oxygen levels
as waters warm. The weather has also resulted in the temporary closure of
many salmon fisheries as many fish remain in the estuaries rather than running
upstream.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/10226359/Worst-summer-in-two-
decades-for-salmon-fishing.html
Iraq creates first National Park
Iraq’s Council of Ministers has approved the designation of the Mesopotamian
Marshes as the country’s first National Park. In the 1990’s the marshes, which
were once the third largest wetland in the world, were practically destroyed.
However, since the downfall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, efforts have been
ongoing to re-flood and restore the marshes to their former glory.
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/46275
Freshwater creatures less affected by dino-killing asteroid
A study published this month in the Journal of Geophysical Research—
Biogeosciences suggests that freshwater creatures may have been at an
advantage when the asteroid that wiped the dinosaurs out hit the earth 65 million
years ago. Many freshwater creatures are adapted to freeze-thaw cycles and times
of low oxygen and so were able to survive the period after the impact, leading to
much lower extinction rates than were seen in other habitats.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130723-chicxulub-asteroid-
dinosaurs-freshwater-survival-extinction/
Endangered eels to be given special chutes into Windermere in bid to halt
decline
Bristly boards that help young eels negotiate barriers are being installed in the
River Leven in an effort to help the eel population in Windermere recover, and
3. helping the conservation of a species that is in sharp decline. The scheme
is part of a bigger project that has seen local children raise young eels in the
classroom before releasing them back to the wild.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/endangered-eels-given-special-
chutes-2152181
Smithsonian scientists use rare fossils to catch up to speedy snail
evolution
A study of snails in Lake Malawi sheds new light on why species may struggle
to cope with environmental change. Scientists from the Smithsonian compared
changes in present day freshwater snails with the same species in the fossil
record. They found that despite rapidly changing conditions in the lake, there has
been little change in the morphology of the species.
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=64393#.UhM4ZZJwpMU
River health revealed in birds’ eggs
River pollution remains a serious problem in the UK’s former industrial areas
according to a study that examined chemicals in the eggs of Eurasian Dippers. The
report, published in Environmental Science and Technology, found several types
of pollutants, including some no longer produced, were at levels high enough to
be damaging.
http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1506
Loss of marshland threatens rare bat species
The loss of the UK’s marshlands is leading to a dramatic decline in the Grey Long-
Eared Bat according to a report published by the Bat Conservation Trust. The trust
warns that with as few as 1000 individuals left in the wild unless something is
done to restore the habitats the species could be lost.
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/46303
Ecosystems change long before species are lost
Using dragonflies and diving beetles, a study published this month in Nature
Communications demonstrates that altering the population structure of species
can have profound implications for the entire ecosystem.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813134521.htm
Mountaintop mining pollution has distinct chemical signatures
Mountaintop mining activities have a distinct chemical signature that allows
scientists to identify the source of pollution. The study, published in Environmental
Science and Technology, demonstrated that it was possible to differentiate
pollution from three mountaintop mines and so trace impacts back to the source
providing a potential tool with which to enforce regulations.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815133604.htm
Testicle-Biting fish may be invading Denmark
The summer silly season is upon us, but swimmers in Denmark might be thinking
twice before cooling off with a quick dip after a fisherman netted what is believed
to be a South American Pacu. The fish has a powerful bite, usually used for
crushing fruit and nuts falling from the forest canopy. However, in Papua New
Guinea, where the species is invasive, the fish has a more fearsome reputation.
http://news.yahoo.com/testicle-biting-fish-may-invading-denmark-165855557.
html
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