New NIOO publication: Pro- and eukaryotic keystone taxa as potential #bioindicators for the #waterquality of subtropical Lake Dongqian. #microbes #keystonetaxa #waterproperties
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1151768

6/7 - In addition, because #HoneyBees are generalist foragers, we hypothesize that we ought to be able to use them as #BioIndicators for #NativeBees: Landscapes where honey bees find profitable food should be able to support native bees as well. For example, in England @freelyflyingbees@twitter.com and I have found that honey bees were pointing their nestmates to a nature reserve mainted primarily for butterflies (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.072).

2/7 - #EntSoc22 in Vancouver is in full swing, and I wanted to take the opportunity to advertize the talk of my #PhD student Robert Ostrom. Using #HoneyBee #WaggleDances as #BioIndicators he is trying to predict native #bee #abundance, #richness and #diversity.
Honey bee foragers that have found a profitable resource will perform waggle dances when back in the hive. This was first scientifically described by Karl von Frisch (reviewed here: https://rdcu.be/cZvHq).

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-08-scientists-potential-bioindicators-plastic-pollution.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2022-08-scientists-potential-bioindicators-plastic-pollution.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1559266446781386760#m

Scientists identify potential #bioindicators for monitoring #plastic pollution in North Pacific Ocean @NIST @ELSenviron https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0269749122010752 https://phys.org/news/2022-08-scientists-potential-bioindicators-plastic-pollution.html