Alexandra Zieritz

PhD opportunity with colleagues at @UniofNottingham to work on invasive #crayfish impacts in tropical freshwater systems (#redclaw, #Cheraxquadricarinatus) findaphd.com/phds/project/i… @DrMFJohnson @zieritz

Congratulations to AP Dr. Khairul Adha A. Rahim and his research team on the discovery of a new genus and two new, rare freshwater mussel species endemic to Borneo. #biodiversity #newspecies #borneo

Zieritz et al. (2021) A new genus and two new, rare freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) species endemic to Borneo are threatened by ongoing habitat destruction onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

An international research project led by @zieritz @UoNGeography has discovered two new species and a new genus of freshwater mussel in Borneo for the first time in almost 100 years. Find out more here: nottingham.ac.uk/news/scientist… #WeAreUoN #UonResearch @UoNresearch @UMS_EcoCampus

One is at especially high risk of extinction as the only site it's known from has already been dedicated for an industrial oil palm plantation. The team are working to get the area protected to preserve its unique biodiversity, in line with the #COP26 theme of 'Nature'. (2/2)

Alexandra Zieritz is co-author on a paper out now, describing two new freshwater mussel species from Borneo, which represent a new genus. They are also very rare, known only from a single site each, and highly threatened by ongoing habitat destruction. (1/2) @zieritz

@UoNGeography The paper is available here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… and should be downloadable for anyone here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10….

BREAKING: 84% collapse in #freshwater species populations since 1970, according to new @WWF @ZSLconservation #LivingPlanetReport World must implement Emergency Recovery Plan for freshwater biodiversity livingplanet.panda.org

10 days left: Fully-funded PhD opportunity #metabarcoding #geospatial #modelling #freshwater biodiversity #Borneo UK and EU applicants. For more info about @envision application visit envision-dtp.org/2019/drivers-o… @metabarcoding @BES_AquaEco @freshwaterbio @LndnFreshwater @UoNMalaysi

PhD project available through the NERC Envision DTP envision-dtp.org/2019/drivers-o…. Please check information for students re: eligibility.