Professor of biology @Otago NZ. Genetics, ecology, evolution. Dad, lover of nature & music.
https://www.otago.ac.nz/zoology/staff/professor-jon-waters
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_0w6ZS0AAAAJ&hl=en
Jon Waters
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Several important native NZ freshwater species nominated for fish of the year! My favourite is the kōaro: www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish-of-the-...
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thanks @gymnotus.bsky.social
Our new paper reviewing physical processes shaping freshwater biodiversity: doi.org/10.1002/brv....
scienmag.com/rafting-crus...
Thanks @universityofotago.bsky.social and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social for supporting my sabbatical visit to UCB-Integrative Biology in 2024!
- this new synthesis paper is one of the key outputs:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to see our new genomics/oceanography study published @natcomms.nature.com
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New Zealand bug of the year: moth named Avatar after mining threat crowned winner www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Do freshwater insect assemblages in exotic plantations resemble those from native forest? Evidence from environmental DNA
#eDNA #environmenalDNA
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Catherine Collins walking with us through the tāhuhu kōrero in DNA.
#GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025
Jon Waters
Jon Waters
Amazing talks in the Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics, and the Human Genetics concurrent sessions today.
Emma Carroll, Isabelly de Lima, Graham McCulloh, Amara Shaukat, Kathleen McLay, & some excellent lightning talks!
#GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025
Arctesthes avatar moth, which won nearly half of the votes, was discovered in 2012 and is critically endangered
In a groundbreaking study published recently in Nature Communications, Liu, Waters, Huang, and their colleagues have unveiled the extraordinary genomic adaptations of rafting crustaceans that enable
Recent genomic data highlight the key roles of geological processes in shaping the diversification and biogeography of freshwater lineages. Specifically, physical processes such as tectonic uplift, e....
Rafting dispersal can facilitate responses to environmental change. Here, authors integrate dispersal simulations, ecological genomics, and salinity stress experiments to elucidate the rafting dynamic...
