Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is a rapid, non-invasive, cost-efficient biodiversity
monitoring tool with enormous potential to inform aquatic conservation and management. …

Ponds and “pondscapes” (networks of ponds) are crucial habitats for biodiversity and for
delivering multiple benefits to humans, so-called “Nature’s Contribution to People”, such as …

… The lakes used in this study were selected from a larger set of standing waters (n = 74)
surveyed once in 1998 (CD Sayer, unpublished data), and were chosen to represent a range of …

… TAD and CDS took and analysed the sediment cores and carried out palaeolimnological
analyses. ANG, LDM and JV developed the resurrection ecology experiment. ANG hatched the …

Priority question exercises are becoming an increasingly common tool to frame future agendas
in conservation and ecological science. They are an effective way to identify research …

… Derek Sayer, Terry Linford, and Pete Robinson for otter spraint collections (Sayer & Linford)
… This paper is dedicated to the amazing Derek Sayer whose endless support has made this …

The potential of palaeolimnological methods for establishing reference conditions and
restoration targets for lakes has been recognised for some time, and has received renewed …

… crash’ leading to complete absence of plants by early July (Sayer et al., 2010), a phenomenon
observed until the present day (CD Sayer, unpubl. data). The fish population is composed …

The conservation of threatened species must be underpinned by phylogeographic knowledge.
This need is epitomized by the freshwater fish Carassius carassius, which is in decline …

… Finally we acknowledge June and Derek Sayer and Cavell and Roy Docking for
accommodation at our two Bodham field bases. Without their unstinting patience and help (not to …