Results of the final international stage
The winners of the 6th edition of the Brian Moss Student Competition have been selected and are posted below. Join us at the next SIL congress in 2026, to honour these winners and their exceptional contributions to limnological research.
First Place :
Hiromichi Suzuki, Japan
Paper : Suzuki, H., Ichiyanagi, H., Kass, J. M., & Urabe, J. (2025). Differences in factors determining taxon-based and trait-based community structures: a field test using zooplankton. Limnology and Oceanography, 70(1), 113–127. DOI : https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12744
Second Place :
Thomas Fuß, Austria
Paper : Fuß, T., Thuile Bistarelli, L., Walther, F., Vitecek, S., Talluto, L., & Singer, G. (2024). Geodiversity of a European river network controls algal biodiversity and function. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01478-5
Third Place :
Franca Stábile, Sweden
Paper : Stábile, F., Ekvall, M. T., Gallego-Urrea, J. A., Nwachukwu, T., Soorasena, W. G. C. U., Rivas-Comerlati, P. I., & Hansson, L.-A. (2024). Fate and biological uptake of polystyrene nanoparticles in freshwater wetland ecosystems. Environmental Science: Nano, 11, 3475–3486. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EN00628J
