Comment: Food web interactions and biomanipulation in Australian reservoirs [PDF]
The authors have been studying the control of phytoplankton biomass in several Australian reservoirs. To manipulate fish communities in order to reduce phytoplankton biomass, one needs a thorough understanding of processes in the plankton-associated food
Matveev, Vladimir, Matveeva, Lilian
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Settlement of Macoma balthica larvae in response to benthic diatom films [PDF]
The role of multi-species benthic diatom films (BDF) in the settlement of late pediveliger larvae of the bivalve Macoma balthica was investigated in still-water bioassays and multiple choice flume experiments.
Backer, A., De +6 more
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Seasonal changes in the biochemical fate of carbon fixed by benthic diatoms in intertidal sediments [PDF]
Benthic diatoms are important primary producers in intertidal marine sediments and form the basis of the food web in these ecosystems. In order to investigate the carbon flow within diatom mats, we performed in situ 13C pulse-chase labeling experiments ...
Admiraal +81 more
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Abstract Urban ponds are increasingly exposed to both local environmental changes and regional urbanization pressures, which threaten aquatic biodiversity, making it urgent to understand drivers of freshwater biodiversity for effective conservation and biomonitoring.
Wenfei Liao +3 more
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Dominance and compensatory growth in phytoplankton communities under salinity stress [PDF]
Increasing levels of environmental stress due to global warming and eutrophication, and concerns about an unparalleled global diversity loss, have triggered new interest in the question whether the stability of ecosystem properties depends on population ...
Burns, Carolyn W. +3 more
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Biodiversity and soil type modulate the effect of plastic contamination on soil functioning
Our findings show that the negative effects of plastic contamination on soil functioning strongly depend on soil type and can be partly alleviated by plant diversity. In sandy soils, diverse plant communities buffered functional losses under plastic stress, whereas in clayey soils the benefits of diversity were suppressed.
María Fernández‐Maquieira +6 more
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Fitoplancton de una laguna pampásica (San Miguel del Monte, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Phytoplankton assemblages were analyzed taking into account the functional groups in a shallow lake connected to the lower basin of Salado River. Samples were obtained monthly (9/1997-8/1998), from the affluent (E1), San Miguel del Monte lake (E2) and ...
Karina Paola Quaíni +2 more
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Strength and uncertainty of phytoplankton metrics for assessing eutrophication impacts in lakes [PDF]
Phytoplankton constitutes a diverse array of short-lived organisms which derive their nutrients from the water column of lakes. These features make this community the most direct and earliest indicator of the impacts of changing nutrient conditions on ...
Borics, G. +21 more
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Seasonal Environmental Conditions and River Morphology Shape Summer Phytoplankton Communities
ABSTRACT Phytoplankton form the base of large river food webs, but there are limited studies on the nature and drivers of communities over longer time scales. Further, climate change is projected to favour taxa associated with harmful algal blooms, but our knowledge of the timing, locations and drivers of cyanobacteria in rivers lags that of lakes and ...
Kathi Jo Jankowski +2 more
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Algal Blooms in Lakes Increase After Wildfire Smoke Events in the Contiguous United States
Temporary pulses of surface chlorophyll‐a are identified following wildfire smoke events in lakes and reservoirs across the United States. ABSTRACT Area burned by wildfire has increased in the contiguous United States and in many places globally in recent years, impacting communities and ecosystems nearby and even far downwind of fires. We examined the
Nicole E. Olson +10 more
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