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Mercury in Selected Abiotic and Biotic Elements in Two Lakes in Poland: Implications for Environmental Protection and Food Safety [PDF]
Mercury, which tends to bioaccumulate and biomagnify in aquatic food webs, poses a potential health risk to wildlife and to consumers of predatory fish in particular.
Monika Rajkowska-Myśliwiec +1 more
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Microchemical provenancing of prey remains in cormorant pellets reveals the use of diverse foraging grounds. [PDF]
Microchemical provenancing was successfully applied to otoliths exposed to digestion by piscivorous birds and it was possible to clarify on a small scale from which waterbodies or habitat clusters the birds obtain their food. By the use of prey provenancing, site‐specific management plans can be developed and the effect of management measures on ...
Oehm J +6 more
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Abstract Charophytes are a key group of submerged macrophytes in temperate hardwater lakes, but have declined or been replaced by angiosperms as a result of eutrophication for more than 100 years. At present, this process is continuing in many European lakes despite an overall reduced nutrient loading.
Marta Maria Alirangues Nuñez +6 more
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Abstract Mid‐trophic level (MTL) organisms play a key role in the sub‐Antarctic ecosystem food web, linking primary producers and tertiary consumers transferring energy across trophic levels. In this region, the relative abundance of MTLs has been monitored using single‐frequency acoustic data collected opportunistically in a time series of trawl ...
Pablo C. Escobar‐Flores +4 more
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Abstract Invaders affect native species across multiple trophic levels, influencing the structure and stability of freshwater communities. Based on the ‘trophic position hypothesis’, invaders at the top of the food web are more harmful to native species via direct and indirect effects than trophically analogous native predators are. However, introduced
Alessandra Maria Bissattini +10 more
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La reineta Brama australis es un importante recurso pesquero artesanal en la zona central chilena, incorporado en los programas de seguimiento biológico, pero con escasas evaluaciones de sus aspectos tróficos.
Francisco Santa Cruz +3 more
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Abstract The crucian carp Carassius carassius, a cyprinid fish characteristic of small ponds, is in decline throughout most of its European range, including in England where it is currently thought to be non‐native. The present study, undertaken by the Norfolk Crucian Project, reports on reductions in pond populations of crucian carp in Norfolk ...
Carl D. Sayer +12 more
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A New Zealand demersal fish classification using Gradient Forest models
ABSTRACT Spatial classifications of the environment have previously been used to characterise biodiversity and to facilitate management planning at large spatial scales. Such classifications are more likely to be adopted if they can demonstrate integration of real patterns in habitats or biotic assemblages, in addition to environment.
Fabrice Stephenson +3 more
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Abstract The explosive global spread of Sinadonta woodiana, a large‐bodied unionid mussel of East Asian origin, potentially affects the functioning of freshwater habitats and threatens native mussels. Molecular data indicate that its invasion in Europe started with a single colonization event, followed by in situ adaptation.
Maria Urbańska +3 more
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Tide Management in the Elbe River and Changes in Ecosystem Services
Flood currents (tidal pumping) have led to the increase of transportation of sediments to the river’s upper estuary. In the tidal section of the Elbe River, more sediment is transported to the upper estuary with flood currents (tidal pumping) related to tidal asymmetry.
H. O. Mangi, Junbao Yu
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