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mSystems, 2019 Microorganisms can have a profound and varying effect on the chemical character of environments and, thereby, ecological health. Their capacity to consume or transform contaminants leads to contrasting outcomes, such as the dissipation of nutrient ...
Kim M. Handley
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Feeding wild animals is a regular habit in ecotourism worldwide with poorly known consequences for ecosystem functioning. This study investigates how effective bread feeding is at attracting coral reef fish in the South Pacific, which feeding groups of ...
Natalie Prinz +6 more
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Phylogenetic constraints on ecosystem functioning [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2012 There is consensus that biodiversity losses will result in declining ecosystem functioning if species have different functional traits. Phylogenetic diversity has recently been suggested as a predictor of ecosystem functioning because it could approximate the functional complementarity among species.
Gravel, Dominique +5 more
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How biodiversity affects ecosystem processes: implications for ecological revolutions and benthic ecosystem function [PDF]
, 2008 Current and projected rates of extinction provide impetus to investigate the consequences of biodiversity loss for ecosystem processes. Yet our understanding of present day biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relations contrasts markedly with our ...
Godbold, J. A. +7 more
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Prospering from nature: helping landowners protect and enhance ecosystem services [PDF]
, 2013 2 pagesAround the country, ranchers and family forest landowners face complex challenges that threaten their ability to stay on the land and maintain their operations.
University of Oregon. Ecosystem Workforce Program
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Periphyton Function in Lake Ecosystems [PDF]
The Scientific World JOURNAL, 2002 Periphyton communities have received relatively little attention in lake ecosystems. However, evidence is increasing that they play a key role in primary productivity, nutrient cycling, and food web interactions. This review summarizes those findings and places them in a conceptual framework to evaluate the functional importance of periphyton in lakes.
Yvonne Vadeboncoeur, Alan D. Steinman
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How can we identify and communicate the ecological value of deep-sea ecosystem services? [PDF]
, 2014 This research project was funded by MASTS (Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland; URL: www.masts.ac.uk). MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011) and contributing institutions. Townsend’s involvement was
Nick Hanley (591087) +12 more
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InsectsThe environment of mountain ecosystems can change greatly in short distances as elevation increases. The effects of elevation change on the distribution and body size of carabid beetles were investigated at elevations of 750–2600 m in the Changbaishan ...
Shengdong Liu +6 more
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InsectsThe hazelnut weevil larvae (Curculio dieckmanni) is a major pest of nut weevils, spending part of its life cycle in the soil and causing significant damage to hazelnut crops.
Bin Wang +6 more
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Mussels and Local Conditions Interact to Influence Microbial Communities in Mussel Beds
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Microbiomes are increasingly recognized as widespread regulators of function from individual organism to ecosystem scales. However, the manner in which animals influence the structure and function of environmental microbiomes has received considerably ...
Edward Higgins +3 more
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