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Techniques and challenges in studying photosynthetic diversity in freshwater submerged vascular plants. [PDF]

Appl Plant Sci
Abstract While the photosynthetic diversity of aquatic plants rivals that of terrestrial species, the environmental conditions underlying that diversity fundamentally differ. Despite these environmental differences, aquatic and terrestrial plants have convergently evolved carbon concentrating mechanisms (CCMs).
Loew-Mendelson E, Wickell D, Mrozinski C, Doan LI, Hupp J, Vath RL, Yuan L, Heyduk K.   +7 more
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The Multiple Roles of Genetics on Freshwater Macrophyte Functional Traits in the Interplay With the Environment: A Review. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This review examines how genetic and environmental factors jointly shape functional trait variation in aquatic plants. By synthesizing the literature from the last fifteen years, we analyze the roles of genetic diversity, epigenetic variation, genome size, and gene expression in relation to phenotypic plasticity, natural selection, and genetic drift ...
Fois B, Vecchia AD, Campiello G, Bolpagni R, Lambertini C.   +4 more
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Double Trouble: Aquatic Invasive Plants Can Promote Mosquitoes. [PDF]

Ecol Lett
ABSTRACT Human activities continue to facilitate biological invasions, profoundly impacting our environment and economy. Plants and insects constitute the majority of invasions to date, with facilitative links established between them, particularly in terrestrial habitats.
Chikodza T, Cuthbert RN, Schrama M, Coetzee J, Wasserman R, Veldhuis MP, Strange EF.   +6 more
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Common Food Sources for Macrobenthic Communities in Different Bottom Covers: Submerged Macrophytes and Benthic Cyanobacteria in a Japanese Temperate Lake. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
A variety of macrobenthic invertebrates were found in the benthic cyanobacterial and the macrophyte zones in the southern basin of Lake Biwa. Their compositions were clearly different between the zones, but relied on common food sources. ABSTRACT Macrobenthic communities in a lake are affected by the type of bottom cover such as macrophytes or algae ...
Takamura K, Kondo NI, Nakajima N.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Environmental DNA of aquatic macrophytes: The potential for reconstructing past and present vegetation and environments

Freshwater Biology, Volume 68, Issue 11, Page 1929-1950, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Environmental DNA is increasingly being used to reconstruct past and present biodiversity including from freshwater ecosystems. Macrophytes are especially good environmental indicators, thus their environmental DNA palaeorecord might shed light on past postglacial environments.
Aloïs Revéret, Dilli P. Rijal, Peter D. Heintzman, Antony G. Brown, Kathleen R. Stoof‐Leichsenring, Inger G. Alsos   +5 more
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Plant sex influences on riparian communities and ecosystems

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2023., 2023
Potential influences of plant sex on riparian communities and ecosystem functions, from left in a spiral: morphological traits, physiological traits, chemical traits, terrestrial communities, riparian processes, aquatic processes, aquatic communities, and geomorphic processes.
River P. Scheuerell, Carri J. LeRoy
wiley   +1 more source

Toward freshwater plant diversity surveys with eDNA barcoding and metabarcoding

Environmental DNA, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 648-670, July 2023., 2023
In this manuscript we present a synthesis of the 22 studies working on eDNA barcoding and metabarcoding approaches for monitoring freshwater plants in lentic, lotic and wetland habitats. We also examine the specific primers, barcodes and reference databases required for succesful plant eDNA surveys.
Armando Espinosa Prieto, Jean‐Nicolas Beisel, Pieternel Verschuren, Laurent Hardion   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habituation with apparatus and group testing improves assessment of fish preferences. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract Preference tests are commonly used to assess fish behavior and cognition in several research fields. This study aimed to investigate how fish perform in a preference test involving extended habituation to the apparatus, which was expected to reduce stress.
Varracchio C, Paci FP, Bertolucci C, Bertorelle G, Lucon-Xiccato T.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Estimates of Predator Densities Using Mobile DIDSON Surveys: Implications for Survival of Central Valley Chinook Salmon

North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 628-645, June 2023., 2023
Abstract The Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta (hereafter, “the Delta”) is one of the estuaries with the most invasive species in the world, and nonnative predators may be a major factor in the observed decline of Central Valley Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha over recent decades.
Mark J. Henderson, Chris M. Loomis, Cyril J. Michel, Joe M. Smith, Ilysa S. Iglesias, Brendan M. Lehman, Nicholas J. Demetras, David D. Huff   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental DNA as an emerging tool in botanical research

American Journal of Botany, Volume 110, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023
Abstract Over the past quarter century, environmental DNA (eDNA) has been ascendant as a tool to detect, measure, and monitor biodiversity (species and communities), as a means of elucidating biological interaction networks, and as a window into understanding past patterns of biodiversity.
Mark D. Johnson, Joanna R. Freeland, Laura Parducci, Darren M. Evans, Rachel S. Meyer, Brenda Molano‐Flores, Mark A. Davis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source