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Inclusion of juvenile stages improves diversity assessment and adds to our understanding of mite ecology - A case study from mires in Norway. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Including the juveniles explained a greater amount of the variability of Trombidiformes and Mesostigmata, but had less of an impact for Sarcoptiformes. Including juveniles increased the observed species richness by 6% in comparison to data based on adults only.
Seniczak A +9 more
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Habitat engineering by an apex predator generates spatial trophic dynamics across a temporal environmental stress gradient. [PDF]
J Anim EcolAmerican alligators ameliorate dry‐season stress by engineering deep‐water habitats and altering food‐web dynamics. This study proposes that the stress gradient hypothesis may be a special case of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis where ecosystem engineers facilitate coexistence at intermediate values of stress/disturbance.
Flood PJ +3 more
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Facilitation strength across environmental and beneficiary trait gradients in stream communities
Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 92, Issue 10, Page 2005-2015, October 2023., 2023 Positive biotic interactions expand organisms' niche breadths, and promote species coexistence, but few studies have measured how beneficiary traits relate to facilitation strength across environmental gradients. The authors demonstrate that functional traits of animal beneficiaries and environmental context simultaneously govern the strength of biotic
Benjamin B. Tumolo +4 more
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Ecological restoration promotes zooplankton network complexity in Mediterranean coastal lagoons
Restoration Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 5, July 2023., 2023 Ecological recovery following restoration is typically evaluated using metrics based on species diversity and composition. However, increasing evidence suggests the success of long‐term ecological recovery increases when more complex attributes such as biotic interaction networks are targeted.
Daniel Hernández‐Carrasco +8 more
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Ecosphere, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023 Abstract In large lake ecosystems, fish movement between coastal littoral habitats such as wetlands and the adjacent open‐water nearshore represents an understudied but potentially important linkage supporting energy flow and fisheries production. We hypothesized that yellow perch (Perca flavescens), an ecologically and economically important sport ...
Katherine E. O'Reilly +8 more
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Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023 Allis shad Alosa alosa hatches and develops in freshwater before migrating to the sea during its first months of life. Some field research works dedicated to the diet of the species in freshwater put forward that young stages of allis shad feed mainly on zooplankton, being opportunistic and euryphagous; their diet would diversify through ontogeny in ...
Loïc Baumann +8 more
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Suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibionts of stream-dwelling aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) in the southwestern Palaearctic region [PDF]
, 2012 Based on original data from recent research, numerous new records of the suctorian species living as epibionts on streamdwelling aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in the southwestern Palaearctic area are given.
Dovgal, I. V., Pešіć, Vladimir
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Long‐term responses of benthic invertebrates to rotenone treatment
River Research and Applications, Volume 38, Issue 8, Page 1436-1449, October 2022., 2022 Abstract Biological invasions are regarded as one of the largest threats to native biodiversity. The eradication of alien invasive fish or parasites by culling of hosts is a controversial conservation strategy, particularly when using indiscriminate methods involving whole ecosystem collateral damage. While short‐term effects are abundantly documented,
Gaute Kjærstad +3 more
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New records of water mites of the family Sperchontidae Thor; 1900 from China (Acari, Hydrachnidia), with descriptions of two new species [PDF]
, 2011 Five species of water mites of the family Sperchontidae Thor, 1900 are reported from China. Two of them are new to science, Sperchon (Sperchon) orbipatella sp.n. and S. (Sperchon) urumqiensis sp.
Zhang, Xu, Jin, Dao-Chao
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The hyporheic zone as an invertebrate refuge during a fine sediment disturbance event
Ecohydrology, Volume 15, Issue 6, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Subsurface sediments offer an important refuge that support the survival and persistence of river invertebrates during adverse surface conditions. Access to refuges for invertebrates varies with differing hydrological and substrate characteristics, especially the proportion of fine sediment.
Victoria S. Milner +3 more
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