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Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1399-1414, May 2026.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The ongoing global biodiversity loss caused by multi‐stressors has raised concerns about the potential consequences of species extinctions on the functionality and stability of ecosystems.
Chaoyue Cheng +13 more
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Jellyfish blooms restructure plankton dynamics and trophic linkages in coastal waters
Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1443-1460, May 2026.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Jellyfish blooms are increasing globally in frequency and intensity, introducing complex ecological interactions, yet the mechanisms by which they alter ecosystem structure remain poorly characterized due to a lack of sustained field observations.
Pengpeng Wang +4 more
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Effects of temperature and browning on the functional response of a freshwater top predator
Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 5, Page 824-836, May 2026.This study explores for the first time how temperature and browning affect the functional response of a freshwater piscivore, the northern pike. The authors find surprisingly weak effects of browning, challenging visual foraging theory. Pike displayed a rare dome‐shaped functional response in cold clear water, potentially driven by seasonal changes in ...
Viktor Nilsson‐Örtman +2 more
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Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 5, May 2026.Our framework links policy targets (achieving good ecological status) and actions (nutrient emission reductions) to realized biodiversity benefits. The approach also supports the optimal placement of monitoring sites under different nutrient abatement scenarios.
Antti Takolander +8 more
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Ecological Research, Volume 41, Issue 3, May 2026.We compared the diet and assessed geographic and seasonal variations in the isotopic niches of red‐footed boobies across three Indian Ocean atolls. Our results demonstrate plasticity in both diet and trophic niche, likely driven by local environmental conditions, breeding stages, and colony‐specific factors.
Jennifer Appoo +6 more
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Latitudinal Gradients of Species Richness in Marine Benthos: Insights From Japan's Tidal Flat Areas
Ecological Research, Volume 41, Issue 3, May 2026.Latitudinal diversity gradients in species richness were observed in the coasts of Japan. Extensive tidal flats and biogeographical connectivity to the Eurasian Continent may cause the unexpected peak in species diversity at the Kyushu region. Mollusca was the dominant taxonomic group, followed by Malacostraca, Annelida, and other benthic groups ...
Beverly Tudence Jaspe +2 more
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Integrating ecological feedbacks across scales and levels of organization
Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.In ecosystems, species interact in various ways with other species, and with their local environment. In addition, ecosystems are coupled in space by diverse types of flows. From these links connecting different ecological entities can emerge circular pathways of indirect effects: feedback loops.
Benoît Pichon +4 more
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Drivers and Consequences of Size Declines in Unicells
Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 5, May 2026.Previous syntheses concluded that metabolic allometric scaling is unusually steep (> 1) in unicells but here we show that this steepness is an artefact of laboratory studies that confound cell size with cell population density. Once this density effect is accounted for, metabolic scaling is ~0.86 in unicells.
Dustin J. Marshall +5 more
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Fish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 643-659, May 2026.ABSTRACT Most of the previously large cod stocks in the North Atlantic are depleted to very low levels. A notable exception has been the Northeast Arctic cod inhabiting the Barents Sea. This cod stock reached a record high level around 2013, but since then has declined sharply, with older fish being fished out and few new recruits entering the stock ...
Edda Johannesen +16 more
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