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Annual Report Ant Smelt 2010: A changing role for smelt Osmerus eperlanus in the Lake IJsselmeer and Lake Markermeer foodweb? Climate- and nutrient-induced changes in ecoystem functioning [PDF]

The smelt project is part of a larger research project that aims at generating, exploring and testing different possible explanations for the observed Autonomous Negative Trends (ANT) in water fowl in Lake Markermeer and Lake IJsselmeer.
Graaf, M., de, Keller, A.M.
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Community Composition of Aquatic Birds in Lakes of Bangalore, India [PDF]

, 2011
Observations were made on the occurrence, abundance, richness, and diversity of waterbirds in 15 major lakes in Bangalore city during 2008 - 2009. During the study period 35 species of aquatic birds were recorded.
Rajashekara, S., Venkatesha, M.G.
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Lake eutrophication and brownification downgrade availability and transfer of essential fatty acids for human consumption

Environment International, 2016
Fish are an important source of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) for birds, mammals and humans. In aquatic food webs, these highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) are essential for many physiological processes and mainly ...
S.J. Taipale, K. Vuorio, U. Strandberg, K.K. Kahilainen, M. Järvinen, M. Hiltunen, E. Peltomaa, P. Kankaala   +7 more
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Associations between seabirds and their prey in the northern Bering Sea during summer of 2017 and 2018 [PDF]

, 2019
The Tenth Symposium on Polar Science/Ordinary sessions : [OB] Polar Biology, Wed. 4 Dec.
Bungo Nishizawa
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Using linear measurements to diagnose the ecological habitat of Spinosaurus [PDF]

PeerJ
Much of the ecological discourse surrounding the polarising theropod Spinosaurus has centred on qualitative discussions. Using a quantitative multivariate data analytical approach on size-adjusted linear measurements of the skull, we examine patterns in ...
Sean Smart, Manabu Sakamoto
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Urban waterbirds shifting microplastics

Environmental Challenges
Plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems poses growing ecological risks, particularly for piscivorous birds occupying higher trophic levels. This study assessed the ingestion and excretion patterns of microplastics (MPs) in two monotypic urban inland ...
Pathissery John Sarlin, Sandie Morris, Savio Morris, Polycarp Joseph, Sancia Morris   +4 more
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Avian diversity and ethnoornithology in Pawukon - a 19th-Century Javanese manuscript : informing contemporary conservation of vulnerable species

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
The progressive erosion of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in Java, a process exacerbated by colonial disruption, has created a critical disjuncture in biodiversity data.
Rizka Apriani Putri, Venny Indria Ekowati, Ghis Nggar Dwiadmojo   +2 more
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Impoundment Effects on Water Quality as Reflected in Parasitism of Reservoir Basses [PDF]

, 1971
Our aquatic environments are rapidly becoming useless as natural resources through pollution from various sources. It is therefore necessary for us to further understand the various means which relate to this process.
Becker, David A.
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Scanning Electron Microscopy Reveals New Ultrastructural Features in Metacercariae of Clinostomum cutaneum (Digenea: Clinostomidae) Infecting Oreochromis niloticus (Actinopterygii: Cichlidae) in Kenya

Pathogens
Clinostomum is a genus of parasitic trematodes found worldwide, infecting a wide range of hosts, including freshwater fishes, snails, birds and occasionally humans.
Miriam Isoyi Shigoley, Nikol Kmentová, Daniel Mungai Ndegwa, Martina Topić, Kelly J. M. Thys, Maarten P. M. Vanhove   +5 more
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Expanding Host Range: First Record of Eustrongylides excisus in Padogobius bonelli (Gobiidae) from the Po River (Northwest Italy)

Fishes
Fish-borne parasites encompass diverse taxonomic groups, including nematodes of the genus Eustrongylides (family Dioctophymatidae), which infect fish, fish-eating birds, and, occasionally, humans. Eustrongylides spp.
Alessandra Maganza, Camilla Mossotto, Alice Gabetti, Rodolphe Elie Gozlan, Marine Combe, Giuseppe Esposito, Fabio Bondavalli, Marco Bertoli, Elisabetta Pizzul, Paolo Pastorino, Marino Prearo   +10 more
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