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Impacts of shelter on the relative dominance of primary producers and trophic transfer efficiency in aquatic food webs: Implications for shallow lake restoration

Freshwater Biology, Volume 67, Issue 6, Page 1107-1122, June 2022., 2022
Abstract Wind‐induced turbulence can strongly impact ecological processes in shallow lake ecosystems. The creation of shelter against wind can be expected to affect both primary producers and herbivores in aquatic food webs. Shelter may benefit particular primary producers more than others by changing relative resource availabilities for different ...
Hui Jin, Casper H. A. van Leeuwen, Ralph J. M. Temmink, Elisabeth S. Bakker   +3 more
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Can artificial ecological islands alter the biodiversity of macroinvertebrate? A case study in Fujin National Wetland Park, the Sanjiang Plain, China

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 21, Page 14988-15003, November 2021., 2021
This paper proves that it is feasible to build artificial ecological islands in open water to increase the microhabitat heterogeneity and water‐level gradient as a means of ecological restoration, so as to provide more suitable habitats for aquatic organisms and thus increase the biological diversity of the ecosystem. Macrobenthos are the main food for
Zi‐Ao Yuan, Xin‐xin Liu, Hai‐rong Du, Ming‐Hai Zhang   +3 more
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Invertebrate zoogeomorphology: A review and conceptual framework for rivers

WIREs Water, Volume 8, Issue 5, September/October 2021., 2021
Invertebrates affect the transport of sediment in rivers but are often overlooked due to their small size. Diverse behaviors result in significant effects on fluvial geomorphology. Abstract Invertebrates are important sediment engineers, making up for their small body size with abundance and behavioral diversity.
Richard J. Mason, Harry Sanders
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Enhancing ecological integrity while preserving ecosystem services: Constructing soft‐sediment islands in a shallow lake

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 2, Issue 3, July–September 2021., 2021
The Marker Wadden project shows how forward‐looking sustainable development of lake ecosystems using a rewilding approach can enhance natural processes and attract birds and fish, without conflicting with existing ecosystem services. This inspires new directions for halting and reversing the degradation of other vital ecosystems worldwide.
Casper H.A. van Leeuwen, Ralph J.M. Temmink, Hui Jin, Yvonne Kahlert, Bjorn J.M. Robroek, Matty P. Berg, Leon P.M. Lamers, Marloes van den Akker, Roel Posthoorn, Annemiek Boosten, Han Olff, Elisabeth S. Bakker   +11 more
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Respiration and aeration by bioturbating Tubificidae alter biogeochemical processes in aquatic sediment [PDF]

, 2019
This study investigates the potential of bioturbating Tubificidae to alter biogeochemical processes by sediment aeration in order to enhance ecosystem development in eco-engineering projects. We introduced Tubificidae in three different densities in clay-
Vink, J.P.M., Honingh, E., Saaltink, R.M., Griffioen, J., Dekker, S.C., Verdonschot, P.F.M., Riel, M.C. van, Winterwerp, J.C., Wassen, M.J.   +8 more
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A contribution to the knowledge of freshwater Oligochaeta in Yugoslavia

Acta Biologica Slovenica, 1985
During research on Oligochaeta in the fresh waters of Slovenia, two species were found for the first time in Yugoslavia: Chaetogaster setosus Svetlov, 1925 and Arcteonais lomondi (Martin, 1907) from the family Naididae.
M. Kerovec
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Structure of the macrozoobenthos as an indicator of different types of pollution in running waters [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2002
Hydrobiological research on streams with different dominant forms of pollution (anthropogenic eutrophication, organic pollution, toxic pollution, trans-saprobic pollution) in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula (territory of Serbia and Montenegro ...
Simić Vladica M., Simić Snežana B.
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Spatial distribution of aquatic Oligochaeta in Ilha Grande National Park, Brazil - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i1.10768

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2012
Ilha Grande National Park is an important conservation unit localized in the Southern part of the upper Paraná river floodplain (Brazil) that includes diverse aquatic environments.
Flávio Henrique Ragonha, Josiane Barros Chiaramonte, Hélio Martins Fontes Junior, Eduardo Ribeiro da Cunha, Evanilde Benedito, Alice Michiyo Takeda   +5 more
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The effect of temperature on the reproduction of Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae)

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2009
The tubificid worm Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparede, 1862 is widely used as an indicator of organic pollution in aquatic environments. Nevertheless, little is known about its biology.
Haroldo L. S. Nascimento, Roberto G. Alves   +1 more
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Phylogenomic analyses reveal a Palaeozoic radiation and support a freshwater origin for clitellate annelids

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 49, Issue 5, Page 614-640, September 2020., 2020
Abstract Clitellata is a major clade of Annelida comprising nearly all freshwater and terrestrial annelids as well as several marine species. We investigated clitellate phylogenetic relationships using transcriptomes sampled from 74 taxa (64 clitellates and 10 polychaetes), including multiple representatives of nearly all major clitellate higher taxa ...
Christer Erséus, Bronwyn W. Williams, Kevin M. Horn, Kenneth M. Halanych, Scott R. Santos, Samuel W. James, Michel Creuzé des Châtelliers, Frank E. Anderson   +7 more
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