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Open AccessOpen areas associated with traditional agriculture promote functional connectivity among amphibian demes in Mediterranean agrosystems
Functional connectivity across fragmented habitat patches is essential for the conservation of animal populations in humanized landscapes. Given their low dispersal capacity, amphibians in the Mediterranean re...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Water sports could contribute to the translocation of ranaviruses
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Open AccessBridging population genetics and the metacommunity perspective to unravel the biogeographic processes sha** genetic differentiation of Myriophyllum alterniflorum DC.
The degree to which dispersal limitation interacts with environmental filtering has intrigued metacommunity ecologists and molecular biogeographers since the beginning of both research disciplines. Since genet...
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Open AccessWater sports could contribute to the translocation of ranaviruses
Ranaviruses have been identified as the cause of explosive disease outbreaks in amphibians worldwide and can be transmitted between hosts both via direct and indirect contact, in which humans might contribute ...
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Recovery of the algae and macroinvertebrate benthic community after Didymosphenia geminata mass growths in Spanish rivers
This study aims to assess the ecological profile of the invasive alga Didymosphenia geminata in NW Spain, analysing the biotic and abiotic factors related to the presence of massive colonies and their effect on r...
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Unimodal patterns of microbial communities with eutrophication in Mediterranean shallow lakes
The role of the microbial communities in the classical planktonic food web and its response to eutrophication in shallow lakes is still contradictory. Mediterranean shallow lakes with different eutrophication ...
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The Duero Diatom Index (DDI) for river water quality assessment in NW Spain: design and validation
Diatom indices developed in certain geographic regions are frequently used elsewhere, despite the strong evidence that such metrics are less useful when applied in regions other than that where species–environ...
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Are diatom diversity indices reliable monitoring metrics?
A biological survey was carried out in 640 stations spread over the Loire-Bretagne National Network (France) between 1996 and 2000. Epilithic diatom inventories were obtained following standard methods. A tota...
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Spatiotemporal changes in diatom ecological profiles: implications for biomonitoring
Diatom indices developed in certain geographic regions are frequently used elsewhere, despite the strong evidence that such metrics are less useful when applied in regions other than that where species–environ...
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Mechanisms for Parasites Removal in a Waste Stabilisation Pond
A waste stabilisation pond (WSP) system formed by two anaerobic ponds, a facultative pond and a maturation pond was studied from December 2003 to September 2004 in north-western Spain in order to evaluate its ...
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Effects of nutrients and fish on periphyton and plant biomass across a European latitudinal gradient
Replicated, factorial mesocosm experiments were conducted across Europe to study the effects of nutrient enrichment and fish density on macrophytes and on periphyton chlorophyll a (chl-a) with regard to latitude....
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Environmental Inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Waste Stabilization Ponds
The survival of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in a waste stabilization pond system in northwestern Spain and the effects of sunlight and the depth and type of pond on oocyst viability were evaluated using an ass...
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Response of epiphytic algae to nutrient loading and fish density in a shallow lake: a mesocosm experiment
Studies on the effect of eutrophication on the ecology of shallow lakes, usually pay scant attention to changes within the epiphytic algal community, though the contribution of this to the ecosystem dynamics i...
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Changes in bacterial and ciliate densities with trophic status in Mediterranean shallow lakes
Ciliate and bacterial densities and their link with eutrophication were studied in fourteen shallow lakes in northwest Spain. Total phosphorus (TP) in these lakes varied between 30 μg l−1 and 925 μg l−1 and chlor...
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State of the art in the functioning of shallow Mediterranean lakes: workshop conclusions
Studies on shallow lakes from the north temperate zone show that they alternate between clear and turbid water states in response to control factors. However, the ecology of semi-arid to arid shallow Mediterra...
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Changes in bacterial and ciliate densities with trophic status in Mediterranean shallow lakes
Ciliate and bacterial densities and their link with eutrophication were studied in fourteen shallow lakes in northwest Spain. Total phosphorus (TP) in these lakes varied between 30 μg ls-1 and 925 μg ls-1 and chl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
State of the art in the functioning of shallow Mediterranean lakes: workshop conclusions
Studies on shallow lakes from the north temperate zone show that they alternate between clear and turbid water states in response to control factors. However, the ecology of semiarid to arid shallow Mediterran...
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Factors controlling hydrochemical and trophic state variables in 86 shallow lakes in Europe
In order to disentangle the causes of variations in water chemistry among European shallow lakes, we performed standardised sampling programs in 86 lakes along a latitudinal gradient from southern Spain to nor...
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Shift from clear to turbid phase in Lake Chozas (NW Spain) due to the introduction of American red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)
Lake Chozas (León, NW Spain) until 1997 was a mesotrophic, macrophyte-dominated clear-water lake. The American red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkiiGirard) was introduced in 1995–96. In 1998, it increased its n...
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Influence of water level fluctuation on the structure and composition of the macrophyte vegetation in two small temporary lakes in the northwest of Spain
The influence of water retention time and depth variation on the macrophyte community in two small shallow lakes in the northwest of Spain was studied. One lake is periodically flooded and the other deeper lak...
