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Parasites alter food-web topology of a subarctic lake food web and its pelagic and benthic compartments
We compared three sets of highly resolved food webs with and without parasites for a subarctic lake system corresponding to its pelagic and benthic...
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Neuromuscular organization of the benthic ctenophore, Vallicula multiformis
Ctenophora is the earliest metazoan taxon with neurons and muscles. Recent studies have described genetic, physiological, and cellular...
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Effects of oligotrophication and Dreissena littoral-pelagic coupling on littoral invertebrate and fish communities: insights from stable isotopes of archived samples
Changing nutrient concentrations and introduction of non-native species affect the energy and nutrient fluxes in aquatic ecosystems. As a response,...
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Widespread Production of Polyunsaturated Aldehydes by Benthic Diatoms of the North Pacific Ocean’s Salish Sea
Diatoms are key primary producers across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. They are responsible for photosynthesis and secondary...
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Annual Temperatures and Dynamics of Food Availability are Associated with the Pelagic-Benthic Diversification in a Sympatric Pair of Salmonid Fish
Fish diversification into sympatric ecomorph pairs demonstrates a striking parallelism across a number of taxa in numerous lakes. However, there is a...
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Diversity and spatiotemporal variation of an Eastern Tropical Pacific pelagic vertebrate community assessed with drifting pelagic BRUVS
Information about the composition of pelagic communities generally lags far behind that of coastal communities, and largely derives from fisheries...
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Pelagic and benthic ecosystems drive differences in population and individual specializations in marine predators
Individual specialization, which describes whether populations are comprised of dietary generalists or specialists, has profound ecological and...
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Water column-based assays underestimate benthic predation pressure in mid-latitude systems
Non-indigenous species (NIS) establish and thrive on floating artificial substrata along mid-latitude shores, which might serve as propagule...
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Drivers of macroinvertebrate assemblages in littoral and pelagic habitats of a large shallow lake: implications for bioassessment
Different measures of macroinvertebrate diversity (species diversity, functional diversity, phylogenetic diversity) and functional feeding groups...
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Linking Resource Quality and Biodiversity to Benthic Ecosystem Functions Across a Land-to-Sea Gradient
Benthic macrofauna modifies carbon and nutrient retention and recycling processes in coastal habitats. However, the contribution of benthic consumers...
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The Deep Benthic Zone
The basin’s shape of Lake Alchichica resembles a cylinder, with a limited littoral and extended profundal zone. The deep benthic zone is somewhat...
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Similar trait structure and vulnerability in pelagic fish faunas on two remote island systems
The link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has been the topic of considerable research, but it remains unclear how biodiversity decline...
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Zoo- and Ichthyoplankton Communities of Pelagic Ecosystems in the Western Tropical Atlantic
Zoo- and ichthyoplankton are key components of pelagic ecosystemsPelagic ecosystems. This study investigates zoo- and ichthyoplankton communities in...
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Ecological Structure in Benthic Habitats of Offshore Waters
Map** the structure of benthic macrofauna communities is essential for assessing and monitoring the state of the seafloor habitats. The presence...
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Expanded vertical niche for two species of pelagic sharks: depth range extension for the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus and novel twilight zone occurrence by the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis
Studying the behavior of pelagic sharks can be challenging due to the logistical difficulties of locating migratory individuals in the open ocean....
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Plankton population dynamics and methylmercury bioaccumulation in the pelagic food web of mine-impacted surface water reservoirs
Thermal stratification of reservoirs can lead to anaerobic conditions that facilitate the microbial conversion of mercury (Hg) to neurotoxic and...
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Pelagic Cnidaria and Ctenophora diversity patterns and trends in Macaronesia insular systems (NE Atlantic)
Jellyfish are important components of the marine ecosystem and present a potential resource for different economic domains (e.g. medicine, food and...
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Degradation of benthic ecosystem properties of Mejillones Bay (SE Pacific): implications for coastal management
Ecosystem macroscopic properties given by Ascendency theoretical framework were compared between two multispecies mass-balanced trophic models of the...
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Depth-specific benthic specialization of Arctic char in an oligotrophic subarctic lake
Fishes consume prey from across both benthic and pelagic habitats, thereby stabilizing the food webs of freshwater lakes. How fish exploit vertical...
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Deterioration of the Littoral–Benthic Ecosystem Following Recent Expansion of Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in the World’s Clearest Large Lake
Some biological invasions can result in algae blooms in the nearshore of clear lakes. We studied if an invasive crayfish ( Pacifastacus leniusculus )...
