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Hydro-climatic consequences on zooplankton diversity and abundance in perennial Vavuniya reservoir and seasonal Thandikulam reservoir in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka
BackgroundZooplankton exhibit strong responses for minute changes in their habitat. Therefore, this study intended to investigate the impacts of...
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WATSAN and Public Health in Hydro-Climatic Disasters
Water, sanitation and hygiene are vital components for the health and development of any community. They can be attributed as fundamental aspects of...
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Hydro-climatic changes promote shifts in zooplankton composition and diversity in wetlands of the Lower Paraná River Delta
The Paraná River Delta is one of the most biodiverse and largest mosaic of wetland ecosystems in South America. Yet its natural hydrological patterns...
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Spatial variability in dissolved organic matter quantity and composition in Midwest reservoirs, USA
Reservoirs are globally ubiquitous and critical for inland carbon (C) cycling, but the coupled influence of land use and hydro-climatic fluctuations...
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Impact of Climatic Factors on the Duration of Species Flowering in the Karadag Nature Reserve
Abstract—The phenological responses of plants to changing weather conditions are very strong and can serve as an indicator of global climate change....
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Bangladesh Case Study
Hydro-climatic extremities together with aquatic pollution are bringing enormous health hazards, particularly by multi-drug resistant (MDR)...
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Climatic and calf-related risk factors associated with failure of transfer of passive immunity in Holstein calves in a hot environment
This retrospective observational study aimed to assess the effect of temperature-humidity index (THI) at calving and in the last trimester of...
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A critical review of environmental factors influencing the transport dynamics of microplastics in riverine systems: implications for ecological studies
Microplastics (MPs) in rivers present an ecological risk. In this paper, we review hydro-geomorphological, biological, and allochthonous factors that...
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Spatial and temporal patterns and driving factors of forest fires based on an optimal parameter-based geographic detector in the Panxi region, Southwest China
BackgroundThe Panxi region in China is among the areas that are most severely impacted by forest fires. Despite this, there is currently a lack of...
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February–March minimum temperature record from cold-arid Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India, and its hydrological implications
The increasing number of climate-associated disasters in the Himalayan region causing a huge impact on human life and the ecosystem are the...
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Key Resilience Factors in Four Patagonia Nature-Based Tourism Destinations in the Aysén Region of Chile
This chapter supports the idea that tourism destinations should be prepared for adversities and that this preparation is the responsibility of key...
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Fast estimation and choice of confidence interval methods for step regression
In this paper we propose a new fast grid search algorithm for finding the least square estimators of a step regression model. This algorithm makes it...
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Use of artificial-substrate samplers to identify relations between periphytic diatom community composition and hydro-limnological conditions in shallow lakes of Old Crow Flats, Yukon Territory (Canada)
Concern over effects of climate warming on shallow northern lakes elicits need for agency-led, long-term, biomonitoring programs to implement...
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Factors influencing persistence of a threatened amphibian in restored wetlands despite severe population decline during climate change driven weather extremes
Biodiversity is in global decline during the Anthropocene. Declines have been caused by multiple factors, such as habitat removal, invasive species,...
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Recognition of dominant driving factors behind sap flow of Liquidambar formosana based on back-propagation neural network method
Key message Three-layered back-propagation (BP) neural networks with architecture 4–10-1 (four neurons in the input layer, ten neurons in the hidden...
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Growing season temperature and precipitation affect nutrient resorption in herbaceous species through a foliar stoichiometric control strategy
AimsFoliar nutrient resorption is a critical process for considerations of ecosystem nutrient cycles. Previous studies have described the independent...
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Invertebrates in small shallow lakes and ponds: a new sampling method to study the influence of environmental factors on their communities
Small shallow lakes (SSL) are reservoirs of biodiversity and provide numerous ecosystem services. Therefore, tools to easily and rapidly assess the...
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The Stable Hydrogen Isotopic Signature: From Source Water to Tree Rings
The hydrogen isotopic signature (δ2H) of water in trees contains information on plant functional responses to climatic changes and on the origin of...
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Predicting Plant Distribution Shifts
The effects of climate change on the distribution of vascular plant species characteristic of the marine habitats of German seacoasts were studied....
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Evaluation of seasonal variation, effect of extraction solvent on phytochemicals and antioxidant activity on Rosmarinus officinalis grown in different agro-ecological zones of Kiambu County, Kenya
BackgroundRosemary ( Rosmarinus officinalis ) is a commonly used culinary herb with great potential applications in the pharmaceutical, food, and...
