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Differential responses of macroinvertebrates and phytoplankton to river health status in different habitats
Assessing river health by combining different biological taxa can provide more reliable results. However, there is still a lack of in-depth research...
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Species and Coenotic Diversity of the Floodplain Forest Communities in Northeast Russia
AbstractThe species diversity of the floodplain forest communities in the North-East of the Russian Federation was studied on the basis of 177...
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The First Nest Record for the Solitary Wasp Katamenes sichelii (de Saussure, 1852) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae: Eumeninae) in Dagestan
AbstractNesting of a Katamenes sichelii (de Saussure, 1852) female was observed with timekee** of its activity. The nest was located on a rock...
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Present Understanding of Biodiversity of Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria in the Relic Lake Mogilnoe (Kildin Island, Murmansk Oblast, Russia)
Abstract —The relic Lake Mogilnoe, separated from the Barents Sea by a sand and pebble dam, is located in the high Arctic on the Kildin island...
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Habitat selection and movement patterns of the Raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Denmark using GPS telemetry data
The Asiatic raccoon dog ( Nyctereutes procyonoides) has successfully colonized Northern, Eastern, and Central Europe, following 20 th century...
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Spatiotemporal Changes in the Macrophytobenthos in the Coastal Zone of Karanskii Nature and Landscape Reserve (Sevastopol, Black Sea)
Abstract —For the first time, the landscape approach was used to conduct a comparative analysis of the macrophytobenthic species diversity and changes...
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Histological Studies on the Skin of a Freshwater Goby Rhinogobius brunneus (Gobiidae) Related to Cutaneous Respiration
AbstractThe Korean freshwater goby, Rhinogobius brunneus , prefers shallow water bodies with pebble bottoms, which are easily exposed to air due to...
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Daytime habitat use by Japanese eel in small streams in Shikoku, southwestern Japan
Daytime habitat use by Japanese eel ( Anguilla japonica ) at the yellow eel stage (total length ≥ 15 cm) and the newly recruited glass/elver stage in...
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Advances in the Ecology of Stream-Dwelling Salmonids
Many salmonids inhabit streams during the whole, or a substantial part of their lifetime. Streams, as networks of cold waters running over rifles,...
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Indirect Effects of Deer Overgrazing on Stream Ecosystems
Understory vegetationUnderstory vegetation in forests retains nitrogenNitrogen and mitigates soil runoffSoil runoff. Deer overgrazing impairs these...
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Performance of blue-fronted amazon parrots (Amazona aestiva) when solving the pebbles-and-seeds and multi-access-box paradigms: ex situ and in situ experiments
Birds can solve many cognitive tasks that were previously only solved by primates, implying that their cognitive ability is far greater than...
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A multi-scale analysis and classification of the hydrogeomorphological characteristics of Irish headwater streams
We present a spatially hierarchical, hydrogeomorphological stream classification, based on data collected in Ireland and reflecting our hypothesis...
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Hidden in plain sight: species richness and habitat characterisation of sublittoral pebble beds
Sublittoral pebble beds are generally considered to be impoverished, but the physical and biological characteristics of these habitats are poorly...
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Dark or light? Preference of anuran tadpoles to background illumination in response to food and predators
Background illumination and its intensity are crucial factors in visual interaction among organisms. In the present study, we used tadpoles of eight...
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Effect of environmental factors on the abundance of riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and co-inhabiting aquatic insects within a reach scale, in Japan
Riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) are freshwater insects, and both adult and larval stages primarily inhabit running water. Therefore,...
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Allochthonous versus autochthonous carbon subsidies in small river food webs depend on seasonality and riparian tree species
The river continuum concept (RCC), which proposes that terrestrial allochthonous inputs, namely, leaf litter, is the main source of organic carbon in...
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Comparison of threatened Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus) densities between riverscapes differing in anthropogenic stressors, with a particular focus on recovery from mining-derived metal pollution
Water pollution imperils the Neosho madtom ( Noturus placidus ), which is threatened federally and in Kansas. Within Kansas, madtom densities were...
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Remarkable monkey goby expansion through a new invasion route into submountain rivers
The monkey goby, an invasive Ponto-Caspian species, recently extended its range to the west and north in the Vistula River system. Dispersal of the...
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How can the floor area types of a university campus mitigate the increase of urban air temperature?
The urban heat island (UHI) under the current climate change scenario could have a major impact on the lives of urban residents. The presence of...
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Benthic microbial biogeographic trends in the North Sea are shaped by an interplay of environmental drivers and bottom trawling effort
Microbial composition and diversity in marine sediments are shaped by environmental, biological, and anthropogenic processes operating at different...
