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Organic carbon in British lowland ponds: estimating sediment stocks, possible practical benefits and significant unknowns
Ponds are aquatic habitats defined by their small size. Although small they are found on every continent, they are disproportionately rich in aquatic...
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Predator recognition learning by northern redbelly dace Chrosomus eos from a small kettle lake with a dynamic predator community
Predation, and the risk of predation, shape the ecology, behavior, and evolution of many species. Small fishes navigate a perilous landscape of risk...
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Hydrological Instability of Ponds Reduces Functional Diversity of Freshwater Molluscs in Protected Wetlands
Different facets of biodiversity of freshwater molluscs were compared in 21 small ponds located in the wetland area around Lake Łuknajno (Nature...
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The Peculiar Hydrology of West-Central Florida’s Sandhill Wetlands, Ponds, and Lakes—Part 1: Physical and Chemical Evidence of Connectivity to a Regional Water-Supply Aquifer
The sandhill wetlands, ponds, and lakes of west-central Florida, USA, are an understudied, poorly understood variant of geographically isolated...
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Bestimmung mikrobieller Gemeinschaften von Teichen in Stadt und Land
Land use intensification through intensive agriculture or urbanization were shown to affect biodiversity of different taxonomic or functional groups....
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Species-specific traits predict whole-assemblage detritus processing by pond invertebrates
Functional trait diversity determines if ecosystem processes are sensitive to shifts in species abundances or composition. For example, trait...
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Animal-Driven Nutrient Supply Declines Relative to Ecosystem Nutrient Demand Along a Pond Hydroperiod Gradient
In many lentic ecosystems, hydroperiod, or the duration of inundation, controls animal community composition and biomass. Although...
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Consequences of climate-induced range expansions on multiple ecosystem functions
Climate-driven species range shifts and expansions are changing community composition, yet the functional consequences in natural systems are mostly...
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Modified, Ecologically Destructed, and Disappeared – History of Urban Wetlands in Helsinki Metropolitan Area
Urban wetlands are one of the important natural resources in cities and have an essential role in the sustainability of the urban environment. They...
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A Comparison of Aquaculture Production Methods for Optimizing Production of Fingerling Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens)
Yellow Perch aquaculture has increased since the 1980s to reverse declines in wild populations and meet increased demands by anglers. Over the past...
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Community Patterns in Dytiscids
Understanding the relative contributions of biotic and abiotic factors to community structure remains a fundamental aim of community ecology....
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Impact of Pesticides Application on Aquatic Ecosystem and Biodiversity: A Review
AbstractAquatic animals are very precious to humans because they provide food sources. In order to satisfy the growing demand for food over the past...
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Categorizing the influences of two large seabird colonies on island freshwater ecosystems in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Seabird colonies influence ecosystems by releasing high concentrations of nutrients, metals, and contaminants via their wastes. Here, we examined...
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Habitats Supporting Dytiscid Life
Predaceous diving beetles (Dytiscidae) are a highly speciose group of insects occurring in a large variety of habitat types, where they often form...
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Human-Dependent Landscapes Around the World – An Ecological Perspective
Recurrent landscape patterns occur around the world. Some of these are particularly important because they are strictly connected with...
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Biological and geochemical proxies in sediment cores reveal shifts in marine predator population dynamics relative to historic anthropogenic exploitation and recent climate change at South Georgia Island sub-Antarctic
Historical climate change and human exploitation are thought to have played important roles in sha** population dynamics of sub-Antarctic marine...
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Ecological Compromise: Can Alternative Beaver Management Maintain Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity?
Pond leveling devices are a cost-effective means to reduce flooding by beavers, while still maintaining water levels in the associated wetland....
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Do dispersal traits of wetland plant species explain tolerance against isolation effects in naturally fragmented habitats?
The effects of habitat fragmentation and isolation on plant species richness have been verified for a wide range of anthropogenically fragmented...
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Lake Ecosystems
Looking across the rippling surface of a lake, it is not obvious what kinds of biotic interactions and life forms are found in this ecosystem. We see...
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The Expiring Kalahari
Drought cycles recurrent phenomenon since Livingstone’s day. Historic droughts. Drying of waterholes, rivers and streams in nineteenth century. Lake...