Vieite, Beatriz Braga, Heitor O. Costa Neto, Eraldo M. Azeiteiro, Ulisses M.
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Aquatic Ecology
Considerate the attitudes of traditional communities and their local ecological knowledge (LEK) can contribute to better policymaking and more appropriate management plans. Thus, this study strived to share the Minho River’s fishermen LEK about great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758), as well as it exposes their conservation attitudes ...
Külköylüoğlu, Okan Çelikbaş, Beyza Ataman, Alper
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Aquatic Ecology
To outline influence of anthropogenic activities on natural aquatic habitats such as wetlands, we sampled ostracods along with measuring several different aquatic variables at four different aquatic bodies between 2019 and 2020 in the Hıdırşeyhler Village (Bolu, Turkey). We found 15 living and 10 subfossil ostracods. Species with high tolerances ( ...
de Pádua, Stella Maris Feitosa Botter-Carvalho, Mônica Lúcia Gomes, Paula Braga de Oliveira, Camilla Silva Dos Santos, José Carlos Pacheco Pérez, Carlos Daniel
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Aquatic ecology
Despite the obvious negative effects caused by invasive species, some recent studies have shown that the impacts at local scale are diverse and not necessarily negative. Arborescent benthic organisms such as octocorals form three-dimensional structures capable of increasing the amount of substrate available and providing shelter for epibiont specie...
Leber, Christopher A. Reyes, Andres Joshua Biggs, Jason S. Gerwick, William H.
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Aquatic Ecology
Cyanobacteria have multifaceted ecological roles on coral reefs. Moorena bouillonii , a chemically rich filamentous cyanobacterium, has been characterized as a pathogenic organism with an unusual ability to overgrow gorgonian corals, but little has been done to study its general growth habits or its unique association with the snapping shrimp Alphe...
Tavares, Diego Alberto Lambrecht, Richard Wilander de Almeida Castilho, Maria Carolina Henry, Raoul Ferragut, Carla
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Aquatic Ecology
The phototrophic epipelon has been suggested to play an important role in ecosystems, especially those with shallow depths; however, only a few studies have investigated this function. Nutrient availability has been shown to be a determining factor for autotrophic interactions and can potentially interfere with the food web, as eutrophication. Thus...
Si, Chao Zhang, Li-Min Yu, Fei-Hai
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Aquatic Ecology
Physical space, defined by its volume and shape, is considered a resource for plant growth, as a plant can be limited by physical space even when other resources (e.g., light, water and nutrients) are unlimited. However, the effect of physical space limitation on intraspecific competition of plants, especially floating plants, is not well understoo...
Shiffman, David Samuel Kaufman, Les Heithaus, Michael Hammerschlag, Neil
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Aquatic Ecology
Few studies have assessed whether patterns of resource partitioning among sympatric marine predators vary between different habitats. This type of data is important for understanding food web functioning as well as for supporting an ecosystem-based fisheries management plan. In this study, we used δ13C and δ15N stable isotope analysis to assess the...
Frau, Diego Battauz, Yamila Alvarenga, Patricio Francisco Scarabotti, Pablo Augusto Mayora, Gisela Sinistro, Rodrigo
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Aquatic Ecology
Although several studies explain the trophic cascade in water systems, we lack knowledge about top-down–bottom-up effects on phytoplankton from eutrophic lakes. In this study, we tested the importance of trophic cascades on phytoplankton structure, predicting that environmental variations are the main drivers. We performed a monthly sampling during...
Vaz, Ana Catarina Scarcella, Giuseppe Pardal, Miguel A. Martinho, Filipe
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Aquatic Ecology
The existence of a temperature gradient across latitudes is crucial to explain the patterns presented in the early life-history characteristics of marine fish species over large geographical areas. Hence, the aim of the present work was to analyse the temperature-related pattern in the early life-history events and characteristics of the common sol...
Milardi, Marco Gavioli, Anna Lanzoni, Mattia Fano, Elisa Anna Castaldelli, Giuseppe
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Aquatic Ecology
Brackish lagoons are vulnerable aquatic environments that host specifically adapted fish species, as well as marine species on a temporary basis. We used long-term passive fishing gear data, to investigate how meteorological factors (i.e., wind and rain) affected resident and marine fish movement between inner and outer habitats in a Northern Medit...
