Duda, Matthew P. Michelutti, Neal Wang, Xiaowa Smol, John P.
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Hydrobiologia
Seabird colonies influence ecosystems by releasing high concentrations of nutrients, metals, and contaminants via their wastes. Here, we examined seven lentic waterbodies impacted by two major colonies of Leach’s Storm-petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous), six from Baccalieu Island, Newfoundland and Labrador with ~ 1.95 million breeding pairs, and anothe...
Bragança, P. H. N. Van der Zee, J. Chakona, A. Schmidt, R. C. Stiassny, M. L. J.
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Hydrobiologia
Available ecological information, an extensive distributional range, conflicting osteological data, and a proposed early Miocene origin provide the impetus for the present study which investigates genetic structuring, biogeographic, and phylogenetic relationships within the Aplocheilichthys spilauchen lineage. Through the analysis of the mitochondr...
Bakker, Theo C. M. Mundwiler, Beat
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Hydrobiologia
Fish that perform paternal care may increase their fitness by choosing nest sites that enhance survival and development of embryos. We studied nest-site choice with respect to dissolved oxygen concentration and water temperature in males of the three-spined stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ), a small fish species with exclusive male parental ca...
Ebm, Nadine Guo, Fen Brett, Michael T. Bunn, Stuart E. Kainz, Martin J.
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Hydrobiologia
The River Continuum Concept implies that consumers in headwater streams have greater dietary access to terrestrial basal resources, but recent studies have highlighted the dietary importance of high-quality algae. Algae provide consumers with physiologically important omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), particularly eicosapentaenoic a...
Bom, Roeland A. van Gils, Jan A. Molenaar, Karen Kwarteng, Andy Y. Victor, Reginald Folmer, Eelke O.
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Hydrobiologia
Brachyuran crabs are an important ecological and economical, yet often unstudied aspect of intertidal mudflats of the Arabian Peninsula. Here we provide baseline density estimates of crabs at the relatively pristine intertidal mudflats of Barr Al Hikman (Sultanate of Oman) and provide information on their life cycle and habitat preference. Across t...
Olden, Julian D. Whattam, Ethen Wood, Spencer A.
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Hydrobiologia
The ornamental aquarium pet trade is a leading pathway for the introduction of aquatic invasive species. In addition to purchasing live organisms in stores, hobbyists are engaging more with alternative informal online marketplaces that enable peer-to-peer selling of aquarium organisms via auctions. Although growing in popularity, little is known re...
Liu, Xueqin Yuan, Saibo Wang, Hongzhu
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Hydrobiologia
Understanding the effects of disturbance regimes on community assembly is an essential issue in community ecology. Yet, little is known about how water regimes drive community assembly considering functional facets in aquatic communities. We detected functional trait patterns of amphibious plant communities and checked the effects of inundations on...
Simberloff, Daniel
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Hydrobiologia
Although freshwater invasions have not been targeted for maintenance management or eradication as often as terrestrial invasions have, attempts to do so are frequent. Failures as well as successes abound, but several methods have been improved and new approaches are on the horizon. Many freshwater fish and plant invaders have been eliminated, espec...
Vieira, Ariane Kuhlmann, Hendrik C.
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Hydrobiologia
By studying hydraulic stress parameters of larvae of the cased caddisfly Drusus biguttatus (Pictet, 1834) in a tributary of the Schwarze Sulm (Carinthia, Austria), we aimed on (1) detecting the flow properties of the spatio-temporally filtered velocity measurements taken, and (2) on defining the hydraulic niche of this caddisfly larva. For this, we...
Borics, Gábor Abonyi, András Salmaso, Nico Ptacnik, Robert
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Hydrobiologia
Our understanding on phytoplankton diversity has largely been progressing since the publication of Hutchinson on the paradox of the plankton. In this paper, we summarise some major steps in phytoplankton ecology in the context of mechanisms underlying phytoplankton diversity. Here, we provide a framework for phytoplankton community assembly and an ...
