Energy flow through marine ecosystems: confronting transfer efficiency

TD Eddy, JR Bernhardt, JL Blanchard… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021‏ - cell.com
Transfer efficiency is the proportion of energy passed between nodes in food webs. It is an
emergent, unitless property that is difficult to measure, and responds dynamically to …

The nature and ecological significance of epifaunal communities within marine ecosystems

YY Chen, GJ Edgar, RJ Fox - Oceanography and Marine Biology, 2021‏ - taylorfrancis.com
As the rate of global change increases, the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems,
including the food webs that underpin them, will radically alter. Forecasting the …

Integrating the one health approach and statistical analysis for sustainable aquatic ecosystem management and trace metal contamination mitigation

SC Izah, G Richard, HO Stanley, WE Sawyer… - ES Food & …, 2023‏ - espublisher.com
One Health approach in aquatic ecosystem shows the relationship between human health,
fish health, and environmental health. Statistical analysis is used in the identification of …

[HTML][HTML] River ecosystem processes: A synthesis of approaches, criteria of use and sensitivity to environmental stressors

D Von Schiller, V Acuña, I Aristi, M Arroita… - Science of the Total …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
River ecosystems are subject to multiple stressors that affect their structure and functioning.
Ecosystem structure refers to characteristics such as channel form, water quality or the …

Declines in freshwater mussel density, size and productivity in the River Thames over the past half century

I Ollard, DC Aldridge - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
A pioneering, quantitative study published in Journal of Animal Ecology in 1966 on
freshwater mussel populations in the River Thames, UK, continues to be cited extensively as …

Terrestrial carbon is a resource, but not a subsidy, for lake zooplankton

PT Kelly, CT Solomon, BC Weidel, SE Jones - Ecology, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Inputs of terrestrial organic carbon (t‐OC) into lakes are often considered a resource subsidy
for aquatic consumer production. Although there is evidence that terrestrial carbon can be …

Eroding productivity of walleye populations in northern Wisconsin lakes

AL Rypel, D Goto, GG Sass… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
Managing fisheries through rapid environmental change requires diverse approaches for
identifying and adapting to novel ecological conditions. For the Wisconsin Ceded Territory …

Eutrophication and hypoxia diminish ecosystem functions of benthic communities in a New England estuary

SS Hale, G Cicchetti, CF Deacutis - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016‏ - frontiersin.org
Excessive input of nitrogen to estuaries and coastal waters leads to eutrophication; the
resulting organic matter over-enrichment of sediments and seasonal hypoxia of bottom …

Artificial reef design affects benthic secondary productivity and provision of functional habitat

S Rouse, JS Porter, TA Wilding - Ecology and Evolution, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Novel hard substratum, introduced through offshore developments, can provide habitat for
marine species and thereby function as an artificial reef. To predict the ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic and functional diversity could be better indicators of macroinvertebrate community stability

Y Liu, M Zhang, W Peng, X Qu, Y Zhang, L Du, N Wu - Ecological Indicators, 2021‏ - Elsevier
It is essential to understand biodiversity's contribution to maintaining river ecosystem
functioning and stability, which will us help to develop more effective strategies for river …