Ecosystem services provided by freshwater macrophytes

SM Thomaz - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Macrophytes are considered key components of aquatic ecosystems and they also provide
multiple benefits for humans. In this review, I identified and exemplified 26 types of …

Quantifying the ecological impacts of alien aquatic macrophytes: A global meta‐analysis of effects on fish, macroinvertebrate and macrophyte assemblages

SJL Tasker, A Foggo, DT Bilton - Freshwater Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions constitute a pervasive and growing threat to the biodiversity and
functioning of freshwater ecosystems. Macrophytes are key primary producers and …

H ow on Earth did that get there? Natural and human vectors of aquatic macrophyte global distribution

T Lobato‑de Magalhães, K Murphy, A Efremov… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
No previous study has examined the large-scale distributional drivers of the entire global
pool of 3,499 macrophyte species, despite the obvious importance of this for understanding …

The native submerged plant, Hydrilla verticillata outperforms its exotic confamilial with exposure to polyamide microplastic pollution: Implication for wetland …

T Wang, X Yang, S Ouyang, W Huang, G Ma, S Liu… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution and biological invasion, as two by-products of human civilization,
interfere the ecological function of aquatic ecosystem. The restoration of aquatic vegetation …

Progress on mechanisms and impacts of wetland plant invasions: a twenty-year retrospective analysis and priorities for the next twenty

SM Hovick, CR Adams, NO Anderson… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive plants are ubiquitous features of many wetland systems, resulting in impacts that
are extremely costly in both economic and ecological terms. Approximately twenty years …

Introduction history mediates naturalization and invasiveness of cultivated plants

NL Kinlock, K Dehnen‐Schmutz, F Essl… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Species characteristics and cultivation are both associated with alien plant
naturalization and invasiveness. Particular species characteristics are favoured for …

Nuanced impacts of the invasive aquatic plant Crassula helmsii on Northwest European freshwater macroinvertebrate assemblages

SJL Tasker, A Foggo, K Scheers, J van der Loop… - Science of the total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Invasive alien species are considered one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity, and
are particularly problematic in aquatic systems. Given the foundational role of macrophytes …

Aquatic invasive species: introduction to the Special Issue and dynamics of public interest

KE Kovalenko, FM Pelicice, LB Kats, J Kotta… - Hydrobiologia, 2021 - Springer
Aquatic invasive species research has been surging in popularity, with the number of papers
published in Hydrobiologia doubling since the previous decade. We overview contributions …

The Importance of Thermally Abnormal Waters for Bioinvasions—A Case Study of Pistia stratiotes

N Šajna, T Urek, P Kušar, M Šipek - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thermally abnormal waters represent safe sites for alien invasive plants requiring warmer
conditions than provided by the ambient temperatures in the temperate zone. Therefore …

Climate change and biological invasions in South Africa

NJ van Wilgen, KT Faulkner… - … species and global …, 2022 - cabidigitallibrary.org
South Africa is a mega-diverse country situated at the southern tip of Africa flanked by two
unique marine systems, one cool and one warm. Species introductions to the region have …