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 …

Basic principles and ecological consequences of altered flow regimes for aquatic biodiversity

SE Bunn, AH Arthington - Environmental management, 2002 - Springer
The flow regime is regarded by many aquatic ecologists to be the key driver of river and
floodplain wetland ecosystems. We have focused this literature review around four key …

A global perspective on wetland salinization: ecological consequences of a growing threat to freshwater wetlands

ER Herbert, P Boon, AJ Burgin, SC Neubauer… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Salinization, a widespread threat to the structure and ecological functioning of inland and
coastal wetlands, is currently occurring at an unprecedented rate and geographic scale. The …

[KNIHA][B] Stream hydrology: an introduction for ecologists

ND Gordon, TA McMahon, BL Finlayson, CJ Gippel… - 2004 - books.google.com
Since the publication of the first edition (1994) there have been rapid developments in the
application of hydrology, geomorphology and ecology to stream management. In particular …

Comparison of aquatic food chains using nitrogen isotopes.

G Cabana, JB Rasmussen - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 1996 - pnas.org
Recent studies have shown the utility of delta (15) N to model trophic structure and
contaminant bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs. However, cross-system comparisons in …

Ecological impacts of dams, water diversions and river management on floodplain wetlands in Australia

RT Kingsford - Austral Ecology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Australian floodplain wetlands are sites of high biodiversity that depend on flows from rivers.
Dams, diversions and river management have reduced flooding to these wetlands, altering …

Carbon-13 enrichment in benthic compared to planktonic algae: foodweb implications

RL France - Marine ecology progress series, 1995 - int-res.com
Previous work has shown freshwater macrophytes from lake littoral zones to be" C-enriched
compared to the same species collected from fast movlng nvers It is thought that carbon …

Effects of macrophyte species richness on wetland ecosystem functioning and services

KAM Engelhardt, ME Ritchie - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Wetlands provide many important ecosystem services to human society,,,,, which may
depend on how plant diversity influences biomass production and nutrient retention …

Ecosystem measures of river health and their response to riparian and catchment degradation

SE Bunn, PM Davies, TD Mosisch - Freshwater biology, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of ecological patterns are often used as primary biological indicators of river
health. However, these patterns provide little information about important stream ecosystem …

Carp (Cyprinus carpio) as a powerful invader in Australian waterways

JD Koehn - Freshwater biology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The invasion of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) in Australia illustrates how quickly an introduced
fish species can spread and dominate fish communities. This species has become the most …