Metacommunity organisation, spatial extent and dispersal in aquatic systems: patterns, processes and prospects

J Heino, AS Melo, T Siqueira, J Soininen… - Freshwater …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Metacommunity ecology addresses the situation where sets of local communities are
connected by the dispersal of a number of potentially interacting species. Aquatic systems …

Functional trait‐based approaches as a common framework for aquatic ecologists

S Martini, F Larras, A Boyé, E Faure… - Limnology and …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecologists face challenges in identifying the general rules of the functioning of
ecosystems. A common framework, including freshwater, marine, benthic, and pelagic …

Life-forms, cell-sizes and ecological guilds of diatoms in European rivers

F Rimet, A Bouchez - Knowledge and management of Aquatic …, 2012‏ - kmae-journal.org
Diatoms are a very diverse group of microalgae that encompass about 100 000 taxa. This
makes an excellent bioindicator especially of rivers. The majority of biotic indices based on …

Functional classifications and their application in phytoplankton ecology

N Salmaso, L Naselli‐Flores, J Padisak - Freshwater Biology, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ecologists often group organisms based on similar biological traits or on taxonomic criteria.
However, the use of taxonomy in ecology has many drawbacks because taxa may include …

Effects of water-level fluctuations on lakes: an annotated bibliography

M Leira, M Cantonati - Hydrobiologia, 2008‏ - Springer
Water-level fluctuations (WLF) in lakes and rivers, especially their extent, frequency and
duration, are dominant forces controlling the functioning of these ecosystems. In particular …

Global patterns and drivers of species and trait composition in diatoms

J Soininen, A Jamoneau, J Rosebery… - Global ecology and …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine species and trait composition in stream diatoms along environmental,
climatic and spatial gradients and to ascertain if the use of different levels of biological …

The three Rs of river ecosystem resilience: Resources, recruitment, and refugia

K Van Looy, JD Tonkin, M Floury… - River Research and …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Resilience in river ecosystems requires that organisms must persist in the face of highly
dynamic hydrological and geomorphological variations. Disturbance events such as floods …

A prospectus for periphyton: recent and future ecological research

ST Larned - Journal of the North American Benthological …, 2010‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
The presence, abundance, composition, and growth of periphyton are controlled or
influenced by 5 broad classes of environmental variation: disturbances, stressors, resources …

Beta diversity of diatom species and ecological guilds: Response to environmental and spatial mechanisms along the stream watercourse

A Jamoneau, SI Passy, J Soininen… - Freshwater …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the mechanisms that drive beta diversity (ie β‐diversity), an important aspect
of regional biodiversity, remains a priority for ecological research. β‐diversity and its …

Multiple stressors in agricultural streams: a mesocosm study of interactions among raised water temperature, sediment addition and nutrient enrichment

JJ Piggott, K Lange, CR Townsend, CD Matthaei - PloS one, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Changes to land use affect streams through nutrient enrichment, increased inputs of
sediment and, where riparian vegetation has been removed, raised water temperature. We …