Resource quantity (ie organic matter; OM) is a main driver of the prevailing energy pathway
in freshwater food webs. The OM pool is mainly composed of allochthonous material, a …

Climate change and biodiversity loss are expected to simultaneously affect ecosystems,
however research on how each driver mediates the effect of the other has been limited in …

The niche concept is essential to understanding how biotic and abiotic factors regulate the
abundance and distribution of living entities, and how these organisms utilize, affect and …

Stoichiometric differences among organisms can affect trophic interactions and rates of
nutrient cycling within ecosystems. However, we still know little about either the underlying …

Variation in hydrological connectivity (HC) between rivers and lakes gives rise to periodic
large water level fluctuation (WLF) in river-connected lakes (RCL). However, how WLF …

Phytotelmata in tank‐forming Bromeliaceae plants are regarded as potential miniature
models for aquatic ecology, but detailed investigations of their microbial communities are …

Riparian forests play key roles in protecting biodiversity and water resources, making them
priorities for conservation in human-dominated landscapes, but fragmentation associated …

Warming is among the major drivers of changes in biotic interactions and, in turn, ecosystem
functioning. The decomposition process occurs in a chain of facilitative interactions between …

Microbial communities perform various functions, many of which contribute to ecosystem-
level nutrient cycling via decomposition. Factors influencing leaf detrital decomposition are …

Aquatic ecosystems are tightly linked to terrestrial ecosystems by exchanges of resources,
which influence species interactions, community dynamics and functioning in both …