[HTML][HTML] Effects of ocean sprawl on ecological connectivity: impacts and solutions

MJ Bishop, M Mayer-Pinto, L Airoldi, LB Firth… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The growing number of artificial structures in estuarine, coastal and marine environments is
causing “ocean sprawl”. Artificial structures do not only modify marine and coastal …

Microbial functional diversity: From concepts to applications

A Escalas, L Hale, JW Voordeckers… - Ecology and …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Functional diversity is increasingly recognized by microbial ecologists as the essential link
between biodiversity patterns and ecosystem functioning, determining the trophic …

Habitat recovery and restoration in aquatic ecosystems: current progress and future challenges

J Geist, SJ Hawkins - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecosystems are degraded by a variety of pressures as a result of the growing human
population. Global‐scale impacts include homogenization of biological communities …

Quantification of mesocosm fish and amphibian species diversity via environmental DNA metabarcoding

NT Evans, BP Olds, MA Renshaw… - Molecular ecology …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater fauna are particularly sensitive to environmental change and disturbance.
Management agencies frequently use fish and amphibian biodiversity as indicators of …

Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts across multiple levels of organization

G Woodward, DM Perkins… - … Transactions of the …, 2010‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Fresh waters are particularly vulnerable to climate change because (i) many species within
these fragmented habitats have limited abilities to disperse as the environment changes;(ii) …

Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges

D Dudgeon, AH Arthington, MO Gessner… - Biological …, 2006‏ - cambridge.org
Freshwater biodiversity is the over-riding conservation priority during the International
Decade for Action–'Water for Life'–2005 to 2015. Fresh water makes up only 0.01% of the …

Synergies among extinction drivers under global change

BW Brook, NS Sodhi, CJA Bradshaw - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2008‏ - cell.com
If habitat destruction or overexploitation of populations is severe, species loss can occur
directly and abruptly. Yet the final descent to extinction is often driven by synergistic …

Ecosystem recovery after climatic extremes enhanced by genotypic diversity

TBH Reusch, A Ehlers, A Hämmerli, B Worm - Proceedings of the National …, 2005‏ - pnas.org
Contemporary climate change is characterized both by increasing mean temperature and
increasing climate variability such as heat waves, storms, and floods. How populations and …

Consequences of dominance: a review of evenness effects on local and regional ecosystem processes

H Hillebrand, DM Bennett, MW Cadotte - Ecology, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
The composition of communities is strongly altered by anthropogenic manipulations of
biogeochemical cycles, abiotic conditions, and trophic structure in all major ecosystems …

Biodiversity in a complex world: consolidation and progress in functional biodiversity research

H Hillebrand, B Matthiessen - Ecology letters, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2009) 12: 1405–1419 Abstract The global decline of biodiversity caused by
human domination of ecosystems worldwide is supposed to alter important process rates …