Ecosystem shifts in Alpine streams under glacier retreat and rock glacier thaw: A review

S Brighenti, M Tolotti, MC Bruno, G Wharton… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review provides a detailed synthesis of the effects of glacier retreat and permafrost thaw
on stream ecosystems in the European Alps. As a working framework, we present a …

Analytical chemistry of freshwater humic substances

S McDonald, AG Bishop, PD Prenzler, K Robards - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2004 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in aquatic environments represents one of the largest
active organic carbon reservoirs in the biosphere. Current ideologies concerning the …

Hydroecological response of river systems to shrinking glaciers

AM Milner, LE Brown… - Hydrological Processes: An …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecosystems in high latitude and altitude environments are strongly influenced by
cryospheric and hydrological processes due to links between atmospheric forcing …

Trends of macroinvertebrate community structure in glacier‐fed rivers in relation to environmental conditions: a synthesis

AM Milner, JE Brittain, E Castella… - Freshwater Biology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
1. Generalized additive models (GAMs) were used to predict macroinvertebrate taxonomic
richness and individual taxon diversity at the reach level across seven European glacier‐fed …

Trophic importance of benthic microalgae to macrozoobenthos in coastal bay systems in Korea: dual stable C and N isotope analyses

CK Kang, JB Kim, KS Lee, JB Kim, PY Lee… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2003 - int-res.com
The role of benthic microalgae as the source of primary organic matter for the
macrozoobenthos community was examined in 3 bay systems of the south coast of the …

Patterns and controls of lotic algal stable carbon isotope ratios

JC Finlay - Limnology and Oceanography, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial and temporal variations in stable carbon isotope ratios (ie, δ13C) of primary
producers are common but poorly understood features of isotopic characterizations of …

Stable isotopes revisited: their use and limits for oribatid mite trophic ecology

M Maraun, G Erdmann, BM Fischer… - Soil Biology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this review we summarize our knowledge of using stable isotopes (15N/14N, 13C/12C) to
better understand the trophic ecology of oribatid mites. Our aims are (a) to recapitulate the …

Estimating the trophic position of aquatic consumers in river food webs using stable nitrogen isotopes

C Anderson, G Cabana - Journal of the North American …, 2007 - journals.uchicago.edu
Intraspecific and interspecific variation in the trophic position of various consumers is central
to many theories of aquatic ecosystem functioning and dynamics. In recent years, such …

δ15N in riverine food webs: effects of N inputs from agricultural watersheds

C Anderson, G Cabana - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and …, 2005 - cdnsciencepub.com
Nous avons évalué l'utilisation de l'abondance naturelle des isotopes stables d'azote (δ15N)
comme traceur des perturbations anthropiques du cycle de l'azote (N) à l'échelle du bassin …

Ecological stoichiometry of the mountain cryosphere

Z Ren, N Martyniuk, IA Oleksy, A Swain… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Roughly 10% of the Earth's surface is permanently covered by glaciers and ice sheets and
in mountain ecosystems, this proportion of ice cover is often even higher. From an ecological …