In this review we describe patterns and mechanisms by which habitat complexity is crucial
for the functioning of shallow lakes and ponds, and for the abundance and diversity of …

The spatial environmental heterogeneity (EH) has been invoked as an important factor to
explain biodiversity. It is expected that higher spatial EH provides a wider range of resources …

Large eukaryotes support diverse communities of microbes on their surface—epibiota—that
profoundly influence their biology. Alternate factors known to structure complex patterns of …

Rotifera comprise about 2,000 species (Segers 2007) of microscopic animals, usually much
less than 1 mm in length, characterized by the presence of a ciliated corona and a muscular …

Understanding the importance of interaction among various biotic-variables is a prerequisite
for analyzing the changes in the environment of an ecosystem. In aquatic ecology …

Habitat heterogeneity is one of the main factors determining distribution of organisms, and
vegetation is of primary importance in shaping the structural environment in aquatic systems …

Large river–floodplain systems are characterised by seasonal flow variability. High flows
lead to hydrological connection between the main channel and inundated off‐channel lakes …

Beta diversity can be analysed using various approaches, but those integrating site and
species contributions to beta diversity are rare in floodplain lake systems. We analysed the …

Lake ecosystems contain numerous habitats, such as the relatively homogeneous pelagial,
as well as many different subhabitats in the littoral zone. Among rotifer communities …

Macrophytes sometimes become a nuisance, interfering with navigation, fishing, and
aesthetic purposes. Therefore, in many water bodies, the macrophytes are periodically …