Turbidity plays an important role in aquatic predator–prey interactions. Increases in turbidity
are expected to reduce prey capture rates, especially for visually oriented predators …

In this study, the hypothesis that polyethylene microplastics (MPs) can accumulate in
animals, reach the upper trophic level and trigger behavioral changes was tested …

Human activities are exacerbating environmental change globally. Turbidity in freshwater
systems is increasing due to extreme weather events and intensification of activities such as …

Fear of predation may assert privilege to prey species by restricting their exposure to
potential predators, meanwhile it can also impose costs by constraining the exploration of …

Structural complexity strongly influences biodiversity and ecosystem productivity. On coral
reefs, structural complexity is typically measured using a single and small-scale metric …

Group formation is a common behaviour among prey species. In egg-laying animals, despite
the various factors that promote intra-clutch variation leading to asynchronous hatching and …

We study a nonhierarchical tritrophic system, whose predator-prey interactions are
described by the rock-paper-scissors game rules. In our stochastic simulations, individuals …

Increasing turbidity (either sedimentary or organic) from anthropogenic sources has
significant negative impacts on aquatic fauna, both directly and indirectly by disrupting …

Abstract Changes in environmental conditions can shift the costs and benefits of
aggregation or interfere with the sensory perception of near neighbors. This affects group …

Aggregation is one of the most fundamental behaviors and has been studied in swarm
robotic researches for more than two decades. Studies in biology have revealed that the …