The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change

K Yan, F Guo, MJ Kainz, F Li, W Gao… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Traditionally, trophic ecology research on aquatic ecosystems has focused more on the
quantity of dietary energy flow within food webs rather than food quality and its effects on …

[HTML][HTML] Contaminant fluxes across ecosystems mediated by aquatic insects

M Bundschuh, S Pietz, AP Roodt, JM Kraus - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Contaminants affect the subsidy of terrestrial food webs by adult aquatic
insects.•Quantitative and qualitative alterations in aquatic emergence induce effects in …

Unveiling the sources and transfer of mercury in forest bird food chains using techniques of vivo-nest video recording and stable isotopes

K Luo, W Yuan, Z Lu, Z Xiong, CJ Lin… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Knowledge gaps in mercury (Hg) biomagnification in forest birds, especially in the most
species-rich tropical and subtropical forests, limit our understanding of the ecological risks of …

Fatty acid composition differs between emergent aquatic and terrestrial insects—A detailed single system approach

TP Parmar, AL Kindinger… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Emergent insects represent a key vector through which aquatic nutrients are transferred to
adjacent terrestrial food webs. Aquatic fluxes of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) from …

Metal exposure and sex shape the fatty acid profile of midges and reduce the aquatic subsidy to terrestrial food webs

S Pietz, MJ Kainz, H Schröder, A Manfrin… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aquatic micropollutants can be transported to terrestrial systems and their consumers by
emergent aquatic insects. However, micropollutants, such as metals, may also affect the flux …

Increasing water nutrient reduces the availability of high-quality food resources for aquatic consumers and consequently simplifies river food webs

K Yan, F Guo, MJ Kainz, SE Bunn, F Li, W Gao… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
While eutrophication has led to serious habitat degradation and biotic shifts in freshwater
ecosystems, most current studies have focused on changes in community assemblages …

Conserving wetlands in agroecosystems can sustain aerial insectivore productivity and survival

LL Berzins, CA Morrissey… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Agricultural intensification simplifies natural landscapes and frequently results in the loss of
biodiversity. Wetlands are highly productive and may offset these losses, but the amount of …

A synthesis of anthropogenic stress effects on emergence-mediated aquatic-terrestrial linkages and riparian food webs

R Schulz, M Bundschuh, MH Entling… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic stress alters the linkage between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in
various ways. Here, we review the contemporary literature on how alterations in aquatic …

Combined influence of food availability and agricultural intensification on a declining aerial insectivore

DR Garrett, F Pelletier, D Garant… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aerial insectivores show worldwide population declines coinciding with shifts in agricultural
practices. Increasing reliance on certain agricultural practices is thought to have led to an …

Subsidy Quality Affects Common Riparian Web‐Building Spiders: Consequences of Aquatic Contamination and Food Resource

S Pietz, S Kolbenschlag, N Röder… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic stressors can affect the emergence of aquatic insects. These insects link
aquatic and adjacent terrestrial food webs, serving as high‐quality subsidy to terrestrial …