It seems improbable that a thin veneer of attached algae coating submerged surfaces in
lakes and rivers could be the foundation of many freshwater food webs, but increasing …

Colonization of new ecological niches has triggered large adaptive radiations. Although
some lineages have made use of such opportunities, not all do so. The factors causing this …

Climate change in the Arctic is outpacing the global average and land‐use is intensifying
due to exploitation of previously inaccessible or unprofitable natural resources. A …

The Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) is the largest notothenioid species in the
Southern Ocean, playing a keystone role in the trophic web as a food source for marine …

Many lakes in the northern hemisphere are browning due to increasing concentrations of
terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (DOC). The consequences of lake browning to littoral …

Phytoplankton synthesizes essential ω-3 and ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) for
consumers in the aquatic food webs. Only certain phytoplankton taxa can synthesize …

Ambient light and temperature show extreme seasonal variation in subarctic lakes due to the
midnight sun period in summer and cold polar night period in winter. These changes have …

Fitness of aquatic animals can be limited by the scarcity of nutrients such as long-chain
polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). DHA availability from …

Shallow littoral areas in lakes are productive and highly diverse ecotonal zones, providing
habitats for both invertebrate and vertebrate species. We developed a Bayesian modeling …

Saline rivers are highly productive ecosystems in arid regions. The meiobenthic community
(bottom meiofauna) and its dominant representatives are one of the least studied …