Knowing the enemy: Inducible defences in freshwater zooplankton

P Diel, M Kiene, D Martin-Creuzburg, C Laforsch - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phenotypic plasticity in defensive traits is an appropriate mechanism to cope with the
variable hazard of a frequently changing predator spectrum. In the animal kingdom these so …

Zooplankton community responses to oxygen stress

M Karpowicz, J Ejsmont-Karabin, J Kozłowska… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recent changes in climate and eutrophication have caused increases in oxygen depletion
in both freshwater and marine ecosystems. However, the impact of oxygen stress on …

The thermal regime modifies the response of aquatic keystone species Daphnia to microplastics: evidence from population fitness, accumulation, histopathological …

K Lyu, C Cao, D Li, S Akbar, Z Yang - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The water bodies are greatly influenced by chemical contamination and global increasing
temperature. As an emerging pollutant, microplastics are widely distributed in the freshwater …

Temperature and hypoxia‐driven shifts in Daphnia interspecific competition

P Maszczyk, K Krajewski, K Leniowski… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research has shown that elevated temperature and environmental hypoxia are
associated with a reduced representation of larger‐bodied species in communities of …

Declining aqueous calcium and fish predation risk interactively modify the phenotypic plasticity in Daphnia pulex

J Huang, L Gu, Y Sun, L Zhang, Y Huang, Z Yang - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Aqueous calcium (Ca) decline is threatening freshwater ecosystems worldwide. There are
great concerns about the possible ecological consequences of Ca limitation combined with …

MAPKs and HSPs' Activation of a Natural Daphnia magna Population in a Man-Perturbed Lake: Implications of Ecological Significance

M Demertzioglou, E Antonopoulou, D Voutsa, A Kozari… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural and anthropogenic pressures in inland waters induce molecular response
mechanisms in organisms as a defense against such multiple stressors. We studied, for the …

Higher predation rate need not and did not lead to higher risk‐induced trait responses in related zooplankton species

AV Rafalski, KL Pangle, SD Peacor - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Predators can directly affect prey populations both through predation (consumption of prey)
and risk‐induced trait responses (RITRs) that reduce predation risk but are often associated …

Daphnia depth selection in gradients of light intensity from different artificial sources: An evolutionary trap?

P Maszczyk, J Tałanda, E Babkiewicz… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is well known that artificial light at night alters the natural patterns of light in space and
time, which interrupts a variety of physiological processes of individuals, altering their life …

Mechanisms of increasing predation by planktivorous fish with rising temperature may explain the temperature–body size relationships in zooplankton

P Maszczyk, W Wilczynski, ZM Gliwicz… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The temperature–size rule (TSR) has been consistently observed in numerous studies,
showing that ectotherms reared at higher temperatures experience accelerated growth …

The Effects of Hypoxia on Threshold Food Concentrations in Different Daphnia Species

W Wilczynski, E Babkiewicz, S Pukos, J Wawrzeńczak… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Numerous studies have revealed a negative correlation between the body size and
temperature among a variety of aquatic ectotherms. Many studies at individual and …