Nonlinearities in phytoplankton groups across temperate high mountain lakes

T Buchaca, J Catalan - Journal of Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High mountain lakes are increasingly recognized as sentinel ecosystems of global change.
Monitoring phytoplankton changes or reconstructing their composition from sedimentary …

Changes in vertical and horizontal diversities mediated by the size structure of introduced fish collectively shape food‐web stability

C Vagnon, J Pomeranz, B Loheac, M Vallat… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species introductions can alter local food‐web structure by changing the vertical or
horizontal diversity within communities, largely driven by their body size distributions …

[HTML][HTML] Introduced fish reduce the occurrence of shrews in alpine lakes

L Bello, A Albó, P Aymerich, T Buchaca, J Caner… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Widespread fish introductions into originally fishless mountain lakes have had severe
consequences for native biota, including aquatic macroinvertebrates, which provide …

Intense touristic activities exceed climate change to shape aquatic communities in a mountain lake

V Frossard, P Sabatier, R Bruel, C Vagnon, N Tissot… - Aquatic Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Mountain lakes are especially vulnerable to climate change, but are also increasingly
exposed to local anthropogenic development through winter and summer tourism. In this …

Ecological quality of snowmaking reservoirs in the Alps and management perspectives

B Gerfand, F Arthaud, A Evette, B Testi, L Peyras… - Aquatic Sciences, 2025 - Springer
Alpine freshwater ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots providing key ecosystem services.
These ecosystems face threats from climate change and anthropogenic activities …