Habitat complexity in shallow lakes and ponds: importance, threats, and potential for restoration

M Meerhoff, M de los Ángeles González-Sagrario - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
In this review we describe patterns and mechanisms by which habitat complexity is crucial
for the functioning of shallow lakes and ponds, and for the abundance and diversity of …

Local and regional drivers of turnover and nestedness components of species and functional beta diversity in lake macrophyte communities in China

H Fu, G Yuan, E Jeppesen, D Ge, W Li, D Zou… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Beta diversity describes the variation in species composition between sites and is often
influenced by both local and regional processes. Partitioning beta diversity into turnover …

Littoral slope, water depth and alternative response strategies to light attenuation shape the distribution of submerged macrophytes in a mesotrophic lake

L He, T Zhu, Y Wu, W Li, H Zhang, X Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Light is a major limiting resource in aquatic ecosystems and numerous studies have
investigated the response of submerged macrophytes to low light conditions. However, few …

Eutrophication homogenizes shallow lake macrophyte assemblages over space and time

J Salgado, CD Sayer, SJ Brooks, TA Davidson… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Eutrophication is commonly implicated in the reduction in macrophyte species richness in
shallow lakes. However, the extent to which other more nuanced measures of macrophyte …

Paleolimnological records reveal biotic homogenization driven by eutrophication in tropical reservoirs

S Wengrat, AA Padial, E Jeppesen, TA Davidson… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Biodiversity changes in response to eutrophication, climate variability and species
invasions. These pressures have been shown to reduce community heterogeneity at various …

Floristic homogenization of South Pacific islands commenced with human arrival

NA Strandberg, MJ Steinbauer, A Walentowitz… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
The increasing similarity of plant species composition among distinct areas is leading to the
homogenization of ecosystems globally. Human actions such as ecosystem modification, the …

Chironomid-based temperature reconstruction for the Eemian Interglacial (MIS 5e) at Sokli, northeast Finland

A Plikk, S Engels, TP Luoto, L Nazarova… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Last Interglacial (Eemian, MIS 5e) can be considered a test-bed for climate
dynamics under a warmer-than-present climate. In this study we present a chironomid …

Trait-based community assembly of submersed macrophytes subjected to nutrient enrichment in freshwater lakes: Do traits at the individual level matter?

H Fu, G Yuan, E Jeppesen - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding how functional traits distributed across ecological scales as well as
environmental gradients are central issues of trait-based assembly processes. However …

Long-term habitat degradation drives neotropical macrophyte species loss while assisting the spread of invasive plant species

J Salgado, MI Vélez, LC Caceres-Torres… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The spread of invasive macrophyte species is a pressing threat to neotropical shallow lakes.
Yet there are few studies addressing the full extent of biotic and abiotic changes that may …

A century of limnological evolution and interactive threats in the Panama Canal: Long-term assessments from a shallow basin

J Salgado, MI Vélez, C González-Arango… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Large tropical river dam projects are expected to accelerate over the forthcoming decades to
satisfy growing demand for energy, irrigation and flood control. When tropical rivers are …