A renewed interest in investigating the relationships existing between body size and
environmental variables is pervading ecological studies. Phytoplankton has a long tradition …

The Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil, is famous for its luxurious plant and animal life. We
combine a literature review with recent work and show that species diversity is large but that …

The flood pulse concept (FPC), published in 1989, was based on the scientific experience of
the authors and published data worldwide. Since then, knowledge on floodplains has …

Freshwater environments contribute 75% of the natural global methane (CH4) emissions.
While there are indications that tropical lakes and reservoirs emit 58− 400% more CH4 per …

The Pantanal, one of the largest wetlands on the planet, comprises 140,000 km2 of lowland
floodplain of the upper Rio Paraguai basin that drains the Cerrado of central Brazil. The …

Globally aquatic ecosystems are likely to become more vulnerable to extreme water
fluctuation rates due to the combined effects of climate change and human activity. However …

Biological species can be assembled into functional groups based on functional traits, which
are keys to understanding the response of phytoplankton to environmental factors, such as …

A study was carried out in Chatla floodplain lake, Barak Valley, Assam, North East India on
phytoplankton diversity, density and distribution in different seasons and their correlations …

The Pantanal is one of the world's largest tropical wetlands, occupying an area of
approximately 450 by 250 km (140 000 km2) in the Paraná River basin of South America …

The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland and a biodiversity hotspot, yet its
response to Quaternary environmental change is unclear. To address this problem …