Pond ecology and conservation: research priorities and knowledge gaps

Local contributions to beta diversity in urban pond networks: Implications for biodiversity conservation and management

(2021) Matthew J. Hill et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources

(2021) Judith A. Rosentreter et al.   Nature Geoscience

Landscape-scale Remote Sensing and Classification of Lentic Habitats in a Tropical City

(2021) Hoong Chen Teo et al.   WETLANDS

An empirical, cross-taxon evaluation of landscape-scale connectivity

(2020) James Hunter-Ayad et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Crassula helmsii

(2020) Tim Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Nature based measures increase freshwater biodiversity in agricultural catchments

(2020) Penny Williams et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Nocturnal pollinators strongly contribute to pollen transport of wild flowers in an agricultural landscape

(2020) Richard E. Walton et al.   Biology Letters

Biotic interactions hold the key to understanding metacommunity organisation

(2020) Jorge García‐Girón et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Challenges in delivering climate change policy through land use targets for afforestation and peatland restoration

(2020) Iain Brown   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Designing on-farm irrigation ponds for high and stable yield for different climates and risk-coping attitudes

(2020) Giulia Vico et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

The influence of multiple stressors on macroinvertebrate communities and ecosystem attributes in Northern Italy pre-Alpine rivers and streams

(2020) Silvia Calabrese et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Expanding wetland hydroperiod data via satellite imagery for ecological applications

(2020) Amanda M Kissel et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Combined impact of pesticides and other environmental stressors on animal diversity in irrigation ponds

(2020) Hiroshi C. Ito et al.   PLoS One

Making an impact on UK farmland pond conservation

(2020) Carl D. Sayer et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single‐lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services

(2020) Jani Heino et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Once a pond in time: employing palaeoecology to inform farmland pond restoration

(2020) Richard E. Walton et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

High carbon burial rates by small ponds in the landscape

(2019) Scott Taylor et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

(2019) Scott D. Tiegs et al.   Science Advances

Urban freshwaters, biodiversity, and human health and well-being: Setting an interdisciplinary research agenda

(2019) Sahran L. Higgins et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

Greenhouse gas emissions from urban ponds are driven by nutrient status and hydrology

(2019) Mike Peacock et al.   Ecosphere

A review of the species, community, and ecosystem impacts of road salt salinisation in fresh waters

(2019) William D. Hintz et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Shifting up a gear with iDNA : From mammal detection events to standardised surveys

(2019) Jesse F. Abrams et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Suburbanization Increases Echinostome Infection in Green Frogs and Snails

(2019) Meredith C. VanAcker et al.   EcoHealth

The effectiveness of aquatic plants as surrogates for wider biodiversity in standing fresh waters

(2019) Alan Law et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Early Spring and Early Vanishing Wetlands as Harbingers of the Future? The Climate Change Trap for Ephemeral Pond-Breeding Frogs

(2019) Curtis R. Abney et al.   NORTHWEST SCIENCE

Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

(2019) Viktoriia Radchuk et al.   Nature Communications

Hydrological Modelling and Evaluation of Detention Ponds to Improve Urban Drainage System and Water Quality

(2019) Fernanda Pereira Souza et al.   Water

Floodplains provide important amphibian habitat despite multiple ecological threats

(2019) Meredith A. Holgerson et al.   Ecosphere

Spatial context strongly affects community composition of both passively and actively dispersing pool invertebrates in a highly heterogeneous landscape

(2019) Petr J. Juračka et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Network-Based Biomonitoring: Exploring Freshwater Food Webs With Stable Isotope Analysis and DNA Metabarcoding

(2019) Zacchaeus G. Compson et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Ponds as insect chimneys: Restoring overgrown farmland ponds benefits birds through elevated productivity of emerging aquatic insects

(2019) Jonathan Lewis-Phillips et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Invasion of freshwater ecosystems is promoted by network connectivity to hotspots of human activity

(2019) Daniel S. Chapman et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Suburbanization alters small pond ecosystems: shifts in nitrogen and food web dynamics

(2018) Meredith A. Holgerson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Acute toxicity of 6 neonicotinoid insecticides to freshwater invertebrates

(2018) Melanie Raby et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

New policy directions for global pond conservation

(2018) Matthew J. Hill et al.   Conservation Letters

Prospects and challenges of environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring in freshwater ponds

(2018) Lynsey R. Harper et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Extreme drought events can promote homogenization of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a floodplain pond in Brazil

(2018) Ana Paula Bertoncin et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Water temperature dynamics and the prevalence of daytime stratification in small temperate shallow lakes

(2018) Kenneth Thorø Martinsen et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Water, water everywhere: environmental DNA can unlock population structure in elusive marine species

(2018) Kim M. Parsons et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Development and application of environmental DNA surveillance for the threatened crucian carp (Carassius carassius )

(2018) Lynsey R. Harper et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Rewilding wetlands: beaver as agents of within-habitat heterogeneity and the responses of contrasting biota

(2018) Nigel J. Willby et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Integrating dispersal proxies in ecological and environmental research in the freshwater realm

(2017) Jani Heino et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Environmental DNA as an efficient tool for detecting invasive crayfishes in freshwater ponds

(2017) Quentin Mauvisseau et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Outdoor blue spaces, human health and well-being: A systematic review of quantitative studies

(2017) Mireia Gascon et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Global variation in the beta diversity of lake macrophytes is driven by environmental heterogeneity rather than latitude

(2017) Janne Alahuhta et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The importance of nature in mediating social and psychological benefits associated with visits to freshwater blue space

(2017) Siân de Bell et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Environmental DNA metabarcoding: Transforming how we survey animal and plant communities

(2017) Kristy Deiner et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Effects of dispersal mode on the environmental and spatial correlates of nestedness and species turnover in pond communities

(2017) Matthew J. Hill et al.   OIKOS

Coastal stormwater wet pond sediment nitrogen dynamics

(2017) A.C. Gold et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Integrating dispersal proxies in ecological and environmental research in the freshwater realm

(2017) Jani Heino et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Long-term warming amplifies shifts in the carbon cycle of experimental ponds

(2017) Gabriel Yvon-Durocher et al.   Nature Climate Change

Pellets of proof: First glimpse of the dietary composition of adult odonates as revealed by metabarcoding of feces

(2017) Kari M. Kaunisto et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Seasonal variation in environmental DNA in relation to population size and environmental factors

(2017) Andrew S. Buxton et al.   Scientific Reports

Irresponsible vendors: Non-native, invasive and threatened animals offered for garden pond stocking

(2016) Jiří Patoka et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Profound daily vertical stratification and mixing in a small, shallow, wind-exposed lake with submerged macrophytes

(2016) Mikkel René Andersen et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

Effectiveness of amphibians as biodiversity surrogates in pond conservation

(2016) Christiane Ilg et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Reconciling the role of terrestrial leaves in pond food webs: a whole-ecosystem experiment

(2016) Meredith A. Holgerson et al.   ECOLOGY

When is the best time to sample aquatic macroinvertebrates in ponds for biodiversity assessment?

(2016) M. J. Hill et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Beaver activity increases aquatic subsidies to terrestrial consumers

(2016) Magnus McCaffery et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Prairie wetland communities recover at different rates following hydrological restoration

(2016) Lauren E. Bortolotti et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Urban ponds as an aquatic biodiversity resource in modified landscapes

(2016) Matthew J. Hill et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Specifics and challenges of assessing exposure and effects of pesticides in small water bodies

(2016) Stefan Lorenz et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

The importance of small waterbodies for biodiversity and ecosystem services: implications for policy makers

(2016) J. Biggs et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

What is long-distance dispersal? And a taxonomy of dispersal events

(2016) Pedro Jordano   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Large contribution to inland water CO2 and CH4 emissions from very small ponds

(2016) Meredith A. Holgerson et al.   Nature Geoscience

Antagonistic effects of biological invasion and environmental warming on detritus processing in freshwater ecosystems

(2016) Daniel Kenna et al.   OECOLOGIA

Exploring species and site contributions to beta diversity in stream insect assemblages

(2016) Jani Heino et al.   OECOLOGIA

A Comprehensive Review on Water Quality Parameters Estimation Using Remote Sensing Techniques

(2016) Mohammad Gholizadeh et al.   SENSORS

Migratory Birds as Global Dispersal Vectors

(2016) Duarte S. Viana et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Regurgitation by waterfowl: An overlooked mechanism for long-distance dispersal of wetland plant seeds

(2015) E. Kleyheeg et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY

Using eDNA to develop a national citizen science-based monitoring programme for the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus)

(2015) Jeremy Biggs et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Toward More Integrated Ecosystem Research in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments

(2015) Janne Soininen et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Future habitat loss and extinctions driven by land-use change in biodiversity hotspots under four scenarios of climate-change mitigation

(2015) Samuel M. Jantz et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Introduced reed canary grass attracts and supports a common native amphibian

(2015) Katie A. Holzer et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Autumn leaf subsidies influence spring dynamics of freshwater plankton communities

(2015) Samuel B. Fey et al.   OECOLOGIA

Highly unsaturated fatty acids in nature: what we know and what we need to learn

(2015) Cornelia W. Twining et al.   OIKOS

Blue space geographies: Enabling health in place

(2015) Ronan Foley et al.   HEALTH & PLACE

Odonata as candidate macroecological barometers for global climate change

(2015) Christopher Hassall   Freshwater Science

The Challenges of Remote Monitoring of Wetlands

(2015) Alisa Gallant   Remote Sensing

Odonata as candidate macroecological barometers for global climate change

(2015) Christopher Hassall   Freshwater Science

Epidemic and Endemic Malaria Transmission Related to Fish Farming Ponds in the Amazon Frontier

(2015) Izabel Cristina dos Reis et al.   PLoS One

Medium vs. short-term effects of herbivory by Eurasian beaver on aquatic vegetation

(2014) Alan Law et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY

Ten ways remote sensing can contribute to conservation

(2014) Robert A. Rose et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Quantifying submerged fluvial topography using hyperspatial resolution UAS imagery and structure from motion photogrammetry

(2014) A. S. Woodget et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Modelling nutrient transport and transformation by pool-breeding amphibians in forested landscapes using a 21-year dataset

(2014) Krista A. Capps et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Land-use effects on terrestrial consumers through changed size structure of aquatic insects

(2014) Karolina Stenroth et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Metacommunity organisation, spatial extent and dispersal in aquatic systems: patterns, processes and prospects

(2014) Jani Heino et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Amphibians in the climate vise: loss and restoration of resilience of montane wetland ecosystems in the western US

(2014) Maureen E Ryan et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Interpreting the replacement and richness difference components of beta diversity

(2014) Pierre Legendre   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Conservation of aquatic landscapes: ponds, lakes, and rivers as integrated systems

(2014) Carl D. Sayer   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

The ecology and biodiversity of urban ponds

(2014) Christopher Hassall   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to capture micro-topography of Antarctic moss beds

(2013) Arko Lucieer et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Is eutrophication really a major impairment for small waterbody biodiversity?

(2013) Véronique Rosset et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Fitness Effects of Chlorpyrifos in the Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Strongly Depend upon Temperature and Food Level and Can Bridge Metamorphosis

(2013) Lizanne Janssens et al.   PLoS One

Habitat Use by Waterbirds in Relation to Pond Size, Water Depth, and Isolation: Lessons from a Restoration in Southern Spain

(2013) Esther Sebastián-González et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

The role of pond management for biodiversity conservation in an agricultural landscape

(2012) Carl Sayer et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Temporal dynamics of aquatic communities and implications for pond conservation

(2012) Christopher Hassall et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms

(2012) T. Bie et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Impacts of climate change on the future of biodiversity

(2012) Céline Bellard et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The current state of citizen science as a tool for ecological research and public engagement

(2012) Janis L Dickinson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Multiple Stressors in Agricultural Streams: A Mesocosm Study of Interactions among Raised Water Temperature, Sediment Addition and Nutrient Enrichment

(2012) Jeremy J. Piggott et al.   PLoS One

Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools

(2012) K. C. Seto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Watering our cities

(2012) Andrew M. Coutts et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Socio-economic variables as indicators of pond conservation value in an urban landscape

(2012) David G Gledhill et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Bats benefit from beavers: a facilitative link between aquatic and terrestrial food webs

(2011) Petri Nummi et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Towards the conservation of crucian carp Carassius carassius: understanding the extent and causes of decline within part of its native English range

(2011) C. D. Sayer et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Integrating sciences to sustain urban ecosystem services

(2011) L. Lundy et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Valuing amenity: public perceptions of sustainable drainage systems ponds

(2011) N. R. P. Bastien et al.   WATER AND ENVIRONMENT JOURNAL

The temporal dynamics of temporary pond macroinvertebrate communities over a 10-year period

(2010) Michael James Jeffries   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Application of Remote Sensing in Water Resource Management: The Case Study of Lake Trasimeno, Italy

(2010) Claudia Giardino et al.   WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Wetland creation in agricultural landscapes: Biodiversity benefits on local and regional scales

(2009) Geraldine Thiere et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Trophic interactions and consequent impacts of the invasive fish Pseudorasbora parva in a native aquatic foodweb: a field investigation in the UK

(2009) J. Robert Britton et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Sediment organic carbon burial in agriculturally eutrophic impoundments over the last century

(2008) J. A. Downing et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Comparative biodiversity of aquatic habitats in the European agricultural landscape

(2007) Bella Davies et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT