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Biodiversity Conservation
Feng Zhang, Jonathan A. Bennett, Bin Zhang, Mengli Zhao, Guodong Han
Summary: Disturbances, including anthropogenic disturbance, are crucial for maintaining grassland ecosystems. Cessation of disturbance can increase community productivity, while increasing disturbance has no significant effect. Changes in disturbance can destabilize plant community productivity, primarily through the stability of dominant species.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
X. L. Otero, P. Fraga, A. Merino, R. Carballeira
Summary: Shallow lakes are important freshwater ecosystems that support biodiversity and ecosystem services, with sediment playing a key role in regulating the lake's ecosystem. Monitoring the sediment in the shallow coastal lake of Xuno has shown its impact on the water and macrophytes.
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
(2023)
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Microbiology
Kshitij Tandon, Yu-Jing Chiou, Sheng-Ping Yu, Hernyi Justin Hsieh, Chih-Ying Lu, Ming-Tsung Hsu, Pei-Wen Chiang, Hsing-Ju Chen, Naohisa Wada, Sen-Lin Tang
Summary: This study aims to investigate the differential ability of different Endozoicomonas species to respond to environmental changes. Using a combination of metabarcoding, genomics, and comparative genomics approaches, the study found that different dominant Endozoicomonas species existed in coral colonies separated by a small distance, including a newly discovered species. Furthermore, these dominant Endozoicomonas species exhibited different potentials to scavenge reactive oxygen species, indicating differences in their response to the environment.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kelsie E. Long, Larissa Schneider, Simon E. Connor, Niamh Shulmeister, Janet Finn, Georgia L. Roberts, Atun Zawadzki, T. Gabriel Enge, John P. Smol, Chris Ballard, Simon G. Haberle
Summary: The impacts of human-induced environmental change vary across different regions, with tropical ecosystems facing the potential risk of sudden collapse due to multiple interacting pressures. This study examines the ecological dynamics of Lake Kutubu in Papua New Guinea over the past 90 years, highlighting the recent collapse of algal communities as a critical tipping point with ongoing repercussions for the wetland ecosystem. Incorporating a historical perspective into wetland management and conservation models is essential for mitigating the impacts of biodiversity loss and other ecological catastrophes.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Peter A. Wilfahrt, Eric W. Seabloom, Jonathan D. Bakker, Lori Biederman, Miguel N. Bugalho, Marc W. Cadotte, Maria C. Caldeira, Jane A. Catford, Qingqing Chen, Ian Donohue, Anne Ebeling, Nico Eisenhauer, Sylvia Haider, Robert W. Heckman, Anke Jentsch, Sally E. Koerner, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Ramesh Laungani, Andrew MacDougall, Jason P. Martina, Holly Martinson, Joslin L. Moore, Yujie Niu, Timothy Ohlert, Harry Olde Venterink, Devyn Orr, Pablo Peri, Edwin Pos, Jodi Price, Xavier Raynaud, Zhengwei Ren, Christiane Roscher, Nicholas G. Smith, Carly J. Stevens, Lauren L. Sullivan, Michelle Tedder, Pedro M. Tognetti, Ciska Veen, George Wheeler, Alyssa L. Young, Hillary Young, Elizabeth T. Borer
Summary: This study highlights the importance of both resource availability and historical abundance in determining the persistence of species dominance following environmental perturbations. Fertilization and exclusion of vertebrates influence the rate at which species lose dominance, with initial cover playing a significant role. The ability of plant species to maintain dominance following perturbations affects ecosystem functions and community compositions.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
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Biology
Ming Liu, Dustin R. Rubenstein, Siew Ann Cheong, Sheng-Feng Shen
Summary: This study demonstrates that short- and long-term environmental variability have contrasting effects on species coexistence, with short-term variation favoring coexistence and long-term variation promoting competitive exclusion. The complex relationships among environmental fluctuations and species coexistence found in previous studies can be synthesized within a general framework by explicitly considering both long- and short-term environmental variation.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Radoslav Smolak, Elizabeth J. Walsh
Summary: This study assessed the factors influencing rotifer species richness and composition in waterbodies across an altitudinal gradient in Kenya. The results showed that species richness was strongly influenced by environmental factors and macrophyte abundance.
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Environmental Sciences
David I. King, Matthew Jeffery, Brett A. Bailey
Summary: The study simplified bird monitoring in the Cockscomb Basin by using indicator species, proposed indicator species for anthropogenic disturbance, and reduced the list of monitoring targets, ultimately reducing the cost and complexity of forest bird monitoring in the region.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
(2021)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Siraj Yousuf Parray, Bhupendra Koul, Maulin P. Shah
Summary: The study aimed to analyze and compare the physico-chemical properties of water in Dal lake and Chatlam wetlands, and the impact of anthropogenic stresses on the growth and dominance of aquatic macrophytes. Results showed that Chatlam wetland has more macrophytic diversity than Dal lake, with slight differences in water quality and pollution parameters.
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
A. Serrano, A. de la Torriente, A. Punzon, M. Blanco, J. Bellas, P. Duran-Munoz, F. J. Murillo, M. Sacau, A. Garcia-Alegre, A. Antolinez, S. Elliott, L. Guerin, C. Vina-Herbon, S. Marra, J. M. Gonzalez-Irusta
Summary: This study proposes a new indicator method "Sentinels of the Seabed (SoS)" to assess the status of benthic habitats using sensitive sentinel species. The results show that SoS is highly effective in assessing the habitats under both physical and chemical pressures, making it a potentially useful tool in the management of marine ecosystems.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Prasanna Kumar Acharya, Sanjaya Kumar Patro
Summary: This study uses functional performance-based life cycle assessment (LCA) to investigate the environmental disturbance indicators (EDI) of concrete prepared using waste materials from the ferro-chrome industry. By evaluating the sustainability of different concrete mixes, it is found that concrete made with ferrochrome waste materials has lower EDI compared to conventional concrete. The study also examines various environmental impacts and checks the robustness of the EDI results through different weighting schemes.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Peter S. Coates, Brian G. Prochazka, Shawn T. O. 'Neil, Sarah C. Webster, Shawn Espinosa, Mark A. Ricca, Steven R. Mathews, Michael Casazza, David J. Delehanty
Summary: The growing demand for renewable energy has led to the expansion of energy infrastructure in sagebrush ecosystems of western North America. Geothermal power, a popular renewable energy source, might have negative impacts on local wildlife populations. This study found that geothermal energy production activities resulted in a decline in sage-grouse populations and nest survival, as well as an increase in ravens, a nest predator.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marlene Hoehle, Claudia Wrozyna
Summary: Ostracods, a diverse group of microcrustaceans, play an important role in reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions. However, the limited knowledge about their ecological requirements has led to uncertainties in species distribution and diversity data.
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Ecology
K. A. Bates, J. Friesen, A. Loyau, H. Butler, V. T. Vredenburg, J. Laufer, A. Chatzinotas, D. S. Schmeller
Summary: The study investigated how the skin microbiome of wild Dhofar toads in Oman is influenced by host environment, pathogen presence, and host biology. The results showed that skin microbiome diversity is mainly influenced by host life stage, water source, and habitat disturbance. The network analysis revealed high site specificity in bacterial co-occurrence patterns.
Article
Entomology
Edyta Buczynska, Adam Tarkowski, Piotr Sugier, Wojciech Plaska, Andrzej Zawal, Anna Janicka, Pawel Buczynski
Summary: Calcareous fens, a unique and endangered type of peatland, contain little-studied aquatic insects called caddisflies. This study focused on evaluating caddisfly indicator species and the drivers of their distribution in different habitats within calcareous fen ecosystems. The study found that habitat persistence, landscape management, and plant-related factors were important drivers of caddisfly species distribution. Physical and chemical water parameters were found to have no significant impact. The findings provide valuable insights for conservation practices and management of these vulnerable ecosystems.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fei Ma, Lei Yang, Chang Zhang, Min Tao, Hongwei Yu, Chunhua Liu, Dan Yu
Summary: Biodiversity is declining rapidly globally, and the relationship between macrophyte community productivity and trait-based biodiversity has been explored. The study found that functional evenness and community-weighted mean traits were closely associated with community productivity, while species diversity and other biodiversity indices showed no significant correlation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hongwei Yu, Weixiao Qi, Xiaofeng Cao, Yajun Wang, Yang Li, Yan Xu, Xiaoliang Zhang, Jianfeng Peng, Jiuhui Qu
Summary: The study revealed that under high concentrations of microplastics, the growth rate and chlorophyll content of the aquatic carnivorous plant Utricularia vulgaris decreased, while the enzyme activities of superoxide dismutase and peroxidase increased significantly. High nutrient concentrations could compensate for the growth reduction caused by microplastic exposure. Microplastic treatments altered the trap-associated microbial community structure significantly.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Tian Lv, Xin Guan, Shufeng Fan, Chen Han, Zhongyao Gao, Chunhua Liu
Summary: The study found that snails play a key role in maintaining the function and stability of shallow ecosystems by grazing on phytoplankton and epiphytic algae, affecting the growth of submerged macrophytes. The distribution of snails and epiphytic algae is influenced by the different morphological characteristics of underwater plants.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yang Li, Lei Yang, Fei Ma, Hongwei Yu, Chunhua Liu, Dan Yu
Summary: Epiphytic bacteria on submerged macrophytes show varied responses to elevated CO2, with dominant taxa being influenced by nutrient processes and mutualistic relationships, and rare taxa being more related to trace elements, pathogens, and defense strategies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Hongwei Yu, Miaomiao Liu, Diga Gang, Jianfeng Peng, Chengzhi Hu, Jiuhui Qu
Summary: Polyethylene microplastics have significant effects on the morphology, physiology, and stoichiometry of submerged plants, as well as on the nutrient cycle and microbial community in freshwater sediment.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhiwei Yan, Ling Wu, Tian Lv, Chao Tong, Zhongyao Gao, Yuan Liu, Bin Xing, Chuanxin Chao, Yang Li, Ligong Wang, Chunhua Liu, Dan Yu
Summary: This study found that vegetation restoration significantly increased the sediment's capacity to tolerate phosphorus pollution in river-lake ecotones. The content of total phosphorus in sediments was highest in summer and autumn, while lower in spring and winter. Vegetation restoration affected the distribution and circulation of phosphorus in river and lake ecosystems, enhancing the ecological function of the river-lake ecotone.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Siyu Zhang, Hao Wang, Miaomiao Liu, Hongwei Yu, Jianfeng Peng, Xiaofeng Cao, Chunrong Wang, Ruiping Liu, Mohammadreza Kamali, Jiuhui Qu
Summary: The combined pollution of microplastics and antibiotics has detrimental effects on freshwater ecosystems, affecting the growth traits of aquatic primary producers and altering microbial community structure. This study provides valuable data for evaluating the ecological and environmental effects of combined pollution and its potential risks.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhenjun Zuo, Haocun Zhao, Lei Yang, Tian Lv, Xiangyan Li, Fei Ma, Zhong Wang, Dan Yu
Summary: Salinization affects the elemental balance of wetlands and alters the relationships between sulfur and nitrogen in plants. This study found that plant sulfur and nitrogen showed non-linear correlations, with salinity being a major factor influencing this relationship. High salinity promoted sulfur accumulation but limited nitrogen uptake, leading to the decoupling of sulfur-nitrogen correlation in plants. Additionally, high salinity also affected the composition of wetland plant communities.
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jichun Mu, Jing Qi, Hongwei Yu, Chengzhi Hu, Yujing Mu, Jiuhui Qu
Summary: Aquatic ecosystems are a major natural source of atmospheric methane, but the current estimation of methane emissions from these ecosystems is highly uncertain. This study compared static chamber method (SC) and dynamic chamber method (DC) for measuring methane fluxes, and found that the DC provided more accurate measurements by considering temporal variations in methane emissions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Zhiwei Yan, Tian Lv, Yuan Liu, Bin Xing, Chuanxin Chao, Yang Li, Ling Wu, Ligong Wang, Chunhua Liu, Dan Yu
Summary: The invasion of Alternanthera philoxeroides, a South American plant species, in the river-lake ecotone in subtropical China has significantly altered the bioavailable phosphorus concentrations in the soil of native plant communities. The invasion has different effects on the fractions of soil bioavailable phosphorus in different native plant communities. It has increased the concentration of inorganic phosphorus and decreased the concentration of organic phosphorus. Additionally, the invasion has promoted phosphorus cycling and accumulation in the river-lake ecotone, resulting in decreased soil N:P and C:P ratios.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Huawei Jia, Hongwei Yu, Jingwen Li, Jing Qi, Zongqiang Zhu, Chengzhi Hu
Summary: Nanoparticles have been found to cause toxic effects in organisms and humans through food chain transmission. Little research has been done on the mechanisms through which nanoplastic residue may interfere with floating macrophytes in constructed wetlands.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yajun Wang, Xiaofeng Cao, Hongwei Yu, Yan Xu, Jianfeng Peng, Jiuhui Qu
Summary: This study investigated the changes in nitrogen sources and transformations using temporal changes in field-based NO3- isotopic composition, hydro-chemical variables, and environmental DNA profiling. The results showed that fluctuations in groundwater tables can cause shifts in hydro-chemical and isotopic composition, indicating changes in nitrogen sources and transformations. These changes can be used to improve input sources for mixture models and aid in microbial remediation of nitrate.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhiqiang Zhang, Hongwei Yu, Min Tao, Tian Lv, Dexiang Li, Dan Yu, Chunhua Liu
Summary: This study investigated the effects of different sizes and concentrations of microplastics on submerged plant communities. The results showed that the response of plants to microplastics was species specific and could alter the structure of plant communities. Additionally, microplastics may also affect sediment enzyme activity, microbial diversity, and aquatic plant growth, potentially impacting the diversity and stability of aquatic ecosystems.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Tian Lv, Huiyuan Wang, Qiuye Wang, Dexiang Li, Chuyan Gao, Tiantian Zhang, Xinyi Lei, Chunhua Liu
Summary: The invasion of submerged aquatic plants potentially leads to a loss of native biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems. This study investigates the effects of invasive and native submerged plant species on epiphytic algal communities and explores the relationship between macrophyte secondary metabolites and epiphytic algae. The results demonstrate the stronger inhibitory effect of the invasive plant species on epiphytic algae, which is attributed to its higher concentrations of secondary metabolites.
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2023)