Article
Environmental Studies
Kurt S. Keljo
Summary: This study examined the impacts of plant diversity and manipulated hydrology on macroinvertebrate communities in constructed wetlands. The results suggest that both vegetation diversity and hydrological regimes significantly affect macroinvertebrate communities.
Review
Entomology
Gabriele Rondoni, Isabel Borges, Jana Collatz, Eric Conti, Alejandro C. Costamagna, Francois Dumont, Edward W. Evans, Audrey A. Grez, Andy G. Howe, Eric Lucas, Julie-Eleonore Maisonhaute, Antonio Onofre Soares, Tania Zaviezo, Matthew J. W. Cock
Summary: This review focuses on the literature behind classical and augmentative biological control using exotic ladybirds, discussing the efficacy of selected species in different introduced areas. Factors contributing to the success of biological control programs, as well as the risk assessment and ecological impact of exotic ladybirds, are summarized. The establishment and pest suppression success of ladybirds depend on intrinsic and extrinsic factors, with the BIOCAT database showing varying levels of control achieved through ladybird introductions.
ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Dandan Liu, Hongxian Yu, Kangle Lu, Qiang Guan, Haitao Wu
Summary: The study found significant differences in the community structure of benthic invertebrates between restored wetlands and natural wetlands, with a nested distribution in restored wetlands and a quasi-Clementsian structure in natural wetlands. Pure environmental fractions and pure spatial fractions were critical in regulating benthic invertebrate metacommunities of restored wetlands, while in natural wetlands, pure spatial fractions and the interaction between environmental and spatial factors played a major role. Biotic interactions were not the main driver of metacommunity structures in both wetland types, with environmental and spatial effects determining the metacommunity structure in estuarine wetlands.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Ashley B. C. Goode, Philip W. Tipping, Lyn A. Gettys, Brittany K. Knowles, Eileen Pokorny, Luz S. Salinas
Summary: The invasive floating plant Pontederia crassipes in Florida can be effectively controlled by integrating herbicides and biological control insects. A mesocosm experiment showed that treatments with moderate herbicidal control and biological control insects achieved similar levels of control as those treating the entire plant mat with herbicides. Additionally, leaving untreated refuges increased the local density of certain species of biological control insects.
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Alice E. L. Walker, Mark P. Robertson, Paul Eggleton, Katherine Bunney, Candice Lamb, Adam M. Fisher, Catherine L. Parr
Summary: Understanding the factors controlling decomposition is crucial for predicting changes in the carbon cycle with global change. Ants exert significant top-down control on decomposition by preying on termites, leading to increased termite-mediated decomposition at a large scale.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Lizaan de Necker, Kelly Dyamond, Richard Greenfield, Johan van Vuren, Wynand Malherbe
Summary: The Makuleke Wetlands, located in the Makuleke Concession in Kruger National Park, South Africa, are Ramsar-accredited. They consist of floodplains of the Luvuvhu and Limpopo rivers, with 31 wetlands present. The high diversity of aquatic invertebrates in the wetlands plays a crucial role in supporting biodiversity in the Makuleke region, although invasive species pose a threat to native biodiversity.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
A. K. Vanderpont, C. Lobson, Z. Lu, K. Luong, M. Arentsen, T. Vera, D. Moore, M. S. White, R. S. Prosser, C. S. Wong, M. L. Hanson
Summary: This study investigated the effects of Thiamethoxam on non-target invertebrate communities in wetlands and found that exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of Thiamethoxam may not pose a significant ecological risk to the abundance and community structure of wetland zooplankton and emergent insects.
Review
Environmental Sciences
A. Aqdas, I. Hashmi
Summary: This paper discusses the role and uptake mechanism of water hyacinth in integrated constructed wetlands, as well as its efficiency in removing contaminants from various types of wastewater. The utilization of phyto-technologies with invasive plants for pollution abatement supports sustainable wastewater treatment.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lara Milena Sabater, Maria Celeste Franceschini, Luciana Irene Gallardo, Juan Manuel Coronel, Alejandra Patricia Perez
Summary: This study assesses the effect of vegetation structure on subtropical invertebrate communities in the Ibera wetlands. The results show that different macrophyte species provide varying vegetation structures that significantly affect animal density. Each macrophyte species is associated with different invertebrate taxa, and different sampling dates also have different dominant taxa.
ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Qi Xu, Chao Zhang, Zhiping Xu, Long Wang, Zewen Liu, Zhong Li, Xusheng Shao
Summary: Photopharmacology using azobenzene or dithienylethene has revolutionized receptor function studies, achieving higher spatiotemporal resolution. However, there are no photopharmacological tools available for the invertebrate nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). In this study, a photochromic ligand called dithienylethene-imidacloprid (DitIMI) was developed by incorporating a dithienylethene photoswitch into the nAChR agonist imidacloprid. DitIMI displayed excellent photochromism and fluorescence switching in aqueous solution upon UV/vis light irradiation. The photoswitchable DitIMI exhibited a significant difference in insecticidal activity between its open and closed forms, opening new avenues in understanding inhibitory circuits in intact animals.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
C. Coccia, M. Contreras-Lopez, J. M. Farina, A. J. Green
Summary: Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme events in coastal wetlands, impacting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Chilean coastal wetlands show latitude-specific vulnerability to disturbances. Size-based metrics may be better at detecting interactions among different disturbances.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Houston C. Chandler, J. Checo Colon-Gaud, Thomas A. Gorman, Khalil Carson, Carola A. Haas
Summary: This study investigated the impact of reduced fire frequency on wetland processes, finding that the absence of growing-season fires can affect invertebrate communities and leaf litter breakdown in wetlands. Experiments conducted in wetlands showed that fire-maintained habitat had more remaining leaf litter, while invertebrate abundance was related to leaf litter species but not habitat type.
Article
Ecology
Pedro Henrique de Oliveira Hoffmann, Andressa Adolfo, Allana Goncalves Piu, Daiane Vendramin, Lidiane Martins, Vinicius Weber, Leonardo Maltchik, Cristina Stenert
Summary: Some invertebrates in intermittent wetlands produce dormant stages in response to environmental fluctuations. We investigated the hatching responses of these dormant stages in sediment columns of four intermittent ponds in southern Brazil. The richness and abundance of hatchlings decreased with the depth of the sediment column, and the composition of hatchlings varied across different strata over the sediment depth.
Article
Ecology
Michael Kaspari, Michael D. Weiser, Katie E. Marshall, Matthew Miller, Cameron Siler, Kirsten de Beurs
Summary: This study found that increasing aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) may have nonlinear effects on activity density (AD) at a continental scale, leading to differences in the patterns of AD in different habitats, and variations in trends of AD across different ecoregions.
Article
Ecology
Benjamin B. Tumolo, Sarah M. Collins, Yawen Guan, Amy C. Krist
Summary: The relationship between resource quantity and quality and species richness at different spatial scales was evaluated in this study. It was found that at the local scale, species richness peaked at intermediate levels of resource quantity (chlorophyll a), but had a shallow negative relationship with resource quality (periphyton C:P and N:P). However, at the regional scale, species richness had a strong negative relationship with resource quantity and quality. This suggests that resource quantity has a greater impact on biodiversity than resource quality, consistent with patterns of eutrophication.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fedra S. Martinez, Celeste Franceschini
ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
(2018)
Article
Entomology
M. C. Franceschini, M. L. de Wysiecki, A. Poi
NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2013)
Article
Biology
Luciana Irene Gallardo, Maria Celeste Franceschini, Alicia Susana Guadalupe Poi, Maria Laura De Wysiecki
REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL
(2015)
Article
Entomology
Daniela Fuentes-Rodriguez, Celeste Franceschini, Paula Gervazoni, Gabriela Lopez, Alejandro Sosa, Raul Kruger
BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Entomology
Daniela Fuentes-Rodriguez, Paula Gervazoni, Gabriela Lopez, Celeste Franceschini
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
M. Celeste Franceschini, Kevin J. Murphy, Isabel Moore, Michael P. Kennedy, Fedra S. Martinez, Frank Willems, M. Laura De Wysiecki, Henry Sichingabula
Article
Entomology
Daniela Fuentes, Andrea Toledo, Nicolas Pedrini, Alejandro Sosa, Marianela Santana, Paula Gervazoni, Gimena Dellape, Celeste Franceschini
Summary: In this study, the natural incidence of entomopathogenic fungi (EF) on stink bug pests in Argentine rice fields was monitored, and the relationship between EF incidence, stink bug feeding guild, and rice cultivar was assessed. The results showed that the occurrence of EF was significantly higher in stem-feeding stink bugs than in seed-feeding stink bugs, and it also differed between different rice varieties. This highlights the potential of using native strains of EF in integrated pest management of stink bugs in rice.
ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Paula Gervazoni, Gianmarco Minuti, Daniela Fuentes-Rodriguez, Julie Coetzee, Alejandro Sosa, Lara Sabater, Celeste Franceschini
Summary: Invasive alien species are a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. Accurate and up-to-date data on their occurrence and potential distribution is crucial for effective management strategies. This study compared data from a citizen science project, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), and professional data collection in mapping the distribution of an invasive plant species in Argentina. The citizen science project provided more extensive and diverse data, allowing for better identification of critical areas and the development of targeted management strategies. Combining data sources from different methods is recommended to enhance knowledge and decision-making in ecosystem management.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Entomology
M. Celeste Franceschini, Martin Hill, Daniela Fuentes-Rodriguez, Paula B. B. Gervazoni, Lara M. M. Sabater, Julie A. A. Coetzee
Summary: This study found that the host range of Cornops aquaticum, a semiaquatic grasshopper used for biological control, varies according to its development stages. Different life stages of the grasshopper have different host ranges for Pontederia crassipes, a water weed. This information is important for determining the host specificity of biocontrol agents.
ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lara Milena Sabater, Maria Celeste Franceschini, Luciana Irene Gallardo, Juan Manuel Coronel, Alejandra Patricia Perez
Summary: This study assesses the effect of vegetation structure on subtropical invertebrate communities in the Ibera wetlands. The results show that different macrophyte species provide varying vegetation structures that significantly affect animal density. Each macrophyte species is associated with different invertebrate taxa, and different sampling dates also have different dominant taxa.
ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Daniela Fuentes-Rodriguez, Celeste Franceschini, F. Solange Martinez, Alejandro Sosa
REVISTA MEXICANA DE BIODIVERSIDAD
(2017)
Article
Plant Sciences
Michael P. Kennedy, Pauline Lang, Julissa Tapia Grimaldo, Sara Varandas Martins, Alannah Bruce, Isabel Moore, Rebecca Taubert, Chantal Macleod-Nolan, Stephanie McWaters, John Briggs, Steven Lowe, Kochelani Saili, Henry Sichingabula, Helen Dallas, Sean Morrison, Celeste Franceschini, Frank Willems, Flavia Bottino, Kevin J. Murphy
Article
Ecology
Soledad Capello, M. Celeste Franceschini
Article
Biology
Maria Celeste Franceschini, Maria Laura De Wysiecki, Alicia Poi de Neiff, Maria Eugenia Galassi, Fedra Solange Martinez
REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL
(2011)
Article
Entomology
Fedra Solange Martinez, M. Celeste Franceschini, Alicia Poi
REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA
(2013)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jeffrey M. Schell, Deborah S. Goodwin, Rebecca H. Volk, Amy N. S. Siuda
Summary: Understanding the environmental tolerances and growth rates of different species of macroalgae is crucial for predicting their spatial and temporal dynamics. This study found that different morphotypes of Sargassum exhibited varying responses to temperature and salinity conditions.
Article
Plant Sciences
Erika Valzauez-Delfin, Carmen Galindo-De Santiago, Arely Paredes-Chi, Ameyalli Rios-Vazquez, Ana Benavides-Lahnstein, Kaysara Khatun, Juliet Brodie
Summary: Massive strandings of seaweed on the eastern coasts of the Yucat ' an peninsula, Mexico have become a major socioecological problem. A citizen science initiative, Big Seaweed Search Mexico (BSS-Mx), was developed to monitor temporal changes in the biomass stranded. The results represent baseline information that should be considered to develop management strategies and marine conservation actions according to each region.
Review
Plant Sciences
Lee H. Dietterich, Suhey Ortiz Rosa, Bianca R. Charbonneau, S. Kyle McKay
Summary: Riverine macrophytes play crucial ecological roles in river ecosystems, but their growth models have received relatively limited attention compared to other aquatic or terrestrial plants. This systematic review reveals that current models often overlook important factors such as shading and the role of macrophytes in nutrient cycles. Future research should focus on exploring these factors and developing a conceptual framework to guide macrophyte growth modeling. Emphasizing modularity and accessibility is also important for improving efforts to model and manage riverine ecosystems.
Review
Plant Sciences
Alba Martin, Jordi Corbera, Oriol Cano, Catherine Preece, Josep Penuelas, Francesc Sabater, Marcos Fernandez-Martinez
Summary: Bryophytes can play a significant role in ecosystem processes and hold potential as bio-indicators for monitoring environmental pollution. This study examined the effects of NO3- pollution on the elemental composition of aquatic and semi-aquatic bryophytes and identified suitable species as bio-indicators. Higher NO3- concentrations were found in spring water from intense farming and urban areas, positively correlated with N content and delta N-15 isotope ratio in bryophytes. Apopellia endiviifolia and Oxyrrhynchium speciosum were highlighted as promising candidates for bio-indication of aquatic NO3- pollution.
Article
Plant Sciences
Christine B. Rohal, Carrie Reinhardt Adams, Charles W. Martin, Sarah Tevlin, Laura K. Reynolds
Summary: This study investigated the seed production, seed banking, and germination cues of sub-tropical Vallisneria americana. It was found that the seeds of sub-tropical populations were dormant and could only germinate in the presence of organic material, light, or following scarification. Germination rate was enhanced by the presence of low-oxygen organic sediments and ethanol. These findings suggest a germination strategy focused on exploiting openings in existing vegetation following disturbance.
Article
Plant Sciences
Fabiano Faga, Carlos Frederico Deluqui Gurgel
Summary: Climate change is altering the distribution of marine biota, including Sargassum species. Future changes in abiotic variables are predicted to cause shifts in the latitudinal range and suitability area of Sargassum species. These changes may have significant impacts on marine ecosystems.
Article
Plant Sciences
Ulo Mander, Martin Maddison, Alex C. Valach, Kaido Soosaar, Keit Kill, Kuno Kasak
Summary: Constructed wetlands treating runoff from agricultural catchments can reduce nutrient load of water, but they can also be significant sources of greenhouse gases, especially methane. This study assessed methane emission potentials and phosphorus removal efficiency in a 0.45 ha in-stream surface flow constructed wetland, and analyzed the temporal dynamics of methane emissions and phosphorus removal over a nearly 4-year period. The results showed a clear seasonal dynamic in phosphorus removal efficiency and an increasing trend in methane emissions over the years, with the majority of methane fluxes occurring during the warm period. Maintenance of the wetland and regular removal of aboveground vegetation can reduce methane emissions, and regular sediment removal is also necessary due to phosphorus saturation.
Article
Plant Sciences
Monsif El Madany, Mustapha Hassoun, Fatima El Aamri, Noureddine El Mtili
Summary: The non-indigenous brown alga Rugulopteryx okamurae is invading and proliferating massively in the northwest of Morocco, including the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
Article
Plant Sciences
Jessa May Malanguis, Tim Sierens, Ludwig Triest
Summary: This study demonstrates the importance of movement ecology and dispersal mechanism in the dynamics and resilience of seagrass populations and ecosystems. The comparison of genetic diversity and fine-scaled structure of two co-occurring seagrass species reveals the significance of different survival strategies and reproductive modes. These findings have important implications for conservation efforts, suggesting the preservation of natural expansion and local seed recruitment for successful conservation.
Article
Plant Sciences
Zhi-Huan Chen, Rui Zhang, Jun-Cai Xin, Zi-Han Qian, Shu-Jie Wang, Shang-Yan Qiu, Xue-Ge He, Chao Si
Summary: Nutrient availability and light intensity play important roles in the expansion of amphibious clonal plants from terrestrial to aquatic habitats. High nutrient levels and light conditions promote the growth of the apical portions and overall performance of the clones. Maintaining clonal integration can benefit the expansion of the plants by optimizing resource utilization. These findings have implications for predicting community dynamics and vegetation restoration in ecotones like wetlands.
