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Zooplankton size structure reflects the trophic status of ponds along a latitudinal gradientNARA Subscribed
Despite increasing research on warming and biodiversity, knowledge on how temperature shapes community size structure remains limited, which is one of the main challenges in assessing the consequences of climate change. This gap is evident in vulnerable ecosystems like ponds, crucial for aquatic biodiversity but highly sensitive to temperature increases due to their small size. This study assessed the main climatic and local d...
Larger crustacean zooplankton thrive at lower temperatures and under reduced predation in pond ecosystemsNARA Subscribed
Body size is a fundamental trait influencing ecological functions, trophic dynamics, and organismal fitness across ecosystems. However, the environmental drivers shaping body size patterns in pond ecosystems across broad spatial scales remain poorly defined. In this study, we assessed the main determinants of body size in cladocerans and copepods, key crustacean zooplankton groups, across 168 ponds including regions in Europe,...
Why ponds concentrate nutrients: the roles of internal features, land use, and climateNARA Subscribed
Ponds are key freshwater habitats supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, yet they remain understudied in the context of land use and climate change. We examined 240 ponds across eight countries (seven in Europe and Uruguay) to assess how internal pond characteristics, surrounding land cover and livestock intensity, seasonal climatic variation, and climate influence nutrient concentrations across spatial and temporal s...
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Non‐Ecological Speciation in Rubyspot Damselflies ( Hetaerina spp.)NARA Subscribed
Non‐ecological speciation is a common mode of speciation, which occurs when allopatric lineages diverge in the absence of pronounced ecological differences. Yet, relative to other speciation mechanisms, non‐ecological speciation remains understudied. Numerous damselfly clades are characterised as non‐adaptive radiations (the result of several rounds of non‐ecological speciation without subsequent divergence), but there are few...
Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communitiesNARA Subscribed
Aim Amazonia hosts more tree species from numerous evolutionary lineages, both young and ancient, than any other biogeographic region. Previous studies have shown that tree lineages colonized multiple edaphic environments and dispersed widely across Amazonia, leading to a hypothesis, which we test, that lineages should not be strongly associated with either geographic regions or edaphic forest types. Location Amazonia. Taxon A...
Round rays (family: Urotrygonidae) are commonly caught as by‐catch by shrimp trawl fisheries in the tropical eastern Pacific (TEP). However, little information on their life history and catch species composition exists for most round ray species, preventing the evaluation of the impact of fishing on their populations. The mean size at sexual maturity ( DW 50 ), seasonal variation by maturity stages, and fecundity for two round...
Challenges and opportunities in the use of ponds and pondscapes as Nature-based SolutionsNARA Subscribed
Ponds and “pondscapes” (networks of ponds) are crucial habitats for biodiversity and for delivering multiple benefits to humans, so-called “Nature’s Contribution to People”, such as climate mitigation and adaptation to climate change, creation, and maintenance of habitat for biodiversity, water purification, flood mitigation and cultural benefits (e.g., recreational possibilities). However, ponds are not often considered as Na...
Migraine, chronic kidney disease and kidney function: observational and genetic analysesNARA Subscribed
Epidemiological studies demonstrate an association between migraine and chronic kidney disease (CKD), while the genetic basis underlying the phenotypic association has not been investigated. We aimed to help avoid unnecessary interventions in individuals with migraine through the investigation of phenotypic and genetic relationships underlying migraine, CKD, and kidney function. We first evaluated phenotypic associations using...
Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlatesNARA Subscribed
Aim To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, anemochory and hydrochory). We examined if the proportional abundance of these dispersal modes could be explained by the availability of dispersal agents (disperser‐availability hypothesis) and/or the availability of resources for constructing zoocho...
Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) is a common and widely distributed virus of salmonids. Since its discovery in 2010, the virus has been detected in wild and farmed stocks from North America, South America, Europe and East Asia in both fresh and salt water environments. Phylogenetic analysis suggests three distinct genogroups of PRV with generally discrete host tropisms and/or regional patterns. PRV‐1 is found mainly in Atlantic ( S...
Piscine orthoreovirus genotype 1 (PRV‐1) is widespread in farmed Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L.) populations in northern Europe, Canada and Chile. PRV‐1 occurs in wild fish in Norway and Canada; however, little information of its geographical distribution in wild populations is currently available, and the effect of PRV‐1 infection in wild populations is currently unknown. In this study, we present the findings of a survey c...