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Microplastic transport through estuaries represents a critical and poorly understood pathway from catchments and wastewater sources to coastal zones. Microplastics can host microbial communities including pathogenic microorganisms that pose serious public health risks for coastal activities. This study investigated the role of estuarine hydrodynamics on microplastic dispersal in the Conwy estuary, UK, characterised by density-...
Challenges for assessing and implementing nature-based solutions at landscape-scale – insights from project on ponds and pondscapesNARA Subscribed
Landscape-scale Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognized as vital for addressing the interconnected challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change. Their capacity to deliver multiple Nature’s Contributions to People (NCPs), maintain ecological connectivity, and enhance climate resilience makes them particularly valuable. However, their implementation is often hindered by complex policy, financing, social, a...
Dispersal of marine plastic litter during tropical cyclonesNARA Subscribed
Over the last decade and worldwide, an enormous investment in research and data collection has been made in the hope of better understanding the possible ecological and toxicological impacts triggered by glyphosate (GLY). This broad-spectrum, systemic herbicide became the most heavily applied pesticide ever in the 2000s. It is sprayed in many different ways in both agricultural and non-agricultural settings, resulting in multi...
European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax , show no significant response to infrared lightNARA Subscribed
Infrared (IR) light is widely accepted as a non‐intrusive lighting for discreet observation but relevant studies are scarce. The response of European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus 1758) towards IR light was tested during laboratory experiments alternating sequences of IR light and dark conditions. Swimming trajectories were extracted from hydroacoustic videos and behavioural metrics (e.g. speed, bearings) were quantif...
Aim The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this...
Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threatsNARA Subscribed
Aim Ecological and anthropogenic factors shift the abundances of dominant and rare tree species within local forest communities, thus affecting species composition and ecosystem functioning. To inform forest and conservation management it is important to understand the drivers of dominance and rarity in local tree communities. We answer the following research questions: (1) What are the patterns of dominance and rarity in tree...