Climate change poses a severe threat to desert ecosystems; however, understanding how specialized desert species respond to changing climate remains limited. These species are confronting extreme changes, including intensified droughts, altered precipitation, and temperature patterns. Here, we integrate population and ecogenomic approaches to examine population genetic structure, demographic history, and climate adaptation in...

This study investigated the effects of replacing dietary fish meal (FM) with golden apple snail ( Pomacea canaliculata ) meat meal (PCM) on growth performance, non-specific immunity and intestinal health of juvenile Chinese mitten crab ( Eriocheir sinensis ). Four hundred juvenile Chinese mitten crabs (2.39 ± 0.03) g were randomly distributed into five groups in quadruplicate (20 crabs per tank), and each group was fed with di...

In the context of global change, the stressors of warming and eutrophication have significant ecological implications in coastal waters. In order to examine the diversity of phytoplankton and its relationship with water quality, we conducted a survey of phytoplankton community compositions and their correlation with environmental changes over four seasons in a eutrophic bay located in the East China Sea. Through a systematic a...

Liu, W., Yi, Z., Lin, X., Warren, A. & Song, W. (2012). Phylogeny of three choreotrich genera (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Spirotrichea), with morphological, morphogenetic and molecular investigations on three strobilidiid species. — Zoologica Scripta , 41 , 417–434. The phylogenetic relationships among three strobilidiid genera, namely Strobilidium , Rimostrombidium and Pelagostrobilidium , are investigated using a combination of m...