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Weihua Zhao, Weijie Guo, Liangyuan Zhao, Qingyun Li, Xiaohuan Cao and Xianqiang Tang
Many studies have investigated the influence of hydropower stations on macroinvertebrate communities, but few have clarified the influence of different types of hydropower stations. A total of 133 samples obtained from seven rivers, on which 45 hydropowe...
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Neal D. Mundahl and Erik D. Mundahl
Suspended and deposited sediments in streams can interfere with filter-feeding caddisfly larvae by reducing feeding sites and feeding efficiency, potentially lowering the densities, growth rates, and secondary production of an important trout prey. We co...
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Xiaogai Wang, Luming Wang, Zhenhua Yu, Yinping Tian, Yu Xu, Lianfu Wu, He Wang, Kai Guo and Xinzhen Wang
Soil amelioration in coastal saline areas plays an important role in alleviating land resource shortages, improving regional ecological environments, ensuring food security, and promoting economic development. Plastic mulching (M) and the combination of ...
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Nicola Bettoso, Lisa Faresi, Valentina Pitacco, Martina Orlando-Bonaca, Ida Floriana Aleffi and Lovrenc Lipej
In the northern Adriatic Sea, rocky outcrops called ?trezze? or ?tegnúe? are known as biodiversity hotspots. A total of 45 rocky outcrops were studied by using non-destructive photographic sampling during SCUBA diving. Ten invertebrate phyla with 196 tax...
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David A. White and Jenneke M. Visser
Deltaic landscapes go through cycles of birth, growth, decline, and death governed by intertwined geological, biological, and ecological processes. In this study, we tracked deltaic lobes in the Balize Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana, USA, over 28 yea...
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Nayan Mallick, Kevin B. Johnson and Charles A. Jacoby
To yield environmental benefits, fine sediments with ~10% organic matter, termed muck, were dredged from a tributary to the Indian River Lagoon. Key changes were documented by sampling amphipods, sediments, and the water column near the bottom before dre...
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Caterina Stamouli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou and Eleni Voultsiadou
Sponge assemblages play a significant role in the functioning of the Mediterranean benthic ecosystem. The main goal of this study was to investigate the diversity and distribution of poorly known sponge communities in the mesophotic and deep-sea substrat...
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Taoshu Wei, Yanwen Liao, Yong Wang, Junyuan Li and Lisheng He
Amphipods are an important group of invertebrates in marine ecosystems due to their high abundance and diversity. As an essential part of the marine food web, amphipods play a vital role in nutrient recycling and provide large amounts of detritus-derived...
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Xuan Xu, Penghe Cao, Yuchao Wang, Wei Wu, Jiahuan Guo, Jiejie Sun, Xiaoming Zou, Weifeng Wang and Honghua Ruan
The soil food web is essential for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. The application of naphthalene is a commonly employed experimental treatment for expelling soil fauna to examine faunal effects on litter decomposition processes, for which is ...
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Shanshan Wang, Yongwei Yan, Hao Qian, Jie Li, Tao Liu and Zhaolan Mo
Macroalgae interact with planktonic microbes in seawater. It remains unclear how planktonic microbes interact with the environment and each other during the cultivation processes of commercially important algal species. Such an interaction is important f...
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