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Anthropogenic impacts on lake and stream ecosystems, and approaches to restoration.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Søndergaard, M. & Jeppesen, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Freshwater ecosystems have long been affected by numerous types of human interventions that have a negative impact on their water quality and ecologic...

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A scenario for impacts of water availability loss due to climate change on riverine fish extinction rates.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Tedesco, P. A. & Oberdorff, T. & Cornu, J. F. & Beauchard, O. & Brosse, S. & Dürr, H. H. & Grenouillet, G. & Leprieur, F. & Tisseuil, C. & Zaiss, R. & Hugueny, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Current models estimating impact of habitat loss on biodiversity in the face of global climate change usually project only percentages of species 'com...

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Radiocaesium elimination in fish: variation among and within species.

Published online: 13 Apr 1999

Authors: Forseth, T. & Ugedal, O. & Næsje, T. F. & Jonsson, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecotoxicological models are used to assess the effects of radionuclides on freshwater ecosystems and the potential transfer to humans depend on accura...

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Warming alters juvenile carp effects on macrophytes resulting in a shift to turbid conditions in freshwater mesocosms.

Published online: 17 Feb 2022

Authors: Zhang PeiYu & Zhang Huan & Wang Huan & Hilt Sabine & Li Chao & Yu Chen & Zhang Min & Xu, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple stressors such as climate change and eutrophication are responsible for the global decline in macrophytes in lakes. The loss of this key comp...

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Selectivity of invasive species suppression efforts influences control efficacy.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Fadlovich, R. & Landom, K. & Walsworth, T. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Highly fecund invaders and size-selective suppression efforts often limit the effectiveness of invasive species control programs, as compensatory proc...

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The effects of weirs on structural stream habitat and biological communities.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Mueller, M. & Pander, J. & Geist, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most of the world's rivers are affected by dams and weirs. Information on the quantitative and qualitative effects of weirs across biological communit...

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Fish on fire: shifts in Amazonian fish communities after floodplain forest fires.

Published online: 03 Jan 2024

Authors: Lugo-Carvajal, A. & Holmgren, M. & Zuanon, J. & Sleen, P. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Severe droughts can lead to fires that cause massive tree mortality in even the wettest and most isolated Amazonian forests. After repeated fires, bla...

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Growth-enhanced coho salmon invading other salmon species populations: effects on early survival and growth.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Sundström, L. F. & Vandersteen, W. E. & Lõhmus, M. & Devlin, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The first genetically modified (GM) fish intended for human consumption has recently stimulated significant scientific discussion and regulatory scrut...

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NatureScot Research Report 1315 - Life in our Lochs - are there freshwater pearl mussel populations in our lochs as well as our rivers?.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Published by: NatureScot

Authors: O'Leary, D. & Robinson, G. & Cooksley, S. & McDermott, T.

Content type: Reports

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An environmental oestrogen disrupts fish population dynamics through direct and transgenerational effects on survival and fecundity.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Schwindt, A. R. & Winkelman, D. L. & Keteles, K. & Murphy, M. & Vajda, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased need for water and projected declines in precipitation due to climate change could leave waterways increasingly dominated by wastewater effl...

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