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Estimating the effects of smolt size and migration timing on salmon marine survival using a multivariate mixed-effect model.

Published online: 21 Nov 2024

Authors: Bond, M. H. & Chasco, B. & Zabel, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When the conditions encountered by a migratory species are highly variable, the timing of migration and migrant condition are critical to survival. Sp...

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Beavers in licensed enclosures: licensees' objectives, opinions and experiences.

Published online: 05 Sep 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wilson, C.

Content type: Reports

The key aims of this research were to provide evidence on (i) the objectives, opinions and experiences of licensees and (ii) to understand human and E...

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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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Small giants: tributaries rescue spatially structured populations from extirpation in a highly fragmented stream.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Tsuboi, J. I. & Morita, K. & Koseki, Y. & Endo, S. & Sahashi, G. & Kishi, D. & Kikko, T. & Ishizaki, D. & Nunokawa, M. & Kanno, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat fragmentation is a pervasive threat to biodiversity. Linearly arranged habitats such as stream networks are particularly vulnerable to fragmen...

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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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Timing of hydrologic anomalies direct impacts on migration traits in a flood pulse fishery system.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Deng Qi & Sabo, J. L. & Holtgrieve, G. W. & Ngor PengBun & Holway, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding adaptive reservoir management strategies that balance ecological outcomes with other objectives necessitates properly articulated enviro...

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Restoration of two lowland lakes by isolation from nutrient-rich water sources with and without removal of sediment.

Published online: 16 Dec 1986

Authors: Moss, B. & Balls, H. & Irvine, K. & Stansfield, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were carried out to restore aquatic plant communities to 2 of the phytoplankton dominated Norfolk Broads. Alderfen Broad was isolated by d...

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Sand addition promotes gharial nesting in a regulated river-reservoir habitat.

Published online: 29 Sep 2021

Authors: Gaurav Vashistha & Lang, J. W. & Dhakate, P. M. & Kothamasi, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a critically endangered, long-snouted crocodilian, endemic to the Indian sub-continent. Today, the species' di...

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Flow restoration and the impacts of multiple stressors on fish communities in regulated rivers.

Published online: 20 Jul 2020

Authors: Göthe, E. & Degerman, E. & Sandin, L. & Segersten, J. & Tamario, C. & McKie, B. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. River regulation for hydropower is undertaken worldwide, causing profound alterations to hydrological regimes and running water habitats. Regulated...

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Functional responses of aquatic and riparian vegetation to hydrogeomorphic restoration of channelized lowland streams and their valleys.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Fraaije, R. G. A. & Poupin, C. & Verhoeven, J. T. A. & Soons, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Streams and riparian zones are highly heterogeneous ecosystems. Their high biodiversity is promoted by variable flow velocities and water depths, stro...

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