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Should I stay or should I go? Understanding the shapeshifting rainbow trout/steelhead.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Reeves, G.

Content type: Bulletin

Steelhead are the sea-going form of Oncorhynchus mykiss. Rainbow trout, also O. mykiss, remain in freshwater. Each form, or life-history, can produce ...

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Interactive persistent effects of past land-cover and its trajectory on tropical freshwater biodiversity.

Published online: 25 Nov 2020

Authors: Santos, E. P. & Wagner, H. H. & Ferraz, S. F. B. & Siqueira, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Evidence indicating that ecological communities show delayed responses to environmental change has raised the need to better understand the effects of...

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Do agri-environment schemes result in improved water quality?

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Jones, J. I. & Murphy, J. F. & Anthony, S. G. & Arnold, A. & Blackburn, J. H. & Duerdoth, C. P. & Hawczak, A. & Hughes, G. O. & Pretty, J. L. & Scarlett, P. M. & Gooday, R. D. & Zhang, Y. S. & Fawcett, L. E. & Simpson, D. & Turner, A. W. B. & Naden, P. S. & Skates, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Improved water quality, through a reduction in diffuse pollution from agricultural sources, is an expected benefit of agri-environment schemes, but th...

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Developing eDNA approaches for the detection of European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) on the River Wyre.

Published online: 12 Apr 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Morrisey, B. & Hänfling, B. & Andreou, D. & Sellers, G. & Pritchard, V.

Content type: Reports

The European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus is a small anadromous fish which largely occupies coastal and brackish waters and moves into freshwater for spaw...

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Monitoring a Norwegian freshwater crayfish tragedy: eDNA snapshots of invasion, infection and extinction.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Strand, D. A. & Johnsen, S. I. & Rusch, J. C. & Agersnap, S. & Larsen, W. B. & Knudsen, S. W. & Møller, P. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European noble crayfish Astacus astacus is threatened by crayfish plague caused by the oomycete Aphanomyces astaci, which is spread by the invasiv...

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Re-evaluating the sensitivity of habitats to climate change.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Staddon, P. & Thompson, P. & Short, C.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the results of an expert led assessment that refines the understanding of the sensitivity of habitats to climate change. Using th...

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Coho salmon spawner mortality in western US urban watersheds: bioinfiltration prevents lethal storm water impacts.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Spromberg, J. A. & Baldwin, D. H. & Damm, S. E. & McIntyre, J. K. & Huff, M. & Sloan, C. A. & Anulacion, B. F. & Davis, J. W. & Scholz, N. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Adult coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch return each autumn to freshwater spawning habitats throughout western North America. The migration coincides wi...

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Catchment-scale peatland restoration benefits stream ecosystem biodiversity.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Ramchunder, S. J. & Brown, L. E. & Holden, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Drainage of peat-dominated catchments across the world has caused widespread degradation of peat and freshwater ecosystem services. In the UK, an esti...

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Habitat selection and diet of lapwing Vanellus vanellus chicks on coastal farmland in S.W. Sweden.

Published online: 25 Jan 1997

Authors: Johansson, O. C. & Blomqvist, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat use by colour-marked lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) broods was studied at three coastal farmland sites in SW Sweden from 1987 to 1990. Initial br...

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Monitoring of lamprey in the Solway SAC 2015.

Published online: 09 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Napier-Munn, T. & O'Keeffe, N.

Content type: Reports

This publication providea an up-to-date data on ammocoete populations and habitat of the Solway Firth river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) populations...

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