State of the art in the functioning of shallow Mediterranean lakes: workshop conclusions

M Beklioglu, S Romo, I Kagalou, X Quintana… - Hydrobiologia, 2007 - Springer
Studies on shallow lakes from the north temperate zone show that they alternate between
clear and turbid water states in response to control factors. However, the ecology of semi …

Factors influencing zooplankton size structure at contrasting temperatures in coastal shallow lakes: implications for effects of climate change

S Brucet, D Boix, XD Quintana, E Jensen… - Limnology and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We assessed the importance of temperature, salinity, and predation for the size structure of
zooplankton and provided insight into the future ecological structure and function of shallow …

Salinity shapes zooplankton communities and functional diversity and has complex effects on size structure in lakes

MF Gutierrez, ÜN Tavşanoğlu, N Vidal, J Yu… - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Changes in zooplankton community structure and function were analyzed in 24
lakes covering a wide salinity gradient (from 0.5 to 115 gl− 1) in a semiarid region in …

Increasing zooplankton size diversity enhances the strength of top‐down control on phytoplankton through diet niche partitioning

L Ye, CY Chang, C García‐Comas… - Journal of Animal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning debate is a central topic in ecology. Recently, there
has been a growing interest in size diversity because body size is sensitive to environmental …

Phytoplankton community response to nutrients, temperatures, and a heat wave in shallow lakes: An experimental approach

N Filiz, U Işkın, M Beklioğlu, B Öğlü, Y Cao… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phytoplankton usually responds directly and fast to environmental fluctuations, making them
useful indicators of lake ecosystem changes caused by various stressors. Here, we …

Species richness of crustacean zooplankton and trophic structure of brackish lagoons in contrasting climate zones: north temperate Denmark and Mediterranean …

S Brucet, D Boix, S Gascón, J Sala, XD Quintana… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We sought to identify environmental factors influencing crustacean zooplankton species
richness in brackish lagoons and to elucidate whether crustacean zooplankton species …

How to choose a biodiversity indicator–Redundancy and complementarity of biodiversity metrics in a freshwater ecosystem

B Gallardo, S Gascón, X Quintana, FA Comín - Ecological indicators, 2011 - Elsevier
A range of biodiversity metrics are available to assess the ecological integrity of aquatic
ecosystems. However, performance varies considerably among different types of metrics …

The seasonal and inter-annual fluctuations of plankton abundance and community structure in a North Atlantic Marine Protected Area

F Benedetti, L Jalabert, M Sourisseau… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Marine Protected Areas have become a major tool for the conservation of marine
biodiversity and resources. Yet our understanding of their efficacy is often limited because it …

Assessing biases in computing size spectra of automatically classified zooplankton from imaging systems: A case study with the ZooScan integrated system

P Vandromme, L Stemmann, C Garcìa-Comas… - Methods in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Body size constrains prey–predator interactions and physiology, therefore plankton size
spectra have been appointed as synthetic descriptors of plankton community structure and …

Zooplankton response to climate warming: a mesocosm experiment at contrasting temperatures and nutrient levels

M Šorf, TA Davidson, S Brucet, RF Menezes… - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
Zooplankton community response to the combined effects of nutrients and fish (hereafter N+
F) at contrasting temperatures was studied in a long-term experiment conducted in 24 …