A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs

A Zieritz, R Sousa, DC Aldridge, K Douda… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Identification of ecosystem services, ie the contributions that ecosystems make to human
well‐being, has proven instrumental in galvanising public and political support for …

Biomanipulation as a restoration tool to combat eutrophication: recent advances and future challenges

E Jeppesen, M Søndergaard, TL Lauridsen… - Advances in ecological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Eutrophication resulting from high nutrient loading has been the paramount environmental
problem for lakes world-wide for the past four decades. Efforts are being made in many parts …

The maturation of ecosystem services: Social and policy research expands, but whither biophysically informed valuation?

KMA Chan, T Satterfield - People and Nature, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK): Ideas, inspiration, and designs for ecological engineering

JF Martin, ED Roy, SAW Diemont, BG Ferguson - Ecological Engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
In coming years society will be forced to adapt to lower energy levels due to projected
declines in non-renewable energies. This will increase the challenge to ecological …

How to combat cyanobacterial blooms: strategy toward preventive lake restoration and reactive control measures

JM Stroom, WEA Kardinaal - Aquatic Ecology, 2016 - Springer
Water managers worldwide are facing the serious problem of dense blooms of
cyanobacteria in surface waters. In the quest for the optimal method to combat …

Information and entropy theory for the sustainability of coupled human and natural systems

AL Mayer, RP Donovan, CW Pawlowski - Ecology and Society, 2014 - JSTOR
For coupled human and natural systems (CHANS), sustainability can be defined
operationally as a feasible, desirable set of flows (material, currency, information, energy …

Integrating watershed and ecosystem service models to assess best management practice efficiency: guidelines for Lake Erie managers and watershed modellers

CA Arnillas, C Yang, SA Zamaria… - Environmental …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Lake Erie is the shallowest and most biologically productive system of the Great Lakes,
surrounded by large urban, industrial, and agricultural areas. This combination prompted …

Effect of soil carbon amendments in reversing the legacy effect of plant invasion

Z Zhang, PC Bhowmik, V Suseela - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive plants are key drivers of global environmental changes leading to the disruption of
ecosystems. Many invasive species engage in novel niche construction through plant–soil …

Challenges in using hydrology and water quality models for assessing freshwater ecosystem services: a review

T Hallouin, M Bruen, M Christie, C Bullock… - Geosciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Freshwater ecosystems contribute to many ecosystem services, many of which are being
threatened by human activities such as land use change, river morphological changes, and …

The need for flexibility in conservation practices: exotic species as an example

AC Prévot-Julliard, J Clavel… - Environmental …, 2011 - Springer
To garner support for biodiversity from the World's human population, conservation
biologists need an open-minded, integrated conservation strategy. We suggest that this …