Challenges and opportunities in the use of ponds and pondscapes as Nature-based Solutions

M Cuenca-Cambronero, M Blicharska, JA Perrin… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Ponds and “pondscapes”(networks of ponds) are crucial habitats for biodiversity and for
delivering multiple benefits to humans, so-called “Nature's Contribution to People”, such as …

Anthropogenic ecosystem disturbance and the recovery debt

D Moreno-Mateos, EB Barbier, PC Jones… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Ecosystem recovery from anthropogenic disturbances, either without human intervention or
assisted by ecological restoration, is increasingly occurring worldwide. As ecosystems …

Structural and functional loss in restored wetland ecosystems

D Moreno-Mateos, ME Power, FA Comín… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Wetlands are among the most productive and economically valuable ecosystems in the
world. However, because of human activities, over half of the wetland ecosystems existing in …

Rotifers of temporary waters

EJ Walsh, HA Smith, RL Wallace - International review of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
While ubiquitous, temporary waters vary greatly in geographic distribution, origin, size,
connectivity, hydroperiod, and biological composition. However, all terminate as active …

Habitat use by waterbirds in relation to pond size, water depth, and isolation: lessons from a restoration in southern Spain

E Sebastián‐González, AJ Green - Restoration Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Wetland restoration is increasingly important to reverse habitat degradation, recover
ecosystem services, and maintain biodiversity. To aid project design, more information is …

Strong spatial influence on colonization rates in a pioneer zooplankton metacommunity

D Frisch, K Cottenie, A Badosa, AJ Green - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The magnitude of community-wide dispersal is central to metacommunity models, yet
dispersal is notoriously difficult to quantify in passive and cryptic dispersers such as many …

Analyzing coastal wetland degradation and its key restoration technologies in the coastal area of Jiangsu, China

L Cui, G Li, N Ouyang, F Mu, F Yan, Y Zhang, X Huang - Wetlands, 2018 - Springer
Coastal wetland degradation severely affects ecological balance and economic and social
sustainability. Ecological restoration of degraded wetlands is crucial in research on wetland …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroperiod length, not pond age, determines zooplankton taxonomic and functional diversity in temporary ponds

C Coccia, BA Almeida, A Badosa, LP Diniz… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Mediterranean Temporary ponds (MTPs) are suffering severe alterations in their
hydrological and salinity regime through global change, and restoration or conservation of …

Newly created ponds complement natural waterbodies for restoration of macroinvertebrate assemblages

C Coccia, B Vanschoenwinkel, L Brendonck… - Freshwater …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration is becoming increasingly widespread to compensate for wetland loss
worldwide. However, most post‐restoration studies fail to establish whether the restored …

Prairie wetland communities recover at different rates following hydrological restoration

LE Bortolotti, RD Vinebrooke, VL St. Louis - Freshwater Biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Prairie pothole wetlands provide many ecosystem services, including supporting biodiversity
and filtering water on the landscape. However, over half of these wetlands have been …