Lakes and ponds are scattered on Earth's surface as islands in the ocean. The organisms
inhabiting these ecosystems have thus developed strategies to pass the barrier represented …

Of all ecosystems, freshwaters support the most dynamic and highly concentrated
biodiversity on Earth. These attributes of freshwater biodiversity along with increasing …

Frequent and severe disruptions of natural river flows associated with human activities
significantly alter hydrological connectivity in large river networks, with deleterious effects on …

Nematodes colonize almost all aquatic habitats worldwide. Despite their small size,
restricted locomotion and lack of pelagic larvae, they can reach even isolated habitats within …

The changes in species composition between habitat patches (beta diversity) are likely
related to a number of factors, including environmental heterogeneity, connectivity …

Artificial ponds are increasingly created for the services they provide to humans. While they
have the potential to offer habitats for freshwater biodiversity, their contribution to regional …

Permanent ponds are valuable freshwater systems and biodiversity hotspots. They provide
diverse ecosystem services (ESs), including water quality improvement and supply, food …

Ponds are sites of high biodiversity and conservation value, yet there is little or no statutory
monitoring of them across most of Europe. There are clear and standardised protocols for …

Bacteria play critical roles in peatland ecosystems. However, very little is known of how
habitat heterogeneity affects the structure of the bacterial communities in these ecosystems …

Ecologists have long focused on local-scale phenomena (ie local environment variables)
and assumed that spatial processes were unimportant factors influencing both the …