Patterns of composition and species richness of crustaceans and aquatic insects along environmental gradients in Mediterranean water bodies

D Boix, S Gascón, J Sala, A Badosa, S Brucet… - Pond Conservation in …, 2010 - Springer
Differences in the dynamics of ecological processes between Mediterranean and colder
temperate aquatic systems could imply different patterns in faunal communities in terms of …

Non-indigenous animal species naturalized in Iberian inland waters

E García-Berthou, D Boix, M Clavero - Biological invaders in inland waters …, 2007 - Springer
Invasions by human-introduced non-indigenous species (NIS) are one of the main threats to
biodiversity and a driving force of global change (Vitousek et al. 1997, Mack et al. 2000 …

Crayfish invasion facilitates dispersal of plants and invertebrates by gulls

Á Lovas‐Kiss, MI Sánchez, A Molnár V… - Freshwater …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), originally from North America, is one of the
world's worst aquatic invaders. It is a favoured prey item for waterbirds, but the influence of …

[PDF][PDF] Recent Cyprididae and Ilyocyprididae (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Lake Biwa, Japan, including a summary of the lake's ostracod fauna

RJ Smith, H Janz, I Okubo - Zootaxa, 2011 - mapress.com
Sampling between 1999 and 2007 of the recent ostracod fauna of Lake Biwa, an ancient
lake located in Japan, produced ten Cyprididae and one Ilyocyprididae species. One …

Comparative biodiversity of crustaceans and aquatic insects from various water body types in coastal Mediterranean wetlands

D Boix, J Sala, S Gascon, M Martinoy, J Gifre… - Shallow Lakes in a …, 2007 - Springer
Coastal wetlands are characterized by a high biodiversity. At the same time, biodiversity is
one of the main criteria used to establish protection policy priorities, or to propose …

[PDF][PDF] Biodiversity and conservation of coastal lagoons

J Garrido, A Pérez-Bilbao, C João Benetti - 2011 - tamug-ir.tdl.org
Wetlands are sites of high biodiversity and productivity (Mitsch & Gosselink, 2000). They
provide essential services, such as maintenance of atmosphere composition, key habitats …

Community structure in mediterranean shallow lentic ecosystems: size-based vs. taxon-based approaches

X Quintana i Pou, D Boix Masafret, A Badosa, S Brucet… - Limnetica, 2006 - ddd.uab.cat
Los ecosistemas leníticos someros mediterráneos se caracterizan por la impredictibilidad
en las entradas de agua y por la elevada variabilidad en el nivel del agua y su composición …

Predation by introduced fish constrains the thermal distribution of aquatic Coleoptera in mountain lakes

G de Mendoza, E Rico, J Catalan - Freshwater Biology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Most high mountain lakes were free of fish until humans stocked them. This provides the
opportunity to study the extent to which predation constrains the thermal distribution of large …

Development of a typology for transitional waters in the Mediterranean ecoregion: the case of the islands

P Lucena-Moya, I Pardo, M Álvarez - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2009 - Elsevier
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD, 60EC, 2000) requires that a typology be
developed at national and European level for the differentiation of ecologically distinct types …

Zooplankton community from restored peridunal ponds in the Mediterranean region (L'Albufera Natural Park, Valencia, Spain)

MA Pardo, X Armengol Díaz - limnetica, 2010 - ddd.uab.cat
El zooplancton de ocho charcas peridunares del Parque Natural de L'Albufera (Valencia,
España) se siguió quincenalmente desde Noviembre 2006 a Julio 2007 para conocer el …