Facilitating foundation species: The potential for plant–bivalve interactions to improve habitat restoration success

K Gagnon, E Rinde, EGT Bengil… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetated marine and freshwater habitats are being increasingly lost around the world.
Habitat restoration is a critical step for conserving these valuable habitats, but new …

Assessing drivers of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in African highland streams: an exploration using multivariate analysis

T Dalu, RJ Wasserman, JD Tonkin… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding the drivers of community structure is fundamental for adequately managing
ecosystems under global change. Here we used a large dataset of eighty-four headwater …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat suitability of the invasive water hyacinth and its relation to water quality and macroinvertebrate diversity in a tropical reservoir

THT Nguyen, P Boets, K Lock, MND Ambarita… - Limnologica, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we assessed the relationship between the occurrence of the invasive water
hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and water quality properties as well as macroinvertebrate …

Effects of the invasive duckweed Lemna minuta on aquatic animals: evidence from an indoor experiment

S Ceschin, S Abati, L Traversetti, F Spani… - Plant Biosystems-An …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Since effects of alien invasive free-floating plants can be relevant in aquatic ecosystems, we
investigated the non-native Lemna minuta impact on four aquatic animal groups: Hydra …

Temporal and spatial patterns of macroinvertebrates associated with small and medium-sized free-floating plants

MS Fontanarrosa, GN Chaparro, I O'Farrell - Wetlands, 2013 - Springer
Macrophytes play an important role in structuring communities in aquatic ecosystems due to
their influence on ecological processes and attributes of biological aquatic assemblages …

Inventaire et distribution spatio-temporelle des macroinvertébrés bioindicateurs de trois plans d'eau du bassin de la Volta au Burkina Faso

S Sanogo, JAT Kabre, P Cecchi - International Journal of Biological and …, 2014 - ajol.info
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Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 8(3): 1005-1029, June 2014 ISSN 1997-342X (Online), ISSN 1991-8631 …

Floating Littoral Zone (FLOLIZ): A solution to sustain macroinvertebrate communities in regulated lakes?

Q Salmon, F Colas, S Westrelin, J Dublon… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Artificial water-level fluctuations (WLF) seriously threaten the biodiversity and functioning of
littoral zones in lake ecosystems. The use of artificial floating islands (AFI) to compensate for …

Macroinvertebrate communities associated with littoral zone habitats and the influence of environmental factors in Malilangwe Reservoir, Zimbabwe

T Dalu, B Clegg, T Nhiwatiwa - Knowledge and Management of …, 2012 - kmae-journal.org
The aim of our study was to investigate macroinvertebrate communities so as to understand
factors and processes structuring macroinvertebrate communities in a small reservoir …

Modelling the spatial distribution of aquatic insects (Order Hemiptera) potentially involved in the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Africa

J Cano, A Rodríguez, H Simpson, EN Tabah… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Biting aquatic insects belonging to the order Hemiptera have been suggested
as potential vectors of Mycobacterium ulcerans in endemic areas for Buruli ulcer (BU). If this …

Biophysical status of remnant freshwater floodplain lagoons in the Great Barrier Reef catchment: a challenge for assessment and monitoring

RG Pearson, PC Godfrey, AH Arthington… - Marine and …, 2013 - CSIRO Publishing
We investigated the biophysical environment, invertebrate fauna and ecosystem health of
lagoons on the Tully–Murray floodplain in the Queensland Wet Tropics bioregion. These …