In freshwater environments, microbial assemblages attached to submerged substrates play
an essential role in ecosystem processes such as primary production, supported by …

The metacommunity concept has been widely used to explain the biodiversity patterns at
various scales. It considers the influences of both local (eg, environmental filtering and biotic …

Kelps are ecosystem engineers, which collectively form forests that provide a variety of
important ecosystem services for humans and other organisms. Kelp forests are threatened …

Reduced species richness with increased habitat simplification is a well‐known relationship
in community ecology. However, habitat simplification can also lead to a reduction in beta …

The microbial stabilization of fine sediments constitutes an essential ecosystem function with
great ecological and economic implications eg in the context of reservoir and waterway …

Habitat type and grazing are key factors controlling benthic diatom communities.
Nonetheless, the strength of grazing may depend on the habitat complexity at fine …

Elucidating the impact of faunal activity on stream channels is an emerging field wherein
ecologists, fluvial geomorphologists, and engineers collaborate to research and manage …

Top-down and bottom-up forces (consumer and resource limitation, respectively) influence
biomass of primary producers and primary consumers in natural food webs. Few …

Benthic grazing strongly controls periphyton biomass. The question therefore arises whether
benthic grazing could be used as a tool to reduce excessive growth of periphyton in nutrient …

Drastic changes in the composition and physiognomy of riparian vegetation, such as the
conversion of grassland to forest, are expected to alter interactions among light availability …