Lake regionalization and diatom metacommunity structuring in tropical South America

X Benito, SC Fritz, M Steinitz‐Kannan… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lakes and their topological distribution across Earth's surface impose ecological and
evolutionary constraints on aquatic metacommunities. In this study, we group similar lake …

Local environment and connectivity are the main drivers of diatom species composition and trait variation in a set of tropical reservoirs

S Zorzal‐Almeida, J Soininen, LM Bini… - Freshwater …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A metacommunity is defined as a set of local communities that are connected by dispersal
and are controlled by environmental drivers operating at different spatial and temporal …

Bioassessment in a metacommunity context: are diatom communities structured solely by species sorting?

A Vilmi, SM Karjalainen, S Hellsten, J Heino - Ecological Indicators, 2016 - Elsevier
Aquatic ecosystems face a variety of anthropogenic pressures, urging the development of
efficient biological indicators. In addition to local environmental conditions, the community …

Evaluating the congruence between DNA‐based and morphological taxonomic approaches in water and sediment trap samples: Analyses of a 36‐month time series …

J Gauthier, D Walsh, DT Selbie… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Paleolimnological studies are central for identifying long‐term changes, yet many studies
rely on bioindicators that deposit detectable subfossils in sediments, such as diatoms and …

Diatom diversity patterns over the past c. 150 years across the conterminous United States of America: Identifying mechanisms behind beta diversity

AK Winegardner, P Legendre… - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Understanding the magnitude and drivers of freshwater diversity over the last 150 years
provides essential insights for developing scenarios of future change. Here, we quantify and …

Congruence of water column, contemporary and pre‐industrial sediment cladoceran assemblages in 85 Canadian lakes of contrasting human impact levels

C Paquette, I Gregory‐Eaves, BE Beisner - Freshwater Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Crustacean zooplankton occupy a key position as primary consumers within lake food webs,
acting as early indicators of wider ecosystem shifts that can cascade to higher trophic levels …

Disentangling environmental, spatial, and historical effects on ostracod communities in shallow lakes

A Castillo-Escrivà, L Valls, C Rochera, A Camacho… - Hydrobiologia, 2017 - Springer
Community structure is determined by a variety of ecological mechanisms, including
environmental control, dispersal, and historical contingency. Recently, many studies have …

Planktonic diatom communities in temperate South-Central Chilean lakes with a focus on Asterionella formosa and the genus Aulacoseira

E Van de Vyver, E Pinseel, E Verleyen… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Paleolimnological records from temperate South-Central Chilean lakes revealed a recent
and marked increase in the relative abundances of the key-planktonic diatom species …

Sedimentary, littoral and planktic diatoms show different diversity patterns and assembly mechanisms in mountain lakes of the northern European Alps

S Ossyssek, AM Hofmann, J Geist, U Raeder - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
This study analysed diversity patterns of sedimentary, littoral and planktic diatoms in 43
mountain lakes in the northern European Alps and identified processes that contribute to …

Cladoceran diversity dynamics in lakes from a northern mining region: responses to multiple stressors characterized by alpha and beta diversity

AK Winegardner, N Salter, S Aebischer… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
The lakes surrounding the iron ore mining region of Schefferville, Quebec, Canada, sit within
a landscape of historical disturbances, two of which have been relatively well documented …