Ecologists have greatly advanced our understanding of the processes that regulate trophic
structure and dynamics in ecosystems. However, the causes of systematic variation among …

This chapter reviews, from a quantitative perspective, estimates and models of planktonic
and benthic respiration in lakes, as derived from bottle and core incubations. Using data …

Because freshwater covers such a small fraction of the Earth's surface area, inland
freshwater ecosystems (particularly lakes, rivers, and reservoirs) have rarely been …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

Inland waters transport large amounts of dissolved organic matter (DOM) from terrestrial
environments to the oceans, but DOM also reacts en route, with substantial water column …

We carried out 10 field expeditions between 2010 and 2015 in the lowland part of the Congo
River network in the eastern part of the basin (Democratic Republic of the Congo), to …

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a key parameter in lakes that can affect numerous
features, including microbial metabolism, light climate, acidity, and primary production. In an …

Recent literature has suggested that for many lakes and rivers, the respiratory breakdown of
organic matter (R) exceeds production of organic matter by photosynthesis (gross primary …

The regulation of surface water pCO2 was studied in a set of 33 unproductive boreal lakes of
different humic content, situated along a latitudinal gradient (57° N to 64° N) in Sweden. The …

A growing body of evidence suggests that most of the world's lakes are supersaturated with
CO2 and export significant amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere. Still, the temperature …