Trait-based ecological classifications for benthic algae: review and perspectives

K Tapolczai, A Bouchez, C Stenger-Kovács, J Padisák… - Hydrobiologia, 2016 - Springer
A high number of species often represents a relevant redundancy in terms of ecological
adaptation strategies. Collecting species to groups based on their functional adaptations …

Benthic diatom communities in an alpine river impacted by waste water treatment effluents as revealed using DNA metabarcoding

T Chonova, R Kurmayer, F Rimet… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Freshwater ecosystems are continuously affected by anthropogenic pressure. One of the
main sources of contamination comes from wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents …

Taxonomy-or trait-based ecological assessment for tropical rivers? Case study on benthic diatoms in Mayotte island (France, Indian Ocean)

K Tapolczai, A Bouchez, C Stenger-Kovács… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Diatom-based ecological quality assessment methods have been implemented and used
regularly in the Water Framework Directive. These indices use the species' abundance …

Intermediate disturbance hypothesis explains eutrophication and biodiversity pattern in a boreal river basin, China

S Tian, X Yin - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
Eutrophication is a common phenomenon in aquatic ecosystems caused by human
disturbance and is regarded as one of the major threats to biodiversity in rivers throughout …

Ecological background of diatom functional groups: Comparability of classification systems

B Viktória, P Török, Z Kókai, Á Lukács, T Enikő… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Functional classification based on species traits brought a revolution in community ecology,
and also boosted phytoplankton and in phytobenton (diatom) research. Several studies …

Diversity and Structure of the tychoplankton diatom community in the limnocrene spring Zelenci (Slovenia) in relation to environmental factors

I Zelnik, T Balanč, MJ Toman - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
The influence of selected factors on the diversity and composition of tychoplanktonic diatom
community in limnocrene spring Zelenci was investigated. The spring that was studied is …

Colonisation processes in benthic algal communities are well reflected by functional groups

Á Lukács, Z Kókai, P Török, I Bácsi, G Borics, G Várbíró… - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Single-trait analyses are used to select the most appropriate species characteristics for an
effective indication of changes in multiple stressors, but they are robust to detect fine-scale …

Enhanced ecological indication based on combined planktic and benthic functional approaches in large river phytoplankton ecology

C Wang, V B-Béres, C Stenger-Kovacs, X Li, A Abonyi - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
The occurrence of benthic diatoms in large river plankton is considered to be highly
stochastic. Accordingly, the widely applied phytoplankton functional group concept sensu …

Differences in phytobenthic diatom community between natural and channelized river sections

I Zelnik, M Germ, A Golob, A Krivograd Klemenčič - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The structure of phytobenthic diatom communities was studied to reveal differences between
natural and channelized river sections in Slovenia. As part of the national monitoring of …

Epiphyton dynamics during an induced succession in a large shallow lake: wind disturbance and zooplankton grazing act as main structuring forces

DM de Faria, LS Cardoso, D da Motta Marques - Hydrobiologia, 2017 - Springer
We investigated the main structuring forces driving epiphytic algae dynamics with wind
disturbances and zooplankton grazing acting as potential stressors by inducing a natural 60 …