Although the importance of microbiota in the natural environment and in industrial
production has been widely recognized, little is known about the formation and succession …

Aim Evaluating how groups of organisms vary in dispersal capability and how
environmental, spatial and temporal signals vary across multiple scales is critical to …

Abstract β-Diversity can be driven by different factors, and it is necessary to understand how
the characteristics of communities contribute to biodiversity. We investigated composition …

This review was based on the freshwater zooplankton studies carried out in the Integral
Protection Conservation Unit Várzeas of Ivinhema River State Park, Ilha Grande National …

We determined the variation in the composition of plankton communities (zooplankton,
phytoplankton, and ciliates) in subtropical lakes at different temporal scales, in relation to the …

In floodplain lakes, precipitation events shape the environmental heterogeneity and the
occurrence of species and functional traits. However, the importance of each biotic and …

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

In floodplains, rotifers are among the most abundant zooplankton organisms and play an
important role in ecosystem functioning. Here, we evaluated the distribution of six feeding …

The comprehension of the ecological structure and the functioning of natural and/or
impacted lotic ecosystems is the purpose of most studies concerning rivers and streams …

The biodiversity and biogeography of protists inhabiting many ecosystems have been
intensely studied using different sequencing approaches, but tropical ecosystems are …