Scaling relationships (where body size features as the independent variable) and power-law
distributions are commonly reported in ecological systems. In this review we analyze scaling …

Trait-based approaches to investigate (short-and long-term) phytoplankton dynamics and
community assembly have become increasingly popular in freshwater and marine science …

Oithona has been described as the most ubiquitous and abundant copepod in the world's
oceans. Most of our knowledge of zooplankton abundance and distribution is derived from …

Kerr and Dickie propose the development of a new ecological theory, one that can lead to a
more effective remedy for the drastic effects of heavy fishing on natural communities of …

Stoffhaushalt ist die Summe des Stoff-und Energieumsatzes in einem Ökosystem. Die
Untersuchung des Stoffhaushaltes eines Gewässers geht von der Feststellung der gelösten …

A comprehensive dataset on the gross growth efficiency (GGE) of planktonic protozoans and
metazoans was gathered from the literature in order to (1) identify typical ranges of …

Global warming can affect all levels of biological complexity, though we currently understand
least about its potential impact on communities and ecosystems. At the ecosystem level …

Nutrient input dynamics in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon has recently changed as a
consequence of changes in agricultural practises. An interannual comparison of the …

In principle, allometric relationships for algal growth can be applied to biomass size spectra
to yield estimates of primary productivity. In practice, reported values of the scaling exponent …

The timing of various plankton successional events in Lake Constance was tightly coupled
to a large-scale meteorological phenomenon, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). A causal …