About 90% of the Amazon's energy potential remains unexploited, with many large
hydroelectric dams yet to be built, so it is important to understand how terrestrial vertebrates …

The variability and persistence of species are appropriate measures of stability for
communities that have large fluctuations in composition, such as phytoplankton. Our …

Drought events will become more frequent due the climate change. In floodplains, periphytic
algae are responsible for part of the primary production, are the principal source of organic …

A pattern of increasing similarity among ecological communities in space or time is usually a
consequence of anthropogenic pressures. However, natural causes such as flood pulse …

Ecologists usually estimate means, but devote much less attention to variation. The study of
variation is a key aspect to understand natural systems and to make predictions regarding …

Large rivers in tropical regions can experience strong variations of abiotic factors owing to
the occurrence of flood pulses. Both man-made and natural floods can cause pulses with …

Understanding spatial and temporal changes in species composition has long demanded
the attention of ecologists. However, only recently questions related to changes in species …

The temporal β diversity of small eukaryotic phytoplankton in a tropical urban coastal lagoon
(Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, Brazil) was characterized throughout two annual cycles (2012 …

Water hydrology, temperature and transparency, as well as nutrient retention downstream of
the reservoirs alter the temporal and spatial distribution patterns of phytoplankton …

The persistence and stability of fish assemblages found in 34 eelgrass (Zostera marina)
meadows along the British Columbia coast was examined from 2004 to 2011. Assemblage …