On the prevalence and dynamics of inverted trophic pyramids and otherwise top‐heavy communities

DJ McCauley, G Gellner, ND Martinez… - Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Classically, biomass partitioning across trophic levels was thought to add up to a pyramidal
distribution. Numerous exceptions have, however, been noted including complete pyramidal …

[HTML][HTML] Functional diversity of aquatic ciliates

T Weisse - European Journal of Protistology, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper first reviews the concept of functional diversity in general terms and then applies
it to free-living aquatic ciliates. Ciliates are extremely versatile organisms and display an …

[图书][B] The ecology of phytoplankton

CS Reynolds - 2006 - books.google.com
Communities of microscopic plant life, or phytoplankton, dominate the Earth's aquatic
ecosystems. This important new book by Colin Reynolds covers the adaptations, physiology …

Ecological-network models link diversity, structure and function in the plankton food-web

D D'Alelio, S Libralato, T Wyatt, M Ribera d'Alcalà - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
A planktonic food-web model including sixty-three functional nodes (representing auto-mixo-
and heterotrophs) was developed to integrate most trophic diversity present in the plankton …

Use of size-based production and stable isotope analyses to predict trophic transfer efficiencies and predator-prey body mass ratios in food webs

S Jennings, KJ Warr, S Mackinson - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2002 - int-res.com
Methods of assessing the structure and function of food webs are needed to provide a basis
for assessing large-scale direct (eg fisheries) and indirect (eg climate change) effects of …

The coastal zone—a domain of global interactions

CJ Crossland, D Baird, JP Ducrotoy… - Coastal fluxes in the …, 2005 - Springer
The coastal zone is a zone of transition between the purely terrestrial and purely marine
components on Earth's surface. It is widely recognised as being an important element of the …

Mechanistic theory and modelling of complex food‐web dynamics in Lake Constance

A Boit, ND Martinez, RJ Williams, U Gaedke - Ecology letters, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanistic understanding of consumer‐resource dynamics is critical to predicting the
effects of global change on ecosystem structure, function and services. Such understanding …

Assessment of spatial and temporal variability in ecosystem attributes of the St Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Apalachee Bay, Florida

D Baird, J Luczkovich, RR Christian - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 1998 - Elsevier
Six carbon-flow networks of a seagrass ecosystem were constructed from comprehensive
databases collected at three different sites during January and February 1994, respectively …

Increasing zooplankton size diversity enhances the strength of top‐down control on phytoplankton through diet niche partitioning

L Ye, CY Chang, C García‐Comas… - Journal of Animal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning debate is a central topic in ecology. Recently, there
has been a growing interest in size diversity because body size is sensitive to environmental …

Impacts of sediment resuspension on phytoplankton biomass production and trophic transfer: Implications for shallow lake restoration

H Jin, CHA van Leeuwen, DB Van de Waal… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind-induced sediment resuspension in shallow lakes may enhance nutrient availability
while reducing light availability for phytoplankton growth, thereby affecting the entire food …