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  • Topic:Biodiversity
September 2023
Nature. - 620(2023), S. 582–588

The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

Peter Haase; Diana E. Bowler; Nathan J. Baker; Núria Bonada; Sami Domisch; Jaime R. Garcia Marquez; Jani Heino; Daniel Hering; Sonja C. Jähnig; Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber; Rachel Stubbington; Florian Altermatt; Mario Álvarez-Cabria; Giuseppe Amatulli; David G. Angeler; Gaït Archambaud-Suard; Iñaki Arrate Jorrín; Thomas Aspin; Iker Azpiroz; Iñaki Bañares; José Barquín Ortiz; Christian L. Bodin; Luca Bonacina; Roberta Bottarin; Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles; Zoltán Csabai; Thibault Datry; Elvira de Eyto; Alain Dohet; Gerald Dörflinger; Emma Drohan; Knut A. Eikland; Judy England; Tor E. Eriksen; Vesela Evtimova; Maria J. Feio; Martial Ferréol; Mathieu Floury; Maxence Forcellini; Marie Anne Eurie Forio; Riccardo Fornaroli; Nikolai Friberg; Jean-François Fruget; Galia Georgieva; Peter Goethals; Manuel A. S. Graça; Wolfram Graf; Andy House; Kaisa-Leena Huttunen; Thomas C. Jensen; Richard K. Johnson; J. Iwan Jones; Jens Kiesel; Lenka Kuglerová; Aitor Larrañaga; Patrick Leitner; Lionel L’Hoste; Marie-Helène Lizée; Armin W. Lorenz; Anthony Maire; Jesús Alberto Manzanos Arnaiz; Brendan G. McKie; Andrés Millán; Don Monteith; Timo Muotka; John F. Murphy; Davis Ozolins; Riku Paavola; Petr Paril; Francisco J. Peñas; Francesca Pilotto; Marek Polášek; Jes Jessen Rasmussen; Manu Rubio; David Sánchez-Fernández; Leonard Sandin; Ralf B. Schäfer; Alberto Scotti; Longzhu Q. Shen; Agnija Skuja; Stefan Stoll; Michal Straka; Henn Timm; Violeta G. Tyufekchieva; Iakovos Tziortzis; Yordan Uzunov; Gea H. van der Lee; Rudy Vannevel; Emilia Varadinova; Gábor Várbíró; Gaute Velle; Piet F. M. Verdonschot; Ralf C. M. Verdonschot; Yanka Vidinova; Peter Wiberg-Larsen; Ellen A. R. Welti

The comprehensive study shows that between 1968 and 2010, biodiversity in river systems in 22 European countries initially recovered due to improved water quality. Since 2010, however, biodiversity has stagnated; many river systems have not fully recovered. The researchers therefore urgently recommend additional measures to further promote the recovery of biodiversity in inland waters. 

August 2023
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. - 89(2023)7, e00539-23

Phytoplankton Producer Species and Transformation of Released Compounds over Time Define Bacterial Communities following Phytoplankton Dissolved Organic Matter Pulses

Falk Eigemann; Eyal Rahav; Hans-Peter Grossart; Dikla Aharonovich; Maren Voss; Daniel Sher

Bacterial responses to phytoplankton exudates (DOMp) may be caused by different DOMp compositions. Thereby, the bacterial community leads to a succession of DOMp from highly to less bioavailable, reflected by the temporal presence of specific bacterial phylotypes. The exploitation of species-specific highly bioavailable compounds, results in a more similar remaining DOMp.

 

May 2023
BMC Biology. - 21(2023)109

Massive expansion of sex-specific SNPs, transposon-related elements, and neocentromere formation shape the young W-chromosome from the mosquitofish Gambusia affinis

Stefan Müller; Kang Du; Yann Guiguen; Maria Pichler; Shinichi Nakagawa; Matthias Stöck; Manfred Schartl; Dunja K. Lamatsch

The mosquitofish Gambusia affinis, globally introduced to fight mosquitos, is a threat for freshwater ecosystems and a model for sex chromosome evolution. Cyto-/genomics reveals a neocentromere to shield parts of its evolutionary young female sex chromosome (W) that actively differentiates by expansion of transcribed transposons, while major sequence divergence or gene decay are missing. 

May 2023
Oikos. - (2023)5, Art. e09645

A synthesis of biological invasion hypotheses associated with the introduction–naturalisation–invasion continuum

Ella Z. Daly; Olivier Chabrerie; Francois Massol; Benoit Facon; Manon C.M. Hess; Aurélie Tasiemski; Frédéric Grandjean; Matthieu Chauvat; Frédérique Viard; Estelle Forey; Laurent Folcher; Elise Buisson; Thomas Boivin; Sylvie Baltora-Rosset; Romain Ulmer; Patricia Gibert; Gabrielle Thiébaut; Jelena H. Pantel; Tina Heger; David M. Richardson; David Renault

Empirical studies show divergent impacts of alien populations on ecosystems which hinders the creation of a unified theory. The authors propose a synthesis that categorizes hypotheses along a timeline of invasion considering population, community and ecosystem levels. For any given case study, this framework provides a guide to choose the appropriate concepts according to the stage of invasion.

April 2023
Scientific Data. - 10(2023) Art. 169

A database of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrence records across Cuba

Yusdiel torres-Cambas; Yoandri S. Megna; Juan Carlos Salazar-Salina; Yander L. Diez; alejandro Catalá; Adrian D. trapero-Quintana; Boris Schröder; Sami Domisch

the researchers have set up a database with geo-referenced occurrence records of four groups of freshwater invertebrate taxa across Cuba. Detailed knowledge of the spatial distribution of freshwater species is an important basis for monitoring changes in aquatic ecosystems.

February 2023
Science of the Total Environment. - 872(2023) Art. 162196

The Asymmetric Response Concept explains ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release

Matthijs Vosa; Daniel Hering; Mark O. Gessner; Florian Leese; Ralf B. Schäfer; Ralph Tollrian; Jens Boenigk; Peter Haase; Rainer Meckenstock; Daria Baikova; Helena Bayat; Arne Beermann; Daniela Beißer; Bánk Beszteri; Sebastian Birk; Lisa Boden; Verena Brauer; Mario Brauns; Dominik Buchner; Andrea Burfeid-Castellanos; Gwendoline David; Aman Deep; Annemie Doliwa; Micah Dunthorn; Julian Enß; Camilo Escobar-Sierra; Christian K. Feld; Nicola Fohrer; Daniel Grabner; Una Hadziomerovic; Sonja C. Jähnig; Maik Jochmann; Shaista Khaliq; Jens Kiesel; Annabel Kuppels; Kathrin P. Lampert; T.T. Yen Le; Armin W. Lorenz; Graciela Medina Madariaga; Benjamin Meyer; Jelena H. Pantel; Iris Madge Pimentel; Ntambwe Serge Mayombo; Hong Hanh Nguyen; Kristin Peters; Svenja M. Pfeifer; Sebastian Prati; Alexander J. Probst; Dominik Reiner; Peter Rolauffs; Alexandra Schlenker; Torsten C. Schmidt; Mana Shah; Guido Sieber; Tom Lennard Stach; Ann-Kathrin Tielke; Anna-Maria Vermiert; Martina Weiss; Markus Weitere; Bernd Sures

Multiple stressors can affect species indirectly through either abiotic variables or impacts on non-target species. Stress tolerance is the key determinant of responses to increasing stress intensity. Dispersal and biotic interactions are the two key mechanisms governing responses to the release from stressors.

December 2022
Ecosystems. - 25(2022), 1628–1652

Trophic Transfer Efficiency in Lakes

Thomas Mehner; Katrin Attermeyer; Mario Brauns; Soren Brothers; Sabine Hilt; Kristin Scharnweber; Renee Mina van Dorst; Michael J. Vanni; Ursula Gaedke

The authors explored how spatial and temporal variability of lake food webs and their links to the terrestrial environment affect trophic transfer efficiency (TTE). They suggest that TTE can be estimated as mechanistic expression of energy flow between consumer and producer pairs, or as ecosystem efficiency comparing total sums of heterotrophic production rates with fixation rates of carbon.

December 2022
Journal of Biogeography. - 49(2022)11, 2037-2049

The importance of seawater tolerance and native status in mediating the distribution of inland fishes

Carlos Cano-Barbacil; Johannes Radinger; Emili García-Berthou

The objective of this study was to understand the role of environmental variables explaining the distribution of three major eco-evolutionary groups of inland fishes. Despite marked differences in the distribution patterns of native and alien species, evolutionary and introduction histories as well as seawater tolerance are central factors explaining the current distribution of inland fishes. 

December 2022
Ecological Applications. - 32(2022)8, Art. e2703

Urban biotic homogenization: approaches and knowledge gaps

Sophie Lokatis; Jonathan M. Jeschke

The authors mapped and analyzed the literature on the hypothesis of urban biotic homogenization. They identified 225 studies addressing the hypothesis. Half of them investigated homogenization across cities, the other half investigating homogenization within cities. There are strong research biases and thus knowledge gaps in the literature and about 55% of the studies supported the hypothesis.

November 2022
Environmental Microbiology. - 24(2022)11, 5051 - 5065

Perchlorate-specific proteomic stress responses of Debaryomyces hansenii could enable microbial survival in Martian brines

Jacob Heinz ; Joerg Doellinger ; Deborah Maus ; Andy Schneider ; Peter Lasch ; Hans-Peter Grossart ; Dirk Schulze-Makuch

No life has yet been found on Mars, but it is exciting to explore under what circumstances it might be possible. The authors have studied the cellular processes that regulate the adaptation of microorganisms to perchlorates. If microorganisms could genetically adapt their stress response to this salt, their survival on the red planet might be possible.

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