FABM-PCLake – linking aquatic ecology with hydrodynamics

IPH-TRIM3D-PCLake: A three-dimensional complex dynamic model for subtropical aquatic ecosystems

This paper presents IPH-TRIM3D-PCLake, a three-dimensional complex dynamic model for subtropical aquatic ecosystems. It combines a spatially explicit hydrodynamic model with a water-quality and biotic model of ecological interactions. The software, which is freely available for research purposes, has a graphical user-friendly interface and a flexible design that allows the user to vary the comp...

Linking Scales in Stream Ecology

Ecology of Vibrio mimicus in aquatic environments.

An environmental study was done to examine the prevalence of Vibrio mimicus in some aquatic environments of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and of Okayama, Japan. Water samples from Dhaka environments and water and plankton samples from Okayama environments were quantitatively as well as qualitatively analyzed throughout the seasons for V. mimicus. The organism was isolated from Bangladesh environments thro...

Hydrodynamics of Aquatic Ecosystems: Current State, Challenges, and Prospects

The paper endorses a recently emerged interdisciplinary research subject Hydrodynamics of Aquatic Ecosystems, defined as a study of flow-organism interactions in running waters with particular focus on relevant transport processes and mutual physical impacts occurring at multiple scales from the sub-organism scale to the organism patch mosaic scale (comparable to the flow width). This new resea...

Linking behavioral ecology with population genetics: insights from Drosophila nigrospiracula.

Although Drosophila species provide important model systems for evolutionary biology, the ecologies and natural histories of most species are insufficiently characterized to permit predictions with respect to issues such as population genetic structure. A notable exception is the group of cactophilic Drosophila endemic to the Sonoran Desert of North America. One of these species, D. nigrospirac...