Guilan province is located in south and south-west of the Caspian Sea. Guilan is one of the richest and the most humid region in the country due to suitable climate, ample rainfall and many water sources (springs, rivers, creeks,..),. Despite the prevailing favorable conditions, limnological studies, especially in the mountainous regions of this province are limited. A limnological study was co...

Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay has substantially increased in recent decades, with detrimental effects on macrobenthic production; the production of these fauna link energy transfer from primary consumers to epibenthic and demersal predators. As such, the development of accurate predictive models that determine the impact of hypoxia on macrobenthic production is important. A continuous-time, biomass...

Adriano Macia is a PhD candidate in the Systems Ecology Department, University of Stockholm. He holds a MSc degree in Marine Zoology from the University of Goteborg, Sweden. He is a lecturer in Marine Biology at the University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo. He has research interests on the interlinkages between mangroves and commercial penaeid shrimps (the ecological role of mangroves as nurseries f...

There is a global increase in urbanization, which contributes to the loss and fragmentation of urban wetland pond habitats. Urban ponds have an important role ecology areas, as they provide essential habitats for aquatic species. The objective this study demonstrate ecological engineering approaches restoring biological communities ecosystem, can be used achieve water purification such ecosyste...