Effective management of ecological resilience – are we there yet? Bryan M. Spears*, Stephen C. Ives, David G. Angeler, Craig R. Allen, Sebastian Birk, Laurence Carvalho, Stephen Cavers, Francis Daunt, R. Daniel Morton, Michael J. O. Pocock, Glenn Rhodes and Stephen J. Thackeray Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK; Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swed...

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Microbial ecology of the seas and oceans 2.1. Functional groups of marine microorganisms 2.2. Important biogeochemical cycles in marine environments 3. Microbial ecology of freshwater 3.1 Biodiversity of microorganisms in freshwater environments 3.2 Food webs in freshwater environments 4. Microbial ecology of lakes 5. Microbial ecology of running waters 6. Microbial ...

Aquatic vegetation in rivers often modifies hydraulic resistance and can enhance seasonally occurring flooding. To which extent a plant constitutes an obstacle in the flow is strongly influenced by its biomechanical traits which determine the ability of plants to reconfigure in the flow, i.e. to adopt a shape that minimizes drag forces and hence to smooth the flow dynamics in and around submerg...

BACKGROUND Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU) is the agent responsible for Buruli Ulcer (BU), an emerging skin disease with dramatic socioeconomic and health outcomes, especially in rural settings. BU emergence and distribution is linked to aquatic ecosystems in tropical and subtropical countries, especially to swampy and flooded areas. Aquatic animal organisms are likely to play a role either as host...

Karl Havens (Panel Chair), Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida Mike Allen, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida Mark Clark, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida Dale Gawlik, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University James Gore, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Geography, Un...

Iron is an essential element for almost all living species. Its environmental impacts on physiology and ecology of aquatic organisms are always the focus of limnology and oceanography. To gain insight into iron biogeochemistry and its environmental impacts in freshwater lakes, we collected and reviewed numerous studies on iron in combination with our own work. Our review reports iron sources, i...

Aquatic prey subsidies entering terrestrial habitats are well documented, but little is known about the degree to which these resources provide fitness benefits to riparian consumers. Riparian species take advantage of seasonal pulses of both terrestrial and aquatic prey, although aquatic resources are often overlooked in studies of how diet influences the reproductive ecology of these organism...

Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, D€ ubendorf, Switzerland Institute of Biology, Freie Universit€at Berlin, Berlin, Germany Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Z€ urich, Z€ urich, Switzerland Department of Environm...

1 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA, 2 Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, USA, 3 Ocean Tracking Network, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 4 Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 5 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Ca...