scholarly journals Ecology of Predation and Scavenging and the Interface: A Special Issue

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Marcos Moleón
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
Special Issue

Predation and scavenging are pervasive ecological interactions in both terrestrial and aquatic environments [...]

scholarly journals Paths to the unknown: dispersal during the early life of fishes

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 792-796
Author(s):  
Hubert Keckeis ◽  
Catriona Clemmesen ◽  
Paul Humphries ◽  
Su Sponaugle
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Larval Fish ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Early Life Stages ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Dispersal Patterns ◽  
Patterns And Processes ◽  
The University ◽  
Management Issues

The special issue brings together selected contributions from the 39th Annual Larval Fish Conference hosted by the University of Vienna, Austria, and presents the latest research and understanding of dispersal patterns and processes of early life stages of fishes of various aquatic environments around the world (open ocean, coastal areas, estuaries, and rivers). An important component of this compendium is to indicate new approaches and to outline the importance of integration of information about movements and dispersal for recruitment, population dynamics, species conservation, and management issues.

scholarly journals Ecological interactions between wild and hatchery salmonids: an introduction to the special issue

2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter S. Rand ◽  
Barry A. Berejikian ◽  
Todd N. Pearsons ◽  
David L. G. Noakes
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
Special Issue

scholarly journals Mechanisms of Nutritional Resource Exploitation by Insects

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara D. Leonhardt ◽  
Mathieu Lihoreau ◽  
Johannes Spaethe
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Intake ◽  
Resource Selection ◽  
Environmental Heterogeneity ◽  
Sensory Ecology ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Behavioral Mechanisms ◽  
Intake Regulation

Insects have evolved an extraordinary range of nutritional adaptations to exploit other animals, plants, bacteria, fungi and soils as resources in terrestrial and aquatic environments. This special issue provides some new insights into the mechanisms underlying these adaptations. Contributions comprise lab and field studies investigating the chemical, physiological, cognitive and behavioral mechanisms that enable resource exploitation and nutrient intake regulation in insects. The collection of papers highlights the need for more studies on the comparative sensory ecology, underlying nutritional quality assessment, cue perception and decision making to fully understand how insects adjust resource selection and exploitation in response to environmental heterogeneity and variability.

scholarly journals Socio-Ecological Interactions and Sustainable Development—Introduction to a Special Issue

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6967
Author(s):  
Noelle Aarts ◽  
Martin Drenthen
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Integral Approach ◽  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Black Boxes ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
Social Scientific

Understanding socio-ecological interactions requires an interdisciplinary approach that recognizes the value of both a social and an ecological perspective. However, such a recognition does not yet automatically result in an integral approach. Many studies of socio-ecological transformations start from either social science or a natural science perspective, and take results from other academic disciplines merely as a given, thus treating these disciplines as black boxes. In this editorial we argue that socio-ecology requires a new paradigm that not only seeks to transcend the separation between social sciences and ecological sciences but also develops a more intimate relationship between these different academic disciplines. We argue that studying socio-ecological interactions is not merely the sum total of social scientific and ecological research, because socio-ecological interactions are not interactions between sociological and ecological systems, but interactions that take place within the socio-ecological whole. Therefore, the study of socio-ecological interactions should start with a new ontology, in which social and ecological aspects are considered different aspects of one and the same reality. The papers in this special issue all show aspects of socio-ecological interactions, but also illustrate the challenge of studying socio-ecological interactions in a comprehensive way.

scholarly journals Editorial for Special Issue “Meiofauna Biodiversity and Ecology”

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Federica Semprucci ◽  
Roberto Sandulli
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Distribution And Ecology

Meiofauna are a component of aquatic environments from polar to tropical regions. They may colonize all types of habitats and include very enigmatic and exclusive taxa. The biodiversity of this component in marine ecosystems is far from being accurately estimated, but this would be a new challenge given the importance that meiofaunal components may play in marine ecosystem functioning and processes. This Special Issue collects many interesting topics in research on meiofauna contributing to plugging a gap on several key issues in their biodiversity, distribution, and ecology, from numerous regions that include the USA, Brazil, French Guiana, Costa Rica, Mexico, Cuba, Italy, Kuwait, Vietnam, Madagascar, the Maldives, and South Korea.

scholarly journals Special Issue on Discovery and Research on Aquatic Microorganisms

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 11973
Author(s):  
Anna Poli ◽  
Valeria Prigione
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Aquatic Microorganisms

The Special Issue entitled “Discovery and Research on Aquatic Microorganisms” wished to improve our knowledge on microorganisms living in aquatic environments [...]

Archivory in hypersaline aquatic environments: Haloarchaea as a dietary source for the brine shrimp Artemia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
R M A Lopes-dos-Santos ◽  
Marleen De Troch ◽  
Peter Bossier ◽  
Gilbert Van Stappen
Keyword(s):  
Brine Shrimp ◽  
Halophilic Archaea ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
Filter Feeder ◽  
Selective Filter ◽  
13C Isotope ◽  
Trophic Links ◽  
Domains Of Life

ABSTRACT Archaea have been the most overlooked and enigmatic of the three domains of life for decades. Knowledge of key ecological interactions such as trophic links between this domain and higher level organisms remains extremely limited. The co-occurrence of halophilic Archaea (haloarchaea) and the non-selective filter feeder, brine shrimp Artemia under the unique ecological characteristics of hypersaline aquatic environments, constitutes an excellent opportunity to further unravel the ecological role of the Archaea domain as a source of food to zooplankton metazoans. In the present study, we combine the use of haloarchaea biomass assimilation experiments using 13C isotope as tracer, with gnotobiotic Artemia culture tests using haloarchaea mono-diets, to investigate potential trophic links between the organisms. Our results demonstrated the ability of Artemia to assimilate nutrients from mono-diets of haloarchaea biomass in order to survive and grow, providing clear indications that archivory may occur in hypersaline aquatic environments. Additionally, our study highlights the use of stable isotopes labelling as a potential tool to further disentangle the specific pathways by which archaeal cellular constituents are digested by consumers.

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