The introduction of non-indigenous species(NIS),deliberately or unintentionally,by means of human action,is considered one of the major threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning worldwide[1].Some of these spe...
The Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province under contract No.2014J01127;the Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean under contract Nos 201205009-3 and 201105012
The Gross growth efficiency (GGE) is defined as the amount of consumer carbon produced relative to the amount of prey ingested in a given time interval. In population ecology, it can be considered as an index for th...
This study contributes with the first data on physical and taxonomical structure of macrofaunal assemblages of maerl beds from the Canary Islands. Maerl beds and Cymodocea nodosa meadows of the Canary Islands are cons...
Drifting can be an effective way for aquatic organisms to disperse and colonise new areas. Increasing connectivity between European large rivers facilitates invasion by drifting aquatic macroinvertebrates. The present...
Predation rate with relation to species, sex and water temperature was tested among four different gammaridean spe- cies: Dikerogammarus villosus, Gammarus roeselii, Gammarus pulex and Gammarus fossarum. Tests were p...