New Articles June 19-25

Freshwater-specific journals (7): Freshwater Biology, Freshwater Science, Hydrobiologia, Limnology and Oceanography, Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Marine and Freshwater Research, River Research and Applications

Broad-based journals (6): Ecological Applications, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Journal of Applied Ecology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Aquatic Insects

de Castro, D. M. P., S. Dolédec, and M. Callisto. Landscape variables influence taxonomic and trait composition of insect assemblages in Neotropical savanna streams. Freshwater Biology.

Juen, L., L. S. Brasil, F. F. Salles, J. D. Batista, and H. S. R. Cabette. Mayfly assemblage structure of the Pantanal Mortes–Araguaia flood plain. Marine and Freshwater Research.

Biodiversity

Cadotte, M. W. Functional traits explain ecosystem function through opposing mechanisms. Ecology Letters.

Zbinden, Z. D., and W. J. Matthews. Beta diversity of stream fish assemblages: partitioning variation between spatial and environmental factors. Freshwater Biology.

Biogeochemistry

Amalfitano, S., G. Corno, … and W. Eckert. Tracing particulate matter and associated microorganisms in freshwaters. Hydrobiologia.

Cael, B. B., K. Bisson, and M. J. Follows. How have recent temperature changes affected the efficiency of ocean biological carbon export? Limnology and Oceanography Letters.

Clifford, E. L., D. A. Hansell, M. M. Varela, M. Nieto-Cid, G. J. Herndl, and E. Sintes. Crustacean zooplankton release copious amounts of dissolved organic matter as taurine in the ocean. Limnology and Oceanography.

Joly, F.-X., K. L. Kurupas, and H. L. Throop. Pulse frequency and soil-litter mixing alter the control of cumulative precipitation over litter decomposition. Ecology.

Neif, É. M., D. Graeber, L. Rodrigues, … and A. Baattrup-Pedersen. Responses of benthic algal communities and their traits to experimental changes in fine sediments, nutrients and flow. Freshwater Biology.

Community Ecology

Bracewell, S. A., E. L. Johnston, and G. F. Clark. Latitudinal variation in the competition-colonisation trade-off reveals rate-mediated mechanisms of coexistence. Ecology Letters.

Cordell, J. R., S. H. Munsch, M. E. Shelton, and J. D. Toft. Effects of piers on assemblage composition, abundance, and taxa richness of small epibenthic invertebrates. Hydrobiologia.

Wright, J. T., and P. E. Gribben. Disturbance-mediated facilitation by an intertidal ecosystem engineer. Ecology.

Evolution

Arnold, M. L., and K. Kunte. Adaptive Genetic Exchange: A Tangled History of Admixture and Evolutionary Innovation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Burke, N. W., and R. Bonduriansky. Sexual Conflict, Facultative Asexuality, and the True Paradox of Sex. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Fish

Allen-Ankins, S., and R. J. Stoffels. Contrasting fundamental and realized niches: two fishes with similar thermal performance curves occupy different thermal habitats. Freshwater Science.

Barrantes, M. E., M. E. Lattuca, F. A. Vanella, and D. A. Fernández. Thermal ecology of Galaxias platei (Pisces, Galaxiidae) in South Patagonia: perspectives under a climate change scenario. Hydrobiologia.

Enders, E. C., D. A. Watkinson, H. Ghamry, K. H. Mills, and W. G. Franzin. Fish age and size distributions and species composition in a large, hydropeaking Prairie River. River Research and Applications.

Food Webs and Trophic Ecology

Docmac, F., M. Araya, I. A. Hinojosa, C. Dorador, and C. Harrod. Habitat coupling writ large: pelagic-derived materials fuel benthivorous macroalgal reef fishes in an upwelling zone. Ecology.

Fanelli, E., P. Rumolo, M. Barra, G. Basilone, S. Genovese, and A. Bonanno. Mesoscale variability in the trophic ecology of the European hake Merluccius merluccius in the Strait of Sicily. Hydrobiologia.

Guo, F., S. E. Bunn, M. T. Brett, and M. J. Kainz. Polyunsaturated fatty acids in stream food webs – high dissimilarity among producers and consumers. Freshwater Biology.

Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. Annual mass drownings of the Serengeti wildebeest migration influence nutrient cycling and storage in the Mara River. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Historical Ecology

Morrison, S. A., T. S. Sillett, W. C. Funk, C. K. Ghalambor, and T. C. Rick. Equipping the 22nd-Century Historical Ecologist. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Hydrology

De Girolamo, A. M., F. Bouraoui, A. Buffagni, G. Pappagallo, and A. Lo Porto. Hydrology under climate change in a temporary river system: Potential impact on water balance and flow regime. River Research and Applications.

Leitman, S. F., G. A. Kiker, and D. L. Wright. Simulating system-wide effects of reducing irrigation withdrawals in a disputed river basin. River Research and Applications.

Management and Restoration

Atkore, V., N. Kelkar, and J. Krishnaswamy. Assessing the recovery of fish assemblages downstream of hydrological barriers in India’s Western Ghats. River Research and Applications.

Balayla, D., T. Boll, C. Trochine, and E. Jeppesen. Could artificial plant beds favour microcrustaceans during biomanipulation of eutrophic shallow lakes? Hydrobiologia.

Brudvig, L. A., R. S. Barak, … and C. R. Zirbel. Interpreting variation to advance predictive restoration science. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Dee, L. E., R. Thompson, F. Massol, A. Guerrero, and D. A. Bohan. Do Social-Ecological Syndromes Predict Outcomes for Ecosystem Services?; a Reply to Bodin et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Gal, G., and T. Zohary. Development and application of a sustainability index for a lake ecosystem. Hydrobiologia.

Lemke, A. M., J. R. Herkert, J. W. Walk, and K. D. Blodgett. Application of key ecological attributes to assess early restoration of river floodplain habitats: a case study. Hydrobiologia.

Methods

Barraquand, F., S. Louca, K. C. Abbott, … and R. C. Tyson. Moving forward in circles: challenges and opportunities in modelling population cycles. Ecology Letters.

Clare, J., S. T. McKinney, J. E. DePue, and C. S. Loftin. Pairing field methods to improve inference in wildlife surveys while accommodating detection covariance. Ecological Applications.

Fisher, R., T. Walshe, P. Bessell-Browne, and R. Jones. Accounting for environmental uncertainty in the management of dredging impacts using probabilistic dose–response relationships and thresholds. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Snijders, L., D. T. Blumstein, C. R. Stanley, and D. W. Franks. Animal Social Network Theory Can Help Wildlife Conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Plankton

Mazzei, V., and E. Gaiser. Scale and spatial consistency of specialization in an endemic and abundant freshwater diatom from the Caribbean Basin. Freshwater Science.

Statistics and Modeling

Frenkel, D., K. J. Schrenk, and S. Martiniani. Monte Carlo sampling for stochastic weight functions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Greenacre, M. Ordination with any dissimilarity measure: a weighted Euclidean solution. Ecology.

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