A few streams on the Cumberland Plateau northeast of Chattanooga are the only places where a small freshwater fish called the laurel dace lives in the wild, so when drought struck the Southeast last summer, the species faced ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2025
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The assortment of species of tiny soil animals—small enough to stand on the head of a pin—differ from one urban park to another, unlike plants and larger animals where a few species are often found across many parks. ...
Ecology
Oct 21, 2024
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A study by the UPV/EHU's Department of Plant Biology and Ecology has evaluated the response of Urdaibai estuary phytoplankton to the changes brought about after the closing-down of the Gernika wastewater treatment plant; ...
Ecology
Oct 10, 2024
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Volcanic activity alters the Earth's surface and promotes the development of new ecosystems, providing valuable models for studying soil formation processes such as microbial composition and vegetation succession. Increasing ...
Ecology
Sep 13, 2024
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What was Lake Balaton like in its natural state, and when did it change? Can its near-natural condition still be restored? These are the questions the researchers from ELTE Science Faculty's Paleoenvironment and Climate Change ...
Environment
Aug 8, 2024
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Soil stores large amounts of organic carbon, whose dynamic changes can cause a huge impact on the global climate system. Forest succession is a long-term ecological process that can exert powerful effects on soil organic ...
Ecology
Jul 8, 2024
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Microbial communities in constructed wetland (CW) sediments are often disturbed by wastewater. It is necessary for the microbial community to maintain a relatively stable composition or biomass in order to continue to remove ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 12, 2024
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Microorganisms are essential to grassland soil ecosystems and play a critical role in biogeochemical cycles. Microbial communities can be classified into distinct ecological groups based on common life-history traits, which ...
Ecology
Nov 24, 2023
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Light pollution, or artificial light at night (ALAN), is a rapidly growing threat to nocturnal wildlife around the world, particularly for bats. However, little is known about the distances up to which lights can displace ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2023
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How can so many different species coexist in an ecosystem? In a new study published in Ecology, researchers from Holden Forests & Gardens, the University of California, Davis, and Southern Oregon University reveal an under-appreciated ...
Ecology
Nov 2, 2023
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