Viet Tran-Khac, Jonathan P. Doubek, Vijay Patil, Jason D. Stockwell, Rita Adrian, Chun-Wei Chang, Gaël Dur, Aleksandra Lewandowska, James A. Rusak, Nico Salmaso, Dietmar Straile, Stephen J. Thackeray, Patrick Venail, Ruchi Bhattacharya, Jennifer Brentrup, Rosalie Bruel, Heidrun Feuchtmayr, Mark O. Gessner, Hans-Peter Grossart, Bastiaan W. Ibelings, Stéphan Jacquet, Sally MacIntyre, Shin-Ichiro S. Matsuzaki, Emily Nodine, Peeter Nõges, Lars Rudstam, Frédéric Soulignac, Piet Verburg, Petr Znachor, Tamar Zohary, Orlane Anneville
{"title":"Using Long-Term Ecological Datasets to Unravel the Impacts of Short-Term Meteorological Disturbances on Phytoplankton Communities","authors":"Viet Tran-Khac, Jonathan P. Doubek, Vijay Patil, Jason D. Stockwell, Rita Adrian, Chun-Wei Chang, Gaël Dur, Aleksandra Lewandowska, James A. Rusak, Nico Salmaso, Dietmar Straile, Stephen J. Thackeray, Patrick Venail, Ruchi Bhattacharya, Jennifer Brentrup, Rosalie Bruel, Heidrun Feuchtmayr, Mark O. Gessner, Hans-Peter Grossart, Bastiaan W. Ibelings, Stéphan Jacquet, Sally MacIntyre, Shin-Ichiro S. Matsuzaki, Emily Nodine, Peeter Nõges, Lars Rudstam, Frédéric Soulignac, Piet Verburg, Petr Znachor, Tamar Zohary, Orlane Anneville","doi":"10.1111/fwb.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":12365,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Biology","volume":"70 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fwb.70023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143914377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gimme Shelter: Refuge Availability Interacts With Conspecific Density and Predator Chemical Cues to Affect Tadpoles and Metamorphs","authors":"Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho","doi":"10.1111/fwb.70039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70039","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><ol>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Predators may inflict non-consumptive effects on their prey if their presence triggers the expression of defensive traits which consume resources to the detriment of other vital functions. Nonetheless, these effects can be milder if extrinsic factors, either biotic or abiotic, provide antipredator protection.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>I tested this hypothesis by rearing Iberian green frog (<i>Pelophylax perezi</i> López-Seoane 1885) tadpoles either singly or in groups, exposed or not to predator chemical cues, with or without a refuge. I also studied potential carryover effects of such treatments on the resulting metamorphs.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Singly-reared larvae exposed to predator chemical cues grew and swam faster, but group-reared larvae did not follow these trends. Instead, they grew less deep tails as a response to predator chemical cues, which is against the general tendency of most anurans. Irrespective of density, the presence of a refuge induced shorter tails, and when combined with predator chemical cues, slower speed. Development was also faster, and time to metamorphosis shorter in singly-reared individuals under predation pressure. Nonetheless, metamorphs did not follow the same patterns as larvae, and body size and locomotion were at their worst in group-reared individuals which had no refuge while being exposed to predator chemical cues.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Therefore, singly-reared larvae exposed to predator cues seemingly invest more in predator avoidance than those reared in a group. Refuges relieve the investment in locomotion. The patterns found in metamorphs, however, suggest the stress resulting from the combination of competition by conspecifics, predation risk and the absence of a refuge echoes after metamorphosis.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>These results help disentangle the intricate connections between predation pressure as a stressor, refuge as a counter-weight to it and the presence of conspecifics as a source of competition and a relief from pressure at different life stages.</li>\u0000 </ol>\u0000 \u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":12365,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Biology","volume":"70 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis B. Epele, Kyle I. McLean, Musa C. Mlambo, Matthew S. Bird, Walter Mauricio Dromaz, Darold P. Batzer
{"title":"Challenges and Solutions for Measuring Taxonomic Richness of Aquatic Invertebrates in Wetlands","authors":"Luis B. Epele, Kyle I. McLean, Musa C. Mlambo, Matthew S. Bird, Walter Mauricio Dromaz, Darold P. Batzer","doi":"10.1111/fwb.70042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70042","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><ol>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Measurements of biodiversity are crucial to assessing the ecological integrity of ecosystems. However, adequately describing the range of organisms existing in habitats can be challenging, especially for the taxonomically rich invertebrates.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>We analysed six large datasets designed to describe the taxonomic richness of aquatic invertebrate assemblages in depressional freshwater wetlands from various regions or locations (in North America, southern Africa and South America). Three of the datasets targeted large numbers of wetlands (57–163 sites), sampled once and the other three datasets repeatedly sampled over longer time periods (5–23 years), but targeted a smaller number of wetlands (10–18).</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>We estimated the total number of invertebrate taxa that likely existed for each target area (Chao estimator), as opposed to how much of that richness was actually collected by each effort (using taxon-accumulation curves). The most ambitious effort (17 wetlands, 23 years, 5–6 samplings per year) captured 95% of the aquatic invertebrate taxa projected to occur in the study area; none of the other five efforts captured appreciably more than 80% of the projected total richness per study area.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Findings suggest that capturing 90% or more of regional taxa is truly laborious and should not be a primary goal for efforts to sample the invertebrate fauna in wetlands. Objectives for sampling wetland invertebrates should be tailored to address what is realistic, knowing that as much as 30% of taxa may be missed by even ambitious efforts.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>As a potential solution, we suggest setting feasible objectives for wetlands macroinvertebrate assessments. We recommend researchers try to reach a 70% study area richness target by sampling 60–80 wetlands once or smaller sets of wetlands for 2–3 years.</li>\u0000 </ol>\u0000 \u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":12365,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Biology","volume":"70 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Issue Information - Cover and Ed Board","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/fwb.14272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14272","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12365,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Biology","volume":"70 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fwb.14272","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143884185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicole L. Berry, David B. Bunnell, Erin P. Overholt, Jennifer A. Schumacher, Addison Z. Almeda, Casey W. Schoenebeck, Peter C. Jacobson, Kristopher Dey, Jason B. Smith, Andrew Tucker, Thomas J. Fisher, Elizabeth M. Mette, Bradley N. Carlson, Gretchen J. A. Hansen, Tyler D. Ahrenstorff, Derek L. Bahr, Kevin M. Keeler, Brian C. Weidel, Abigail J. Lynch, Craig E. Williamson
{"title":"Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation Induces Escape Hatching of Cisco (Coregonus artedi) Embryos","authors":"Nicole L. Berry, David B. Bunnell, Erin P. Overholt, Jennifer A. Schumacher, Addison Z. Almeda, Casey W. Schoenebeck, Peter C. Jacobson, Kristopher Dey, Jason B. Smith, Andrew Tucker, Thomas J. Fisher, Elizabeth M. Mette, Bradley N. Carlson, Gretchen J. A. Hansen, Tyler D. Ahrenstorff, Derek L. Bahr, Kevin M. Keeler, Brian C. Weidel, Abigail J. Lynch, Craig E. Williamson","doi":"10.1111/fwb.70031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70031","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><ol>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Cisco (Otoonapii in Ojibwe; <i>Coregonus artedi</i> Lesueur, 1818), is a widely distributed stenothermic freshwater fish whose embryos typically incubate under ice and in the dark. We used Cisco as a model organism for testing the potential of UV-induced escape hatching behaviour. Owing to reduced ice cover and increased water transparency in north temperate lakes, these experiments provide insights into the resilience of coregonine embryos if exposed to ultraviolet radiation (UV-B; 280–320 nm).</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Eyed Cisco embryos were exposed to artificially sourced UV-B through a series of experiments that measured the hatching rate and fitness (heart rate and pigmentation pattern) 2 days after hatching and under cold [6.6°C] and warm [8.6°C] conditions.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>These experiments supported an extension of the escape hatching behaviour hypothesis, whereby UV-B exposure induced earlier (ca 30 days) and more punctuated hatching of Cisco embryos, independent of an increase in water temperature. UV-B exposure produced more larvae with irregular pigmentation patterns and reduced heart rates (by about 20%) – both of which could be indicative of reduced fitness.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>UV-induced escape hatching adusts the fundamental framework in which we characterise fish embryo resilience to increased UV-B exposure and the potential consequences of reduced ice cover. Earlier hatching from UV-B exposure could increase the recruitment bottleneck of these fish by reducing survivorship of the post-hatched larvae.</li>\u0000 </ol>\u0000 \u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":12365,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Biology","volume":"70 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143889169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to ‘Asian Loaches: An Emerging Threat as Global Invaders’","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/fwb.70035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70035","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cano-Barbacil C., P. J. Haubrock, and J. Radinger. 2025. “Asian Loaches: An Emerging Threat as Global Invaders.” <i>Freshwater Biology</i> 70, no. 4: e70026. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70026</p><p>This article was missing a third affiliation for author Phillip J. Haubrock. The complete list of affiliations for this author is listed below.</p><p><sup>1</sup>Frankfurt, Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Gelnhausen, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, Germany</p><p><sup>2</sup>CAMB, Center for Applied Mathematics and Bioinformatics, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Mubarak Al-Abdullah, Kuwait</p><p><sup>3</sup>Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic</p><p>We apologise for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":12365,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Biology","volume":"70 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fwb.70035","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katherine A. Adase, Caroline C. Arantes, Brent A. Murry, David I. Wellman Jr., Dustin M. Smith
{"title":"Functional and Taxonomic Responses of Fish Assemblages to Low-Head Dam Removals","authors":"Katherine A. Adase, Caroline C. Arantes, Brent A. Murry, David I. Wellman Jr., Dustin M. Smith","doi":"10.1111/fwb.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><ol>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Low-head dams are widespread in river ecosystems around the globe, but due to their effects, removals have become a major mechanism for river restoration. Investigations of fish responses to dam removals have been mostly conducted in the short term and have shown mixed assemblage responses (e.g., increased or decreased species richness following removal). Here, we examined the effects of low-head dam removals on taxonomic composition and functional diversity at a relatively long term (6 years post dam removal). We hypothesised that differential responses of fish assemblages to dam removal are driven by suites of guild and morphological traits and that removal impacts functional complexity, with free-flowing sites having greater distributions of functional diversity than impounded sites.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>We conducted our study in the West Fork River, West Virginia, where three low-head dams were removed in 2016. Boat electrofishing surveys were conducted 1 year before the removal (2015) focusing on species of recreational fisheries importance. Then, we conducted surveys in the same sites 6 years after the removal (between September and October 2022). These electrofishing surveys were conducted at sites that were previously impounded but are now free-flowing and those that currently remain impounded by low-head dams.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Results from our univariate and multivariate analyses indicated that current impounded sites and free-flowing sites have statistically distinct taxonomic and functional fish assemblages. Free-flowing sites were associated with overall higher taxonomic richness and greater biomass of some recreationally important species, including muskellunge, smallmouth bass and channel catfish. Conversely, currently impounded sites were associated with lower taxonomic richness and greater biomass of some recreationally important fishes, including green sunfish, bluegill and largemouth bass. Furthermore, functional diversity indices showed high functional richness (FRic) at free-flowing sites, while less evident changes were observed for functional evenness (FEve) and functional divergence (FDiv).</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Our findings suggest that long-term changes in the fish assemblages following the dam removals led to greater taxonomic and functional diversity while maintaining fisheries of high recreational importance. While some previous short-term assessments suggested decreased functional complexity shortly after removals, our results suggest increases in functional complexity in the long term. Though dam removals may have high upfront socioeconomic costs, the long-term effects in this study appeared to lead to greater ecosystem function and enhanced recreational opportunities that may outweigh initial costs.</li>\u0000 </ol>\u0000 \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":12365,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Biology","volume":"70 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143849038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eleonora Saccon, Johan van de Koppel, Willem Bekhuis, Suzanne J. M. H. Hulscher, Tjeerd J. Bouma
{"title":"Historic Human-Induced Species Shift Increases Climate Sensitivity of Today’s Western European Floodplain Forests: Restoring Past Conditions for Future Resilience","authors":"Eleonora Saccon, Johan van de Koppel, Willem Bekhuis, Suzanne J. M. H. Hulscher, Tjeerd J. Bouma","doi":"10.1111/fwb.70034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70034","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":12365,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Biology","volume":"70 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fwb.70034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy S. Larsen, Michael Cole, Danielle L. Rupp, Trey Simmons
{"title":"The Influence of Catchment Characteristics and Water Chemistry on Invertebrate Community Composition in Ponds and Lakes in Subarctic Alaska","authors":"Amy S. Larsen, Michael Cole, Danielle L. Rupp, Trey Simmons","doi":"10.1111/fwb.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":12365,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Biology","volume":"70 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fwb.70024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}