Sentences with phrase «freshwater food webs»

The miniature crustaceans are at the bottom of many freshwater food webs.

A common species of zooplankton — the smallest animals in the freshwater food web — can evolve genetic tolerance to moderate levels of road salt in as little as two and a half months, according to new research published online today in the journal Environmental Pollution.

Not exact matches

For their study, Weiss and her team also documented the impacts of higher CO2 levels on freshwater crustaceans at the bottom of the food web — specifically, two species of Daphnia, also known as water fleas.

Under some conditions, the plankton - feasting mussels can now «filter» all of Lake Michigan in less than two weeks, sucking up the life that is the base of the food web and making its waters some of the clearest freshwater in the world.

Nifong conducted the alligator diet research as part of larger research of freshwater river systems and food web dynamics.

And at high global latitudes, cold lakes normally covered by ice in the winter are seeing less ice year after year — a change that could affect all parts of the food web, from algae to freshwater seals.

Current research includes studies of the food web structure and biogeochemistry of Arctic streams and rivers, nitrogen cycling in headwater streams and estuaries, and the impacts of climate change on the freshwater cycle of the Arctic.

In 2013, with a grant from FCT, D. Batista started the PhD studies on the impacts of silver nanoparticles on freshwater detritus food webs, in a warming scenario.

Both marine and freshwater species are affected by acidifying water in ways that disrupt the entire food web, scientists warn

Both marine and freshwater species are affected by acidifying water in ways that disrupt the entire food web, scientists warn