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Watersheds. --- Water quality --- Measurement. --- Evaluation. --- Loch Vale Watershed Long-Term Ecological Research and Monitoring Program. --- Loch Vale Watershed (Colo.)

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Zooplankton are of key importance in the structure and functioning of aquatic food webs. They contribute to a large part of the functional and structural biodiversity of predator and prey plankton communities. Promptly responding to long-term and seasonal changes in the physical and chemical environment, they are sensitive indicators of patterns and mechanisms of impact drivers, both natural and human induced. In this volume, we aim to present evidence for both long-term and seasonal changes in zooplankton community structure and dynamics, investigating different approaches from population dynamics to advanced molecular techniques and reconstructing past communities from subfossil remains in lake sediments.

Zn-Pb maine --- subfossil --- Cladocera --- heavy metals --- CCA analyses --- anthropogenic impact --- B-Splines smoothing --- Functional Data Analysis --- limnology --- monitoring ecological dynamics --- oligotrophication --- zooplankton --- phytoplankton --- Yellow Sea --- sand-dust deposition --- protists --- trophic structure --- Acartia tonsa --- Lagoon of Venice --- nonindigenous species --- zooplankton distribution --- coexistence patterns --- niche overlaps --- long-term ecological research --- Daphnia pulex --- stream ecology --- river dispersion --- live organic matter --- fish feeding --- population dynamics --- size --- match-mismatch --- Spitsbergen --- laser optical plankton counter --- stable isotope analysis --- persistent organic pollutants --- crustacean zooplankton --- freshwater --- size fractions --- seasonality --- autochthony --- cladocera --- functional ecology --- organic carbon --- paleolimnology --- tundra lakes --- UV radiation --- Mesozooplankton --- salinity --- abundance --- distribution --- diversity --- Maryland Coastal Bays --- species richness --- phylogenetic diversity --- bioclimate --- freshwater ponds --- diapausing eggs --- high mountain lakes --- Himalayas --- Daphnia --- Bosmina --- pheophorbide a --- fish predation --- grazing --- ephippia --- cladocera sub-fossil remains

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This open access book presents and analyzes the results of more than 30 years of long-term ecological research in riparian forest ecosystems with the aim of casting light on changes in the dynamics of riparian forests over time. The research, focusing on the Ooyamazawa riparian forest, one of the remaining old-growth forests in Japan, has yielded a number of interesting outcomes. First, it shows that large-scale disturbances afford various trees opportunities for regeneration and are thus the driving force for the coexistence of canopy trees in riparian forests. Second, it identifies changes in reproductive patterns, highlighting that seed production has in fact quantitatively increased over the past two decades. Third, it describes the decline in forest floor vegetation caused by deer grazing and reveals how this decline has affected bird and insect populations. The book illustrates the interconnectedness of phenomena within an ecosystem and the resultant potential for cascade effects and also stresses the need for long-term ecological studies of climate change impacts on forests. It will be of interest to both professionals and academics in the field of forest science. .

Ecology . --- Forestry. --- Plant ecology. --- Ecosystems. --- Environment. --- Ecology. --- Plant Ecology. --- Environment, general. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Population biology --- Botany --- Phytoecology --- Plants --- Vegetation ecology --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Floristic ecology --- Ecologia forestal --- Zones humides --- Espais naturals --- Aiguamolls --- Pantans --- Zones de ribera --- Ecologia de les zones humides --- Ecologia de boscos --- Ecologia dels boscos --- Ecosistema forestal --- Ecosistemes dels boscos --- Ecosistemes forestals --- Ecologia vegetal --- Ecologia de les selves pluvials --- Ecologia de la capçada --- Meteorologia forestal --- Flora forestal --- Forest ecology. --- Riparian forests. --- Forests and forestry --- Riparian plants --- Forest ecosystems --- Plant Ecology --- Environment, general --- Riparian Ecology --- Environmental Sciences --- Changes in forest vegetation --- Long-term ecological research --- Life history of trees --- Riparian forest --- Natural disturbance --- Masting behavior --- Forest decline --- Ecological science, the Biosphere --- Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques --- Botany & plant sciences --- The environment