Feature Papers of Ecologies 2024

A special issue of Ecologies (ISSN 2673-4133).

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Keywords

  • ecophysiology
  • population ecology
  • community ecology
  • ecosystem ecology
  • systems ecology
  • landscape ecology
  • animal ecology
  • behavioral ecology
  • biogeography
  • insect ecology
  • microbial ecology
  • paleoecology
  • plant ecology
  • benthic ecology
  • desert ecology
  • forest ecology
  • marine ecology
  • aquatic ecology
  • landscape ecology
  • landscape limnology
  • spatial ecology
  • macroecology
  • microecology
  • microbial ecology
  • urban ecology
  • molecular ecology
  • ecotoxicology
  • evolutionary ecology
  • genetic ecology
  • soil ecology
  • field ecology
  • quantitative ecology
  • theoretical ecology
  • applied ecology (includes agroecology and conservation biology)
  • conservation ecology
  • restoration ecology
  • biogeochemistry
  • climate change ecology
  • ecological design
  • ecological economics
  • ecological engineering
  • human ecology
  • industrial ecology
  • paleoecology
  • ecosystems

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Freshwater Fishes of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil: Biogeographic and Diversity Patterns in a Historically Well-Sampled Territory
by Luisa M. Sarmento-Soares, Felipe Vieira-Guimarães and Ronaldo F. Martins-Pinheiro
Ecologies 2024, 5(4), 538-570; https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies5040033 - 12 Oct 2024
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The fish fauna of Rio de Janeiro has been extensively studied, resulting in a comprehensive database of species collected over more than three centuries. This study aimed to provide a checklist of species, to identify patterns of diversity and the distribution of freshwater [...] Read more.
The fish fauna of Rio de Janeiro has been extensively studied, resulting in a comprehensive database of species collected over more than three centuries. This study aimed to provide a checklist of species, to identify patterns of diversity and the distribution of freshwater ichthyofauna, to delineate biogeographic units, and to explore changes in faunal composition among different areas. Analyzing data from ichthyological collections and the literature on original species descriptions revealed 206 freshwater fish species: 183 native and 23 allochthonous. The checklist includes updated species names. The sampling effort in Rio de Janeiro is extensive, especially in coastal lowlands. The findings indicate that inventory work is still needed in some areas, particularly within the Rio Paraíba do Sul basin. Seven bioregions of freshwater ichthyofauna were identified, including a major region of higher species richness and smaller areas with higher endemism of restricted-range species. This biogeographic assessment underscores the diverse and distinctive freshwater fish fauna in the basins of Rio de Janeiro, with well-defined biogeographic units. Full article
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Differences in Waterbird Communities between Years Indicate the Positive Effects of Pen Culture Removal in Caizi Lake, a Typical Yangtze-Connected Lake
by Tengteng Liu, Lin Cheng, Xiangrong Song, Hong Zhang, Guangyao Wang and Chunlin Li
Ecologies 2024, 5(2), 296-311; https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies5020019 - 13 May 2024
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Considering the negative effects of wetland degradation, various measures have been implemented to restore wetland habitats for aquatic organisms, and their effectiveness levels must be assessed. To reduce the effects of aquaculture on aquatic communities, pen culture facilities, which are widely distributed in [...] Read more.
Considering the negative effects of wetland degradation, various measures have been implemented to restore wetland habitats for aquatic organisms, and their effectiveness levels must be assessed. To reduce the effects of aquaculture on aquatic communities, pen culture facilities, which are widely distributed in Yangtze-connected lakes, were removed in 2018. We surveyed and compared waterbird communities in Caizi Lake during the four months before (2017–2018) and after net pen removal (2021–2022) to evaluate their effect on the diversity and species composition of wintering waterbirds. After net pen removal, the richness and number of individual waterbird species increased, whereas the Shannon–Wiener diversity index did not change because the increase in the bird number throughout the year was mostly associated with a few species. The response of individual numbers of different guilds to the removal of net pens differed. The number of deep-water fish eaters, seed eaters, and tuber feeders increased, whereas that of invertebrate eaters decreased. The species composition also changed, particularly in the northeastern and southwestern parts of the lake. Differences in waterbird communities between the winters of 2017–2018 and 2021–2022 indicated that net pen removal had a positive impact on waterbird communities. Full article
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