Pond Conservation in Europe - Oertli, Beat.; Céréghino, Régis.; Biggs, Jeremy; Declerck, Steven; Hull, Andrew P.; Miracle, Maria Rosa.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
The ecology of European ponds: defining the characteristics of a neglected freshwater habitat -- A comparison of the catchment sizes of rivers, streams, ponds, ditches and lakes: implications for protecting aquatic biodiversity in an agricultural landscape -- A comparative analysis of cladoceran communities from different water body types: patterns in community composition and diversity -- Macroinvertebrate assemblages in 25 high alpine ponds of the Swiss National Park (Cirque of Macun) and relation to environmental variables -- Biodiversity and distribution patterns of freshwater invertebrates in farm ponds of a south-western French agricultural landscape -- Patterns of composition and species richness of crustaceans and aquatic insects along environmental gradients in Mediterranean water bodies -- Relation between macroinvertebrate life strategies and habitat traits in Mediterranean salt marsh ponds (Empordà wetlands, NE Iberian Peninsula) -- Macrophyte diversity and physico-chemical characteristics of Tyrrhenian coast ponds in central Italy: implications for conservation -- Evaluation of sampling methods for macroinvertebrate biodiversity estimation in heavily vegetated ponds -- Developing a multimetric index of ecological integrity based on macroinvertebrates of mountain ponds in central Italy -- Eutrophication: are mayflies (Ephemeroptera) good bioindicators for ponds? -- How can we make new ponds biodiverse? A case study monitored over 7 years -- Management of an ornamental pond as a conservation site for a threatened native fish species, crucian carp Carassius carassius -- Pond conservation: from science to practice -- Plant communities as a tool in temporary ponds conservation in SW Portugal -- Freshwater diatom and macroinvertebrate diversity of coastal permanent ponds along a gradient of human impact in a Mediterranean eco-region -- The M-NIP: a macrophyte-based Nutrient Index for Ponds -- Vegetation recolonisation of a Mediterranean temporary pool in Morocco following small-scale experimental disturbance -- Experimental study of the effect of hydrology and mechanical soil disturbance on plant communities in Mediterranean temporary pools in Western Morocco -- Restoring ponds for amphibians: a success story -- High diversity of Ruppia meadows in saline ponds and lakes of the western Mediterranean -- Gravel pits support waterbird diversity in an urban landscape -- Competition in microcosm between a clonal plant species (Bolboschoenus maritimus) and a rare quillwort (Isoetes setacea) from Mediterranean temporary pools of southern France -- Restoration potential of biomanipulation for eutrophic peri-urban ponds: the role of zooplankton size and submerged macrophyte cover -- Spatial and temporal patterns of pioneer macrofauna in recently created ponds: taxonomic and functional approaches -- Comparison of macroinvertebrate community structure and driving environmental factors in natural and wastewater treatment ponds -- Inter- and intra-annual variations of macroinvertebrate assemblages are related to the hydroperiod in Mediterranean temporary ponds -- Ten-year dynamics of vegetation in a Mediterranean temporary pool in western Morocco -- Modelling hydrological characteristics of Mediterranean Temporary Ponds and potential impacts from climate change -- Monitoring the invasion of the aquatic bug Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in the wetlands of Doñana National Park (SW Spain) -- Copepods and branchiopods of temporary ponds in the Doñana Natural Area (SW Spain): a four-decade record (1964-2007).
Keywords: Biodiversity; Plant ecology; Aquatic ecology .; Conservation biology; Ecology .; Landscape ecology; Biodiversity; Plant Ecology; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Landscape Ecology